Verse 22
portion. Hebrew. Shechem, Greek. Sychar, see John 4:5 . Both Abraham and Jacob bought property at Shechem. Genesis 23:18 , Genesis 23:19 ; Genesis 33:18 , Genesis 33:19 ; and here supplemental history tells how Jacob recovered it out of the hand of the Amorite who must have seized it. Figure of speech Hysteresis. App-6 .
above: i.e. the double portion of the firstborn, which Reuben forfeited. Compare Deuteronomy 21:17 . Compare 1 Chronicles 5:2 .Ezekiel 47:13 .
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