as often as possible, the ten as a round number expressing the idea of completeness. From the statement that Laban had changed his wages ten times, it is evident that when Laban observed, that among his sheep and goats, of one colour only, a large number of mottled young ...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. Since all the parti-colored animals had already been removed (Genesis 30:35), this vision must have been intended to assure him ...
undue grief. It is the wisdom of parents not to bring up children delicately, they know not to what hardships they may be brought before they die. From the whole of this chapter we see with wonder the ways of Providence. The malignant brothers seem to have gotten their ends; the merchant...
The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. In the foregoing chapters we have had the pleasant view of the holiness and happiness of our first parents, the grace and favour of God, and the peace and beauty of the whol...
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 ...
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The earlier portion of the book, as far as the end of the eleventh chapter, may properly be termed a history of the world; the latter is a history of the fathers of the Jewish race. But from first to last it is a religious history: it begins with the creation of the world and of...
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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) ...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(41) Thus have I been . . . --Heb., This for me twenty years in thy house, but taken in connection with the preceding this, in Genesis 31:38, the meaning is "During the one twenty years that I was with thee, thy ewes, &c.," upon which...