Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
Jacob.
Psalm 119:32,60 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart…
Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a …
went on his journey. Heb. lifted up his feet. came.
Genesis 22:20-23 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, …
Genesis 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and …
Genesis 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter …
Genesis 28:5-7 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram to Laban, son …
Numbers 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has …
Judges 6:3,33 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, …
Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the …
Judges 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, …
1 Kings 4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the …
Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a …
people. Heb. children. east. The district of Mesopotamia, and the whole country beyond the Euphrates, are called Kedem, or the East, in the Sacred Writings.
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
a well.
Genesis 24:11,13 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of …
Exodus 2:15,16 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses …
John 4:6,14 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his …
there.
Psalm 23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.
Songs 1:6,7 Look not on me, because I am black, because the sun has looked on …
Isaiah 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun …
Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the middle of the throne shall feed them, …
a great stone. In Arabia, and other places in the East, they cover up their wells of water, lest the sand, which is put in motion by the winds, should fill and quite stop them up. So great was their care not to leave the well open any length of time, that they waited till the flocks were all gathered together before they began to draw water; and when they had finished, the well was immediately closed again.
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
the flocks. Instead of haadarim, 'the flocks,' the Samaritan reads haroin, 'the shepherds,' as does also the Arabic in Walton's Polyglott. This verse describes what was usually done by some mutual compact among the shepherds, and shows the purpose for which the flocks lay by the well; for the stone was not removed till all the flocks had been collected. Scott.
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Of Haran.
Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's …
Genesis 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and …
Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee you to Laban my …
Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Acts 7:2,4 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory …
Charran.
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
Is he well? Heb. there peace to him?
Genesis 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your …
Genesis 43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, …
Exodus 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, …
1 Samuel 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, …
1 Samuel 25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, …
2 Samuel 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took …
And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
Rachel.
Genesis 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah …
Exodus 2:15,16,21 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses …
Songs 1:7,8 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make …
for she kept them. In those primitive times, a pastoral life was not only considered useful but honourable: nor was it beneath the dignity of the daughters of the most opulent chiefs to carry water from the well, or tend the sheep. Jacob, Moses, and David were shepherds.
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
kissed.
Genesis 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's …
Genesis 27:26 And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Genesis 33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, …
Genesis 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn on his brother: and …
Genesis 45:2,14,15 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard…
Exodus 4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. …
Exodus 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, …
Romans 16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
and wept.
Genesis 33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, …
Genesis 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn on his brother: and …
Genesis 45:2,14,15 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard…
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
tidings. Heb. hearing. he ran.
Genesis 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran …
kissed.
Genesis 45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them: and after …
Exodus 4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. …
Exodus 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, …
2 Samuel 19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, …
Luke 7:45 You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has …
Acts 20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Romans 16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
all these.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
art my.
Genesis 29:12,15 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that …
Genesis 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: …
Genesis 13:8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between …
Judges 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether …
2 Samuel 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, …
2 Samuel 19:12,13 You are my brothers, you are my bones and my flesh: why then are …
Micah 7:5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep …
Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
the space of a month. Heb. a month of days.
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
was Leah.
Genesis 29:17,25-32 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored…
Genesis 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son.
Genesis 31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
Genesis 33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and …
Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, …
Genesis 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Padanaram, …
Genesis 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac …
Ruth 4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We …
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Rachel.
Genesis 29:6-12,18 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, …
Genesis 30:1,2,22 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied …
Genesis 35:19,20,24 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem…
Genesis 46:19-22 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin…
Genesis 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land …
1 Samuel 10:2 When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two men …
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and …
Matthew 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great …
beautiful.
Genesis 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that …
Genesis 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look on, a virgin, neither had any …
Genesis 39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought …
Proverbs 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the …
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
loved.
Genesis 29:20,30 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but …
I will serve. In ancient times, it was a custom among many nations to give dowries for their wives; but Jacob, being poor, offered for Rachel seven year's service.
Genesis 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen …
Genesis 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as …
Exodus 22:16,17 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, …
2 Samuel 3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver …
Hosea 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer …
Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a …
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
A.M.
Genesis 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and …
Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a …
for the love.
Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, …
Songs 8:6,7 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm: for love is …
1 Corinthians 13:7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that …
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us…
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Give me.
Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother …
my days.
Genesis 29:18,20 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for …
Genesis 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen …
go in.
Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and …
Genesis 38:16 And he turned to her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray you, let …
Judges 15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, …
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
in the morning.
1 Corinthians 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare …
wherefore.
Genesis 27:35,36 And he said, Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away …
Judges 1:7 And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs …
Proverbs 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more …
Matthew 7:2,12 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what …
John 21:17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me? …
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
he loved.
Genesis 29:20,31 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but …
Genesis 44:20,27 And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child …
Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they …
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and …
Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: …
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, …
John 12:25 He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life …
served.
Genesis 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for …
Genesis 30:25,26 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said …
Genesis 31:15,41 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has …
1 Samuel 18:17-27 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will …
Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a …
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
saw.
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …
was hated.
Genesis 29:30 And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than …
Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father …
Deuteronomy 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they …
Malachi 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for …
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and …
Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: …
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, …
John 12:25 He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life …
he opened.
Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, …
Genesis 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, …
Genesis 21:1,2 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah …
Genesis 25:21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: …
Genesis 30:1,2,22 And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied …
Judges 13:2,3 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, …
1 Samuel 1:5,20,27 But to Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but …
1 Samuel 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three …
Psalm 127:3 See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb …
Luke 1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they …
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
A.M.
Genesis 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelled in that land, that Reuben …
Genesis 37:21,22,29 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and …
Genesis 42:22,27 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do …
Genesis 46:8,9 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into …
Genesis 49:3,4 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, …
1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; …
Reuben. that is, See a son. looked.
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …
Exodus 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited …
Deuteronomy 26:7 And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard …
1 Samuel 1:11,20 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed …
2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the …
Psalm 25:18 Look on my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Psalm 106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Luke 1:25 Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on …
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
A.M.
Genesis 30:6,8,18,20 And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, …
called.
Genesis 34:25,30 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two …
Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, …
Genesis 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to …
Genesis 49:5,6 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations…
Simeon. that is, Hearing.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
A.M.
Genesis 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two …
Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, …
Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations…
Exodus 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Exodus 32:26-29 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the …
Deuteronomy 33:8-10 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your …
Levi. that is, joined.
Numbers 18:2-4 And your brothers also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, …
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
A.M.
Genesis 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are …
Genesis 38:1-30 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, …
Genesis 43:8,9 And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we …
Genesis 44:18-34 Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, …
Genesis 46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and …
Genesis 49:8-12 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall …
Deuteronomy 33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice …
1 Chronicles 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief …
Matthew 1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas …
Judah. that is, Praise. left bearing. Heb. stood from bearing. ch.
Genesis 49:8 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall …
Genesis 30:17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.
