Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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(2.) To thy comforts in Canaan: Return to the land of thy kindred. He was here among his near kindred; but those only he must look upon as his kindred in the best sense, the kindred he must live and die with, to whom pertained the covenant.
Note, The heirs of Canaan must never reckon themselves at home till they come thither, however they may seem to take root here.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his
flock,
5 and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
He sent for Rachel and Leah to him to the field (Ge 31:4), that he might confer with them more privately, or because one would not come to the other's apartment and he would willingly talk with them together, or because he had work to do in the field which he would not leave. Note, Husbands that love their wives will communicate their purposes and intentions to them. Where there is a mutual affection there will be a mutual confidence. And the prudence of the wife should engage the heart of her husband to trust in her, Pr 31:11. Jacob told his wives,
(1.) How faithfully he had served their father, Ge 31:6. Note, If others do not do their duty to us, yet we shall have the comfort of having done ours to them.
(2.) How unfaithfully their father had dealt with him Ge 31:7. He would never keep to any bargain that he made with him, but, after the first year, still as he saw Providence favour Jacob with the colour agreed on, every half year of the remaining five he changed it for some other colour, which made it ten times; as if he thought not only to deceive Jacob, but the divine Providence, which manifestly smiled upon him. Note, Those that deal honestly are not always honestly dealt with.