Genesis 13:1--17:27
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.]
[A.M. 2091. B.C. 1913.]
Shinar <08152> [Shinar.]
Ellasar <0495> [Ellasar.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Sodom <05467> [Sodom.]
Admah <0126> [Admah.]
Zeboiim <06636> [Zeboiim.]
Zoar <06820> [Zoar.]
Salt Sea <03220 04417> [salt sea.]
served <05647> [they served.]
rebelled <04775> [they rebelled.]
Rephaites <07497> [Rephaims.]
Ashteroth Karnaim <06255> [Ashteroth.]
The same as Ashteroth, a city of Bashan, where Og afterwards reigned.
Zuzites <02104> [Zuzims.]
Emites <0368> [Emims.]
Shaveh Kiriathaim <07741> [Shaveh Kiriathaim. or, the plains of Kiriathaim;]
Kiriathaim was beyond Jordan, 10 miles west-ward from Medeba, and afterwards belonged to Sihon, king of Heshbon.
Horites <02752> [Horites.]
Paran <0364> [El-paran. or, the plain of Paran.]
Kadesh <06946> [Kadesh.]
En-mishpat or Kadesh, was about 8 leagues south of Hebron.
Amalekites <06003> [Amalekites.]
Hazazon Tamar <02688> [Hazezon-tamar.]
Called by the Chaldee, "En-gaddi," a town on the western shore of the Dead Sea.
that is <01931> [same.]
Valley <06010> [in.]
pits <0875> [slime pits.]
Places where asphaltus or bitumen sprung out of the ground: this substance which is properly denoted by the word "slime," abounds in these parts.
fell <05307> [fell.]
hills <02022> [the mountain.]
Lot <03876> [Lot.]
living <03427> [who.]
fugitive <06412> [one.]
Hebrew ........ oaks ..... Amorite <05680 0436 0567> [the.]
living <07931> [dwelt.]
Mamre <04471> [Mamre.]
Amorite <0567> [Amorite.]
allied <01167> [and these.]
nephew <0251> [his brother.]
mobilized <07324> [armed. or, led forth.]
trained <02593> [trained. or, instructed. born.]
Dan <01835> [Dan.]
divided <02505> [And he.]
defeated <05221> [smote.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus.]
meet <07125> [to.]
After <0310> [after.]
kings ....... king ................. King's <04428> [king's.]
king <04428> [king.]
bread <03899> [bread.]
priest <03548> [the priest.]
Most <05945> [the most.]
blessed .... Blessed <01288> [he blessed.]
blessed .... Blessed ... Abram <01288 087> [Blessed be.]
Most <05945> [high.]
Creator <07069> [possessor.]
Worthy of praise <01288> [blessed.]
delivered <04042> [which.]
tenth <04643> [tithes.]
me ... people <05315> [persons. Heb. souls.]
raise <07311> [lift.]
Lord <03068> [unto.]
Most <05945> [the most.]
Creator <07069> [possessor.]
<0518> [That I.]
say <0559> [lest.]
nothing except <01107> [Save.]
Aner <06063> [Aner.]
them <01992> [let.]
vision <04236> [A.M. 2093. B.C. 1911. in.]
Fear <03372> [Fear.]
shield <04043> [thy shield.]
great <03966> [and thy.]
give <05414> [what.]
childless <06185> [childless.]
<01121> [the.]
given <05414> [Behold.]
one born <01121> [born.]
comes <03318> [shall come.]
count ......... count <05608> [tell.]
So <03541> [So.]
believed <0539> [he believed.]
considered <02803> [he counted.]
out <03318> [brought.]
give <05414> [to give.]
cut ... in two ............. cut .... in half <01334 08432> [divided them.]
birds <06833> [the birds.]
birds of prey <05861> [fowls.]
Abram <087> [Abram.]
asleep <08639> [deep.]
terror <0367> [horror.]
descendants <02233> [thy.]
four <0702> [four.]
nation <01471> [that.]
<01419> [with.]
go <0935> [And thou.]
peace <07965> [in peace.]
buried <06912> [buried.]
good <02896> [good.]
fourth <07243> [in the.]
Amorites <0567> [Amorites.]
here ............. limit <02008> [not.]
smoking <06227> [smoking.]
flaming torch <03940 0784> [a burning lamp. Heb. a lamp of fire.]
passed <05674> [passed.]
made <03772> [made.]
descendants <02233> [Unto thy.]
river ....... river .... River <05104> [from.]
Euphrates <06578> [Euphrates.]
Kenites <07017> [Kenites.]
Rephaites <07497> [Rephaims.]
Amorites <0567> [Amorites.]
Girgashites <01622> [Girgashites.]
given birth <03205> [A.M. 2092. B.C. 1912. bare.]
Egyptian <04713> [Egyptian.]
named <08034> [name.]
[Agar.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
family <01129> [obtain children. Heb be builded.]
<08085> [hearkened.]
lived <03427> [A.M. 2093. B.C. 1911. had.]
be <05414> [gave.]
wife ............. wife <0802> [his.]
Sarai <01404> [her mistress.]
wrong <02555> [My wrong.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Abram <087> [Abram.]
authority <03027> [in.]
whatever <02896> [as it pleaseth thee. Heb. that which is good in thine eyes. dealt hardly with her. Heb. afflicted her.]
ran away from <01272> [fled.]
found <04672> [found.]
spring ........ spring <05869> [the fountain.]
Shur <07793> [Shur.]
The desert of Shur being between the south of Canaan, where Hebron was situated, and Egypt, it is likely that Hagar was returning to her own country.
servant ... Sarai .................... Sarai <08297 08198> [Sarai's maid.]
where <0335> [whence.]
running away from <01272> [I flee.]
submit <06031> [submit.]
angel <04397> [the angel.]
greatly multiply ....... added so <07235> [I will.]
Ishmael <03458> [Ishmael. i.e., God shall hear. because.]
heard <08085> [hath.]
wild donkey <06501> [be a.]
wild donkey <06501> [wild.]
The word rendered "wild" also denotes the "wild ass;" the description of which animal in Job 39:5-8, affords the very best representation of the wandering, lawless, freebooting life of the Bedouin and other Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael.
hostile <03027> [his hand.]
live <07931> [he shall.]
So <07121> [called.]
God <0410> [Thou.]
sees ............ sees <0310 07210> [him that.]
[Beer-lahri-roi.]
That is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me.
Kadesh <06946> [Kadesh.]
Hagar <01904> [A.M. 2094. B.C. 1910. Hagar.]
Ishmael <03458> [Ishmael.]
99 <08673> [A.M. 2107. B.C. 1897. was.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
sovereign <07706> [Almighty.]
Walk <01980> [walk.]
blameless <08549> [perfect. or, upright, or sincere.]
Then I will confirm ......... I will give <05414> [And I.]
descendants <07235> [multiply.]
father <01> [a father.]
multitude ... nations <01471 01995> [many nations. Heb. multitude of nations.]
name ...... name <08034> [but thy name.]
Abraham <085> [Abraham. i.e., father of a great multitude.]
nations <01471> [nations.]
kings <04428> [kings.]
I ... confirm <06965> [And I.]
God <0430> [God.]
descendants ................. descendants <02233> [and to.]
give ............................. God <05414 0430> [And I.]
residing <04033> [wherein thou art a stranger. Heb. of thy sojournings.]
permanent <05769> [everlasting.]
God <0430> [their.]
male <02145> [Every.]
flesh <01320> [the flesh.]
reminder <0226> [a token.]
eight days ................. foreigner <03117 01121 08083> [he that is eight days old. Heb. a son of eight days.]
born <03211> [is born.]
born <03211> [born.]
bought <04736> [bought.]
cut off <03772> [cut.]
failed <06565> [broken.]
Sarai <08297> [As.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah. i.e., princess.]
bless ............. bless <01288> [And I.]
give <05414> [give.]
nations <01471> [be a mother of nations. Heb. become nations.]
Kings <04428> [kings.]
bowed <05307> [fell.]
laughed <06711> [laughed.]
might <03863> [O that.]
before <06440> [before.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah.]
Isaac <03327> [Isaac.]
{Yitzchak,} which we change into Isaac, signifies laughter; in allusion to Abraham's laughing, ver. 17. By this Abraham did not express his unbelief or weakness of faith, but his joy at the prospect of the fulfilment of so glorious a promise; and to this our Lord evidently alludes, Joh 8:56.
bless <01288> [I have blessed.]
twelve <06240> [twelve.]
I will make him <05414> [and I.]
covenant <01285> [my.]
set time <04150> [at.]
circumcised <04135> [circumcised.]
Not only the Jews, but the Arabs, who are the descendants of Ishmael, retain the rite of circumcision to this day; and the latter perform it, as the other Mahometanus also do, at the age of thirteen.
circumcised <04135> [circumcised.]
