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Genesis 31:29

Genesis 31:29

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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 31:22-44Genesis 31:22-44 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION Genesis 31:22, Genesis 31:23 And it was told Laban on the third day—i.e. the third after Jacob's departure, the distance between the two sheep-stations being a three days' journey (vide Genesis 30:36)—that…Genesis 31:22-44Genesis 31:22-44 · The Pulpit CommentaryLaban's pursuit of Jacob. I. THE HOSTILE PREPARATION. Learning of his son-in-law's departure, Laban at once determines on pursuit; not alone for the purpose of recovering his household gods, but chiefly with the view…Genesis 31:25-35Genesis 31:25-35 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the reasoning, not to say the rallying, that took place between Laban and Jacob at their meeting, in that mountain which was afterwards called Gilead, v. 25. Here is, I. The high charge which Laban…