34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
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I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-36)We have here, I. Jacob’s thoughts of home. He faithfully served his time out with Laban, even his second apprenticeship, though he was an old man, had a large family to provide for, and it was high time for him to set up for himself. Though Laban’s service was hard, and he had cheated him in the first bargain he had made, yet Jacob honestly performs his engagements. Note, A good man, though he swe…
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