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Genesis 31:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 31 · verse 5
And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.Genesis 31:5 · King James Version
Genesis 31:5 in context
3And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
5And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
6And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- countenancepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- beforeshilshôwmtreblyH8032 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- seerâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- 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