32 I will pass H5674 through all thy flock H6629 to day, H3117 removing H5493 from thence all the speckled H5348 and spotted H2921 cattle, H7716 and all the brown H2345 cattle H7716 among the sheep, H3775 and the spotted H2921 and speckled H5348 among the goats: H5795 and of such shall be my hire. H7939
If he said H559 thus, The speckled H5348 shall be thy wages; H7939 then all the cattle H6629 bare H3205 speckled: H5348 and if he said H559 thus, The ringstraked H6124 shall be thy hire; H7939 then bare H3205 all the cattle H6629 ringstraked. H6124
And he removed H5493 that day H3117 the he goats H8495 that were ringstraked H6124 and spotted, H2921 and all the she goats H5795 that were speckled H5348 and spotted, H2921 and every one that had some white H3836 in it, and all the brown H2345 among the sheep, H3775 and gave H5414 them into the hand H3027 of his sons. H1121
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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,