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סכת (sûkkôth) refers to Sukkoth, meaning “booths,” which consisted of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or gras…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themse…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Receive my present at my hand. This noun may be taken passively as well as actively. If understood actively, the sense will be, “Accept th…
John Gill
JohnGill
And Jacob said, nay, I pray you Do not say so, as the Targum of Jonathan supplies it, or do not refuse my present:
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Jacob, having by prayer committed his case to God, went on his way. Come what will, nothing can come amiss to him whose heart is fixed, trusting in…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes