Kennicott and Geddes follow the Samaritan Pentateuch: And the days of Terah were one hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. That the reading of the Sam. Pent. is correct appears from the following considerations: Au. Ver.-6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh, &c. The plain. Prof. Lee.-, the pine tree; Gesenius, the oak, Thes. pp. 50, 51; Gen. xii. 6, &c. See the notes upon Deut. xi. 30, p. 681. Rosen., Schum.-The turpentine tree, terebinthus. This tree was held sacred among the Orientals, as the oak was by the Celts and Germans.-Rosen. Ver. 13. Heb. and Au. Ver.-And my soul shall live because of thee. Ged., Booth. And that through thee my life may be saved. Ver. 16. begat Abraham (Gen. xi. 26): וּלְאַבְרָם הֵיטִיב בַּעֲבוּרָהּ וַיְהִי־לִי Terah was seventy years old when he צאן וּבָקָר וַחֲמֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֹת Abraham was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran (Gen. xii. 4), which was the time of his father's death (Acts vii. 4): καὶ τῷ "Αβραμ εὖ ἐχρήσαντο δὲ αὐτήν· καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ πρόβατα, καὶ μόσχοι, καὶ ὄνοι, Therefore Terah lived 70 + 75 years, or καὶ παῖδες, καὶ παιδίσκαι, καὶ ἡμίονοι, καὶ 145 years in all.—Ken. κάμηλοι. : Rosenmüller and Schumann follow the Heb. and Au. Ver.-16 And he entreated reading of the Hebrew text. In order to Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, reconcile the above discrepancies, various and oxen, and he asses, and menservants hypotheses are resorted to. Rosenmüller and maidservants, and she asses and camels. supposes that ver. 32 is in a prolepsis, and Ged.-And Abram was well-used for her that Terah did not die before Abraham's sake; and had flocks and herds, a very large departure from Haran (contrary to Acts possession with manservants and maidvii. 4), but that some Samaritan critic, mis-servants, and mules, and camels, and asses. understanding the passage, altered the text: and that Stephen's acquiescence in that opinion is not sufficient authority for imagining the Hebrew text to be corrupted. Bishop Patrick supposes that Terah was 130 years old when Abraham was born; and that Abraham is mentioned first in verses 26, 27, on account of his pre-eminence. CHAP. XII. 6. וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וגו' kaì dɩwdevσev “Aßpaμ th yn eis to μños αὐτῆς ἕως τοῦ τόπου Συχέμ, ἐπὶ τὴν δρῦν τὴν ὑψηλήν· κ.τ.λ. Terah and Abraham went forth with Lot and Sarah. (So Jarchi.) Others translate, et exierunt cum ipsis aliquot; certain persons went out with them, i.e., all who belonged to Terah went out with them. Schumann takes as the reciprocal pronoun, exierunt cum suis. In the arrangement of this verse Houbigant and Geddes follow the Sam. text. Rosenmüller and Schumann agree with our authorized version in following the Heb. text in preference to the Samaritan. Ver. 17, 18. Au. Ver. And the Lord, &c. And Pharaoh Ged., Booth.-But Jehovah, &c. Pharaoh therefore concerning him to certain men, that they should send him away, &c. &c. CHAP. XIII. 1. Heb., and Au. Ver.-Into the south. Ver. 10. CHAP. XIV. 1, 2. 15 1 εγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῇ ̓Αμαρφάλ βασιλέως Σενναὰρ, καὶ ̓Αριὼχ βασιλέως Ελλασάρ, Χοδολλογομόρ βασιλεὺς Ελάμ, καὶ netae rican Top reptxeopov Tot 'Iophirov kat terrapas Air Tous abdalaots attoo, ὅτι πᾶσα ἦν ποτιζομένη πρὸ τοῦ καταστρέψαι Tov ecov Solona sat Tipoppa, os & Tradiceros τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ὡς ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου, ἕως ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ζόγορα. his Au. Ver.-10 And Lot lifted up eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Rosenmüller joins the words, As thou comest unto Zoar, to Jordan. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, until thou comest unto Zoar, that it was well watered, &c., &c. Schumann joins the words, As thou comest unto Zoar, to Gomorrah.-Zoar was one of the five cities of the plain.-Schum. Ged.--10 Lot therefore, raising his eyes, and seeing that the whole plain of the Jordan (for the Lord had not yet destroyed Sodom and Gomorra) was irriguous all the way to Zoar, like a divine paradise, or the land of Egypt; 11 He chose for himself, &c., &c. μετὰ Βαλλὰ βασιλέως Σοδόμων, κ.τ.λ. of Elam, and Tidal king of nations ; Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king 2 That these made war with Bera king of sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admar, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. The translation of Horsley and Dathe, &c., And it came to pass in those days, Amraphel, &c., &c., is found fault with by Rosenmüller and Schumann. Rosen.-1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, that Arioch, king of Ellasar, &c. 2 Made war with Bera, &c. Au. Ver.-All these. καὶ ἀποσκηνώσας Αβραμ, ἐλθὼν κατώκησε παρὰ τὴν δρῦν τὴν Μαμβρῆ, ἢ ἦν ἐν Χεβρώμ. K.T.λ. tent, and came and dwelt in the plain [Heb. plains] of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. ἀκούσας δὲ "Αβραμ ὅτι ἠχμαλώτευται Λὼτ Rosen, c. And came and dwelt at the d dieptious atrol, iptunce Tous lotovs terebinth trees of Mamre. See the notes oikoyeveis atrol, Totukootous beka kat der. καὶ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἕως Δάν. upon xii. 6. Au. Ver.-14 And when Abram heard i. e., remoto Hebraismo, possessor domus that his brother was taken captive, he armed meæ erit Eliezer Damascenus. [or, led forth] his trained [or instructed] servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. He armed his trained servants. Ged., Booth. servants, &c. Gesen.- m., Gen. xv. 2 only; the most applicable interpretation, according to Simonis, possession, i. q., T, with the interchange of and (see >). Hence the son of possession, possessor, hence He mustered his tried the possessor of my house will be Eliezer of Rosen.-Et expedivit instructos suos. suos. Gesen. P, he caused to draw (the Prof. Lee.-, m. once, Gen. xv. 2, sword), i. e., he armed them. Perhaps the in a 13. LXX., ó dè viòs MaσèK TĤS reading of the Samarit. P, i.e., he reviewed, oikoyevoûs μov. Vulg. filius procuratoris mustered them, from p, in Aram. to number, domus meæ. The Syriac translator omits review, is to be preferred. So the LXX, the word. The LXX supposed it to be Vulg. the name of Eliezer's mother. Some take T, m. prop. initiated, hence experienced, to be the root, and interpret the words, tried. "Filius cursitationis domûs meæ:" others, Or thus,, confisus, et fretus fuit aliquo. S/ "..A , fiducia; Ged., Rosen. I am thy shield, and very deserves notice, viz. pp i. e., he great shall be thy reward. (is) Dammesek Eliezer: he is so named. Not, "this Eliezer of Damascus : the passage says such thing. Gesenius's "Elieser Damascenus" is wrong also. For, no הוּא אֱלִיעֶזֶר in this case, it ought to have been וְאָנֹכִי הוֹלֵךְ עֲרִירִי וּבֶן־מֶשֶׁק בֵּיתִי הוּא 27. The LXX is right, therefore, in giving οὗτος Δαμασκός Ελιέζερ, as a proper name, as also in Jerome, in saying, "Vocabable, indeed, that Abraham gave, after all, turque Damascus Eliezer." It is not improto this man-if once adopted as a son-a portion of goods among the sons of his concubines, Gen. xxv. 6. And if so, he may have been the founder of Damascus, and have called the city after his own name. Ver. 3. Heb. and Au. Ver.--And Abraham said, &c. Ged. For lo! (said Abram.) away. of prey came down, &c. Ver. 12. 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. Ken. The word Hivites has been omitted here, it is supplied in the Sam. Pent. and LXX. CHAP. XVI. 5. εἶπε δὲ Σάρα προς Αβραμ. ἀδικοῦμαι ἐκ Gov. וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרֵי אֶל־אַבְרָם חֲמָסִי עָלֶיךָ Ged., Rosen., Ges. And when the birds 13 καὶ ἐῤῥέθη προς Αβραμ. γινώσκων Ged. But Sarai so humbled her that she very ort Tripotkov dorat To reput cov dy filed from her presence. γῇ οὐκ ἰδίᾳ. καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτοὺς, καὶ κακώσουσιν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ταπεινώσουσιν αὐτοὺς τετρακόσια ἔτη. Au. Ver.-13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; Ges. And he said unto Abraham, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger Ver. 7, 9, 11. מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה ἄγγελος κυρίου. Au. Ver.-The Angel of the Lord. Ver. 11. וגו' וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הִנָּךְ הָרָה in a land that is not their s, and they the Egyptians) shall impose service on them, and oppress them four hundred years. Ver. 20, 21. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελος κυρίου. ἰδοὺ σὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχεις. Au. Ver.-11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with Ged. For lo! (said again to her the 20 kat vous Xerratous, kai rous bepegatous, angel of the LoRD) thou hast conceived. καὶ τοὺς Ραφαεὶν, καὶ τοὺς ̓Αμοῤῥαίους, καὶ τοὺς Χαναναίους, καὶ τοὺς Εὐαίους, καὶ τοὺς Γεργεσαίους, καὶ τοὺς Ιεβουσαίους. אַתָּה אֵל רָאִי כִּי אָמְרָה הֲגַם הֲלֹם rer20 And the Hittites, and the . chapter, took place in that country ; and לַבְּאֵר בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי הִנֵּה בֵּין־קָדֵשׁ Κάδης καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Βαράδ. that the appearance related in the eighteenth chapter, and the destruction of Sodom, 13 καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ described in the nineteenth, were prior to λαλοῦντος πρὸς αὐτήν. σὺ ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐπιδών Abraham's removal. This is in some με. ὅτι εἶπε, καὶ γὰρ ἐνώπιον εἶδον ὀφθέντα measure confirmed by the beginning of the μοι. 14 ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐκάλεσε τὸ φρέαρ, eighteenth chapter, which distinguishes the φρέαρ οὗ ἐνώπιον εἶδον. ἰδοὺ ἀνὰ μέσον appearance of Jehovah related in that chapter, by this circumstance, that it was in the plains (or rather by the grove) of Mamre; which implies, that the appearance related in the seventeenth chapter, happened at some other place. The chapters, therefore, reduced to the order of time, would stand thus: XVI,, XVIII., XIX., XX., XVII., XXI.—Bp. Horsley. Au. Ver.-13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me. 14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahai-roi [that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me]; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. 13 Thou God, &c. Ged. See below. Rosen.-Thou God art a God of vision [i.e., a God who revealest thyself]: for she said, Do I even here see [i.e., live] after vision? [i. e., after I have seen God.] Prof. Lee.-God of vision, &c. Have I even thus far seen (lived) after vision, i.e., revelation? None being able to see God and live. Several other translations are given, but they are rejected by Rosenmüller and the best modern commentators. 14 Beer-lahai-roi. Onk., Rosen.-The well of the living (God) who appeared at it. Ges. The well of life, of sight, i.e., where one sees (God) and yet lives. Perhaps it would be more proper to read it with other vowels, (): the well of the conspicuous or, far seen rock. In the same signification occurs (jaw), Judg. xv. 17. Ged.-13 And she called the name of the Lord who had spoken to her, THE VISIBLE GOD; "For, did not I here see him by me visible?" said she. 14 Wherefore the well was called BeerElohi-rui (the well of the visible God) Lo! &c., &c. Chap. XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI. In this part of the narrative, the order of time is not observed. Abraham's removal to Gerar was certainly before his ninety-ninth year; for when he was ninetynine, Sarah was an old woman, whereas she was in beauty, and an object of desire, when he first settled in Abimelech's country. I apprehend, therefore, that the appearance of Jehovah, related in the seventeenth Au. Ver.-5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham [that is, Father of a great multitude]; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Abram.-Father of height, or high father. Heb., Au. Ver.-And it shall be a token, &c. Ged., Booth. That it may be a token, &c. Heb., Au. Ver.-14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Circumcised.-The LXX. and Sam. add on the eighth day.-Geddes. |