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Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
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The Reality of Hardship
Commentators explain that Jacob's complaint was not an exaggeration. The climate in that region featured extreme temperature swings, with scorching heat by day and freezing frost by night. This highlights the immense physical toll of his twenty years of faithful service, which he endured for his family.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Thus] I was In such a situation, as well as in the following uncomfortable plight and condition:
in t…
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