Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - And Jacob loved Rachel (it is more than probable that this was an illustration of what is known as "love at first sight" on the part of Rachel as well as Jacob); and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. Having no property...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Leah was tender eyed.--Leah, whose name signifies languor, weariness, had dull bleared eyes. Probably she suffered, as so many do in that hot sandy region, from some form of ophthalmia. Rachel (Heb., the ewe) was, on the contrary, "beautif...
29 Then he took his last breath and died. He was very old when he joined the members of his family who had already died. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body. Genesis 35:29 Meaning and Commentary Genesis 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died According to an Arabic wri...
Chapter Summary INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 9 In this chapter we have an account of God's blessing Noah and his sons, being just come out of the ark, with a renewal of the blessing of propagating their species, and replenishing the earth, the dominion over the creatures, and a freedom from ...
Even when Nahor's family comes on the scene, as it does in chapter 29, we hear only so much of it as is necessary to throw light on Jacob's history. (V.) Jacob. — The history of Jacob and Joseph (Ge 36:1). — Here, after Isaac's death, we have ...
There is no question that one of the main themes of Joseph’s life isthe presence of God. In fact, God’s presence is repeated eight times in chapter 39 alone: “the Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man” (39:2) ...
For a helpful study of this passage and the next chapter, see T. O. Figart, A Biblical Perspective on the Race Problem, 55-58. Genesis 9:27 sn There is some debate over whether God or Japheth is the subject. On the one hand, the brothers acted together and the refrain end...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 45. - And 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 (ver. 52); a different transaction from the piling of the stone-heap next referred to (cf. Genesis 28:18; Joshua 24:27)....
A number of these symbols were noted on the English DVD commentary for Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion. Many of the characters share their names with Japanese warships from World War II (such as the SōryūWP, AkagiWP, and KatsuragiWP; though the ship names and character names ...
Delitzsch simply said it meant “double fruitfulness” (New Commentary on Genesis, 2:305). G. J. Spurrell suggested it was a diphthongal pronunciation of a name ending in -an or -am, often thought to be dual suffixes (Notes on the text of the book of Genesis, 334). Many, however, ...