Genesis 13:1-18
Negev <05045> [A.M. 2086. B.C. 1918. the south.]
The south of Canaan; as in leaving Egypt, it is said he "came from the south," (ver. 3,) and the southern part of the promised land lay north-east of Egypt.
Negev <05045> [from.]
[Beth-el and Hai. i.e., The place which was afterwards called Bethel by Jacob, and so called when Moses wrote; for its first name was Luz.]
(ch. 28:19.)
place <04725> [Unto.]
worshiped <07121> [called.]
tents <0168> [tents.]
quarrels <07379> [a strife.]
Canaanites <03669> [Canaanite.]
[dwelled. i.e., They were there when Abram and Lot came to pitch their tents in the land.]
be <01961> [Let.]
relatives <0251> [brethren. Heb. men, brethren.]
land <0776> [Is not.]
left <08040> [if thou wilt.]
saw <07200> [and beheld.]
region <03603> [the plain.]
garden <01588> [the garden.]
Zoar <06820> [Zoar.]
Instead of "Zoar," which was situated at the extremity of the plain of Jordan, the Syriac reads "Zoan," which was situated in the south of Egypt, and in a well-watered country.
chose <0977> [A.M. 2087. B.C. 1917. chose.]
separated <06504> [they.]
settled ........ Lot settled <03427 03876> [Lot dwelled.]
pitched <0167> [pitched.]
<0582> [But the.]
Lord <03068> [before.]
departed <06504> [was.]
<05375> [Lift.]
north <06828> [northward.]
oaks <0436> [plain. Heb. plains. Mamre.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
altar <04196> [altar.]
Genesis 16:10
angel <04397> [the angel.]
greatly multiply ....... added so <07235> [I will.]
Genesis 17:20
bless <01288> [I have blessed.]
twelve <06240> [twelve.]
I will make him <05414> [and I.]
Genesis 25:12-18
names ....... names <08034> [the names.]
Nebaioth <05032> [Nebajoth.]
From Nebajoth sprang the Nabatheans, who inhabited Arabia Petraea; from Kedar, the Cedreans, who dwelt near the Nabatheans; and from Jetur, the Itureans, who inhabited a small tract of country east of Jordan, which afterwards belonged to Manasseh.
Kedar <06938> [Kedar.]
Dumah <01746> [Dumah.]
<02316> [Hadar. or, Hadad.]
More than 300 MSS. and printed editions read Hadad, as in 1 Ch 1:30.
Tema <08485> [Tema.]
Naphish <05305> [Naphish.]
These are evidently the same people mentioned in 1 Ch 5:19, who, with the Itureans, assisted the Hagarenes against the Israelites, but were overcome by the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
camps <02918> [castles.]
The word {tiroth,} rendered "castles," is supposed by some to denote here "towers," fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, "shepherds' cots," surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word {teyaro,} and Arabic {tawar,} signify "a sheep-fold."
<08147> [twelve.]
total .... years <08141> [A.M. 2231. B.C. 1773. these are.]
joined <0622> [gathered.]
Havilah <02341> [Havilah.]
way <0935> [as thou.]
Asshur <0804> [toward.]
settled <05307> [died. Heb. fell.]
next ............ from <06440> [in the.]
Genesis 25:1
[A.M. cir. 2151. B.C. cir. 1853.]
Genesis 1:29-31
give <05414> [I have.]
seed-bearing <02232> [bearing. Heb. seeding. to you.]
animals ............................ life <02416> [life. Heb. a living soul.]
very good <02896 03966> [very good.]
evening ..... morning <06153 01242> [and the.]
