Passage Research
Genesis 30 — Sermon Preparation
Leah, Rachel, and their servants bear many sons in a rivalry; Jacob uses a breeding scheme to build his own flocks at Laban's expense. Below is a research summary for Genesis 30, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 43
- verses
- 560 / 186
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 30 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 20 | Jaakob |
| לֵאָה | Lêʼâh | H3812 | 12 | Leah |
| צֹאן | tsôʼn | H6629 | 14 | flock |
| יָלַד | yâlad | H3205 | 14 | bear young, beget |
| רָחֵל | Râchêl | H7354 | 10 | Rachel |
| לָבָן | lâbân | H3836 | 10 | white |
| טָלָא | ṭâlâʼ | H2921 | 6 | cover, spot |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 30, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The fourteen years being gone, Jacob was willing to depart without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a just claim on Laban's substance, and it was the will of God that he should be provided for from it. He referred his cause to God, rather than agree for stated wages with Laban, whose selfishness was very great. And it would appear that he acted honestly, when none but those of the colours fixed upon should be found among his cattle. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 30:25–43 (Public Domain)
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