Genesis 22:23

_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS, THAT IT WAS TOLD ABRAHAM, SAYING, BEHOLD, MILCAH, SHE HATH ALSO BORN CHILDREN UNTO THY BROTHER NAHOR;_ IT WAS TOLD ABRAHAM ... MILCAH, SHE HATH ALSO BORN CHILDREN UNTO ... NAHOR - or, more correctly, Nachor (Luke 3:34). The words "she ... also" form a connecting link between this portion of the narrative and the genealogical chain that was broken (Genesis 11:29). It is resumed here in order to introduce the account of Isaac's marriage. Nahor remained in Ur of the Chaldees, his native place, after the emigration of Terah, and other members of the family, to Haran. But he seems to have removed thither also at a later period (Genesis 27:43;...

20-24 This chapter ends with some account of Nahor's family, who had settled at Haran. This seems to be given for the connexion which it had with the church of God. From thence Isaac and Jacob took wives; and before the account of those events this list is recorded. It shows that though Abraham saw his own family highly honoured with privileges, admitted into covenant, and blessed with the assurance of the promise, yet he did not look with disdain upon his relations, but was glad to hear of the increase and welfare of their families....

Verse Genesis 22:23. _BETHUEL BEGAT REBEKAH_] Who afterward became the wife of Isaac....

- Abraham Was Tested 2. מריה _morı̂yâh_, “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה _môr'âh_; “Septuagint,” ὑψηλή _hupsēlē_, Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and Onkelos, meaning “vision, high, worship.” It might mean “rebellious.” Others regard it as a compound of יה _yâh_, “Jah, a name of God,” and מראה _mı̂r'eh_, “shown,” מורה _môreh_, “teacher,” or מורא _môrā'_, “fear.” 14. יראה _yı̂r'ēh_, “Jireh, will provide.” 16,

EXPOSITION GENESIS 22:20 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS (probably not long after his return to Beersheba), THAT IT WAS TOLD (by some unknown messenger or accidental traveler from Mesopotamia) ABRAHAM, SAYING, BEHOLD, MILCAH (_vide _Genesis 11:29), SHE HATH ALSO BORN CHILDREN UNTO THY BROTHER NAHOR—as Sarah has born a son to thee. From this it would almost seem as if Milcah had not begun to have her family at the time Abram left Ur of the Chaldees; but _vide_ Genesis 11:30. The present brief table of Nahor's descendants is introduced for the sake of showing the descent of Rebekah, who is soon t

AND BETHUEL BEGAT REBEKAH,.... Who was to be and was the wife of Isaac; and, for the sake of her genealogy, the above account is given, as Aben Ezra observes, and so Jarchi; and this is observed to pave the way for the history of the chapter; for no notice is taken of any other of Bethuel's children but her, not even of Laban her brother: THESE EIGHT MILCAH DID BEAR, TO NAHOR, ABRAHAM'S BROTHER; this is observed, and the exact number given, as well as their names, to distinguish them from other children of Nahor he had by another woman, as follows:...

CHAPTER 22 THE TESTING OF ABRAHAM _ 1. God's command (Genesis 22:1)_ 2. Abraham's obedience (Genesis 22:3) 3. Isaac's question and Abraham's answer (Genesis 22:7) 4. Isaac upon the altar (Genesis 22:9) 5. The interference from above (Genesis 22:11) 6. Jehovah-jireh (Genesis 22:13) 7. The second message and Abraham's return ...

GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources, one connecting Abraham with Hebron, the other with Beersheba and the Negeb. The former associates Abraham with Lot. (For details, see ICC.) On the interpretation to be placed on the figures of Abraham and the patriarchs, see the Introduction. The interest, which has hitherto been diffused over the fortunes of mankind in general, is now concentrated on Abraham and his posterity, the principle of election narrowing it down to Isaac, Ishmael being left aside, and then to Jacob, Esau being excluded....

THESE EIGHT. Nahor had 12 in all, as Ishmael had (Genesis 25:13), and as Jacob had (Genesis 35:23)....

The Genealogy of Nahor (J) In this genealogy it is to be noted, (1) that the home of Nahor and his sons is not Ur, but _Aram Naharaim_, as in Genesis 24:10; (2) that the sons of Nahor, like those of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13-16), Esau (Genesis 36:15-19), and Jacob, are twelve in number, of whom eight are born to his legitimate wife Milcah, and four to his concubine Reumah; (3) that the names of the sons represent tribes, or tribal dwelling-places, in the Aramaean, or Syrian, region on the N.E. of Palestine. The genealogy seems to represent a recollection of the traditional names of the prehistoric ancestors of the Hebrew immigrants. Probably the introduction of the genealogy at this point is due to t