29 And he said H559 unto him, Thou knowest H3045 how H834 I have served H5647 thee, and how H834 thy cattle H4735 was with me.
30 For it was little H4592 which thou hadst before I H6440 came, and it is now increased H6555 unto a multitude; H7230 and the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 thee since my coming: H7272 and now when H4970 shall I provide H6213 for mine own house H1004 also?
31 And he said, H559 What shall I give thee? H5414 And Jacob H3290 said, H559 Thou shalt not give H5414 me any thing: H3972 if thou wilt do H6213 this thing H1697 for me, I will again H7725 feed H7462 and keep H8104 thy flock: H6629
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Commentary on Genesis 30 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 30
In this chapter we have an account of the increase,
Gen 30:1-13
We have here the bad consequences of that strange marriage which Jacob made with the two sisters. Here is,
Gen 30:14-24
Here is,
Gen 30:25-36
We have here,
Gen 30:37-43
Here is Jacob's honest policy to make his bargain more advantageous to himself than it was likely to be. If he had not taken some course to help himself, it would have been a bad bargain indeed, which he knew Laban would never consider, or rather would be well pleased to see him a loser by, so little did Laban consult any one's interest but his own. Now Jacob's contrivances were,