What Does Genesis 30:31 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“Thou shalt not give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And Jacob”

jaakob, the israelitish patriarch

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Thou shalt not give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“me any thing”

properly, a speck or point, i.e., (by implication) something; with negative, nothing

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“if thou wilt do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“this thing”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“for me I will again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“feed”

to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie

“thy flock”

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

“and keep”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc