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Genesis 31:9

Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it came to pass, at the time that the cattle conceived,.... Whether in spring or in autumn cannot be said, for it seems this was twice a year; this probably was at the beginning of the six years'…

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…

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