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Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
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The Final Homecoming
Commentators note that this verse marks the culmination of Jacob's long journey. After years of sojourning elsewhere in Canaan since his return, he finally brings his entire household to his father Isaac in Hebron. Scholars suggest this was not his first visit, but his final move to settle with his aging father, signifying the end of his long exile.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
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19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 – 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob came to Isaac his father No mention being made of his mother, it is very probable she was dead; and Isaac being alon…
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