_AND ISRAEL TOOK HIS JOURNEY WITH ALL THAT HE HAD, AND CAME TO BEERSHEBA, AND OFFERED SACRIFICES UNTO THE_ _ GOD OF HIS FATHER ISAAC._ Israel took his journey with all that he had - that is, his household; for, in compliance with Pharaoh's recommendation, he left his heavy furniture behind. In cont... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SPAKE UNTO ISRAEL IN THE VISIONS OF THE NIGHT, AND SAID, JACOB, JACOB. AND HE SAID, HERE AM I._ God spake unto Israel. Here is a virtual renewal of the covenant, and an assurance of its blessings. Moreover, here is an answer on the chief subject of Jacob's prayer, and a removal of any dou... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, I AM GOD, THE GOD OF THY FATHER: FEAR NOT TO GO DOWN INTO EGYPT; FOR I WILL THERE MAKE OF THEE A GREAT NATION:_ I will ... make of thee a great nation. How truly this promise was fulfilled, appears in the fact, that the 70 souls who went down into Egypt increased, in the space of 215... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL GO DOWN WITH THEE INTO EGYPT; AND I WILL ALSO SURELY BRING THEE UP AGAIN: AND JOSEPH SHALL PUT HIS HAND UPON THINE EYES._ I will ... surely bring thee up again. Since Jacob could not expect to live until the former promise was realized, he must have seen that the latter was to be accomplish... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB ROSE UP FROM BEERSHEBA: AND THE SONS OF ISRAEL CARRIED JACOB THEIR FATHER, AND THEIR LITTLE ONES, AND THEIR WIVES, IN THE WAGONS WHICH PHARAOH HAD SENT TO CARRY HIM._ Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba - to cross the border, and settle in Egypt. However refreshed and invigorated in spirit by... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK THEIR CATTLE, AND THEIR GOODS, WHICH THEY HAD GOTTEN IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, AND CAME INTO EGYPT, JACOB, AND ALL HIS SEED WITH HIM:_ Goods, which they had gotten - not furniture, but substance; precious things. GOODS, WHICH THEY HAD GOTTEN - not furniture, but substance; precious thin... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIS SONS, AND HIS SONS' SONS WITH HIM, HIS DAUGHTERS, AND HIS SONS' DAUGHTERS, AND ALL HIS SEED BROUGHT HE WITH HIM INTO EGYPT._ Daughters - one daughter only is mentioned in the family; but the daughters-in-law are most probably included in the general account of the emigrants that this verse con... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT, JACOB AND HIS SONS: REUBEN, JACOB'S FIRSTBORN._ These, are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt. The natural impression conveyed by these words is, that the genealogy which follows contains a list of all... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF REUBEN; HANOCH, AND PHALLU, AND HEZRON, AND CARMI._ The sons of Rueben. Previous to the second journey to buy grain (Genesis 42:37), Reuben seems to have had only two sons; and since only a short time elapsed after their return, when the whole tribe migrated into Egypt, the third,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF SIMEON; JEMUEL, AND JAMIN, AND OHAD, AND JACHIN, AND ZOHAR, AND SHAUL THE SON OF A CANAANITISH WOMAN._ The sons of Simeon; Jemuel - or probably, from an error in transcription, Nemuel (Numbers 26:12). OHAD. His name reappears in the fragmentary list (Exodus 6:15), but does not oc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF LEVI; GERSHON, KOHATH, AND MERARI._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JUDAH; ER, AND ONAN, AND SHELAH, AND PHAREZ, AND ZERAH: BUT ER AND ONAN DIED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN. AND THE SONS OF PHAREZ WERE HEZRON AND HAMUL._ The sons of Judah. The five sons here enumerated were previously mentioned (Genesis 38:1-30); but to these are added the names of "Hezr... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF ISSACHAR; TOLA, AND PHUVAH, AND JOB, AND SHIMRON._ The sons of Issachar - Phuvah or Pua, Job or Jashub (Numbers 26:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF ZEBULUN; SERED, AND ELON, AND JAHLEEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE BE THE SONS OF LEAH, WHICH SHE BARE UNTO JACOB IN PADAN-ARAM, WITH HIS DAUGHTER DINAH: ALL THE SOULS OF HIS SONS AND HIS DAUGHTERS WERE THIRTY AND THREE._ DINAH. She and Serah (Genesis 46:17) are the only two females mentioned in this catalogue. Judging from the plan followed in other genealo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF GAD; ZIPHION, AND HAGGI, SHUNI, AND EZBON, ERI, AND ARODI, AND ARELI._ The sons of Gad - Ziphion, or Zephon, Ezbon, or Ozni (Numbers 26:15-16).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF ASHER; JIMNAH, AND ISHUAH, AND ISUI, AND BERIAH, AND SERAH THEIR SISTER: AND THE SONS OF BERIAH; HEBER, AND MALCHIEL._ The sons of Asher - Ishuah, Isui. It accords with Oriental taste to have such rhyming names in families (cf. Genesis 22:21). THE SONS OF BERIAH - Heber and Malch... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF ZILPAH, WHOM LABAN GAVE TO LEAH HIS DAUGHTER, AND THESE SHE BARE UNTO JACOB, EVEN SIXTEEN SOULS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNTO JOSEPH IN THE LAND OF EGYPT WERE BORN MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, WHICH ASENATH THE DAUGHTER OF POTIPHERAH PRIEST OF ON BARE UNTO HIM._ Manasseh and Ephraim - (see the note at Genesis 41:50-51.) Ephraim and Manasseh, though born in Egypt, are classed in this catalogue as being heads of families... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF BENJAMIN WERE BELAH, AND BECHER, AND ASHBEL, GERA, AND NAAMAN, EHI, AND ROSH, MUPPIM, AND HUPPIM, AND ARD._ The sons of Benjamin. Ten are enumerated in this verse; and Dr. Colenso suggests that this large family may have been produced by different wives. But without dwelling on the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF RACHEL, WHICH WERE BORN TO JACOB: ALL THE SOULS WERE FOURTEEN._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF DAN; HUSHIM._ The sons of Dan - Hushim or Shusham (Numbers 26:42).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF NAPHTALI; JAHZEEL, AND GUNI, AND JEZER, AND SHILLEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE SOULS THAT CAME WITH JACOB INTO EGYPT, WHICH CAME OUT OF HIS LOINS, BESIDES JACOB'S SONS' WIVES, ALL THE SOULS WERE THREESCORE AND SIX;_ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt. The emigration to Egypt, being a new starting-point in the history of Israel, became an epoch from which t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JOSEPH, WHICH WERE BORN HIM IN EGYPT, WERE TWO SOULS: ALL THE SOULS OF THE HOUSE OF JACOB, WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT, WERE THREESCORE AND TEN._ All the souls ... were threescore and ten. It appears, by comparing this with the preceding verse, that all the persons enumerated were 70, in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SENT JUDAH BEFORE HIM UNTO JOSEPH, TO DIRECT HIS FACE UNTO GOSHEN; AND THEY CAME INTO THE LAND OF GOSHEN._ Sent Judah before him unto Joseph. This precautionary measure was obviously proper for apprising the king of the entrance of so large a company within his territories; moreover, it was... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH MADE READY HIS CHARIOT, AND WENT UP TO MEET ISRAEL HIS FATHER, TO GOSHEN, AND PRESENTED HIMSELF UNTO HIM; AND HE FELL ON HIS NECK, AND WEPT ON HIS NECK A GOOD WHILE._ And Joseph made ready his chariot. The difference between chariot and wagon was not only in the lighter and more elegant... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH SAID UNTO HIS BRETHREN, AND UNTO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, I WILL GO UP, AND SHEW PHARAOH, AND SAY UNTO HIM, MY BRETHREN, AND MY FATHER'S HOUSE, WHICH WERE IN THE LAND OF CANAAN, ARE COME UNTO ME;_ And Joseph said ... I will go up, and show Pharaoh. It was a tribute of respect due to the king... [ Continue Reading ]