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
Why was Israel chosen by God?Who was Abimelech in the Bible? Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28, 29) Let there be now an oath.--The word literally signifies a curse. Each side uttered an imprecation, with the prayer that it might fall upon himself if he broke the terms of...
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...
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 Genesis; source:Blue Letter Bible)
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...
"On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David,and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD going before them.(From the NIV Bible, Zechariah 12:8)" ...
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 ...
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; … fear. Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. Genesis 27:33 ...