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Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 31:42

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Genesis31:42

42 Except the God of my Father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty: God hath seen my affliction , and the labour of mine hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

(i. e.) The God whom my father Isaac worships with reverence and godly fear, as appears by comparing ver. 53. The act is here put for the Object, as it frequently is, and particularly God is called our fear, Isa. 8. 13. And fear is one of Gods names amongst the Rabbins. He calls him not Isaacs God, but his fear, because Isaac was yet alive and in the state of probation and served God with fear and trembling. See Gen. 27. 33. The Jews observe, that God is not called the God of any particular person, as of Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, till after their death.

With compassion and intention of good to me for it. Gods seeing is oft used for his relieving and helping, as Gen. 16. 13. and 29. [illegible: 1+ letters]2. Exod 3. 7, 9. Or, hath shewed or proved it, to wit, that he hath seen, &c. Compare Gen. 20. 16. Either way it is an Ellipsis of the pronoun, which is usual, as appears by comparing 1 King. 10. 7. with 2 Chron. 9. 6. and Psal. 41. 9. with Io[illegible: 1+ letters]. 13. 18.

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