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Remember Kinship and Kindness
Commentators explain that Israel was commanded not to despise the Edomites, as they descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Likewise, they were not to abhor the Egyptians, because they had initially offered hospitality to Jacob's family during a famine. This principle teaches that past kindness and familial bonds should be remembered, even in the face of later conflict or oppression.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 23:7–8
18th Century
Theologian
The Edomite, as descended from Esau the twin brother of Jacob (), and the Egyptian, as from that nation which had for long shown hospitality to Jos…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 23:7
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite ... an Egyptian. —The contrast between these and the Moabite and Ammonite is drawn rather well by Rashi in…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 23:7
16th Century
Theologian
You shall not abhor an Edomite. So that the punishment pronounced against the Moabites and Ammonites would be more strongly emphasized, He…
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 23:7
17th Century
Pastor
You shall not abhor an Edomite
Or an Idumean, the descendants of Esau, whose name was Edom, ([Reference Genesis 25:3…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 23:1–8
17th Century
Minister
We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselves and for our children, above all other advantages. No personal blemishes, no cr…