Genesis 31:8
“If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father,.... Not all of them, see Gen 31:19; but a great part of them; his…
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 31:1-16
Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
If he said thus Applying to Laban the proposal made by Jacob in Gen 30:32.