Genesis 30:33

So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
righteousness	צִדְקָתִי֙ tzid.ka.Ti	H6666	rightness (abstractly) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
answer	וְעָֽנְתָה ve.'a.ne.tah-	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
time	בְּי֣וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	מָחָ֔ר ma.Char	H4279	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	תָב֥וֹא ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
hire	שְׂכָרִ֖י se.kha.Ri	H7939	payment of contract · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
face	לְפָנֶ֑יךָ le.fa.Nei.kha	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
one	כֹּ֣ל kol	H3605	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
speckled	נָקֹ֨ד na.Kod	H5348	spotted · adjective, masculine singular absolute
spotted	וְטָל֜וּא ve.ta.Lu'	H2921	properly · conjunction + verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
goats	בָּֽעִזִּ֗ים ba.'i.Zim	H5795	a she-goat (as strong) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
brown	וְחוּם֙ ve.Chum	H2345	sunburnt or swarthy (blackish) · conjunction + adjective, masculine singular absolute
sheep	בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים ba.ke.sa.Vim	H3775	a young sheep · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
stolen	גָּנ֥וּב ga.Nuv	H1589	to thieve (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretc…
Genesis 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, t…
Exodus 13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD b…
2 Samuel 22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psalms 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniqu…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:25-36

We have here, I. Jacob's thoughts of home. He faithfully served his time out with Laban, even his second apprenticeship, though he was an old man, had a large family to provide for, and it was high time for him to set up for himself. Though Laban's service was hard, and he had cheated him in the first bargain he had made, yet Jacob honestly performs his engagements. Note, A good man, though he swear to his own hurt, will not change. And though others have deceived us this will not justify us in deceiving them. Our rule is to do as we would be done by, not as we are done by. Jacob's term having expired, he begs leave to be gone, Gen 30:25. Observe, 1. He retained his affection for the land of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:32

I will pass through all thy flock to-day--Eastern sheep being generally white, the goats black, and spotted or speckled ones comparatively few and rare, Jacob proposed to remove all existing ones of that description from the flock, and to be content with what might appear at the next lambing time. The proposal seemed so much in favor of Laban, that he at once agreed to it. But Jacob has been accused of taking advantage of his uncle, and though it is difficult to exculpate him from practising some degree of dissimulation, he was only availing himself of the results of his great skill and experience in the breeding of cattle. But it is evident from the next chapter (Gen 31:5-13) that there was…

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Adam Clarke on Genesis 30:32

I will pass through all thy flock - צאן tson, implying, as we have before seen, all smaller cattle, such as sheep, goats, etc. All the speckled and spotted cattle - שה seh, which we translate cattle, signifies the young either of sheep or goats, what we call a lamb or a kid. Speckled, נקד nakod, signifies interspersed with variously colored spots. Spotted - טלוא talu, spotted with large spot either of the same or different colors, from טלא tala, to patch, to make party-colored or patch-work; see Eze 16:16. I have never seen such sheep as are here described but in the islands of Zetland. There I have seen the most beautiful brown, or fine chocolate color among the sheep; and several of the ri…

Dictionary and topics

Concubine — In the Bible denotes a female conjugally united to a man, but in a relation inferior to that of a wife. Among the early Jews, from various causes, the difference between a wife and a concubine was…
Contracts · Second contract — Second contract
Craftiness · .In management of Laban’s flocks and herds — .In management of Laban’s flocks and herds
Dishonesty · .Jacob gains from Laban’s flocks by skillful manipulation — .Jacob gains from Laban’s flocks by skillful manipulation
Jacob · Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban — Sharp practice of, with the flocks and herds of Laban
Laban · Jacob becomes his servant — Jacob becomes his servant
Rachel · Jacob in or — Jacob in or
Righteousness · Exemplified: Jacob — Exemplified: Jacob
Sheep · .Jacob’ s management of — .Jacob’ s management of
Wages · Of Jacob — Of Jacob

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 30:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:25-36

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:32

Adam Clarke on Genesis 30:32

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 30:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:25-36

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 30:32

Adam Clarke on Genesis 30:32

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 30:33

John Calvin on Genesis 30:33-34

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 30:25-33

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 30:32

Rashi on Genesis 30:33