Genesis 22:20-24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 22:20-24

This is recorded here, 1. To show that though Abraham saw his own family highly dignified with peculiar privileges, admitted into covenant, and blessed with the entail of the promise, yet he did not look with contempt and disdain upon his relations, but was glad to hear of the increase and prosperity of their families. 2. To make way for the following story of the marriage of Isaac to Rebekah, a daughter of this family. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:20

And it came to pass, after these things ,.... Abraham's taking his son Isaac to the land of Moriah, building an altar on one of the mountains there, and laying him on it with an intention to sacrifice him, and offering of a ram in his stead, and the return of them both to Beersheba: that it was told Abraham ; by some person very probably who was lately come from those parts where the following persons lived; though Jarchi suggests this was told him by the Lord himself, and while he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:21

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother ,.... The first of these gave name to the land of Uz, where Job dwelt, and who seems to be a descendant of this man, Job 1:1 ; and from whom sprung the Ausitae of Ptolemy F16 Geograph. l. 5. c. 19. , who dwelt near Babylon and by the Euphrates. The latter, was the father of the Buzites, of which family Elihu was, that interposed between Job and his friends, Job 32:2 , and Kemuel the father of Aram ; not that Aram from whom the Syrians are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:22

And Chesed ,.... From whom it is generally thought sprung the Chaldees, who are commonly called Chasdim; but mention is made of the Chaldees before this man was born, unless they are called so by anticipation; See Gill on Genesis 10:22 , and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel ; of these men and their posterity we hear no more, excepting: the last, for whose sake the rest are mentioned. Hazo or Chazo settled in Elymais, a country belonging to Persia, where is now a city called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:23

And Bethuel begat Rebekah ,.... Who was to be and was the wife of Isaac; and, for the sake of her genealogy, the above account is given, as Aben Ezra observes, and so Jarchi; and this is observed to pave the way for the history of the chapter; for no notice is taken of any other of Bethuel's children but her, not even of Laban her brother: these eight Milcah did bear, to Nahor, Abraham's brother ; this is observed, and the exact number given, as well as their names, to distinguish them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:24

And his concubine, whose name was Reumah ,.... Not an harlot, but a secondary wife, who was under the proper and lawful wife, and a sort of a head servant in the family, and chiefly kept for the procreation of children; which was not thought either unlawful or dishonourable in those times such as was Hagar in Abraham's family: she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah , of whom we have no account elsewhere; only it may be observed, that here Maachah is the name of a man,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:20

Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother - This short history seems introduced solely for the purpose of preparing the reader for the transactions related Genesis 24, and to show that the providence of God was preparing, in one of the branches of the family of Abraham, a suitable spouse for his son Isaac. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:21

Huz - He is supposed to have peopled the land of Uz or Ausitis, in Arabia Deserta, the country of Job. Buz his brother - From this person Elihu the Buzite, one of the friends of Job, is thought to have descended. Kemuel the father of Aram - Kamouel πατερα Συρων , the father of the Syrians, according to the Septuagint. Probably the Kamiletes, a Syrian tribe to the westward of the Euphrates are meant; they are mentioned by Strabo. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:23

Bethuel begat Rebekah - Who afterward became the wife of Isaac. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:24

His concubine - We borrow this word from the Latin compound concubina , from con , together, and cubo , to lie, and apply it solely to a woman cohabiting with a man without being legally married. The Hebrew word is פילגש pilegesh , which is also a compound term, contracted, according to Parkhurst, from פלג palag , to divide or share, and נגש nagash , to approach; because the husband, in the delicate phrase of the Hebrew tongue, approaches the concubine, and shares the bed,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 22:20-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 22:24

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