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Genesis 29:22

in Genesis 29

So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

KJV

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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This verse in Genesis 29

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place,.... Of the city of Haran, which may be understood of the chief and principal of them, to make the marriage of his daughter public and authentic: and made a feast; a marriage or marriage feast, as the Septuagint version, see Mat 22:2; which was usual, when a marriage was solemnized, expressive of joy on that account.

This site's exposition

Grant me my wife, for my time is complete

on Genesis 29:21-22

The seven years are counted out, and Jacob says his time is complete. He asks Laban for the wife he has paid for. Laban invites all the men of that place and prepares a feast, and the word behind feast is mishteh, a drinking feast.

This site's exposition

invited all the men of that place

John Gill reads the guests as the chief men of Haran, gathered to make the marriage public and binding. Adam Clarke, on verse 27, thinks Laban then kept the week going partly to hide his fraud from the public eye. The whole town is at the wedding.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Laban - made a feast - משתה mishteh signifies a feast of drinking. As marriage was a very solemn contract, there is much reason to believe that sacrifices were offered on the occasion, and libations poured out; and we know that on festival occasions a cup of wine was offered to every guest; and as this was drunk with particular ceremonies, the feast might derive its name from this circumstance, which was the most prominent and observable on such occasions.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףand he gathered

    vaiyeesofH622 →200 times

  • לָבָ֛ןLaban

    lavanH3837 →55 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֥י[the] people of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • הַמָּק֖וֹםthe place

    hamakomH4725 →401 times

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he prepared

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • מִשְׁתֶּֽה׃a feast

    mishtehH4960 →46 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 19:9Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”4 worksMatthew 22:2–10“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.3 worksMatthew 25:1–10“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.3 worksRuth 4:10–13Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”3 worksJudges 14:10–18Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.3 worksEsther 2:18Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.3 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
John 2:1–10On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,2 worksGenesis 21:8So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.2 worksMark 2:19Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 19:9

    Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

    it leads to

    • Revelation 22:6

      Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take…

    • Luke 14:15–16

      When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

    • Matthew 22:2–4

      “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

    • Revelation 21:5

      And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

    • Revelation 1:19

      Therefore write down the things you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Jacob Tends Laban's Flocks and Meets Rachel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob Tends Laban's Flocks and Meets Rachel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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