Genesis 3:1--5:32
serpent <05175> [Now.]
serpent <05175> [serpent.]
The Samaritan Copy, instead of {nachash,} "a serpent," reads {cachash,} "a liar or deceiver," read Joh 8:44.
said ........... said <0559> [he said.]
God ........... really .... God <0637 0430> [Yea, hath. Heb. Yea, because, etc. hath.]
serpent <05175> [serpent.]
fruit <06529> [But.]
touch <05060> [touch.]
serpent <05175> [serpent.]
Surely ..... die <04191> [Ye.]
God .................. divine <0430> [God.]
eyes <05869> [your.]
God .................. divine <0430> [as gods.]
knows .................... know <03045> [knowing.]
saw <07200> [saw.]
attractive <08378> [pleasant. Heb. a desire.]
eye <05869> [to the eyes.]
ate .................. ate <0398> [and did.]
ate .................. ate <0398> [and he did eat.]
eyes <05869> [And the.]
knew <03045> [knew.]
they ...... sewed <01992 08609> [and they.]
coverings <02290> [aprons. or, things to gird about.]
heard <08085> [And they.]
breezy ..... day <03117 07307> [cool of the day. Heb. wind.]
hid <02244> [hid.]
afraid <03372> [and I was.]
I <0595> [because.]
done <06213> [What.]
serpent <05175> [The serpent.]
cursed <0779> [thou art.]
dust <06083> [dust.]
hostility <0342> [enmity.]
offspring .... offspring <02233> [thy seed.]
offspring .... offspring <02233> [her seed.]
attack ....... attack <07779> [it shall.]
attack ....... attack <07779> [thou.]
pain <06089> [in sorrow.]
want <08669> [thy desire.]
husband <0376> [to. or, subject to. rule.]
obeyed <08085> [Because.]
ate ............. eat ................ eat <0398> [and hast.]
cursed <0779> [cursed.]
toil <06093> [in sorrow.]
thorns <06975> [Thorns.]
produce <06779> [bring forth. Heb. cause to bud. herb.]
sweat <02188> [In.]
until <05704> [till.]
dust .... dust <06083> [for dust.]
dust .... dust <06083> [and.]
man <0120> [Adam.]
Eve <02332> [Eve. Heb. Chavah; that is, living. of.]
made <06213> [make.]
one <0259> [as one.]
tree <06086> [tree.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
cultivate <05647> [till.]
eastern <06924> [east.]
angelic sentries <03742> [Cherubims.]
flame <03858> [a flaming.]
guard <08104> [to keep.]
marital relations <03045> [knew.]
Cain <07014> [Cain.]
That is, gotten or acquired.
I ... created <07069> [I have.]
Abel Abel <01893> [Abel. Heb. Hebel. And Abel.]
care <07462> [a keeper. Heb. a feeder.]
cultivated <05647> [tiller.]
designated time <03117 07093> [A.M. 129. B.C. 3875. in process of time. Heb. at the end of days.]
Either at the end of the year, or of the week, i.e., on the Sabbath.
fruit <06529> [the fruit.]
firstborn <01062> [the firstlings.]
flock <06629> [flock. Heb. sheep, or, goats. fat.]
<08159> [had.]
Cain .......... Cain <07014> [But.]
angry <02734> [wroth.]
if ...... right ....... if ........ right <0518 03190> [If thou doest well.]
<07613> [be accepted. or, have the excellency.]
sin <02403> [sin.]
[unto thee, or, subject unto thee.]
said <0559> [talked.]
Cain ................... Cain attacked <07014 06965> [Cain rose.]
Where ..... Abel <0335 01893> [Where is.]
know <03045> [I know.]
What <04100> [What.]
blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods. crieth.]
opened <06475> [opened.]
longer <03254> [it.]
homeless wanderer <05128> [a fugitive.]
My punishment is greater than I can bear. or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven.
driving <01644> [driven.]
presence <05921 06440> [from thy.]
<05128> [fugitive.]
[See]
finds <04672> [that.]
if <03651> [Therefore.]
seven <07659> [sevenfold.]
put ... special mark <07760 0226> [set a mark, etc.]
Or, rather, "gave a sign or token to Cain, that those who found him should not kill him."
out <03318> [went.]
Nod <05113> [Nod.]
So called from {nad,} "a vagabond," which Cain is termed in ver. 12.
Enoch ............... Enoch <02585> [Enoch.]
building <01129> [and he.]
named .... after <08034> [the name.]
Lamech <03929> [A.M. cir. 194. B.C. cir. 3810. Lamech.]
two wives <0802 08147> [two wives.]
first <01> [the.]
first <01> [father.]
The inventor or teacher, 1 Sa 10:12.
live in <03427> [dwell.]
first <01> [A.M. cir. 500. B.C. cir. 3504. father.]
harp <03658> [the harp.]
<03913> [instructer. Heb. whetter. brass.]
Listen <08085> [hear.]
I have slain a man to my wounding. or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc. .# 49:6
hurting <02250> [to my hurt. or, in my hurt.]
If <03588> [if.]
seventy-seven <07657> [seventy.]
named <07121> [A.M. 130. B.C. 3874. and called.]
Seth <08352> [Seth. Heb. Sheth; i.e., appointed, or put. God.]
<01931> [A.M. 235. B.C. 3769. To him.]
Enosh <0583> [Enos. Heb. Enosh. to call upon the name of the Lord. or, call themselves by the name of the Lord.]
.# De 26:17,18 1Ki 18:24 Ps 116:17 Isa 44:5 48:1 63:19 Jer 33:16
record <05612> [book.]
The original word rendered "book," signifies a register, account, history, or any kind of writing.
likeness <01823> [in the likeness.]
male <02145> [Male.]
named <08034> [their.]
130 <03967> [A.M. 130. B.C. 3874. hundred.]
The chronology differs in the Hebrew Text, the Samaritan, the LXX., and Josephus. The LXX. adds 100 years to each of the patriarchs Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, and Enoch, before the birth of their sons; while they take 20 from the age of Methuselah, and add 6 to that of Lamech. Thus the space from the creation to the deluge is made 2,242 years, according to the Vatican copy, but 2,262 by the Alexandrine; and the sum total by Josephus is 2,265, by the Samaritan 1,307, and the Hebrew Text, 1,656. The sum total from the Deluge to the 70th year of Terah, according to these authorities, is, Heb. 292; Sam. 942; Sept. Vat. 1,172; Alex. 1,072, and Josephus 1,002.
likeness <01823> [in his.]
<07121> [called.]
time <03117> [And the.]
father ............ other <03205> [and he.]
930 <08672> [A.M. 930. B.C. 3074. nine.]
died <04191> [and he died.]
father <03205> [A.M. 235. B.C. 3769. begat.]
[A.M. 1042. B.C. 2962.]
Kenan <07018> [A.M. 325. B.C. 3679. Cainan. Heb. Kenan.]
father ....... other <03205> [begat.]
died <04191> [A.M. 1140. B.C. 2864. died.]
Mahalalel <04111> [A.M. 395. B.C. 3609. Mahalaleel. Gr. Maleleel.]
father ...... had <03205> [and begat.]
[A.M. 1235. B.C. 2769.]
Jared <03382> [A.M. 460. B.C. 3544. Jared. Heb. Jered.]
father ....... other <03205> [and begat.]
died <04191> [A.M. 1290. B.C. 2714. died.]
Enoch <02585> [A.M. 622. B.C. 3382. Enoch.]
[Henoch.]
became the father ...... had other <03205> [and begat.]
died <04191> [he died.]
Methuselah <04968> [A.M. 687. B.C. 3317. Methuselah. Gr. Mathusala.]
[A.M. 987. B.C. 3017.]
walked <01980> [walked.]
God ....... God <0430> [he was not.]
The same expression occurs,
God ....... God <0430> [for.]
[A.M. 874. B.C. 3130.]
father ....... other sons <01121 03205> [begat sons.]
died <04191> [A.M. 1656. B.C. 2348. he died.]
[A.M. 1056. B.C. 2948.]
<07121> [he called.]
Noah <05146> [Noah. Gr. Noe, i.e., rest or comfort. because.]
father ....... other sons <01121 03205> [begat sons.]
died <04191> [A.M. 1651. B.C. 2353. he died.]
Shem <08035> [A.M. 1556. B.C. 2448. Shem.]
Genesis 20:1--21:34
Negev <05045> [A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from.]
Kadesh <06946> [Kadesh.]
Gerar <01642> [Gerar.]
Gerar was a city of Arabia Petr‘a, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.
said <0559> [said.]
Abimelech <040> [Abimelech.]
dream <02472> [a dream.]
dead <04191> [a dead.]
someone else's wife <01166 01167> [a man's wife. Heb. married to an husband.]
near <07126> [had.]
slaughter <02026> [wilt.]
conscience <08537> [in the integrity. or, simplicity, or sincerity.]
innocent <05356> [and innocency.]
kept <02820> [withheld.]
sinning <02398> [sinning.]
touch <05060> [to touch.]
prophet <05030> [a prophet.]
The word {navi,} rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa ch. 10.
The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet. .# Ex 4:16 7:1 12:1-3 18:17 7:1 1Ch 16:22 Ps 25:14 105:9-15 .# Heb 1:1
pray <06419> [pray.]
die <04191> [surely.]
[all.]
done ........................... done ......... done <06213> [What hast.]
great <01419> [a great.]
done ........................... done ......... done <06213> [ought.]
Surely <07535> [Surely.]
kill <02026> [slay.]
indeed <0546> [And yet.]
daughter ...... daughter <01323> [she is the.]
Ebn Batrik, in his annals, among other ancient traditions, has preserved the following: "Terah first married Yona, by whom he had Abraham; afterwards he married Tehevita, by whom he had Sarah."
God <0430> [God.]
loyalty <02617> [This.]
told ................... say <0559> [say.]
gave <03947> [took.]
back <07725> [restored.]
land <0776> [my land.]
wherever <02896> [where it pleaseth thee. Heb. as is good in thine eyes.]
brother <0251> [thy.]
thousand <0505> [thousand.]
What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it {didrachma,} by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch. 23:15, 16.
compensation <05414 03682> [behold.]
Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc.
compensation <03682> [a covering.]
vindicated <03198> [thus.]
visited <06485> [visited.]
Sarah ...... said ....... Sarah ..... promised <08283 0559 01696> [Sarah as.]
pregnant <02029> [conceived.]
appointed time <04150> [at the set.]
God <0430> [God.]
laugh <06712> [to laugh.]
Sarah most likely remembered the circumstance mentioned in ch. 18:12; and also the name Isaac, which implies laughter.
laugh <06711> [will laugh.]
would <04448> [Who.]
birth <03205> [for I.]
weaned ............. weaned <01580> [A.M. 2111. B.C. 1893. and was.]
feast <04960> [feast.]
Sarah <08283> [Sarah.]
Egyptian <04713> [Egyptian.]
mocking <06711> [mocking.]
Banish <01644> [Cast out.]
The word rendered "cast out," signifies also to divorce. See Le 21:7. In this latter sense, it may be understood here.
heir <03423> [heir.]
because <0182> [because.]
<08085> [hearken.]
Isaac <03327> [in Isaac.]
Early <07925> [A.M. 2112. B.C. 1892. rose up.]
took <03947> [took.]
child <03206> [child.]
Or, youth, (see ver. 12, 20,) as Ishmael was now 16 or 17 years of age.
sent <07971> [sent.]
wandering aimlessly <08582> [wandered.]
Beer Sheba <0884> [Beer-sheba.]
So called when Moses wrote; but not before Abraham's covenant with Abimelech, ver. 31. Such instances of the figure prolepsis are not infrequent in the Pentateuch.
water <04325> [the water.]
shoved ... child <07993 03206> [and she cast the child.]
Or, "and she sent the lad," to screen him from the intensity of the heat.
watch <07200> [Let.]
<05375> [lift.]
heard ............................ heard <08085> [heard.]
angel <04397> [the angel.]
Hagar ........... Hagar <01904> [What.]
afraid <03372> [fear.]
make <07760> [I will.]
God <0430> [God.]
<07235> [an archer.]
wilderness <04057> [in the.]
wife <0802> [a wife.]
Abimelech <040> [A.M. 2118. B.C. 1886. Abimelech.]
God <0430> [God.]
swear <07650> [swear.]
deceive ... my children or my <08266 05209> [that thou wilt not deal falsely with me. Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me. I have.]
lodged a complaint <03198> [reproved.]
concerning <0182> [because.]
Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour.
servants <05650> [servants.]
know <03045> [I wot.]
"Wot," though used for the present, is the past tense of the almost obsolete word "to wit," from the Saxon {witan,} to know.
took <03947> [took.]
made <03772> [made.]
proof <05713> [a witness.]
named <07121> [called.]
[Beer-sheba. i.e., The well of the oath, or the well of the seven: alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered "to swear" is derived from the word translated seven.]
.# 14 26:23 Jos 15:28 Jud 20:1 2Sa 17:11 1Ki 4:25
Philistines <06430> [the Philistines.]
tamarisk tree <0815> [grove. or, tree.]
The original word {eshel,} has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic {athl.}
Beer Sheba <0884> [Beer-sheba.]
worshiped <07121> [called.]
Lord <08034> [on the name.]
Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name."
eternal <05769> [everlasting.]
Genesis 31:1-55
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
rich <03519> [glory.]
"Glory" is here used for "wealth," riches, or property; since those who possess riches, generally make them the subject of glory. The original word cavod, signifies both "glory" and "weight."
face <06440> [countenance.]
attitude <08543> [it was.]
[as before. Heb. as yesterday and the day before.]
Return <07725> [Return.]
land <0776> [land.]
[with thee.]
can <07200> [I see.]
God <0430> [the God.]
ten times <06235 04489> [ten times.]
The Hebrew, {asereth monim,} is literally, as Aquila renders, "ten numbers;" and Symmachus, "ten times in number;" which probably implies an indefinite number: see ver. 41.
God <0430> [God.]
dream <02472> [a dream.]
male goats <06260> [rams. or, he-goats. ringstraked.]
spotted <01261> [grisled.]
The original word, {beroodim,} from {barad,} "hail" means marked with white spots like hail; to which our word grisled, from the old french {gresle,} now {grele,} hail, perfectly agrees; hence {gresle,} spotted with white on a dark ground.
angel <04397> [the angel.]
[Here am I.]
Observe <05375> [Lift up.]
Observe ................... observed <07200> [I have seen.]
God <0410> [the God.]
return <07725> [return.]
Rachel <07354> [Rachel.]
portion <02506> [yet any.]
sold ..... wasted <04376 0398> [sold us.]
God .................. God <0430> [which God.]
God .................. God <0430> [whatsoever.]
camels <01581> [upon camels.]
set out <0935> [for to go.]
household idols <08655> [images. Heb. teraphim.]
These might have been images devoted to superstitious or idolatrous purposes, as they are termed gods by Laban, in ver. 30. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, {tzalmanaya,} "images;" the LXX. and Theodoret, [eidolon <\\See definition 1497\\,] "idols;" Aquilla, [morphomata,] "figures;" and the Persian, {asterlabha,} "astrolabes."
Laban <03820 03837> [unawares to Laban. Heb. the heart of Laban. See references on ver. 27.]
crossed <05674> [passed.]
headed <07760 06440> [set his.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
Aramean <0761> [the Syrian.]
dream <02472> [dream.]
Be careful <08104> [Take heed.]
bless nor curse <02896 05704 07451> [either good or bad. Heb. from good to bad.]
done <06213> [What.]
You've <05090> [carried.]
run away <01272> [Wherefore.]
deceive ...... tell <01589 05046> [steal away from me. Heb. hast stolen me.]
send <07971> [that I.]
celebration <08057> [with mirth.]
tambourines <08596> [tabret.]
kiss <05401> [kiss.]
foolishly <05528> [foolishly.]
power <0410> [the power.]
God <0430> [the God.]
last night <0570> [yesternight.]
Be careful <08104> [Take.]
gods <0430> [my gods.]
afraid <03372> [Because.]
Whoever has <0834> [whomsoever.]
This was rash, and might have produced fatal effects; but Jacob was partial to Rachel, and did not suspect her; and he was indignant at being accused of a crime which he deeply abhorred. Scott.
presence <05048> [before.]
Jacob <03290> [For Jacob.]
Leah's ..................... Leah's <03812> [Leah's.]
taken <03947> [had taken.]
<03733> [furniture.]
The word, {car,} rendered "furniture," properly denotes "a large round pannier," placed one on each side of a camel, for a person, especially women, to ride in. It is a hamper, like a cradle, having a back, head, and sides, like a great chair. Moryson describes them as "two long chairs like cradles, covered with red cloth, to hang on the two sides of the camel." Hanway calls them {kedgavays,} which "are a kind of covered chairs, which the Persians hang over their camels in the manner of {panniers,} and are big enough for one person to sit in." Thevenot, who calls then {counes,} says that they lay over them a cover, which keeps then both from the rain and sun; and Maillet describes them as covered cages, hanging on each side of a camel. The late Editor of Calmet has furnished a correct delineation of these cars, as seen on one side of a camel, copied from Dalton's Prints of Egyptian Figures.
searched <04959> [searched. Heb. felt.]
lord <0113> [my lord.]
stand up <06965> [rise up.]
having <01870> [custom.]
angry <02734> [was wroth.]
Set <07760 03541> [set it here.]
twenty <06242> [twenty.]
ewes <07353> [ewes.]
rams <0352> [the rams.]
torn ....... brought <02966 0935> [torn of.]
<02398> [I bare.]
absorbed ...... always made me pay ... every missing ..... was taken .... or <01589> [or stolen.]
fourteen <0702> [fourteen.]
ten times <06235 04489> [ten times.]
If <03884> [Except.]
fears <06343> [fear.]
saw <07200> [hath seen.]
<03772> [let us.]
proof <05707> [a witness.]
God can put a bridle into the mouth of wicked man to restrain their malice; and then, though they have no love for his people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Scott.
relatives <0251> [brethren.]
Gather <03950> [Gather.]
pile ....... pile <01530> [an heap.]
The word {gal,} rendered "heap," properly signifies a round heap or circle; probably like the Druidical remains in this country, which have been traced in India, Persia, Western Asia, Greece, and Northern Europe. These usually consist of irregular circles of large stones, with a principal one in the midst; the former probably being used for seats, and the latter for an altar; corresponding to the stone set up as a pillar by Jacob, and the heap of stones collected by his brethren. They appear to have been used, as Gilgal undoubtedly was, (Jos 4:5; Jud 2:1; 3:19; ch. 20. 1 Sa 7:16; 10:8, 17; 11:15; 13:7; 15:33. 2 Sa 19:15, 40. 2 Ki 2:1.) as temples, and as places for holding councils, and assembling the people. For a satisfactory elucidation of this subject, consult the Fragments to Calmet, Nos. 156, 735, 736.
Jegar Sahadutha <03026> [Jegar-sahadutha. i.e., the heap of witness. Chald. Galeed. i.e., the heap of witness. Heb.]
pile <01530> [This heap.]
Galeed <01567> [Galeed. or, Gilead.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah. i.e., a beacon, or watch-tower.]
[Mizpeh.]
mistreat <06031> [afflict.]
God <0430> [God.]
set <03384> [I have cast.]
For {yarithi,} "I have set up," we may read yaritha, "Thou hast set up," with one Heb. and one Sam. MS: see ver. 45.
God ... Abraham .... god ..... gods <085 0430> [God of Abraham.]
father .............. father <01> [their father.]
For {avihem,} "Their father," several MSS. read avichem, "Your father," for Terah was an idolater: see Jos 24:2.
judge <08199> [judge.]
oath <07650> [sware.]
feared <06343> [fear.]
offered ... sacrifice <02076 02077> [offered sacrifice. or, killed beasts. did eat.]
kissed <05401> [and kissed.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
returned <07725> [returned.]
Jude 1:1
[A. D. 66. A. M. 4070.]
Jude <2455> [Jude.]
[Lebbeus, Thaddeus.]
[Thaddeus.]
a slave <1401> [the servant.]
<37> [them.]
kept <5083> [preserved.]
called <2822> [and called.]
