Genesis 31:1-40

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Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]

rich <03519> [glory.]

"Glory" is here used for "wealth," riches, or property; since those who possess riches, generally make them the subject of glory. The original word cavod, signifies both "glory" and "weight."

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face <06440> [countenance.]

attitude <08543> [it was.]

[as before. Heb. as yesterday and the day before.]

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Return <07725> [Return.]

land <0776> [land.]

[with thee.]

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can <07200> [I see.]

God <0430> [the God.]

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ten times <06235 04489> [ten times.]

The Hebrew, {asereth monim,} is literally, as Aquila renders, "ten numbers;" and Symmachus, "ten times in number;" which probably implies an indefinite number: see ver. 41.

God <0430> [God.]

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dream <02472> [a dream.]

male goats <06260> [rams. or, he-goats. ringstraked.]

spotted <01261> [grisled.]

The original word, {beroodim,} from {barad,} "hail" means marked with white spots like hail; to which our word grisled, from the old french {gresle,} now {grele,} hail, perfectly agrees; hence {gresle,} spotted with white on a dark ground.

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angel <04397> [the angel.]

[Here am I.]

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Observe <05375> [Lift up.]

Observe ................... observed <07200> [I have seen.]

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God <0410> [the God.]

return <07725> [return.]

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Rachel <07354> [Rachel.]

portion <02506> [yet any.]

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sold ..... wasted <04376 0398> [sold us.]

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God .................. God <0430> [which God.]

God .................. God <0430> [whatsoever.]

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camels <01581> [upon camels.]

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set out <0935> [for to go.]

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household idols <08655> [images. Heb. teraphim.]

These might have been images devoted to superstitious or idolatrous purposes, as they are termed gods by Laban, in ver. 30. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, {tzalmanaya,} "images;" the LXX. and Theodoret, [eidolon <\\See definition 1497\\,] "idols;" Aquilla, [morphomata,] "figures;" and the Persian, {asterlabha,} "astrolabes."

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Laban <03820 03837> [unawares to Laban. Heb. the heart of Laban. See references on ver. 27.]

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crossed <05674> [passed.]

headed <07760 06440> [set his.]

Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]

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Aramean <0761> [the Syrian.]

dream <02472> [dream.]

Be careful <08104> [Take heed.]

bless nor curse <02896 05704 07451> [either good or bad. Heb. from good to bad.]

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done <06213> [What.]

You've <05090> [carried.]

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run away <01272> [Wherefore.]

deceive ...... tell <01589 05046> [steal away from me. Heb. hast stolen me.]

send <07971> [that I.]

celebration <08057> [with mirth.]

tambourines <08596> [tabret.]

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kiss <05401> [kiss.]

foolishly <05528> [foolishly.]

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power <0410> [the power.]

God <0430> [the God.]

last night <0570> [yesternight.]

Be careful <08104> [Take.]

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gods <0430> [my gods.]

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afraid <03372> [Because.]

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Whoever has <0834> [whomsoever.]

This was rash, and might have produced fatal effects; but Jacob was partial to Rachel, and did not suspect her; and he was indignant at being accused of a crime which he deeply abhorred. Scott.

presence <05048> [before.]

Jacob <03290> [For Jacob.]

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Leah's ..................... Leah's <03812> [Leah's.]

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taken <03947> [had taken.]

<03733> [furniture.]

The word, {car,} rendered "furniture," properly denotes "a large round pannier," placed one on each side of a camel, for a person, especially women, to ride in. It is a hamper, like a cradle, having a back, head, and sides, like a great chair. Moryson describes them as "two long chairs like cradles, covered with red cloth, to hang on the two sides of the camel." Hanway calls them {kedgavays,} which "are a kind of covered chairs, which the Persians hang over their camels in the manner of {panniers,} and are big enough for one person to sit in." Thevenot, who calls then {counes,} says that they lay over them a cover, which keeps then both from the rain and sun; and Maillet describes them as covered cages, hanging on each side of a camel. The late Editor of Calmet has furnished a correct delineation of these cars, as seen on one side of a camel, copied from Dalton's Prints of Egyptian Figures.

searched <04959> [searched. Heb. felt.]

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lord <0113> [my lord.]

stand up <06965> [rise up.]

having <01870> [custom.]

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angry <02734> [was wroth.]

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Set <07760 03541> [set it here.]

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twenty <06242> [twenty.]

ewes <07353> [ewes.]

rams <0352> [the rams.]

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torn ....... brought <02966 0935> [torn of.]

<02398> [I bare.]

absorbed ...... always made me pay ... every missing ..... was taken .... or <01589> [or stolen.]

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