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So Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsentיִּשְׁלַחand calledוַיִּקְרָאRachelלְרָחֵלand Leahוּלְלֵאָהto the field,הַשָּׂדֶהtoאֶלhis flock.צֹאנוֹ
Genesis 31:4
Study it in the app“So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 31:4, word by word
- So 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- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- and calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Rachelרָחֵלrachel
Rachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appears- and Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- to the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- his flockצֹאנtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears
The context
3Then YHWH said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
4 · This verse (above)
5He said to them, “I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before; but the Elohim of my father has been with me.
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?