son nor nephew i. e. son nor grandson. So the word nephew(Lat nepos, through Fr. neveu) means in the English of the time

O thou most auncient grandmother of all,

Why suffredst thou thy nephews dear to fall.

Spens. Fa. Q. 1. 5. 22, (Michie, Bible Words and Phrases).

In Genesis 21:23 the word is rendered son's son. The Heb. expression is more general, he shall neither have offspring nor descendant.

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