30:1 Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob;
30:5 Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali;
30:9 Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher;
30:14 Reuben finds mandrakes, with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel;
30:17 Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah;
30:22 Rachel bears Joseph;
30:25 Jacob desires to depart;
30:27 Laban detains him on a new agreement;
30:37 Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich. Verse 1when RachelGenesis 29:31 Rachel enviedEnvy 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?" 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, 4:5 or else I dieGenesis 35:16-19, 37:11; Numbers 11:15, 11:29; 1 Kings 19:4; Job 3:1-3, 3:11, 3:20-22, 5:2; 13:19; Jeremiah 20:14-18; John 4:3, 4:8; 2 Corinthians 7:10ReciprocalGenesis 11:30 - barren; 15:2 - childless; 29:17 - Rachel; 32:22 - his two wives; 35:18 - her soul; Exodus 1:1 - General; 17:2 - Give us; Ruth 4:11 - Rachel; 2 Kings 4:14 - she hath no child; 4:28 - Did I desire; Psalm 106:33 - he spake; 127:3 - children; Luke 1:7 - they had; Acts 7:8 - and Jacob; 1 Corinthians 13:4 - envieth Verse 2angerGenesis 31:36; Exodus 32:19; Matthew 5:22; Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:26 Am IGenesis 16:2, 25:21, 50:19; 1 Samuel 1:5, 2:5, 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7 withheldDeuteronomy 7:13, 7:14; Psalm 113:9, 127:3; Luke 1:42ReciprocalGenesis 11:30 - barren; 15:2 - childless; 20:18 - General; 29:17 - Rachel; 29:31 - he opened; 30:22 - opened; 33:5 - children; 48:9 - my sons; Exodus 17:2 - Give us; Ruth 4:13 - the Lord; Job 1:21 - the Lord gave; 33:6 - in; James 3:14 - if Verse 3BeholdGenesis 30:9, 16:2, 16:3 she shall50:23; Job 3:12 have children by herHeb. be built up by her, Genesis 16:2 *marg. Ruth 4:11ReciprocalGenesis 29:29 - Bilhah; 46:25 - Bilhah; 1 Chronicles 7:13 - the sons of Bilhah; Ezekiel 48:1 - Dan Verse 4to wifeGenesis 16:3, 21:10, 22:24, 25:1, 25:6, 33:2, 35:22; 2 Samuel 12:11ReciprocalGenesis 30:9 - gave her; 35:25 - General; 37:2 - wives Verse 5ReciprocalGenesis 30:29 - General; 35:22 - Now the sons; Numbers 1:5 - Elizur; 1:38 - General; 1 Chronicles 2:1 - Reuben; Matthew 1:2 - Jacob begat Verse 6 amGodGenesis 29:32-35; Psalm 35:24, 43:1; Lamentations 3:59 Danthat is, Judging, Genesis 35:25, 46:23, 49:16, 49:17; Deuteronomy 33:22; Jeremiah 13:2, 13:24, 15:14-20ReciprocalGenesis 16:2 - obtain children; 29:33 - Because; 30:17 - General; 41:52 - called he; 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 Verse 7 amGenesis 30:7Reciprocal46:24 - Naphtali; Numbers 1:42 - Naphtali; Ezekiel 48:3 - Naphtali Verse 8great wrestlingsHeb. wrestlings of God, Genesis 23:6, 32:24; Exodus 9:28; 1 Samuel 14:15 *marg.and sheGenesis 35:25, 46:24, 49:21; Deuteronomy 33:23 Naphtalithat is, My wrestling, Genesis 32:24, 32:25; Matthew 4:13, NephthalimReciprocalGenesis 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 Verse 9 amleftGenesis 30:17, 29:35 gave her30:4, 16:3Reciprocal16:2 - the Lord; 25:6 - concubines; 29:24 - Zilpah; 30:3 - Behold; 35:26 - And the sons; 37:2 - wives; 46:18 - Zilpah Verse 10ReciprocalNumbers 1:24 - General; 32:1 - the children; Ezekiel 48:27 - Gad Verse 11sheGenesis 35:26, 46:16, 49:19; Deuteronomy 33:20, 33:21 Gadthat is, A troop, or company, Isaiah 65:11ReciprocalNumbers 1:24 - General; 32:1 - the children; 1 Chronicles 2:2 - Gad; 5:11 - Gad; Ezekiel 48:27 - Gad Verse 12ReciprocalNumbers 1:40 - General; Ezekiel 48:2 - Asher Verse 13 amHappy am IHeb. In my happiness, will call. Proverbs 31:28; Song of Songs 6:9; Luke 1:48 and sheGenesis 35:26, 46:17, 49:20; Deuteronomy 33:24, 33:25 Asherthat is, HappyReciprocalGenesis 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 Verse 14 ammandrakesThe 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 Songs 7:13 Give meGenesis 25:30Reciprocal46:13 - Issachar; Ezekiel 48:25 - Issachar Verse 15Numbers 16:9, 16:10, 16:13; Isaiah 7:13; Ezekiel 16:47; 1 Corinthians 4:3ReciprocalGenesis 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 Verse 17 amGenesis 30:6, 30:22; Exodus 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:20, 1:26, 1:27; Luke 1:13ReciprocalGenesis 29:35 - left bearing; 30:9 - left; 46:15 - Leah; Numbers 26:23 - the sons Verse 18and sheGenesis 35:23, 46:13, 49:14, 49:15; Deuteronomy 33:18; 1 Chronicles 12:32 Issacharthat is, An hireReciprocalGenesis 29:33 - Because; Numbers 1:28 - General; 26:23 - the sons; Deuteronomy 27:12 - Simeon; Revelation 7:7 - Issachar Verse 19ReciprocalGenesis 29:16 - was Leah; 46:14 - Zebulun; Numbers 26:26 - General; Ezekiel 48:26 - Zebulun Verse 20 amnow willGenesis 30:15, 29:34 and she35:23, 46:14, 49:13; Judges 4:10, 5:14; Psalm 68:27 Zebulunthat is, Dwelling, Matthew 4:13, ZabulonReciprocalGenesis 29:33 - Because; Numbers 1:30 - General; 26:26 - General; Deuteronomy 27:13 - Reuben; Ezekiel 48:26 - Zebulun Verse 21 amand calledGenesis 34:1-3, 34:26, 46:15 Dinahthat is, Judgment

Verse 22rememberedGenesis 8:1, 21:1, 29:31; 1 Samuel 1:19, 1:20; Psalm 105:42 openedGenesis 30:2, 21:1, 21:2, 25:21, 29:31; Psalm 113:9, 127:3ReciprocalGenesis 16:2 - the Lord; 19:29 - that God; 29:17 - Rachel; 30:17 - General; 33:2 - Rachel; 35:24 - General; 42:38 - his brother; 43:29 - mother's son; 44:27 - General; 49:22 - a fruitful; Ruth 4:13 - the Lord; 1 Samuel 1:11 - remember; Ezekiel 48:4 - Manasseh; Luke 1:25 - hath Verse 23 "Be
; Genesis 29:31; 1 Samuel 1:5, 1:6; Isaiah 4:1; Luke 1:21, 1:25, 1:27ReciprocalRuth 4:13 - the Lord; Psalm 113:9 - maketh; Zephaniah 3:15 - hath taken; John 16:21 - for Verse 24And sheGenesis 35:24, 37:2, 37:4, 39:1-23, 42:6, 48:1-22, 49:22-26; Deuteronomy 33:13-17; Ezekiel 37:16; Acts 7:9-15; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; Revelation 7:8 Josephthat is, Adding, Genesis 35:17, 35:18Reciprocal46:19 - Rachel; Numbers 1:32 - General; Deuteronomy 27:12 - Simeon; 1 Chronicles 2:2 - Joseph; John 16:21 - for Verse 25Send me awayGenesis 24:54, 24:56 mine18:33, 31:55 and to24:6, 24:7, 26:3, 27:44, 27:45, 28:13, 28:15, 31:13; Acts 7:4, 7:5; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1, 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 29:30 - served; 31:3 - land; Exodus 18:23 - and all this Verse 26my wivesGenesis 29:19, 29:20, 29:30, 31:26, 31:31, 31:41; Hosea 12:12 for thouGenesis 30:29, 30:30, 31:6, 31:38-40Reciprocal31:15 - sold us Verse 27favourGenesis 18:3, 33:15, 34:11, 39:3-5, 39:21, 47:25; Exodus 3:21; Numbers 11:11, 11:15; Ruth 2:13; 1 Samuel 16:22; 1 Kings 11:19; Nehemiah 1:11, 2:5; Daniel 1:9; Acts 7:10 the LordGenesis 30:30, 12:3, 26:24, 39:2-5, 39:21-23; Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 6:13, 61:9, 65:8ReciprocalGenesis 1:22 - General; 21:22 - God; 31:2 - it was; 31:38 - ewes; 39:5 - for Joseph's; 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 Verse 28Genesis 29:15, 29:19

Verse 29Genesis 30:5, 31:6, 31:38-40; Matthew 24:45; Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-25; Titus 2:9, 2:10; 1 Peter 2:15, 2:18ReciprocalGenesis 4:2 - And Abel; 30:26 - for thou; Psalm 144:13 - our sheep Verse 30increasedHeb. broken forth, Genesis 30:43 and the30:27 since my comingHeb. at my foot, Deuteronomy 11:10 when2 Corinthians 12:14; 1 Timothy 5:8ReciprocalGenesis 1:22 - General; 12:3 - in thee; 26:12 - blessed; 30:26 - for thou; 31:38 - ewes; 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 Verse 312 Samuel 21:4-6; Psalm 118:8; Habakkuk 3:1

Verse 32of suchGenesis 30:35, 31:8, 31:10

Verse 33righteousnessGenesis 31:37; 1 Samuel 26:23; 2 Samuel 22:21; Psalm 37:6 answerIsaiah 59:12 in time to comeHeb. to-morrow, Exodus 13:14 that shall beSupply the ellipsis by inserting "if found," after "stolen," and the sense will be clear.ReciprocalGenesis 31:32 - before; 31:41 - fourteen; Joshua 22:24 - In time to come; Proverbs 11:6 - righteousness Verse 34Numbers 22:29; 1 Corinthians 7:7, 14:5; Galatians 5:12

Verse 35he removedFrom 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 handGenesis 31:9Reciprocal30:32 - of such; 31:16 - which God; 34:5 - now his; 46:34 - Thy servants' Verse 36ReciprocalGenesis 31:22 - General Verse 37JacobGenesis 31:9-13 green poplarLivneh 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 treeThe Heb. word a?rmon, signifies "the plane-tree," so called from the bark naturally peeling off, and leaving the trunk naked, as its root a?ram, signifies. Ezekiel 31:8ReciprocalGenesis 31:12 - Lift up; Exodus 4:2 - a rod Verse 39brought forthGenesis 31:9-12, 31:38, 31:40, 31:42; Exodus 12:35, 12:36ReciprocalGenesis 31:10 - ringstreaked Verse 41whensoever the stronger cattle did conceiveAs 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

Verse 43Genesis 30:30, 13:2, 24:35, 26:13, 26:14, 28:15, 31:7, 31:8, 31:42, 32:10, 33:11, 36:7; Ecclesiastes 2:7; Ezekiel 39:10
The Lord will, in one way or other, honour those who simply trust his providence.ReciprocalGenesis 32:5 - have oxen; 32:14 - General; 46:8 - the names; Job 1:10 - substance; Psalm 107:38 - suffereth