Genesis 25:1
This genealogy, and Abraham's death recorded here, because no more is to be said about Abraham. Abraham, however, lived until Jacob was 15. Shem died 1846. A WIFE. another, instead of "again".... [ Continue Reading ]
This genealogy, and Abraham's death recorded here, because no more is to be said about Abraham. Abraham, however, lived until Jacob was 15. Shem died 1846. A WIFE. another, instead of "again".... [ Continue Reading ]
MEDAN and MIDIAN were half-brothers with Ishmael, and they were mixed up together in their dealings. See note on Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE. the tares, sown after Isaac, the good seed.... [ Continue Reading ]
175 YEARS. Therefore. sojourner 100 years. Compare Genesis 12:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
FULL OF. Hebrew "satisfied with". Supply "days" (not "years"), with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac. GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE, an idiomatic _Euphemism_ (App-6) for death and burial. Abraham's "people" were idolaters (Joshua 24:2). See... [ Continue Reading ]
MACHPELAH. Compare Genesis 23:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
PURCHASED. Compare Genesis 23:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. WELL. Hebrew. _beer._ See note on Genesis 21:19. LAHAI-ROI. Compare Genesis 16:14; Genesis 24:62.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIED. had inheritance. Heb, _naphal,_ to fall, esp. as. lot, giving inheritance (Judges 18:1; 1 Chronicles 1:20. 1Ch 26:14. 2 Chronicles 15:9; Psalms 16:6 (compare Joshua 23:4. Hebrew caused the lot to fall). Hence, to dwell with, as in Proverbs 1:14. Compare Judges 7:12, to encamp, _lying along_ th... [ Continue Reading ]
BEGAT. The same form of the verb as in Genesis 5, used of the godly seed.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEEL. Hebrew. _yakob,_ whence the name Jacob (_yakob_) heel-catcher: hence, contender.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUNNING. knowing or skilled in. A MAN OF THE FIELD. "The field is the world. " PLAIN. upright or pure. Job 1:1; Job 1:8; Job 2:3, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
VENISON. Heb _. hunting._ Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Cause), App-6, hunting put for what was caught. Eating was strong in Esau too (Genesis 25:34). It was "the will of the flesh" which Isaac's faith overcame in Genesis 27, for he wished to bless Esau, and he loved his savoury meat, See note... [ Continue Reading ]
SOD. Part, of. Eng. verb _seethe,_ to boil. POTTAGE. anything cooked in. _pot._... [ Continue Reading ]
RED. Hebrew red red. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6). (No superlative in Hebrew) Figure of speech. _th_ at delicious red [food]. LENTILES. See Genesis 25:34. EDOM. Hebrew. _red, ruddy._. reference also to Genesis 25:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS DAY. Hebrew "as on this very day. "Figure of speech _Simile._ App-6. Compare Luke 23:43. BIRTHRIGHT. Included (1) the Father's blessing and supremacy (which went to Jacob, Genesis 27, and Jud 49:8. 1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Chronicles 5:2); (2). double portion (which went to Joseph, Genesis 48; 1 Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). _Brachyology._ The words to be supplied are "I will sell it".. famine accounts for the sale. See Genesis 26:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAY. Figure of speech _Brachyology._ App-6. Supply "that thou wilt sell it". BIRTHRIGHT. The Severus Codex here reads "ware", i.e. Esau treated his birthright as merchandise. See App-34.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_. _Four_ "ands" marking the deliberateness of Esau's acts, and their solemn significance. He despised _grace._ See App-10. DESPISED. Hence in Hebrews 12:16 he is called "a profane person".... [ Continue Reading ]