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Genesis 30

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Genesis 30 . 1 , Rachel , in grief for her barrenness , gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob; Genesis 30 . 5 , Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali; Genesis 30 . 9 , Leah gives Zilpah her maid , who bears Gad and Asher; Genesis 30 . 14 , Reuben finds mandrakes , with which Leah buys her husband’s company of Rachel; Genesis 30 . 17 , Leah bears Issachar , Zebulun , and Dinah; Genesis 30 . 22 , Rachel bears Joseph; Genesis 30 . 25 , Jacob desires to depart; Genesis 30 . 27 , Laban detains him on a new agreement; Genesis 30 . 37 , Jacob’s policy , whereby he becomes rich.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

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Envy and jealousy are most tormenting passions to the breast which harbours them , vexatious to all around , and introductory to much impatience and ungodliness. "Who is able to stand before envy?"

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Genesis 30:2

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

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Genesis 30:3

Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

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Heb. be built up by her

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Genesis 30:4

So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

Genesis 30:4 · BSB

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Genesis 30:5

and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

Genesis 30:5 · BSB

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Genesis 30:6

Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

Genesis 30:6 · BSB

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that is , Judging

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Genesis 30:7

And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

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Genesis 30:8

Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Genesis 30:8 · BSB

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Heb. wrestlings of God

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that is , My wrestling

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Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 30:9 · BSB

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Genesis 30:10

And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

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Genesis 30:11

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

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that is , A troop , or company

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Genesis 30:12

When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

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Genesis 30:13

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

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Heb. In my happiness , will call

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Asher that is , Happy

Genesis 30:14

Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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The mandrake may be the Hebrew dudaim. It is so rendered by all the ancient versions , and is a species of melon , of an agreeable odour. Hasselquist , speaking of Nazareth in Galilee , says , "What I found most remarkable at this village was the great number of mandrakes which grew in a vale below it. I had not the pleasure of seeing this plant in blossom , the fruit now (May 5th , O. S.) hanging ripe on the stem , which lay withered on the ground. From the season in which this mandrake blossoms and ripens fruit , one might form a conjecture that it was Rachel's dudaim. These were brought her in the wheat harvest , which in Galilee is in the month of May , about this time , and the mandrake was now in fruit." The Abbee Mariti describes it as growing "low like a lettuce , to which its leaves have a great resemblance , except that they have a dark green colour. The flowers are purple , and the root is for the most part forked. The fruit , when ripe in the beginning of May , is of the size and colour of a small apple , exceedingly ruddy , and of a most agreeable odour. Our guide thought us fools for suspecting it to be unwholesome."

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Genesis 30:15

But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:15 · BSB

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Genesis 30:17

And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

Genesis 30:17 · BSB

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Genesis 30:18

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

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Issachar that is , An hire

Genesis 30:19

Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

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Genesis 30:20

“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

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that is , Dwelling

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Genesis 30:21

After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

Genesis 30:21 · BSB

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Dinah that is , Judgment

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

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Genesis 30:23

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

Genesis 30:23 · BSB

Be fruitful and multiply , was the blessing of God7 parallels

barrenness therefore was reckoned a reproach The intense desire of having children , observable among the Jewish women , arose not only from this reproach of barrenness , but from the hope of being the mother of the promised seed , and Him in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed

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Genesis 30:24

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

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that is , Adding

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Genesis 30:25

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

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Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

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Genesis 30:27

But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

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Genesis 30:28

And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

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Genesis 30:29

Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

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Genesis 30:30

Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

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Heb. broken forth

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Heb. at my foot

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Genesis 30:31

“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

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Genesis 30:32

Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

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Genesis 30:33

So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen."

Genesis 30:33 · BSB

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Heb. to-morrow

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that shall be Supply the ellipsis by inserting "if found ," after "stolen ," and the sense will be clear.

Genesis 30:34

“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

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Genesis 30:35

That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

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he removed From this it appears , that , as Jacob had agreed to take all the parti-coloured for his wages , and was now only beginning to act upon this agreement , and consequently had as yet no right to any of the cattle , therefore Laban separated from the flock all such cattle as Jacob might afterwards claim in consequence of his bargain , leaving only the black and white with Jacob.

Genesis 30:36

Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

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Genesis 30:37

Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

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The Heb. word ârmon , signifies "the plane-tree ," so called from the bark naturally peeling off , and leaving the trunk naked , as its root âram , signifies

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green poplar Livneh is the white poplar , so called from the whiteness of its leaves , bark , and wood , from lavan to be white. , hasel , Jerome , Hiller , Celsius , Dr. Shaw , Bochart , and other learned men , say , that luz is not the "hazel" but the almond-tree , as the word denotes both in Arabic and Syriac.

Genesis 30:39

they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

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Genesis 30:41

Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

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As the means which Jacob used would not in general produce similar effects , nay , probably the experiment was never in any other instance tried with effect , it is more in harmony with Divine truth to suppose that he was directed by some Divine intimation; and rendered successful , if not by a direct miracle , yet at least by the Lord's giving a new and uncommon bias to the tendency of natural causes

Genesis 30:43

Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

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