Genesis 31:10

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
time	בְּעֵת֙ be.'Et	H6256	time · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
cattle	הַצֹּ֔אן ha.Tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
conceived	יַחֵ֣ם ya.Chem	H3179	probably to be hot · verb, piel infinitive construct
up	וָאֶשָּׂ֥א va.'e.Sa'	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
eyes	עֵינַ֛י 'ei.Nai	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
saw	וָאֵ֖רֶא va.'E.re'	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
dream	בַּחֲל֑וֹם ba.cha.Lom	H2472	a dream · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
rams	הָֽעַתֻּדִים֙ ha.'a.tu.Dim	H6260	prepared · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
leaped	הָעֹלִ֣ים ha.'o.Lim	H5927	to ascend · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
cattle	הַצֹּ֔אן ha.Tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
ringstraked	עֲקֻדִּ֥ים 'a.ku.Dim	H6124	striped (with bands) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
speckled	נְקֻדִּ֖ים ne.ku.Dim	H5348	spotted · adjective, masculine plural absolute
grisled	וּבְרֻדִּֽים u.ve.ru.Dim	H1261	spotted (as if with hail) · conjunction + adjective, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Genesis 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning agai…
Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and des…
Genesis 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
Genesis 31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Numbers 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto…
1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:1-16

Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and with the advice and consent of his wives. I. Upon a just provocation; for Laban and his sons had become very cross and ill-natured towards him, so that he could not stay among them with safety or satisfaction. 1. Laban's sons showed their ill-will in what they said, Gen 31:1. It should seem they said it in Jacob's hearing, with a design to vex him. The last chapter began with Rachel's envying Leah; this begins with Laban's sons envying Jacob. Observe, (1.) How greatly they magnify Jacob's prosperi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:6

ye know that . . . I have served your father--Having stated his strong grounds of dissatisfaction with their father's conduct and the ill requital he had got for all his faithful services, he informed them of the blessing of God that had made him rich notwithstanding Laban's design to ruin him; and finally, of the command from God he had received to return to his own country, that they might not accuse him of caprice, or disaffection to their family; but be convinced, that in resolving to depart, he acted from a principle of religious obedience.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 31:7

Changed my wages ten times - There is a strange diversity among the ancient versions, and ancient and modern interpreters, on the meaning of these words. The Hebrew is עשרת מנים asereth monim, which Aquila translates δεκα αριθμους ten numbers; Symmachus, δεκακις αριτμῳ, ten times in number; the Septuagint δεκα αμνων, ten lambs, with which Origen appears to agree. St. Augustine thinks that by ten lambs five years' wages is meant: that Laban had withheld from him all the party-coloured lambs which had been brought forth for five years, and because the ewes brought forth lambs twice in the year, bis gravidae pecudes, therefore the number ten is used, Jacob having been defrauded of his part of…

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Dictionary and topics

Dream — God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his will to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in the history of Jacob (Gen. 28:12; 31:10), Laban (31:24), Joseph…
Goat — (1.) Heb. ‘ez, the she-goat (Gen. 15:9; 30:35; 31:38). This Hebrew word is also used for the he-goat (Ex. 12:5; Lev. 4:23; Num. 28:15), and to denote a kid (Gen. 38:17, 20). Hence it may be regarded…
Grizzled — Party-coloured, as goats (Gen. 31:10, 12), horses (Zech. 6:3, 6).
Jacob — One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was…
Leah — Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her father (Gen. 29:23). She was “tender-eyed” (17). She bore to Jacob six sons…
Dream · .The ring-straked — .The ring-straked
Dreams · Mentioned in scripture of: Jacob — Mentioned in scripture of: Jacob
Laban · Outwitted by Jacob — Outwitted by 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 31:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:1-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:6

Adam Clarke on Genesis 31:7

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 31:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:1-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:6

Adam Clarke on Genesis 31:7

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 31:10

John Calvin on Genesis 31:5-12

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 31:9-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 31:4-13

Rashi on Genesis 31:10