Chapter 31

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Jacob Gen 31:8-9; Job 31:31; Ps 57:4, Ps 64:3-4, Ps 120:3-5; Prov 14:30, Prov 27:4; Eccl 4:4; Ezek 16:44; Titus 3:3

glory "Glory" is here used for "wealth," riches, or property; since those who possess riches, generally make them the subject of glory. The original word cavod, signifies both "glory" and "weight." Gen 45:13; Esth 5:11; Job 31:24-25; Ps 17:14, Ps 49:16-17; Eccl 4:4; Isa 5:14; Jer 9:23; Matt 4:8; 1Tim 6:4; 1Pet 1:24


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countenance Gen 4:5; Deut 28:54; 1Sam 18:9-11; Dan 3:19

it was Gen 30:27

as before Heb. as yesterday and the day before, Exod 4:10; Deut 19:4; 1Sam 19:7 *marg.


3
Return Gen 28:15, Gen 28:20, 21-29:15, Gen 32:9, Gen 35:1, Gen 46:2-3, Gen 50:24; Ps 46:1, Ps 50:15, Ps 90:15

land Gen 31:13, Gen 31:18, Gen 13:15, Gen 26:3-5, Gen 28:4, Gen 28:13, Gen 28:15, Gen 30:25

with thee Gen 21:22, Gen 26:24, Gen 28:15, Gen 32:9; Isa 41:10; Heb 13:5


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I see Gen 31:2-3

the God Gen 31:3, Gen 31:13, Gen 31:42, Gen 31:53, Gen 32:9, Gen 48:15, Gen 50:17


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Gen 31:38-42, Gen 30:29; Eph 6:5-8; Col 3:22-25; Titus 2:9-10; 1Pet 2:18


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ten times The Hebrew, âsereth monim, is literally, as Aquila renders, "ten numbers;" and Symmachus, "ten times in number;" which probably implies an indefinite number. (See note on Gen 31:41.) Lev 26:26; Num 14:22; Neh 4:12; Job 19:8; Isa 4:1; Zech 8:23

God Gen 31:29, Gen 20:6; Job 1:10; Ps 37:28, Ps 105:14-15; Isa 54:17


8
Gen 30:32


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Gen 31:1, Gen 31:16; Esth 8:1-2; Ps 50:10; Prov 13:22; Matt 20:15


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a dream Gen 31:24, Gen 20:6, Gen 28:12; Num 12:6; Deut 13:1; 1Kgs 3:5

rams or, he-goats

ringstreaked Gen 30:39

grisled The original word, beroodim, from barad, "hail" means marked with white spots like hail; to which our word grisled, from the old French gresle, now grκle, hail, perfectly agrees; hence greslκ, spotted with white on a dark ground.


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the angel Gen 31:5, Gen 31:13, Gen 16:7-13, Gen 18:1, Gen 18:17, Gen 48:15-16

Here am I Gen 22:1; Exod 3:4; 1Sam 3:4, 1Sam 3:6, 1Sam 3:8, 1Sam 3:16; Isa 58:9


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Lift up Gen 30:37-43

I have seen Gen 31:42; Exod 3:7, Exod 3:9; Lev 19:13; Deut 24:15; Ps 12:5, Ps 139:3; Eccl 5:8; Acts 7:34; Eph 6:9


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the God Gen 28:12-22, Gen 35:7

return Gen 31:3, Gen 32:9


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Rachel Ruth 4:11

yet any Gen 2:24, Gen 29:24, Gen 29:29


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sold us Gen 31:41, Gen 29:15-20, Gen 29:27-30, Gen 30:26; Exod 21:7-11; Neh 5:8


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which God Gen 31:1, Gen 31:9, Gen 30:35-43

whatsoever Ps 45:10


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upon camels Gen 24:10, Gen 24:61; 1Sam 30:17


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for to go Gen 27:1-2, Gen 27:41, Gen 28:21, Gen 35:27-29


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images Heb. teraphim, Gen 31:30, Gen 31:32, Gen 35:2; Josh 24:2; Judg 17:4-5, Judg 18:14-24, Judg 18:31; 1Sam 19:13; Ezek 21:21; Hos 3:4; These might have been images devoted to superstitious or idolatrous purposes, as they are termed gods by Laban, in Gen 31:30. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, tzalmanaya, "images;" the LXX and Theodoret, ειδολον G1497, "idols;" Aquilla, μορφωματα, "figures;" and the Persian, asterlabha, "astrolabes."


20
unawares to Laban Heb. the heart of Laban (See note on Gen 31:27). Gen 31:20


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passed Gen 2:14, Gen 15:18; Josh 24:2-3

set his Gen 46:28; Num 24:1; 2Kgs 12:17; Jer 50:5; Luke 9:51-53

Gilead Gen 31:23; Num 32:1; Deut 3:12; Josh 13:8-9; Judg 10:18; 1Kgs 17:1


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Gen 30:36; Exod 14:5-31; Job 5:12-13


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Gen 13:8, Gen 24:27; Exod 2:11, Exod 2:13


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the Syrian Gen 28:5; Deut 26:5; Hos 12:12

dream Gen 31:10, Gen 31:29, Gen 20:3, Gen 40:5, Gen 41:1; Num 12:6, Num 22:20, Num 22:26; 1Kgs 3:5; Job 33:15-17, Job 33:25; Matt 1:20, Matt 2:12, Matt 27:19

Take heed Gen 31:42, Gen 24:50; Num 24:13; 2Sam 13:22; Ps 105:14-15; Isa 37:29

either good or bad Heb. from good to bad


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Gen 12:8, Gen 33:18; Heb 11:9


26
What Gen 31:36, Gen 3:13, Gen 4:10, Gen 12:18, Gen 20:9-10, Gen 26:10; Josh 7:19; 1Sam 14:43, 1Sam 17:29; John 18:35

carried Gen 31:16, Gen 2:24, Gen 34:29; 1Sam 30:2


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Wherefore Gen 31:3-5, Gen 31:20-21, Gen 31:31; Judg 6:27

steal away from me Heb. hast stolen me, Gen 31:20 *marg.

that I Prov 26:23-26

with mirth Gen 24:59-60; Job 21:11-14

tabret Exod 15:20


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kiss Gen 31:55, Gen 29:13; Exod 4:27; Ruth 1:9, Ruth 1:14; 1Kgs 19:20; Acts 20:37

foolishly Gen 31:3, Gen 31:13, Gen 31:24; 1Sam 13:13; 2Chr 16:9; 1Cor 2:14


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the power Ps 52:1; John 19:10-11

the God Gen 31:42, Gen 31:53, Gen 28:13; Josh 24:2-3; 2Kgs 19:10; Dan 2:47, Dan 3:28, Dan 6:20, Dan 6:26

yesternight Gen 31:24

Take Acts 5:38-39, Acts 9:5


30
my gods Gen 31:19; Exod 12:12; Num 33:4; Judg 6:31, Judg 18:24; 1Sam 5:2-6; 2Sam 5:21; Isa 37:19, Isa 46:1-2; Jer 10:11, Jer 43:12


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Because Gen 31:26-27, Gen 20:11; Prov 29:25


32
whomsoever This was rash, and might have produced fatal effects; but Jacob was partial to Rachel, and did not suspect her; and he was indignant at being accused of a crime which he deeply abhorred. Scott. Gen 31:19, Gen 31:30, Gen 44:9-12

before Gen 31:23, Gen 13:8, Gen 19:7, Gen 30:33; 1Sam 12:3-5; 2Cor 8:20-21, 2Cor 12:17-19

For Jacob 1Sam 14:24-29


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Leah's Gen 24:28, Gen 24:67


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had taken Gen 31:17, Gen 31:19

furniture The word, car, rendered "furniture," properly denotes "a large round pannier," placed one on each side of a camel, for a person, especially women, to ride in. It is a hamper, like a cradle, having a back, head, and sides, like a great chair. Moryson describes them as "two long chairs like cradles, covered with red cloth, to hang on the two sides of the camel." Hanway calls them kedgavays, which "are a kind of covered chairs, which the Persians hang over their camels in the manner of panniers, and are big enough for one person to sit in." Thevenot, who calls then counes, says that they lay over them a cover, which keeps then both from the rain and sun; and Maillet describes them as covered cages, hanging on each side of a camel. The late Editor of Calmet has furnished a correct delineation of these cars, as seen on one side of a camel, copied from Dalton's Prints of Egyptian Figures.

searched Heb. felt


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my lord Gen 18:12; Exod 20:12; Lev 19:3; Eph 6:1; 1Pet 2:18, 1Pet 3:6

rise up Lev 19:32; 1Kgs 2:19

custom Gen 18:11; Lev 15:19


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was wroth Gen 30:2, Gen 34:7, Gen 49:7; Num 16:15; 2Kgs 5:11, 2Kgs 13:19; Prov 28:1; Mark 3:5; Eph 4:26; Jas 1:19-20


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set it here Gen 31:32; Josh 7:23; 1Sam 12:3-4; Matt 18:16; 1Cor 6:4-5; 1Thess 2:10; Heb 13:18; 1Pet 2:12, 1Pet 3:16


38
twenty Gen 31:41

ewes Gen 30:27, Gen 30:30; Exod 23:26; Deut 28:4

the rams Ezek 34:2-4


39
torn of Exod 22:10, Exod 22:31; Lev 22:8; 1Sam 17:34-35; John 10:12-13

I bare Exod 22:10-13

or stolen Luke 2:8


40
Exod 2:19-22, Exod 3:1; Ps 78:70-71; Hos 12:12; Luke 2:8; John 21:15-17; Heb 13:7; 1Pet 5:2-4


41
fourteen Gen 31:38, Gen 29:18-30, Gen 30:33-40; 1Cor 15:10; 2Cor 11:26

ten times Gen 31:7


42
Except Gen 31:24, Gen 31:29; Ps 124:1-3

fear Gen 31:53, Gen 27:33; Ps 76:11-12, Ps 124:1; Isa 8:13

hath seen Gen 31:12, Gen 11:5, Gen 16:11, Gen 16:13, Gen 29:32; Exod 3:7; 1Chr 12:17; Ps 31:7; Jude 1:9


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let us Gen 15:18, Gen 21:22-32, Gen 26:28-31; 1Sam 20:14-17

a witness Gen 31:48, Gen 31:52, Gen 21:30; Deut 31:19, Deut 31:21, Deut 31:26; Josh 22:27, Josh 24:25-27; God can put a bridle into the mouth of wicked man to restrain their malice; and then, though they have no love for his people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Scott.


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Gen 28:18-22


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brethren Gen 31:23, Gen 31:32, Gen 31:37, Gen 31:54

Gather Josh 4:5-9, Josh 4:20-24, Josh 7:26; 2Sam 18:17; Eccl 3:5

an heap The word gal, rendered "heap," properly signifies a round heap or circle; probably like the Druidical remains in this country, which have been traced in India, Persia, Western Asia, Greece, and Northern Europe. These usually consist of irregular circles of large stones, with a principal one in the midst; the former probably being used for seats, and the latter for an altar; corresponding to the stone set up as a pillar by Jacob, and the heap of stones collected by his brethren. They appear to have been used, as Gilgal undoubtedly was (Josh 4:5; Judg 2:1; Judg 3:19; Judg 20:1-48; 1Sam 7:16; 1Sam 10:8, 1Sam 10:17; 1Sam 11:15; 1Sam 13:7; 1Sam 15:33. 2Sam 19:15, 2Sam 19:40. 2Kgs 2:1) as temples, and as places for holding councils, and assembling the people. For a satisfactory elucidation of this subject, consult the Fragments to Calmet, Nos. 156, 735, 736.


47
Jegarsahadutha i.e. the heap of witness, Chald

Galeed i.e., the heap of witness. Heb. Heb 12:1


48
This heap Josh 24:27

Galeed or, Gilead, Gen 31:23; Deut 2:36, Deut 3:16; Josh 13:8-9


49
Mizpah i.e. a beacon, or watch-tower, Judg 10:17, Judg 11:11, Judg 11:29, Mizpeh, 1Sam 7:5; 1Kgs 15:22; Hos 5:1


50
afflict Lev 18:18; Matt 19:5-6

God Judg 11:10; 1Sam 12:5; Jer 29:23, Jer 42:5; Mic 1:2; Mal 2:14, Mal 3:5; 1Thess 2:5


51
I have cast For yarithi, "I have set up," we may read yaritha, "Thou hast set up," with one Heb. and one Samaritan manuscript (see note on Gen 31:45). Gen 31:51


52
Gen 31:44-45, Gen 31:48


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God of Abraham Gen 11:24-29, Gen 11:31, Gen 17:7, Gen 22:20-24, Gen 24:3-4; Exod 3:6; Josh 24:2

their father For avihem, "Their father," several manuscripts read avichem, "Your father," for Terah was an idolater (see note on Josh 24:2).

judge Gen 16:5

sware Gen 14:22, Gen 21:23-24, Gen 24:3, Gen 26:28-31

fear Gen 31:42; Deut 6:13


54
offered sacrifice or, killed beasts

did eat Gen 21:8, Gen 26:30, Gen 37:25; Exod 18:12; 2Sam 3:20-21


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and kissed Gen 31:28, Gen 33:4; Ruth 1:14

blessed Gen 24:60, Gen 28:1; Num 23:5, Num 23:8, Num 23:11; Deut 23:5; Prov 16:7

returned Gen 18:33, Gen 30:25; Num 24:25; Deut 32:36; Ps 76:10; Acts 28:4-5


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