Genesis 22:24 KJV

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 22:24

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 22:24

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:20-24

Good news from a far country. I. THE JOYFUL BUDGET . 1. Tidings from home . For nearly half a century Abraham had been a wanderer in Palestine, and with something like an emigrant's emotion on receiving letters from the old country would the patriarch listen to the message come from Haran beyond the river. 2. News concerning Nahor . It demands no violent exercise of fancy to believe that Abraham regarded his distant brother with intense fraternal affection, and that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 22:24

And his concubine ( vide on Genesis 16:3 ), whose name was Reumah ,—raised, elevated (Gesenius); pearl or coral (Furst)— she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah —whence probably the Maachathites. That three of Terah's descendants (Nahor, Ishmael, and Jacob) should each have twelve sons has been pronounced" a contrived symmetry, the intentional character of which cannot be mistaken" (Bohlen); but " what intention the narrator should have connected with it remains... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 22:1-24

- Abraham Was Tested2. מריה morı̂yâh, “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; “Septuagint,” ὑψηλή hupsēlē, Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and Onkelos, meaning “vision, high, worship.” It might mean “rebellious.” Others regard it as a compound of יה yâh, “Jah, a name of God,” and מראה mı̂r'eh, “shown,” מורה môreh, “teacher,” or מורא môrā', “fear.”14. יראה yı̂r'ēh, “Jireh, will provide.”16, נאם ne'um, ῥῆμα rēma, “dictum, oracle;... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 22:20-24

Further expressions of faith (22:20-23:20)While Abraham was establishing his family in Canaan, the family of his brother Nahor in Mesopotamia was growing. The writer records this growth to introduce Rebekah, the future wife of Isaac (20-24).Back in Canaan, Abraham moved from Beersheba to Hebron, and there Sarah died (23:1-2). Though God had promised the whole of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants, Abraham still owned no land there. The death of Sarah gave him an opportunity to buy a piece of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 22:24

Maachah. See Deuteronomy 3:14 .Joshua 12:5 . 2 Samuel 10:6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 22:20-24

"And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor: Uz his first born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah."This paragraph has only one significance,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 22:20-24

15. The descendants of Nahor 22:20-24The testing of Abraham’s faith was complete with the sacrifice of Isaac. The Author therefore brought the history of his life to a close and began to set the scene for related events in Isaac’s life.This section signals a change in the direction of the narrative. It moves from Abraham to the next generation and its connections with the East. The record of Nahor’s 12 sons prepares the way for the story of Isaac’s marriage. It also shows that Rebekah... read more