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Genesis 31:11 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 11
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.Genesis 31:11 · King James Version
Genesis 31:11 in context
9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- angelmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
- dreamchălôwma dreamH2472 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and with the advice and consent of his wives. I. Upon a just provocation;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16