- Bible
- Genesis
- Chapter 31
- Verse 24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
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Gill's Exposition
And Laban said unto Jacob,.... Upon their meeting together; perhaps in some middle place between their two tents:
what hast thou done? what evil hast thou committed? what folly art thou guilty of?…
- 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…
Adam Clarke
And God came to Laban - God's caution to Laban was of high importance to Jacob - Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad; or rather, as is the literal meaning of the Hebrew, מטוב עד…
Here is, I. Jacob's flight from Laban. We may suppose he had been long considering of it, and casting about in his mind respecting it; but when now, at last, God had given him positive orders to go,…
Cambridge Bible
And God came Cf. Gen 31:31. For this revelation to Laban the Syrian, compare the revelation to Abimelech, king of Gerar, in Gen 20:3. It is God, not the "angel of God" (Gen 31:31), who appears to…
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