John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:24 - 31:24

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:24 - 31:24


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Gen_31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Ver. 24. Take heed thou speak not good or bad.] That is, that thou seek not, either by flattery or force, by allurement or affrightment, to bring him back. They write of the asp, that he never wanders alone, without his companion with him. So the flattering promises of the Church’s adversaries go ever accompanied with cruel menaces, their rising tongues with their terrifying saws. {Heb_11:37} "None of them shall want their mate"; as the Scripture speaks of those birds of prey and desolation. {Isa_34:16}