Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. There is nothing in the use of such terms as father and mother, or in the fact that the sentiment is prophetic, to prevent the words from being regarded as a continuation of...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionHe said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.New Living TranslationOne day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath ...
Matthew Poole's Commentary In testimony of his compliance with Laban’s proposal, and his entering into this covenant. See Exodus 24:4. Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediatel...
Thus, for instance, Ge 2:3-3:24 is quite different both from chapter 1 and from chapter 4. Again, chapter 14 and (according to Jahn) chapter 23 are evidently separate documents, transplanted in their original form without correction or modification into the existing work. In fact, there ...
There is no question that one of the main themes of Joseph’s life isthe presence of God. In fact, God’s presence is repeated eight times in chapter 39 alone: “the Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man” (39:2) ...
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Genesis 1:4 NEXT Genesis 1:6 Genesis 1:5 Meaning and Commentary Genesis 1:5 And God called the light day, and the darkness he ...
Chapter Summary INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 2 In this chapter are contained a summary of the works of creation on the six days, and God's resting from his works on the seventh day, and the sanctification of that,Ge 2:1-4and an account of various things relating to several parts of the crea...
A number of these symbols were noted on the English DVD commentary for Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion. Many of the characters share their names with Japanese warships from World War II (such as the SōryūWP, AkagiWP, and KatsuragiWP; though the ship names and character names ...
Delitzsch simply said it meant “double fruitfulness” (New Commentary on Genesis, 2:305). G. J. Spurrell suggested it was a diphthongal pronunciation of a name ending in -an or -am, often thought to be dual suffixes (Notes on the text of the book of Genesis, 334). Many, however, ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionHe had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.New Living TranslationHe made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the wo...