the God: Genesis 28:12-22, Genesis 35:7
return: Genesis 31:3, Genesis 32:9
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Genesis 31:13
Genesis 31:13
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Genesis 31 — OverviewGenesis 31 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJacob was a very honest good man, a man of great devotion and
integrity, yet he had more trouble and vexation than any of the
patriarchs. He left his father's house in a fright, went to his uncle's
in distress,…Genesis 31 — OverviewGenesis 31 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 31:1, Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly; Genesis 31:19, Rachel steals her father’s images; Genesis 31:22, Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong; Genesis 31:34,…Genesis 31 — OverviewGenesis 31 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates how that Jacob observing that Laban and his sons envied his prosperity, and having a call from God to return to his own country, acquaints his wives with it; and reports to them Laban's ill usage of…Genesis 31:1-16Genesis 31:1-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's
service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he
took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and with the…Genesis 31:1-21Genesis 31:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 31:1-21Genesis 31:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryJacob's flight from Laban.
I. THE HOMEWARD DESIRE. The longing to revisit Canaan, which six years previously Laban's exactions and Joseph's birth (Genesis 30:25) had combined to inspire within the heart of Jacob,…