Genesis 31:36
“And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
This twenty years have I been with thee,.... So that he now must have been ninety seven years of age:
thy ewes and thy…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 31:1-55
- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban - The expostulation of Jacob with Laban, and their consequent agreement, are…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 31:36-42
See in these verses,
I. The power of provocation. Jacob's natural temper was mild and calm, and grace had improved it;…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
trespass … sin i.e. (a) the particular outrage against the rights of kinship, and (b) moral offence generally. Jacob…
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