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Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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A Mother's Instruction
Commentator John Gill observes the curious order in the text, where Joseph is mentioned before his mother, Rachel. He suggests this might be because Rachel, as a loving mother, presented her young son (around six years old) first to Esau, teaching him how to make the proper gesture of respect. This detail adds a layer of human tenderness to the formal procession.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
סכת (sûkkôth) refers to Sukkoth, meaning “booths,” which consisted of poles forming a roof covered with branches, leaves, or gras…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
Baptist
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themse…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves Who were in the next division or company; their children …
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…
