Genesis 31:43

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Laban	לָבָ֜ן la.Van	H3837	Laban · proper noun, a man's name
answered	וַיַּ֨עַן vai.Ya.'an	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֗ב ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · proper noun, a man's name
daughters	הַבָּנ֨וֹת ha.ba.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
daughters	בְּנֹתַ֜י be.no.Tai	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
children	וְהַבָּנִ֤ים ve.ha.ba.Nim	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
children	בָּנַי֙ ba.Nai	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
cattle	וְהַצֹּ֣אן ve.ha.Tzon	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
cattle	צֹאנִ֔י tzo.Ni	H6629	a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
seest	רֹאֶ֖ה ro.'Eh	H7200	to see · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
do	אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֤ה 'e.'e.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
day	הַיּ֔וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
daughters	וְלִבְנֹתַ֞י ve.liv.no.Tai	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
or	א֥וֹ 'o	H176	desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31 · conjunction
children	לִבְנֵיהֶ֖ן liv.nei.Hen	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
born	יָלָֽדוּ ya.La.du	H3205	to bear young · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:43–end

We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own conscience of the wrong he had done him; and therefore desires to hear no more of the matter He is not willing to own himself in a fault, nor to ask Jacob's forgiveness, and make him satisfaction, as he ought to have done. But, I. He turns it off with a profession of kindness for Jacob's wives and children (Gen 31:43): These daughters are my daughters. When he cannot excuse what he has done, he does, in effect, own what he should have done; he should have treated them as his own, but he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:40

in the day the drought . . . and the frost by night--The temperature changes often in twenty-four hours from the greatest extremes of heat and cold, most trying to the shepherd who has to keep watch by his flocks. Much allowance must be made for Jacob. Great and long-continued provocations ruffle the mildest and most disciplined tempers. It is difficult to "be angry and sin not" [Eph 4:26]. But these two relatives, after having given utterance to their pent-up feelings, came at length to a mutual understanding, or rather, God influenced Laban to make reconciliation with his injured nephew (Pro 16:7).

Adam Clarke on Genesis 31:42

The fear of Isaac - It is strange that Jacob should say, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, when both words are meant of the same Being. The reason perhaps was this; Abraham was long since dead, and God was his unalienable portion for ever. Isaac was yet alive in a state of probation, living in the fear of God, not exempt from the danger of falling; therefore God is said to be his fear, not only the object of his religious worship in a general way, but that holy and just God before whom he was still working out his salvation with fear and trembling, fear lest he should fall, and trembling lest he should offend.

John Gill on Genesis 31:43

Dictionary and topics

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…
Laban · him — him

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 31:43

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:43–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:40

Adam Clarke on Genesis 31:42

John Gill on Genesis 31:43

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 31:43

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 31:43–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 31:40

Adam Clarke on Genesis 31:42

John Gill on Genesis 31:43

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 31:43

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 31:43–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 31:43-44

Rashi on Genesis 31:43