Bible Commentary

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. Verse 16. I have hired thee] We may remark among the Jewish women … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:16”

And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son’s mandrakes. Verse 15. Thou hast taken my husband] It appears probable that Rachel had found means to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:15”

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes. 14. mandrakes ] R.V. marg. love-apples. The mandrake ( mandragora vernalis) is a tuberous plant, with yellow plumlike fruit. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:14”

And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. 13. call me happy ] Heb. asher, to call happy. The “daughters” are probably the daughters of the land. Cf. Son 6:9, “the daughters saw her and called her blessed”; cf. Luk 1:48. These two Hebrew … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:13”

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a second son. And Zilpah, Leah’s maid, bare Jacob a second son. As well as Bilhah, and no more. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Reciprocal: Num 1:40 – General Eze 48:2 – Asher Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. 11. Fortunate ] Heb. with fortune! Another reading is, Fortune is come. The versions (LXX = “with fortune,” Lat. feliciter) follow the reading of the Hebrew text ( Ke’thb). The other reading, followed by the Massoretic tradition ( er), is found in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:11”

And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son. And Zilpah, Leah’s maid, bore Jacob a son. For it seems he consented to take her to wife at the motion of Leah, as he had took Bilhah at the instance of Rachel; and having gratified the one, he could not well deny the other; and went … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:10”

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. When Leah saw that she had left bearing,…. For a little while, for she afterwards bore again, and observing also what her sister had done; she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:9”

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 8. mighty wrestlings ] Heb. wrestlings of God. The “wrestlings of God” may mean either “mighty wrestlings,” “of God” being added as an intensive or superlative (cf. Gen 23:6, “a mighty prince”); or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:8”

And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again,…. Soon after the birth of her first child: and bare Jacob a second son; this was his sixth son, but the second by Bilhah. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible ‘And Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, conceived … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 30:7”