40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. …
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: …
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. …
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-42)See in these verses, I. The power of provocation. Jacob’s natural temper was mild and calm, and grace had improved it; he was a smooth man, and a plain man; and yet Laban’s unreasonable carriage towards him put him into a heat that transported him into a heat that transported him into some vehemence, Gen. 31:36 , 37 . His chiding with Laban, though it may admit of some excuse, was not justifiable,…
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