And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| concubine | וּפִֽילַגְשׁ֖וֹ u.fi.lag.Sho | H6370 | a concubine · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| name | וּשְׁמָ֣הּ u.she.Mah | H8034 | an appellation · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular |
| Reumah | רְאוּמָ֑ה re.'u.Mah | H7208 | Reumah · proper noun, a woman's name |
| bare | וַתֵּ֤לֶד va.Te.led | H3205 | to bear young · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular |
| Tebah | טֶ֣בַח Te.vach | H2875 | Tebach · proper noun, a man's name |
| Gaham | גַּ֔חַם Ga.cham | H1514 | Gacham · proper noun, a man's name |
| Thahash | תַּ֖חַשׁ Ta.chash | H8477 | Tachash · proper noun, a man's name |
| Maachah | מַעֲכָֽה ma.'a.Khah | H4601 | Maakah (or Maakath) · proper noun, a man's name |
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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.
Abraham lifted up his eyes . . . and behold . . . a ram, &c.--No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56). Next: Genesis Chapter 23
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, etc., of the real wife with her. The pilegesh or concubine, (from which comes the Greek παλλακη pallake, and also the Latin pellex), in Scripture, is a kind of secondary wife, not unlawful in the patriarchal times; though the pr…
Read the whole note in the consoleAnd 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, which sometimes is given to a woman, 1 Kings 15:13.
And they rose up, and went together to Beer-sheba. Moses repeats, that Abraham, after having passed through this severe and incredible temptation, had a quiet abode in Beersheba. This narration is inserted, together with what follows concerning the increase of Abraham's kindred, for the purpose of showing that the holy man, when he had been brought up again from the abyss of death, was made happy, in more ways than one. For God would so revive him, that he should be like a new man. Moses also records the progeny of Nahor, but for another reason; namely, because Isaac was to take his wife from it. For the mention of women in Scripture is rare; and it is credible that many daughters were born…
Read the whole note in the consoleDescendants of Nahor. - With the sacrifice of Isaac the test of Abraham's faith was now complete, and the purpose of his divine calling answered: the history of his life, therefore, now hastens to its termination. But first of all there is introduced quite appropriately an account of the family of his brother Nahor, which is so far in place immediately after the story of the sacrifice of Isaac, that it prepares the way for the history of the marriage of the heir of the promise. The connection is pointed out in Gen 22:20, as compared with Gen 11:29, in the expression, "she also." Nahor, like Ishmael and Jacob, had twelve sons, eight by his wife Milcah and four by his concubine; whereas Jacob…
Read the whole note in the consoleBethuel was the youngest of Nahor’s eight sons by Milcah; he was the father of Rebekah, Isaac’s future wife (see 24:15, 67). Rebekah would follow Sarah as matriarch of the clan (23:1-2).
ובתואל ילד את רבקה AND BETHUEL BEGAT REBECCA — The entire genealogical record is given only for the sake of this verse (i. e. to lead up to this verse).
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