Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled." — Genesis 31:10 (ASV)
Rams. —Hebrew, he-goats. The Authorized Version has made the alteration, because the word rendered “cattle” is really sheep (and so in Genesis 31:8; Genesis 31:12, and so on); but, like our word flock, it also included goats.