1:14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; 1
7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the Gadites, presented an offering.
1 tc There is a textual difficulty with this verb. The Greek form uses r and not d, giving the name Ra‘oul. There is even some variation in the Hebrew traditions, but BHS (following the Leningrad codex of
2 tn The Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Gad.”
3 tc The Leningrad codex, upon which BHS is based, has “Reuel” here. In reading “Deuel” the translation presented above follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, and the Latin Vulgate. Cf. Num 1:14.
3 tn The vav (ו) disjunctive on the noun at the beginning of the verse here signals a greater emphasis on the individual rather than another item in the numbering of the clans.
4 tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in vv. 30,35.