We can expect no further benefit from him, but deceit, and oppression, and injury, and therefore are willing to leave him. This was the fruit of his unnatural and unworthy carriage to them, that it did eat out their natural affection to him. read more
Are we not confuted of him strangers? as if we had no more right to his estate than strangers? Instead of a good part of his estate, which by the law of God and nature belongs to us, 2 Corinthians 12:14, wherewith he should have endowed us upon our marriage, he hath made sale of us for this fourteen years’ hard service, seeking only his own, not our advantage. He hath not only withheld from us, but spent upon himself, that money which he got by thy care and industry, whereof a considerable part... read more
That is ours; not only by God’s special gift, but by the natural right which children have to a share in his estate, and upon the account of thy faitithful and laborious service. read more
Quest. 1. What were those teraphim or images? Answ. They were images made in the shape of men, 1 Samuel 19:13,1 Samuel 19:16, which the Gentiles worshipped as subordinate gods, Genesis 31:30,Genesis 31:32, to which they committed the protection of their families, 1 Samuel 19:13, which they used to consult about secret or future things, and from which they received answers about them, Ezekiel 21:21; Zechariah 10:2. Of these see more Judges 17:5; Judges 18:14,Judges 18:17, &c.; Hosea 3:4. And... read more
Heb. Stole away the heart of Laban, to wit, his daughters, his cattle, and his gods, upon which his heart was vehemently set, as Micah’s was, Judges 18:24. But if this had been meant, it had been imputed to Rachel, and not to Jacob, who knew nothing of the gods. Or rather, stole away from the heart, & c., the Hebrew eth being put for meeth, as Genesis 4:1; Genesis 49:25; 1 Kings 8:43, compared with 2 Chronicles 6:33; Micah 3:8, i.e. without the knowledge and consent of Laban, which sense is... read more
The river Euphrates, which lay between Mesopotamia and Chaldea, Genesis 15:18, which for its largeness and famousness is oft called the river emphatically, as Exodus 23:31; Joshua 24:2,Joshua 24:3, &c. And set his face, i.e. resolutely directed his course. See Jeremiah 50:5; Luke 9:51,Luke 9:53. Mount Gilead, a very high and long mountain beyond Jordan, adjoining to the mountain of Lebanon, at the foot of which there was a large and fruitful country, which from the mountain received the... read more
That he heard of it no sooner must be ascribed to the great distance which Laban had put between his and Jacob’s flocks, Genesis 30:36, and to the care and art which Jacob used to prevent a sooner discovery. read more
Neither persuading him by flattering promises and cunning artifices, nor compelling him by threatenings, to return. For so these general words must be limited, as is evident from God’s design in them, and from the following relation. So this is a synecdochical expression. read more
By force and violence. A false accusation; for they freely consented, Genesis 31:14-16. read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:22-55
Genesis 31:22 to Genesis 32:2 . After Mutual Recriminations, Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant to Refrain from Aggression on each other’ s Territories.— The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Genesis 31:22-Jeremiah :, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 31:28-Obadiah : a (to “ Laban” ), Genesis 31:32-Habakkuk :, Genesis 31:36 b, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 31:41-John :, Genesis 31:45; Genesis 31:49 f., Genesis 31:53 b – Genesis 33:2 to E; the rest, apart from Genesis 31:47, to J. According to E, Laban... read more