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Genesis 31:5

Genesis 31:5
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not towards me as before,.... See Gill on Gen 31:2; no notice is taken of what their brethren, the sons of Laban, had said:

but the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 31:1-55

- 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 31:1-16

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…