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Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
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A Covenant Born of Fear
Commentators like Calvin and Gill suggest Laban's proposal for a covenant was not from a change of heart, but from fear. Seeing that God was protecting and prospering Jacob, Laban feared future revenge for his mistreatment. His desire for a treaty was a self-serving attempt to secure his own safety against the man he had wronged.
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Genesis
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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
Let us make a covenant, I and thou. Laban here acts as men conscious of guilt are accustomed to do when they wish to guard themselves agai…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now therefore, come you, let us make a covenant, I and you Let us be good friends, an…
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…
