Gen 30:35-43 | TSK | e4.org | he removed From this it appears, that, as Jacob had agreed to take all the parti-coloured for his wages, and was now only beginning to act upon this agreement, and consequently had as yet no right to any of the cattle, therefore Laban separated from the flock all such cattle as Jacob might afterwards claim in consequence of his bargain, leaving only the black and white with Jacob. the hand

‏ Genesis 30:35-43

he removed From this it appears, that, as Jacob had agreed to take all the parti-coloured for his wages, and was now only beginning to act upon this agreement, and consequently had as yet no right to any of the cattle, therefore Laban separated from the flock all such cattle as Jacob might afterwards claim in consequence of his bargain, leaving only the black and white with Jacob.

the hand Gen 31:9

Jacob Gen 31:9-13

green poplar Livneh is the white poplar, so called from the whiteness of its leaves, bark, and wood, from lavan to be white., hasel, Jerome, Hiller, Celsius, Dr. Shaw, Bochart, and other learned men, say, that luz is not the "hazel" but the almond-tree, as the word denotes both in Arabic and Syriac.

chestnut tree The Heb. word ârmon, signifies "the plane-tree," so called from the bark naturally peeling off, and leaving the trunk naked, as its root âram, signifies. Ezek 31:8

brought forth Gen 31:9-12, Gen 31:38, Gen 31:40, Gen 31:42; Exod 12:35-36

whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive As the means which Jacob used would not in general produce similar effects, nay, probably the experiment was never in any other instance tried with effect, it is more in harmony with Divine truth to suppose that he was directed by some Divine intimation; and rendered successful, if not by a direct miracle, yet at least by the Lord's giving a new and uncommon bias to the tendency of natural causes. Gen 30:41

Gen 30:30, Gen 13:2, Gen 24:35, Gen 26:13-14, Gen 28:15, Gen 31:7-8, Gen 31:42, Gen 32:10, Gen 33:11, Gen 36:7; Eccl 2:7; Ezek 39:10; The Lord will, in one way or other, honour those who simply trust his providence.