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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. A witness of the covenant now about to be made…
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…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 31:43-55
We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Jacob The name "Jacob" is here almost certainly a gloss. We should read either "and he took a stone," or "and Laban took…