Genesis 31:53 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

תרפים t^erāpı̂ym — Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapte…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

Abraham beg…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

The God of Abraham. It is indeed rightly and properly done that Laban should adjure Jacob by the name of God. For this is the confirmation…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their
father, judge between us
A…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob and therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to acknowledge his fa…