Gen 22:19-24 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 22:19-24 (NET)

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22:19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed. 22:20 After these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor– 22:21 Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22:22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 22:23 (Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor. 22:24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children– Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abraham a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem

· Aram the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia

· Beer-Sheba a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah

· Beer-sheba a famous well, its town and district in southern Judah

· Bethuel son of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham; Bethuel was the father of Rebecca,a town; early home of the descendants of Shime-i of Simeon

· Buz son of Milcah and Nahor the brother of Abraham,a man of the tribe of Gad,a people possibly descended from Buz of Nahor

· Chesed son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham

· Gaham son of Reumah and Nahor, brother of Abraham

· Hazo son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham

· Jidlaph son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham

· Kemuel son of Nahor, Abraham's brother; father of Aram,son of Shiphtan; a leader that Moses assigned to sub-divide the land allotted to the tribe of Ephraim,a man of Levi in Saul and David's time

· Maacah members of the clan of Maacah

· Milcah daughter of Haran; wife of Nahor,daughter of Zelophehad

· Nahor a son of Serug; the father of Terah; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Serug of Shem; father of Terah,son of Terah; brother of Abraham,town in Mesopotamia

· Pildash son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham

· Rebekah daughter of Bethuel, nephew of Abraham

· Reumah concubine of Nahor; co-wife with Milcah, Rebekah's mother

· Tahash son of Reumah and Nahor, brother of Abraham

· Tebah son of Reumah and Nahor the brother of Abraham

· Uz son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah,son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham,son of Dishan of Seir,a region in Edom inhabited by the descendants of Uz of Seir

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NET Notes: Gen 22:19 Heb “and Abraham stayed in Beer Sheba. This has been translated as a relative clause for stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: Gen 22:20 In the Hebrew text the sentence begins with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to the state...

NET Notes: Gen 22:21 This parenthetical note about Kemuel’s descendant is probably a later insertion by the author/compiler of Genesis and not part of the original a...

NET Notes: Gen 22:23 The disjunctive clause gives information that is important but parenthetical to the narrative. Rebekah would become the wife of Isaac (Gen 24:15).

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