Study it in the app“Had not the Elohim of my father, the Elohim of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. Elohim has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and he rebuked you last night.””
Had notלוּלֵיthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof my father,אָבִיthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Abrahamאַבְרָהָםand the Fearוּפַחַדof Isaac,יִצְחָקbeenהָיָהwith me,לִיsurelyכִּיnowעַתָּהyou would have sent me awayשִׁלַּחְתָּנִיempty-handed.רֵיקָםElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas seenרָאָהmy afflictionאֶת עָנְיִיand the toilוְאֶת יְגִיעַof my hands,כַּפַּיand he rebuked youוַיּוֹכַחlast night.”אָמֶשׁ
if not, unless
If not, unless, were it not that.
Where else “lule” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsdread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “fachad” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilachta” appearsempty-handed
With nothing: return bringing nothing.
Where else “rekam” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appearsaffliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “anyi” appearstoil, its fruit
Wearying labor and what it earns.
Where else “yegia” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapa” appearsrebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “yochach” appearslast night
Last night; yesterday.
Where else “amesh” appears“The Fear of Isaac” is a way of naming God: the one whom Isaac revered. It appears only here and in 31:53.
41These twenty years I have had in your house: I served you fourteen years for the two of your daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.
42 · This verse (above)
43Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the sons are my sons, the flock is my flock, and all that you see is mine. But to my daughters what can I do to these today, or to their children whom they have borne?
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?
