Introduction
Overview
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.
when Rachel . Genesis 29 . 31
Rachel envied . 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?" Genesis 37 . 11 , 1 Samuel 1 . 4-8 , Psalm 106 . 16 , Proverbs 14 . 30 , Ecclesiastes 4 . 4 , 1 Corinthians 3 . 3 , Galatians 5 . 21 , Titus 3 . 3 , James 3 . 14 , James 4 . 5
or else I die . Genesis 35 . 16-19 , Genesis 37 . 11 , Numbers 11 . 15 , Numbers 11 . 29 , 1 Kings 19 . 4 , Job 3 . 1-3 , Job 3 . 11 , Job 3 . 20-22 , Job 5 . 2 , Job 13 . 19 , Jeremiah 20 . 14-18 , John 4 . 3 , John 4 . 8 , 2 Corinthians 7 . 10
Reciprocal . Genesis 11 . 30 . barren Genesis 15 . 2 . childless Genesis 29 . 17 . Rachel Genesis 32 . 22 . his two wives Genesis 35 . 18 . her soul Exodus 1 . 1 . General Exodus 17 . 2 . Give us Ruth 4 . 11 . Rachel 2 Kings 4 . 14 . she hath no child 2 Kings 4 . 28 . Did I desire Psalm 106 . 33 . he spake Psalm 127 . 3 . children Luke 1 . 7 . they had Acts 7 . 8 . and Jacob 1 Corinthians 13 . 4 . envieth
anger . Genesis 31 . 36 , Exodus 32 . 19 , Matthew 5 . 22 , Mark 3 . 5 , Ephesians 4 . 26
Am I . Genesis 16 . 2 , Genesis 25 . 21 , Genesis 50 . 19 , 1 Samuel 1 . 5 , 1 Samuel 2 . 5 , 1 Samuel 2 . 6 , 2 Kings 5 . 7
withheld . Deuteronomy 7 . 13 , Deuteronomy 7 . 14 , Psalm 113 . 9 , Psalm 127 . 3 , Luke 1 . 42
Reciprocal . Genesis 11 . 30 . barren Genesis 15 . 2 . childless Genesis 20 . 18 . General Genesis 29 . 17 . Rachel Genesis 29 . 31 . he opened Genesis 30 . 22 . opened Genesis 33 . 5 . children Genesis 48 . 9 . my sons Exodus 17 . 2 . Give us Ruth 4 . 13 . the Lord Job 1 . 21 . the Lord gave Job 33 . 6 . in James 3 . 14 . if
Behold . Genesis 30 . 9 , Genesis 16 . 2 , Genesis 16 . 3
she shall . Genesis 50 . 23 , Job 3 . 12
have children by her . Heb. be built up by her , Genesis 16 . 2 , *marg. Ruth 4 . 11
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 29 . Bilhah Genesis 46 . 25 . Bilhah 1 Chronicles 7 . 13 . the sons of Bilhah Ezekiel 48 . 1 . Dan
to wife . Genesis 16 . 3 , Genesis 21 . 10 , Genesis 22 . 24 , Genesis 25 . 1 , Genesis 25 . 6 , Genesis 33 . 2 , Genesis 35 . 22 , 2 Samuel 12 . 11
Reciprocal . Genesis 30 . 9 . gave her Genesis 35 . 25 . General Genesis 37 . 2 . wives
Reciprocal . Genesis 30 . 29 . General Genesis 35 . 22 . Now the sons Numbers 1 . 5 . Elizur Numbers 1 . 38 . General 1 Chronicles 2 . 1 . Reuben Matthew 1 . 2 . Jacob begat
am 2256 , bc 1748
God . Genesis 29 . 32-35 , Psalm 35 . 24 , Psalm 43 . 1 , Lamentations 3 . 59
Dan . that is , Judging , Genesis 35 . 25 , Genesis 46 . 23 , Genesis 49 . 16 , Genesis 49 . 17 , Deuteronomy 33 . 22 , Jeremiah 13 . 2 , Jeremiah 13 . 24 , Jeremiah 15 . 14-20
Reciprocal . Genesis 16 . 2 . obtain children Genesis 29 . 33 . Because Genesis 30 . 17 . General Genesis 41 . 52 . called he Genesis 42 . 13 . Thy servants Numbers 1 . 38 . General Deuteronomy 27 . 13 . Reuben Judges 18 . 29 . who was 1 Samuel 1 . 20 . when the time was come about 1 Chronicles 2 . 2 . Dan Isaiah 7 . 14 . shall call
am 2257 , bc 1747 , Genesis 30 . 7
Reciprocal . Genesis 46 . 24 . Naphtali Numbers 1 . 42 . Naphtali Ezekiel 48 . 3 . Naphtali
great wrestlings . Heb. wrestlings of God , Genesis 23 . 6 , Genesis 32 . 24 , Exodus 9 . 28 , 1 Samuel 14 . 15 , *marg.
and she . Genesis 35 . 25 , Genesis 46 . 24 , Genesis 49 . 21 , Deuteronomy 33 . 23
Naphtali . that is , My wrestling , Genesis 32 . 24 , Genesis 32 . 25 , Matthew 4 . 13 , Nephthalim
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 33 . Because Numbers 1 . 42 . Naphtali 1 Chronicles 2 . 2 . Naphtali Isaiah 7 . 14 . shall call Ezekiel 48 . 3 . Naphtali Jonah 3 . 3 . So Colossians 2 . 1 . what
am 2256 , bc 1748
left . Genesis 30 . 17 , Genesis 29 . 35
gave her . Genesis 30 . 4 , Genesis 16 . 3
Reciprocal . Genesis 16 . 2 . the Lord Genesis 25 . 6 . concubines Genesis 29 . 24 . Zilpah Genesis 30 . 3 . Behold Genesis 35 . 26 . And the sons Genesis 37 . 2 . wives Genesis 46 . 18 . Zilpah
Reciprocal . Numbers 1 . 24 . General Numbers 32 . 1 . the children Ezekiel 48 . 27 . Gad
she . Genesis 35 . 26 , Genesis 46 . 16 , Genesis 49 . 19 , Deuteronomy 33 . 20 , Deuteronomy 33 . 21
Gad . that is , A troop , or company , Isaiah 65 . 11
Reciprocal . Numbers 1 . 24 . General Numbers 32 . 1 . the children 1 Chronicles 2 . 2 . Gad 1 Chronicles 5 . 11 . Gad Ezekiel 48 . 27 . Gad
Reciprocal . Numbers 1 . 40 . General Ezekiel 48 . 2 . Asher
am 2257 , bc 1747
Happy am I . Heb. In my happiness , will call. Proverbs 31 . 28 , Song of Solomon 6 . 9 , Luke 1 . 48
and she . Genesis 35 . 26 , Genesis 46 . 17 , Genesis 49 . 20 , Deuteronomy 33 . 24 , Deuteronomy 33 . 25
Asher . that is , Happy
Reciprocal . Genesis 34 . 1 . the daughter Numbers 1 . 40 . General 2 Samuel 2 . 9 . Ashurites 1 Chronicles 2 . 2 . Asher Ezekiel 48 . 2 . Asher Luke 2 . 36 . Aser
am 2256 , bc 1748
mandrakes . 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." Song of Solomon 7 . 13
Give me . Genesis 25 . 30
Reciprocal . Genesis 46 . 13 . Issachar Ezekiel 48 . 25 . Issachar
Numbers 16 . 9 , Numbers 16 . 10 , Numbers 16 . 13 , Isaiah 7 . 13 , Ezekiel 16 . 47 , 1 Corinthians 4 . 3
Reciprocal . Genesis 30 . 20 . now will Leviticus 18 . 18 . to vex her 1 Kings 16 . 31 . as if it had been a light thing Ezekiel 34 . 18 . a small
am 2257 , bc 1747 , Genesis 30 . 6 , Genesis 30 . 22 , Exodus 3 . 7 , 1 Samuel 1 . 20 , 1 Samuel 1 . 26 , 1 Samuel 1 . 27 , Luke 1 . 13
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 35 . left bearing Genesis 30 . 9 . left Genesis 46 . 15 . Leah Numbers 26 . 23 . the sons
and she . Genesis 35 . 23 , Genesis 46 . 13 , Genesis 49 . 14 , Genesis 49 . 15 , Deuteronomy 33 . 18 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 32
Issachar . that is , An hire
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 33 . Because Numbers 1 . 28 . General Numbers 26 . 23 . the sons Deuteronomy 27 . 12 . Simeon Revelation 7 . 7 . Issachar
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 16 . was Leah Genesis 46 . 14 . Zebulun Numbers 26 . 26 . General Ezekiel 48 . 26 . Zebulun
am cir , 2258 , bc cir , 1746
now will . Genesis 30 . 15 , Genesis 29 . 34
and she . Genesis 35 . 23 , Genesis 46 . 14 , Genesis 49 . 13 , Judges 4 . 10 , Judges 5 . 14 , Psalm 68 . 27
Zebulun . that is , Dwelling , Matthew 4 . 13 , Zabulon
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 33 . Because Numbers 1 . 30 . General Numbers 26 . 26 . General Deuteronomy 27 . 13 . Reuben Ezekiel 48 . 26 . Zebulun
am cir , 2259 , bc 1745
and called . Genesis 34 . 1-3 , Genesis 34 . 26 , Genesis 46 . 15
Dinah . that is , Judgment
remembered . Genesis 8 . 1 , Genesis 21 . 1 , Genesis 29 . 31 , 1 Samuel 1 . 19 , 1 Samuel 1 . 20 , Psalm 105 . 42
opened . Genesis 30 . 2 , Genesis 21 . 1 , Genesis 21 . 2 , Genesis 25 . 21 , Genesis 29 . 31 , Psalm 113 . 9 , Psalm 127 . 3
Reciprocal . Genesis 16 . 2 . the Lord Genesis 19 . 29 . that God Genesis 29 . 17 . Rachel Genesis 30 . 17 . General Genesis 33 . 2 . Rachel Genesis 35 . 24 . General Genesis 42 . 38 . his brother Genesis 43 . 29 . mother's son Genesis 44 . 27 . General Genesis 49 . 22 . a fruitful Ruth 4 . 13 . the Lord 1 Samuel 1 . 11 . remember Ezekiel 48 . 4 . Manasseh Luke 1 . 25 . hath
Be fruitful and multiply , was the blessing of God . 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. Genesis 29 . 31 , 1 Samuel 1 . 5 , 1 Samuel 1 . 6 , Isaiah 4 . 1 , Luke 1 . 21 , Luke 1 . 25 , Luke 1 . 27
Reciprocal . Ruth 4 . 13 . the Lord Psalm 113 . 9 . maketh Zephaniah 3 . 15 . hath taken John 16 . 21 . for
And she . Genesis 35 . 24 , Genesis 37 . 2 , Genesis 37 . 4 , Genesis 39 . 1-23 , Genesis 42 . 6 , Genesis 48 . 1-22 , Genesis 49 . 22-26 , Deuteronomy 33 . 13-17 , Ezekiel 37 . 16 , Acts 7 . 9-15 , Hebrews 11 . 21 , Hebrews 11 . 22 , Revelation 7 . 8
Joseph . that is , Adding , Genesis 35 . 17 , Genesis 35 . 18
Reciprocal . Genesis 46 . 19 . Rachel Numbers 1 . 32 . General Deuteronomy 27 . 12 . Simeon 1 Chronicles 2 . 2 . Joseph John 16 . 21 . for
Send me away . Genesis 24 . 54 , Genesis 24 . 56
mine . Genesis 18 . 33 , Genesis 31 . 55
and to . Genesis 24 . 6 , Genesis 24 . 7 , Genesis 26 . 3 , Genesis 27 . 44 , Genesis 27 . 45 , Genesis 28 . 13 , Genesis 28 . 15 , Genesis 31 . 13 , Acts 7 . 4 , Acts 7 . 5 , Hebrews 11 . 9 , Hebrews 11 . 15 , Hebrews 11 . 16
Reciprocal . Genesis 29 . 30 . served Genesis 31 . 3 . land Exodus 18 . 23 . and all this
my wives . Genesis 29 . 19 , Genesis 29 . 20 , Genesis 29 . 30 , Genesis 31 . 26 , Genesis 31 . 31 , Genesis 31 . 41 , Hosea 12 . 12
for thou . Genesis 30 . 29 , Genesis 30 . 30 , Genesis 31 . 6 , Genesis 31 . 38-40
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 15 . sold us
favour . Genesis 18 . 3 , Genesis 33 . 15 , Genesis 34 . 11 , Genesis 39 . 3-5 , Genesis 39 . 21 , Genesis 47 . 25 , Exodus 3 . 21 , Numbers 11 . 11 , Numbers 11 . 15 , Ruth 2 . 13 , 1 Samuel 16 . 22 , 1 Kings 11 . 19 , Nehemiah 1 . 11 , Nehemiah 2 . 5 , Daniel 1 . 9 , Acts 7 . 10
the Lord . Genesis 30 . 30 , Genesis 12 . 3 , Genesis 26 . 24 , Genesis 39 . 2-5 , Genesis 39 . 21-23 , Psalm 1 . 3 , Isaiah 6 . 13 , Isaiah 61 . 9 , Isaiah 65 . 8
Reciprocal . Genesis 1 . 22 . General Genesis 21 . 22 . God Genesis 31 . 2 . it was Genesis 31 . 38 . ewes Genesis 39 . 5 . for Joseph's Genesis 44 . 5 . divineth Deuteronomy 2 . 7 . blessed 1 Samuel 18 . 28 . General 2 Samuel 6 . 11 . the Lord blessed 1 Chronicles 13 . 14 . the Lord 2 Chronicles 31 . 10 . the Lord Acts 27 . 24 . lo 1 Corinthians 16 . 2 . as God
Genesis 29 . 15 , Genesis 29 . 19
Genesis 30 . 5 , Genesis 31 . 6 , Genesis 31 . 38-40] , Matthew 24 . 45 , Ephesians 6 . 5-8 , Colossians 3 . 22-25 , Titus 2 . 9 , Titus 2 . 10 , 1 Peter 2 . 15 , 1 Peter 2 . 18
Reciprocal . Genesis 4 . 2 . And Abel Genesis 30 . 26 . for thou Psalm 144 . 13 . our sheep
increased . Heb. broken forth , Genesis 30 . 43
and the . Genesis 30 . 27
since my coming . Heb. at my foot , Deuteronomy 11 . 10
when . 2 Corinthians 12 . 14 , 1 Timothy 5 . 8
Reciprocal . Genesis 1 . 22 . General Genesis 12 . 3 . in thee Genesis 26 . 12 . blessed Genesis 30 . 26 . for thou Genesis 31 . 38 . ewes Genesis 39 . 3 . saw that Judges 15 . 19 . Enhakkore Job 1 . 10 . thou hast blessed Ecclesiastes 3 . 6 . time to get 1 Corinthians 16 . 2 . as God
2 Samuel 21 . 4-6 , Psalm 118 . 8 , Hebrews 13 . 5ö
of such . Genesis 30 . 35 , Genesis 31 . 8 , Genesis 31 . 10
righteousness . Genesis 31 . 37 , 1 Samuel 26 . 23 , 2 Samuel 22 . 21 , Psalm 37 . 6
answer . Isaiah 59 . 12
in time to come . Heb. to-morrow , Exodus 13 . 14
that shall be . Supply the ellipsis by inserting "if found ," after "stolen ," and the sense will be clear.
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 32 . before Genesis 31 . 41 . fourteen Joshua 22 . 24 . In time to come Proverbs 11 . 6 . righteousness
Numbers 22 . 29 , 1 Corinthians 7 . 7 , 1 Corinthians 14 . 5 , Galatians 5 . 12
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.
the hand . Genesis 31 . 9
Reciprocal . Genesis 30 . 32 . of such Genesis 31 . 16 . which God Genesis 34 . 5 . now his Genesis 46 . 34 . Thy servants'
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 22 . General
Jacob . Genesis 31 . 9-13
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.
chestnut tree . 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. Ezekiel 31 . 8
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 12 . Lift up Exodus 4 . 2 . a rod
brought forth . Genesis 31 . 9-12 , Genesis 31 . 38 , Genesis 31 . 40 , Genesis 31 . 42 , Exodus 12 . 35 , Exodus 12 . 36
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 10 . ringstreaked
whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive . 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 . 41
Genesis 30 . 30 , Genesis 13 . 2 , Genesis 24 . 35 , Genesis 26 . 13 , Genesis 26 . 14 , Genesis 28 . 15 , Genesis 31 . 7 , Genesis 31 . 8 , Genesis 31 . 42 , Genesis 32 . 10 , Genesis 33 . 11 , Genesis 36 . 7 , Ecclesiastes 2 . 7 , Ezekiel 39 . 10 , The Lord will , in one way or other , honour those who simply trust his providence.
Reciprocal . Genesis 32 . 5 . have oxen Genesis 32 . 14 . General Genesis 46 . 8 . the names Job 1 . 10 . substance Psalm 107 . 38 . suffereth