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They journeyed: and a terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they didn`t pursue the sons of Jacob.
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Commentators explain that the phrase "terror of God" signifies a supernaturally intense fear. While it can be a Hebrew idiom for "a very great terror," the context makes it clear this was a direct act of God. He miraculously impressed a paralyzing dread upon the Canaanites, who were otherwise enraged, to protect Jacob's family.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
16.…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 – 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham b…
16th Century
Protestant
And the terror of God was upon the cities. It now clearly appears that deliverance was not promised in vain by God to the holy man, since,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they journeyed Jacob and his family, with all that were with them, from Shechem to Bethel:
an…
Bethel was forgotten. But God will remind those He loves of neglected duties, one way or another, by conscience or by providential events. When we …
