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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If thou shall afflict my daughters,.... In body or mind, by giving them hard blows, or ill words, and by withholding…
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
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha - יגר שהדותא yegar sahadutha, the heap or round heap of witness; but Jacob called 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
And Laban called it This verse, which anticipates and does not agree with Gen 31:48-49, must be a learned gloss.
Laban…