These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Charles Ellicott

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 Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Thus have I been twenty years in your house Attended with these difficulties, inconveniencies, and hardships;

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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