Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
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Gill's Exposition
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee,.... To show what had befallen it; that so it might appear he had one the less to account for to him:
I bore the loss of it; took it upon…
- 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…
See in these verses,
I. The power of provocation. Jacob's natural temper was mild and calm, and grace had improved it; he was a smooth man, and a plain man; and yet Laban's unreasonable carriage…
The Pursuit of Laban, &c.
23. his brethren i.e. the men of his kindred and clan, as in Gen 31:31; Gen 31:31. Jacob is similarly attended; cf. Gen 31:31; Gen 31:31; Gen 31:31, Gen 24:60.
seven days"…
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