John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 29:28
Gen 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. Ver. 28. And Jacob did so. ] A mirror of patience; which, in Jacob here, had line and rope, "her perfect work"; showing him to be "perfect and entire, wanting nothing". Jam 1:3-4 Godly people can bear wrongs best of any: compel them to go a mile, they will be content, if it may do good, to go twain; Mat 5:41 yea, as far as the shoes of "the preparation of the gospel of peace" Eph 6:15 will... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 29:27
Gen 29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. Ver. 27. We will give thee this also. ] See here the guise of wicked and deceitful men: when one fetch has been born in their minds, they devise another; and make no end of overreaching; there never wanting (as the proverb hath it) a new knack in a knave’s cap. They will search the devil’s skull, but they will find out one slippery trick or another, to cheat and go... read more