son, and nephew A phrase recurring in Genesis 21:23; Job 18:19. The proper translation is progeny and offspring. In old English "nephew" means "grandson." Comp. Spenser's Fairy Queen, ii. 8. 29:

But from the grandsyre to the nephewes sonne,

And all his seede, the curse doth often cleave.

(Cambridge Comp. to the Bible, p. 218.)

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