George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Joshua 24:4
Isaac, the promised seed and heir of the blessings, (Calmet) after Ismael was born. (Haydock)
Isaac, the promised seed and heir of the blessings, (Calmet) after Ismael was born. (Haydock)
THE SECOND ADDRESS CHAPTER 24:1-28 _ 1. The gathering at Shechem (Joshua 24:1)_ 2. Historic retrospect and exhortations (Joshua 24:2) 3. The answer given by Israel (Joshua 24:16) 4. Joshua's answ...
JACOB AND ESAU. Compare Genesis 25:25; Genesis 25:26. ESAU. Compare Genesis 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5 BUT JACOB. Compare
_And I gave unto Isaac Jacob_ After he too and Rebekah had been childless upwards of nineteen years. _Jacob_ = _he that holds by the heel_, or _supplanter_(Genesis 25:26). _Esau_ = _hairy, rough_; w...
_A Reminder of God's Blessings Joshua 24:1-25_ And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their of...
_AND I GAVE UNTO ISAAC JACOB AND ESAU: AND I GAVE UNTO ESAU MOUNT SEIR, TO POSSESS IT; BUT JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT._ Gave unto Esau mount Seir (see the note at Genesis 36:8) - in...
JOSHUA'S SECOND AND FINAL FAREWELL This discourse (Joshua 24:1), with Israel's response (Joshua 24:16), and consequent renewal of the Covenant (Joshua 24:25), occupies the bulk of the chapter. The boo...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 24 JOSHUA SAYS ‘GOODBYE’ TO THE PEOPLE – JO...
וָ אֶתֵּ֣ן לְ יִצְחָ֔ק אֶֽת ־יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְ
CHAPTER XXXII. JOSHUA'S LAST APPEAL. Joshua 24:1. IT was at Shechem that Joshua's last meeting with the people took place. The Septuagint makes it Shiloh in one verse (Joshua 24:1), but Shechem in a...
THE LESSON OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY Joshua 24:1 The previous chapter contains Joshua's own last words of warning to Israel; here he is God's mouthpiece: “Thus saith the Lord God of Israel.” There is, fi...
Here we have the record of the final address of Joshua. In it he first concisely and comprehensively traced the Hebrews' history from the call of Abraham and did so in the form of the speech of Jehova...
Joshua briefly related the history of God's people all the way back to the time when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates. Terah, Abraham's father, and his son Nahor worshipped false gods. Go...
I include in one view all these verses, for the sake of shortness, and because, as they refer to the history of the Patriarchs, already gone through in the Commentary, it would be unnecessary to swell...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
4._But Jacob and his children went down, _etc After mentioning the rejection of Esau, he proceeds to state how Jacob went down into Egypt, and though he confines himself to a single expression, it is...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
AND I GAVE UNTO ISAAC JACOB AND ESAU,.... When Rebekah was barren, so that the children appeared the more to be the gift of God; though Esau perhaps is mentioned, for the sake of what follows: AND I...
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. Ver. 4. _But Jacob and his children went down into Egypt._] Wher...
_I gave unto Esau mount Seir_ That he might leave Canaan entire to his brother Jacob and his posterity, Genesis 36:7. _But Jacob went down into Egypt_ Compelled by a grievous famine, and because the t...
1 Ioshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A briefe historie of Gods benefits from Terah. 14 He reneweth a couenant betweene them and God. 26 A stone the witnesse of the couenant. 29 Ioshuas age...
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau, Genesis 25:24; AND I GAVE UNTO ESAU MOUNT SEIR TO POSSESS IT, Genesis 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5; BUT JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT,...
A Review of God's Mercies...
JOSHUA'S SUMMARY OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY (vs.1-13) For the second time, as Joshua neared the end of his life, he called Israel together, primarily the elders, heads, judges and officers (v.1), but includ...
1-14 We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to d...
I GAVE UNTO ESAU MOUNT SEIR TO POSSESS IT, that he might leave Canaan entire to his brother Jacob and his posterity, GENESIS 36:7,8. JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT, where they long lived...
Joshua 24:4 Isaac H3327 gave H5414 (H8799) Jacob H3290 Esau H6215 Esau H6215 gave H5414 (H8799) mountains...
Joshua 24:3 A “And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac, and I gave to Isaac, Jacob and Esau, a...
CONTENTS: Last charge of Joshua and his death. Eleazar's death. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Eleazar. CONCLUSION: Joshua 24:15. It is the will of God that all should make religion their serious and deli...
Joshua 24:1. _Shechem._ Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5. This place became far famed on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua's death. H...
_I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir._ CERTAIN SINGULAR SUBJECTS I. History and the hand of God in it. See: “I gave”; and then again, “I gave.” It is not merely that Esa...
_Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem._ JOSHUA’S LAST FAREWELL I. God’s threefold mercies. 1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4). 2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7). 3. Israel’s entran...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 24:1 Joshua again called for an assembly at Shechem for a ceremony of covenant renewal (compare Joshua 8:30;...
_JOSHUA’S FINAL ADDRESS: HIS DEATH AND BURIAL_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 24:1. To Shechem] This gathering was apparently held a few weeks or months after that named in the previous chapter. There was g...
EXPOSITION THE LAST RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT.— JOSHUA 24:1 TO SHECHEM. The LXX. and the Arabic version read _Shiloh _here, and as the words "they presented themselves (literally, _took up their stati...
Chapter twenty-four, Joshua is continuing this final charge to the children of Israel. Picture now this old man he was. He was faithful to the Lord. He has done a good job, but now he is bent over wit...
Acts 7:15; Deuteronomy 2:5; Genesis 25:24; Genesis 32:3; Genesis 36:8;
JOSHUA'S FAREWELL WORDS Joshua 24:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before Joshua died he reviewed the history of Israel and in so doing he brought out the four great patriarchs who were so prominently aligned...
Mount Seir — That he might leave Canaan entire to his brother Jacob and his posterity, Genesis 36:7. Into Egypt — Where they long lived in grievous bondage; which God having delivered us from, I shall...