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If he said this, `The speckled will be your wages,` then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, `The streaked will be your wages,` then all the flock bore streaked.
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God's Providence Overrules Deceit
Commentators agree that this verse powerfully demonstrates God's sovereign intervention. No matter how Laban changed the terms of payment to try and cheat Jacob, God providentially ensured the flocks produced exactly what would benefit Jacob. As scholar John Gill notes, this dynamic clearly 'shows the hand of God in it,' proving that human schemes cannot thwart God's plan to bless His people.
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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
If he said thus, the speckled shall be thy wages Sometimes Laban would say to Jacob, only the speckled lambs which t…
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