Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 8:19

"And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you." — Judges 8:19 (ASV)

The sons of my mother. — Compare Genesis 43:29.

As the Lord lives. —Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:41. (Compare Æn. xii. 949.)