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Genesis 31:45-55
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:45-55
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:43-55Genesis 31:43-55 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryLaban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a covenant of friendship betw…Jacob's Covenant with Laban. (b. c. 1739.)Genesis 31:43-55 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJACOB'S COVENANT WITH LABAN. (B. C. 1739.) We 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 Jac…The Pulpit Commentary on 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 (of…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:45-55Genesis 31:45-55 · The Pulpit CommentaryGaleed and Mizpah, or the covenant of peace. I. THE COVENANT MEMORIALS. 1. The pillar of remembrance. The erection of the stone slab appears to have been the act of Jacob alone, and to have been designed to commemorate…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 31:43-55Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a covenant of friendship betw…Matthew HenrycommentaryJacob's Covenant with Laban. (b. c. 1739.)JACOB'S COVENANT WITH LABAN. (B. C. 1739.) We 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 Jac…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:45And 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 (of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:45-55Galeed and Mizpah, or the covenant of peace. I. THE COVENANT MEMORIALS. 1. The pillar of remembrance. The erection of the stone slab appears to have been the act of Jacob alone, and to have been designed to commemorate…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:46And Jacob said unto his brethren,—Laban's kinsmen and his own (vide Genesis 31:37)—Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap:—Gal, from Galal, to roll, to move in a circle, probably signified a circular cair…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:47And Laban called it Jegar sahadutha:—A Chaldaic term signifying "Heap of testimony," βουνὸς τῆς μαρτυρίας (LXX.); tumulum testis (Vulgate)—but Jacob called it Galeed—compounded of Gal and 'ed and meaning, like the co…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:48-50And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. The historian adding—Therefore was the name of it called (originally by Jacob, and afterwards by the Israelites from this transaction) Galeed (vide on…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 31:51-53And Laban said to Jacob,—according to Ewald the last narrator has transposed the names of Laban and Jacob—Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast (same word as in Genesis 31:45. The Arabic version an…Joseph S. Exell and contributors