And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban,.... Upon this he observed Laban's looks, that he might gather from thence how he took his prosperity; what were his thoughts about it, and what he might…
- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is…
Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and…
Cambridge Bible
the countenance of Laban Here, and in Gen 31:31, Laban's countenance toward Jacob is said to be altered. For this idiomatic use of "the countenance" as expressing feeling, cf. Gen 4:5.
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