For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came],.... Perhaps but a single flock, and that not a very large one, since Rachel, his youngest daughter, had the care of it:and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; or "broke forth" , spread itself over the fields and plains, hills and mountains adjacent, so that they were covered with his sheep, these bringing forth thousands and ten thousands, Ps 144:13;and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; or "at my foot" ; ever since he set foot in his house.
Aben Ezra observes it as a proverbial saying, such an one has a good foot, a lucky one, wherever he comes a blessing or success goes with him; or the meaning may be, wherever Jacob went or led his flock, and fed it, it prospered, the blessing of God going with him.
Onkelos renders it, "for my sake"; and so it is the same with what Laban had observed and owned, Ge 30:27;and now, when shall I provide for mine own house? suggesting it was his duty to do it, and it was high time he did it, since he had a large family to provide for; see 1Ti 5:8.
Urpy "erupit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.