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Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?
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A Justified Outburst
Commentators explain that Jacob's anger was not a simple loss of temper. After being pursued like a criminal and then vindicated when the search for the idols came up empty, his outburst was a righteous and powerful demand for justice. His questions, "What is my trespass? what is my sin?" publicly challenge Laban's false accusations after twenty years of mistreatment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
תרפים terāpı̂ym — Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapte…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
16th Century
Protestant
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban. Jacob again acts wrongly, by contending with Laban about a matter not fully known, and by wrong…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban Having answered Laban's questions to the silencing of him, and nothing of his …
If Jacob were willingly consumed by heat in the day and by frost at night to become Laban's son-in-law, what should we refuse to endure to become s…