Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 31:52

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 31:52 - 31:52

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 31:52 - 31:52

(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

31:1 - 31:1
31:2 - 31:2
31:3 - 31:3
31:4 - 31:4
31:6 - 31:6
31:14 - 31:14
31:17 - 31:17
31:18 - 31:18
31:20 - 31:20
31:22 - 31:22
31:26 - 31:26
31:31 - 31:31
31:34 - 31:34
31:36 - 31:36
31:38 - 31:38
31:39 - 31:39
31:40 - 31:40
31:44 - 31:44
31:52 - 31:52

This heap be witness - Objects of nature were frequently thus spoken of. But over and above, there was a solemn appeal to God; and it is observable that there was a marked difference in the religious sentiments of the two. Laban spake of the God of Abraham and Nahor, their common ancestors; but Jacob, knowing that idolatry had crept in among that branch of the family, swore by the “fear of his father Isaac.” They who have one God should have one heart: they who are agreed in religion should endeavor to agree in everything else.