And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Jacob. The history of the patriarch, and of his posterity, serves to place the ingratitude of the people in the clearest light. (Worthington)
The prophet had interrupted the account of Jacob, (ver. 4.) who had signalized his piety in Galaad, Genesis xxxi. 46.