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Genesis 31:45
Genesis 31:45
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patriarchs. He left his father's house in a fright, went to his uncle's
in distress,…Genesis 31 — OverviewGenesis 31 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 31:1, Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly; Genesis 31:19, Rachel steals her father’s images; Genesis 31:22, Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong; Genesis 31:34,…Genesis 31 — OverviewGenesis 31 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates how that Jacob observing that Laban and his sons envied his prosperity, and having a call from God to return to his own country, acquaints his wives with it; and reports to them Laban's ill usage of…Genesis 31:43-55Genesis 31:43-55 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob.
Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could
neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own…Genesis 31:45Genesis 31:45 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar—or Matzebah, as a memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed (Genesis 31:52); a different transaction from the piling of the stone-heap next referred to…Genesis 31:45-55Genesis 31:45-55 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION