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And Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsawיַּרְאthe faceאֶת פְּנֵיof Laban,לָבָןand look,וְהִנֵּהit was notאֵינֶנּוּwith himעִמּוֹas before.כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם
Genesis 31:2
Study it in the app“And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and look, it was not with him as before.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:2, word by word
- And Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears- as beforeתְמוֹלtemol
formerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appears- as beforeשִׁלְשׁוֹםshilshom
day before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears
The context
1He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has made all this wealth.”
2 · This verse (above)
3Then YHWH said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
To study Genesis 31 in a group
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?