John Calvin Commentary Genesis 22:19

"So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba." — Genesis 22:19 (ASV)

And they rose up, and went together to Beer-sheba. Moses repeats that Abraham, after passing through this severe and incredible temptation, had a quiet dwelling place in Beersheba. This account is inserted, along with what follows concerning the increase of Abraham’s relatives, to show 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 would be like a new man. Moses also records the offspring of Nahor, but for another reason; namely, because Isaac was to take his wife from this family. For the mention of women in Scripture is rare, and it is believable that many daughters were born to Nahor, of whom only one, Rebekah, is introduced here.

He distinguishes the sons of the concubine from the others because they held a less honorable position. Not that the concubine was regarded as a prostitute; but because she was an inferior wife, and not the mistress of the house, who shared property with her husband. The fact, however, that it occurred to Nahor to take a second wife does not make polygamy lawful; it only shows that, following the customs of others, he supposed what had really originated from the worst corruption to be lawful for him.

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