And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jacob did separate the lambs,.... The ringstraked, speckled, and spotted:
and set the faces of the flocks, that were all white:
towards the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of…
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān, Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y, Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād, Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād, “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād, “victory…
We have here,
I. Jacob's thoughts of home. He faithfully served his time out with Laban, even his second apprenticeship, though he was an old man, had a large family to provide for, and it was high…
Cambridge Bible
three days" journey In order to prevent the least possibility of confusion or of intermingling, Laban separates his sons" flocks by a great distance from those which Jacob is to tend.