5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Jacob had no sooner obtained the blessing than immediately he was forced to flee from his country; and, as it if were not enough that he was a stranger and sojourner there, he must go to be more so, and no better than an exile, in another country. Now Jacob fled into Syria , Hos. 12:12. He was blessed with plenty of corn and wine, and yet he went away poor, was blessed with government, and yet wen…
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