New English Translation
Genesis 31:2
2When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.
Genesis 31:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
- New International Version (NIV)And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
Context of Genesis 31:2
1Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!” When Jacob saw the look on Laban’s face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. 3The Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.” 4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.
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וַיַּ֥רְא יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י לָבָ֑ן וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵינֶ֛נּוּ עִמּ֖וֹ כִּתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 31:2
- Genesis 4:5but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.
- Deuteronomy 28:54The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.
- 1 Samuel 18:9So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.
- Genesis 30:27But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”
- Exodus 4:10Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
- Deuteronomy 19:4Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, if he has accidentally killed another without hating him at the time of the accident.
- 1 Samuel 19:7Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.
Commentaries on Genesis 31:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-55Verses 1-55 - Jacob‘s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים terāpı̂ym Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Laban’s sons became more hostile toward Jacob because his flocks were growing faster than theirs. They were jealous because God was blessing Jacob. They were also afraid that he might take over everything they had.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban--literally, "was not the same as yesterday, and the day before," a common Oriental form of speech. The insinuations against Jacob's fidelity by Laban's sons, and the sullen reserve, the churlish conduct, of Laban himself, had made Jacob's situation, in his uncle's establishment, most trying and painful. It is always one of the vexations attendant on worldly prosperity, that it excites the envy of others (Ec…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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