But in those cases in which men have their bodies covered with hair, it is by no means of a delicate texture. In Song of Solomon 4:1 Solomon's hair is compared to that of a flock of goats. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And she put the skins of the kids of the goats - not ...
This proposal by the Philistines to make a covenant with Isaac is a recognition of his status and the divine favor upon him, and it reflects the broader biblical theme of God's people being a blessing to the nations. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28, 29) Let there be now an...
She could have become pregnant that would have been hard to hide. To cover-up he might have been as wickedly creative as David when he had an affair with Bathsheba. They could have been caught in the act and lose his life. Joseph is in a pickle. He cannot call his boss and claim s...
⁹⁴However,Adamsaw with pro-phetic powers thatKing Davidwas destined to be stillborn. Thus,Adampresent-ed him with seventy of his years so thatKing Davidshould live seventy years.⁹⁵Some sages say that the meaning is that the Holy One said, you must die on thesame day. That is...
Robert Jamieson likewise believed that the deep sleep was “probably an ecstasy or trance like that of the prophets, when they had visions and revelations of the Lord, for the whole scene was probably visible to the mental eye of Adam, and hence his rapturous exclamation.” (Commentary on G...
Hamilton,Genesis1:419, who cites studies by Dahood. Also Peter C. Craigie,Psalms 1-50(Word Biblical Commentary; Word, 1983), p. 71, note 4.a., who sees Dahood's case as plausible. Craigie, however, retains "shield" which seems to fit the context of several psalms better than "suze...
A related view is that since God had said to the serpent, “he will crush your head and you will strike his heel” (Genesis 3:15 NIV), that Adam had taken it upon himself to kill the serpent by crushing its head with his heel, and from the skin of the dead serpent God made clot...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 34. - And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry - literally, he cried a cry, great and bitter exceedingly; expressive of the poignant anguish of his soul (Kalisch, Bush), if not also of his rage against his broth...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - And Adah bare Jabal. Either the Traveler or the Producer, from yabhal, to flow; poetically, to go to walk; hiphil, to produce; descriptive, in the one case, of his nomadic life, in the other of his occupation or his wealth. He was the father - av, ...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And God said, This is the token - אות (vide Genesis 1:14; 4:15) - of the covenant which I make - literally, am giving (cf. Genesis 17:2) - between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. Le'doroth ...