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Genesis:1:3 @ And God said, Let there be light: and there was (note:)The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God's instruments, which only belong to God.(:note) light.
geneva@Genesis:1:13 @ So the euening and the morning were the third day.
geneva@Genesis:1:23 @ So the euening and the morning were the fift day.
geneva@Genesis:1:30 @ Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate; it was so.
geneva@Genesis:1:31 @ And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day.
geneva@Genesis:2:3 @ And God blessed the seventh day, and (note:)Appointed it to be kept holy, that man might in it consider the excellency of his works and God's goodness toward him.(:note) sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
geneva@Genesis:2:13 @ And the name of the seconde riuer is Gihon: the same compasseth the whole lande of Cush.
geneva@Genesis:2:23 @ Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.
geneva@Genesis:3:1 @ Now the serpent was more (note:)As Satan can change himself into an angel of light, so did he abuse the wisdom of the serpent to deceive man.(:note) subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he God allowed Satan to make the serpent his instrument and to speak through him. said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
geneva@Genesis:3:2 @ And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,
geneva@Genesis:3:3 @ But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, (note:)In doubting God's warnings she yielded to Satan.(:note) lest ye die.
geneva@Genesis:3:4 @ And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely (note:)This is Satan's chiefest subtilty, to cause us not to fear God's warnings.(:note) die:
geneva@Genesis:3:5 @ For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, (note:)As though he said, God forbids you to eat of the fruit, only because he knows that if you eat of it, you will be like him.(:note) knowing good and evil.
geneva@Genesis:3:6 @ And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he (note:)Not so much to please his wife, as moved by ambition at her persuasion.(:note) did eat.
geneva@Genesis:3:7 @ And the eyes of them both were opened, and they (note:)They began to feel their misery, but they did not seek God for a remedy.(:note) knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
geneva@Genesis:3:8 @ And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife (note:)The sinful conscience flees God's presence.(:note) hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
geneva@Genesis:3:9 @ But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
geneva@Genesis:3:10 @ And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] (note:)His hypocrisy appears in that he hid the cause of his nakedness, which was the transgression of God's commandment.(:note) naked; and I hid myself.
geneva@Genesis:3:11 @ And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate?
geneva@Genesis:3:12 @ And the man said, The woman whom thou (note:)His wickedness and lack of true repentance appears in this that he blamed God because he had given him a wife.(:note) gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
geneva@Genesis:3:13 @ And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, (note:)Instead of confessing her sin, she increases it by accusing the serpent.(:note) The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
geneva@Genesis:3:14 @ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, (note:)He asked the reason from Adam and his wife, because he would bring them to repentance, but he does not ask the serpent, because he would show him no mercy.(:note) Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and As a vile and contemptible beast, (Isa_65:25). dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
geneva@Genesis:3:15 @ And I will put enmity between (note:)He chiefly means Satan, by whose action and deceit the serpent deceived the woman.(:note) thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy That is, the power of sin and death. head, and thou shalt Satan shall sting Christ and his members, but not overcome them. bruise his heel.
geneva@Genesis:3:16 @ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy (note:)The Lord comforts Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punishes the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness might live by faith. (1Co_14:34).(:note) sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
geneva@Genesis:3:17 @ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: (note:)The transgression of God's commandment was the reason that both mankind and all other creatures were subject to the curse.(:note) cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
geneva@Genesis:3:18 @
geneva@Genesis:3:19 @ In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
geneva@Genesis:3:20 @ (And the man called his wiues name Heuah, because she was the mother of all liuing)
geneva@Genesis:3:21 @ Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God (note:)Or, gave them knowledge to make themselves coats.(:note) make coats of skins, and clothed them.
geneva@Genesis:3:22 @ And the LORD God said, (note:)By this derision by reproaches Adam's misery, into which he was fallen by ambition.(:note) Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and Adam deprived of life, lost also the sign of it. take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
geneva@Genesis:3:23 @ Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.
geneva@Genesis:3:24 @ Thus he cast out man, and at the East side of the garden of Eden he set the Cherubims, and the blade of a sworde shaken, to keepe the way of the tree of life.
geneva@Genesis:4:1 @ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she (note:)Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it was changed.(:note) conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man That is, according to the Lord's promise, as some read (Gen_3:15), «To the Lord» rejoicing for the son she had born, whom she would offer to the Lord as the first fruits of her birth. from the LORD.
geneva@Genesis:4:3 @ And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an (note:)This declares that the father instructed his children in the knowledge of God, and also how God gave them sacrifices to signify their salvation, though they were destitute of the ordinance of the tree of life.(:note) offering unto the LORD.
geneva@Genesis:4:13 @ And Cain said unto the LORD, (note:)He burdens God as a cruel judge because he punished him so severely.(:note) My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.
geneva@Genesis:4:23 @ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: (note:)His wives seeing that all men hated him for his cruelty, were afraid, therefore he brags that there is none strong enough to resist, even though he was already wounded.(:note) for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
geneva@Genesis:5:3 @ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own (note:)As well, concerning his creation, as his corruption.(:note) likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
geneva@Genesis:5:13 @ And Kenan liued, after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundreth and fourtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
geneva@Genesis:5:23 @ So all the dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeeres.
geneva@Genesis:5:29 @ And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall (note:)Lamech had respect for the promise, (Gen_3:15), and desired to see the deliverer who would be sent and yet saw but a figure of it. He spoke this by the spirit of prophecy because Noah delivered the Church and preserved it by his obedience.(:note) comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
geneva@Genesis:5:30 @ And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
geneva@Genesis:5:31 @ So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died.
geneva@Genesis:5:32 @ And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde; Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth.
geneva@Genesis:6:3 @ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always (note:)Because man could not by won by God's leniency and patience by which he tried to win him, he would no longer withhold his vengeance.(:note) strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an Which time span God gave man to repent before he would destroy the earth, (1Pe_3:20). hundred and twenty years.
geneva@Genesis:6:13 @ And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.
geneva@Genesis:7:3 @ Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to keepe seede aliue vpon the whole earth.
geneva@Genesis:7:13 @ In the selfe same day entred Noah with Shem, and Ham and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them into the Arke.
geneva@Genesis:7:23 @ And every living substance was destroyed (note:)That is, by God.(:note) which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only Learn what it is to obey God only, and to forsake the multitude, (1Pe_3:20). remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.
geneva@Genesis:8:3 @ And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.
geneva@Genesis:8:13 @ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the (note:)Called in Hebrew Abib, part of March and part of April.(:note) first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
geneva@Genesis:9:3 @ Every (note:)By this permission man may with a good conscience use the creatures of God for his needs.(:note) moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
geneva@Genesis:9:13 @ I do set my (note:)By this we see that signs or ordinances should not be separate from the word.(:note) bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
geneva@Genesis:9:23 @ Then tooke Shem & Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.
geneva@Genesis:10:3 @ And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
geneva@Genesis:10:13 @ And Mizraim begat (note:)Of Lud came the Lydians.(:note) Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
geneva@Genesis:10:23 @ And the sonnes of Aram, Vz and Hul, and Gether and Mash.
geneva@Genesis:10:30 @ And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar a mount of the East.
geneva@Genesis:10:31 @ These are the sonnes of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countreis and nations.
geneva@Genesis:10:32 @ These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.
geneva@Genesis:11:3 @ And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.
geneva@Genesis:11:13 @ And Arpachshad liued, after he begate Shelah, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
geneva@Genesis:11:23 @ And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
geneva@Genesis:11:27 @ Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat (note:)He makes mention first of Abram, not because he was the first born, but for the history which properly belongs to him. Also Abram at the confusion of tongues was 43 years old, for in the destruction of Sodom he was 99 and it was destroyed 52 years after the confusion of tongues.(:note) Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
geneva@Genesis:11:30 @ But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.
geneva@Genesis:11:31 @ And (note:)Though the oracle of God came to Abram, yet the honour is given to Terah, because he was the father.(:note) Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Which was a city of Mesopotamia. Haran, and dwelt there.
geneva@Genesis:11:32 @ So the dayes of Terah were two hundreth and fiue yeeres, and Terah died in Haran.
geneva@Genesis:12:3 @ I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
geneva@Genesis:12:13 @ Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my (note:)By this we learn not to use unlawful means nor to put others in danger to save ourselves, (Gen_12:20). Though it may appear that Abram did not fear death, so much as dying without children, he acts as though God's promise had not taken place; in which appeared a weak faith.(:note) sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
geneva@Genesis:13:1 @ And (note:)His great riches gotten in Egypt, did not hinder him in following his vocation.(:note) Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
geneva@Genesis:13:2 @ And Abram was very rich in cattell, in siluer and in golde.
geneva@Genesis:13:3 @ And he went on his journeys from the south even to (note:)He calls the place by the name which was later given to it, (Gen_23:19).(:note) Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
geneva@Genesis:13:4 @ Vnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the Lord.
geneva@Genesis:13:5 @ And Lot also, who went with Abram, had sheepe, and cattell and tentes,
geneva@Genesis:13:6 @ And the land was not able to (note:)This inconvenience came by their riches, which break friendships and the bounds of nature.(:note) bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
geneva@Genesis:13:7 @ And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the (note:)Who seeing their contention, might blaspheme God and destroy them.(:note) Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
geneva@Genesis:13:8 @ And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no (note:)He cuts off the opportunity for contention: therefore the evil ceases.(:note) strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren.
geneva@Genesis:13:9 @ [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt (note:)Abram resigns his own right to buy peace.(:note) take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
geneva@Genesis:13:10 @ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the (note:)Which was in Eden, (Gen_2:10).(:note) garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
geneva@Genesis:13:11 @ Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the (note:)This was done by God's providence, that only Abram and his seed might dwell in the land of Canaan.(:note) one from the other.
geneva@Genesis:13:12 @ Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of the plaine, and pitched his tent euen to Sodom.
geneva@Genesis:13:13 @ But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and (note:)Lot thinking to get paradise, found hell.(:note) sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
geneva@Genesis:13:14 @ And the LORD said unto (note:)The Lord comforted him, lest he should have taken thought for the departure of his nephew.(:note) Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
geneva@Genesis:13:15 @ For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for (note:)Meaning a long time, and till the coming of Christ as in (Exo_12:14, Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17) and spiritually this refers to the true children of Abram born according to the promise, and not according to the flesh, which are heirs of the true land of Canaan.(:note) ever.
geneva@Genesis:13:16 @ And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.
geneva@Genesis:13:17 @ Arise, walke through the land, in ye length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will giue it vnto thee.
geneva@Genesis:13:18 @ Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.
geneva@Genesis:14:3 @ All these were (note:)Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes.(:note) joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near Sodom and Gomorrah. salt sea.
geneva@Genesis:14:13 @ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] (note:)God removed them to join Abram, and preserves him from their idolatry and superstitions.(:note) confederate with Abram.
geneva@Genesis:14:23 @ That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a threde or shoolatchet, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram riche,
geneva@Genesis:15:3 @ Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
geneva@Genesis:15:10 @ And he took unto him all these, and (note:)This was the old custom in making covenants, (Jer_39:18), to which God added these conditions, that Abram's posterity would be as torn in pieces, but after they would be rejoined: also that it would be assaulted, but yet delivered.(:note) divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
geneva@Genesis:15:13 @ And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them (note:)Counting from the birth of Isaac to their departure of Egypt: Which declares that God will allow his to be afflicted in this world.(:note) four hundred years;
geneva@Genesis:16:3 @ Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife.
geneva@Genesis:16:7 @ And the (note:)Which was Christ, as appears in (Gen_16:13, Gen_18:17).(:note) angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
geneva@Genesis:16:13 @ And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, (note:)She rebukes her own dullness and acknowledges God's graces, who was present with her everywhere.(:note) Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
geneva@Genesis:17:3 @ Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
geneva@Genesis:17:13 @ He that is borne in thine house, & he that is bought with thy money, must needes be circumcised: so my couenant shall be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant.
geneva@Genesis:17:23 @ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and (note:)They were well taught if they obeyed and were circumcised without resistance. This teaches that masters in their houses ought to be as preachers to their families, that from the highest to the lowest they may obey the will of God.(:note) circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
geneva@Genesis:18:3 @ And said, My (note:)Speaking to the one who appeared to be most majestic, for he thought they were men.(:note) Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
geneva@Genesis:18:13 @ And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde?
geneva@Genesis:18:23 @ Then Abraham drewe neere, & said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
geneva@Genesis:18:30 @ Againe he said, Let not my Lord nowe be angry, that I speake, What if thirtie be founde there? Then he saide, I will not doe it, if I finde thirtie there.
geneva@Genesis:18:31 @ Moreouer he said, Behold, now I haue begonne to speake vnto my Lord, What if twentie be founde there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenties sake.
geneva@Genesis:18:32 @ And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this (note:)If God did not refuse the prayer for the wicked Sodomites, even to the sixth request, how much more will he grant the prayers of the godly for the afflicted Church?(:note) once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake.
geneva@Genesis:18:33 @ And the Lord went his way when he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned vnto his place.
geneva@Genesis:19:3 @ And (note:)That is, he begged them so insistently.(:note) he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they Not because they had need, but because the time was not yet come for them to reveal themselves. did eat.
geneva@Genesis:19:13 @ For (note:)This proves that the angels are ministers, both to execute God's wrath and to declare his favour.(:note) we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
geneva@Genesis:19:23 @ The sunne did rise vpon the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar.
geneva@Genesis:19:30 @ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he (note:)Having felt God's mercy, he did not dare provoke him again by continuing among the wicked.(:note) feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
geneva@Genesis:19:31 @ And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the (note:)Meaning in the country which the Lord had now destroyed.(:note) earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
geneva@Genesis:19:32 @ Come, let us make our father (note:)For unless he had been drunk, he would never have done that abominable act.(:note) drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
geneva@Genesis:19:33 @ So they made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceiued not, neither whe she lay downe, neither when she rose vp.
geneva@Genesis:19:34 @ And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father.
geneva@Genesis:19:35 @ So they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, & lay with him, but he perceiued not, when she lay downe, neither when she rose vp.
geneva@Genesis:19:36 @ Thus were (note:)Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of Sodom could not overcome.(:note) both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
geneva@Genesis:19:37 @ And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the (note:)Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked.(:note) Moabites unto this day.
geneva@Genesis:19:38 @ And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name (note:)That is, son of my people: signifying that they rejoiced in their sin, rather than repenting of it.(:note) Benammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
geneva@Genesis:20:3 @ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, (note:)So greatly God detests the breach of marriage.(:note) thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife.
geneva@Genesis:20:13 @ Nowe when God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy kindnes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother.
geneva@Genesis:21:3 @ And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak.
geneva@Genesis:21:13 @ And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make (note:)The Ishmaelites will come from him.(:note) a nation, because he [is] thy seed.
geneva@Genesis:21:23 @ Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.
geneva@Genesis:21:30 @ And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.
geneva@Genesis:21:31 @ Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.
geneva@Genesis:21:32 @ Thus they made a (note:)Thus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God.(:note) covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
geneva@Genesis:21:33 @ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and (note:)That is, he worshipped God in all points of true religion.(:note) called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
geneva@Genesis:21:34 @ And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season.
geneva@Genesis:22:3 @ Then Abraham rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and tooke two of his seruants with him, and Izhak his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp & went to the place, which God had tolde him.
geneva@Genesis:22:13 @ And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne.
geneva@Genesis:22:23 @ And Bethuel begate Rebekah: these eight did Milcah beare to Nahor Abrahams brother.
geneva@Genesis:23:1 @ When Sarah was an hundreth twentie and seuen yeere olde ( so long liued she).
geneva@Genesis:23:2 @ Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her.
geneva@Genesis:23:3 @ And Abraham (note:)That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affection is commendable.(:note) stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
geneva@Genesis:23:4 @ I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.
geneva@Genesis:23:5 @ Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
geneva@Genesis:23:6 @ Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a (note:)That is godly or excellent: for so do the Hebrews speak of all things that are notable, because all excellency comes from God.(:note) mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
geneva@Genesis:23:7 @ Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites.
geneva@Genesis:23:8 @ And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar,
geneva@Genesis:23:9 @ That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you.
geneva@Genesis:23:10 @ And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that (note:)Meaning all the citizens and inhabitants.(:note) went in at the gate of his city, saying,
geneva@Genesis:23:11 @ No, my Lorde, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead.
geneva@Genesis:23:12 @ And Abraham (note:)To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence.(:note) bowed down himself before the people of the land.
geneva@Genesis:23:13 @ And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seeing thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the fielde: receiue it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
geneva@Genesis:23:14 @ Ephron then answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
geneva@Genesis:23:15 @ My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred (note:)The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels is equal to 33 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence at 5 shilling sterling to the ounce.(:note) shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
geneva@Genesis:23:16 @ So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchants.
geneva@Genesis:23:17 @ So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure
geneva@Genesis:23:18 @ Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie.
geneva@Genesis:23:19 @ And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
geneva@Genesis:23:20 @ And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace (note:)That is, all the people confirmed the sale.(:note) by the sons of Heth.
geneva@Genesis:24:3 @ And I will make thee (note:)This shows that an oath may be required in a lawful cause.(:note) swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
geneva@Genesis:24:13 @ Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.
geneva@Genesis:24:23 @ And he said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee, Is there roume in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in?
geneva@Genesis:24:30 @ And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, (note:)For he waited on God's hand, who heard his prayer.(:note) he stood by the camels at the well.
geneva@Genesis:24:31 @ And he saide, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I haue prepared the house, & roume for ye camels?
geneva@Genesis:24:32 @ And the man came into the house: and (note:)That is, Laban.(:note) he ungirded his The gentle entertainment of strangers practised by the godly fathers. camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that [were] with him.
geneva@Genesis:24:33 @ And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I (note:)The faithfulness that servants owe to their masters, causes them to prefer their masters business before their own needs.(:note) will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
geneva@Genesis:24:34 @ Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant,
geneva@Genesis:24:35 @ And the LORD hath (note:)To bless signifies here to enrich, or increase with substance as the text in the same verse declares.(:note) blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
geneva@Genesis:24:36 @ And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.
geneva@Genesis:24:37 @ And my master made me swear, saying, (note:)The Canaanites were cursed, and therefore the godly could not join with them in marriage.(:note) Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
geneva@Genesis:24:38 @ But thou shalt go unto my (note:)Meaning among his relatives, as in (Gen_24:40).(:note) father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
geneva@Genesis:24:39 @ Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not followe me?
geneva@Genesis:24:43 @ Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,
geneva@Genesis:24:53 @ Then the seruant tooke foorth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekah: also vnto her brother and to her mother he gaue gifts.
geneva@Genesis:24:63 @ And Isaac went out to (note:)This was the habit of the godly fathers to meditate on God's promises, and to pray for the accomplishment of it. The custom was that the bride was brought to her husband, her head covered, a token of humbleness and purity.(:note) meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming.
geneva@Genesis:25:3 @ And Iokshan begate Sheba, and Dedan: And the sonnes of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
geneva@Genesis:25:13 @ And these are the names of the sonnes of Ishmael, name by name, according to their kinreds; the eldest sonne of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
geneva@Genesis:25:23 @ And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.
geneva@Genesis:25:30 @ Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom.
geneva@Genesis:25:31 @ And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.
geneva@Genesis:25:32 @ And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what (note:)The reprobate do not value God's benefits unless they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures.(:note) profit shall this birthright do to me?
geneva@Genesis:25:33 @ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he (note:)Thus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite.(:note) sold his birthright unto Jacob.
geneva@Genesis:25:34 @ Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.
geneva@Genesis:26:3 @ Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
geneva@Genesis:26:13 @ And the man waxed mightie, and stil increased, till he was exceeding great,
geneva@Genesis:26:23 @ So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.
geneva@Genesis:26:30 @ Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke.
geneva@Genesis:26:31 @ And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
geneva@Genesis:26:32 @ And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.
geneva@Genesis:26:33 @ So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.
geneva@Genesis:26:34 @ Nowe when Esau was fourtie yeere olde, he tooke to wife Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon an Hittite also.
geneva@Genesis:26:35 @ And they were a griefe of minde to Izhak and to Rebekah.
geneva@Genesis:27:3 @ Wherefore nowe, I pray thee take thine instrumentes, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take mee some venison.
geneva@Genesis:27:4 @ And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my (note:)The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife. (Gen_25:23).(:note) soul may bless thee before I die.
geneva@Genesis:27:13 @ And his mother said unto him, (note:)The assurance of God's decree made her bold.(:note) Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].
geneva@Genesis:27:23 @ (For he knewe him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands: wherefore he blessed him)
geneva@Genesis:27:30 @ And when Izhak had made an ende of blessing Iaakob, and Iaakob was scarce gone out from the presence of Izhak his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting,
geneva@Genesis:27:31 @ And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father, and sayd vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.
geneva@Genesis:27:32 @ But his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau.
geneva@Genesis:27:33 @ And Isaac (note:)In perceiving his error, by appointing his heir against God's sentence pronounced before.(:note) trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.
geneva@Genesis:27:34 @ When Esau heard the wordes of his father, he cryed out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayde vnto his father, Blesse me, euen me also, my father.
geneva@Genesis:27:35 @ Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken away thy blessing.
geneva@Genesis:27:36 @ And he said, Is not he rightly named (note:)In (Gen_25:26) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver.(:note) Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
geneva@Genesis:27:37 @ And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him (note:)For Isaac did this as he was the minister and prophet of God.(:note) thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
geneva@Genesis:27:38 @ Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept.
geneva@Genesis:27:39 @ Then Izhak his father answered, and sayde vnto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shal be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue.
geneva@Genesis:27:43 @ Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce, arise, & flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban,
geneva@Genesis:28:3 @ And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,
geneva@Genesis:28:13 @ And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee (note:)He felt the force of this promise only by faith: for all his life he was a stranger in this land.(:note) will I give it, and to thy seed;
geneva@Genesis:29:3 @ And thither were all the flockes gathered, & they rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered the sheepe, and put the stone againe vpon the welles mouth in his place.
geneva@Genesis:29:13 @ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban (note:)That is, the reason why he departed from his father's house, and what he saw during his journey.(:note) all these things.
geneva@Genesis:29:23 @ And (note:)The reason Jacob was deceived was that in ancient times the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband as a sign of purity and humbleness.(:note) it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
geneva@Genesis:29:30 @ So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres mo.
geneva@Genesis:29:31 @ And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he (note:)This declares that often they who are despised by men are favoured by God.(:note) opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren.
geneva@Genesis:29:32 @ And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the (note:)By this it appears that she had sought help from God in her affliction.(:note) LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife. love me.
geneva@Genesis:29:33 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon.
geneva@Genesis:29:34 @ And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.
geneva@Genesis:29:35 @ Moreouer shee conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Nowe will I prayse the Lorde: therefore shee called his name Iudah, and left bearing.
geneva@Genesis:30:1 @ And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye.
geneva@Genesis:30:2 @ And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in (note:)It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and therefore I am not at fault.(:note) God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
geneva@Genesis:30:3 @ And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my (note:)I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were my own.(:note) knees, that I may also have children by her.
geneva@Genesis:30:4 @ Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.
geneva@Genesis:30:5 @ So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:6 @ Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Daniel.
geneva@Genesis:30:7 @ And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:8 @ And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, (note:)The arrogancy of man's nature appears in that she condemns her sister, after she has received this benefit from God to bear children.(:note) and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
geneva@Genesis:30:9 @ And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.
geneva@Genesis:30:10 @ And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:11 @ And Leah said, (note:)That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains this name Gad (Gen_49:19).(:note) A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
geneva@Genesis:30:12 @ Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:13 @ Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me; she called his name, Asher.
geneva@Genesis:30:14 @ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found (note:)Which is a kind of herb whose root has a likeness to the figure of a man.(:note) mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
geneva@Genesis:30:15 @ But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.
geneva@Genesis:30:16 @ And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.
geneva@Genesis:30:17 @ And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:18 @ And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my (note:)Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.(:note) maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
geneva@Genesis:30:19 @ After, Leah conceiued againe, & bare Iaakob the sixt sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:20 @ Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun.
geneva@Genesis:30:21 @ After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah.
geneva@Genesis:30:22 @ And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.
geneva@Genesis:30:23 @ And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my (note:)Because fruitfulness came as God's blessing, who said «Increase and multiply», barrenness was counted as a curse.(:note) reproach:
geneva@Genesis:30:24 @ And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.
geneva@Genesis:30:25 @ And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey.
geneva@Genesis:30:26 @ Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee.
geneva@Genesis:30:27 @ To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
geneva@Genesis:30:28 @ Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee.
geneva@Genesis:30:29 @ But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me.
geneva@Genesis:30:30 @ For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall (note:)The order of nature requires that every one provide for his own family.(:note) I provide for mine own house also?
geneva@Genesis:30:31 @ Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.
geneva@Genesis:30:32 @ I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: (note:)That which is spotted, from now on.(:note) and [of such] shall be my hire.
geneva@Genesis:30:33 @ So shall my (note:)God shall attest to my righteous dealing by rewarding my labours.(:note) 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.
geneva@Genesis:30:34 @ Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying.
geneva@Genesis:30:35 @ Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes.
geneva@Genesis:30:36 @ And hee set three dayes iourney betweene himselfe and Iaakob; Iaakob kept the rest of Labans sheepe.
geneva@Genesis:30:37 @ And Jacob (note:)Jacob used no deceit in this for it was God's commandment as he declares in (Gen_31:9, Gen_31:11).(:note) took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods.
geneva@Genesis:30:38 @ Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)
geneva@Genesis:30:39 @ And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots.
geneva@Genesis:30:40 @ And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke.
geneva@Genesis:30:41 @ And it came to pass, whensoever the (note:)As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March and lamb in September.(:note) stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
geneva@Genesis:30:42 @ But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.
geneva@Genesis:30:43 @ So the man encreased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses.
geneva@Genesis:31:1 @ And he heard the (note:)The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the covetous think that whatever they cannot take, is taken from them.(:note) words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory.