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Genesis 35:21

Genesis 35:21
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land,.... In that part of it near Bethlehem:

that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; his concubine wife; she was the maid that…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 35:1-29

- The Death of Isaac 8. דברה deborâh, Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.” 16. כברה kı̂brâh, “length stretch.” A certain but unknown distance, a stadium or…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Tower of Edar - Literally, the tower of the flock, and so translated Mic 4:8. It is supposed that this tower was about a mile from Bethlehem, and to have been the place where the angels appeared to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 35:21-29

Here is, 1. Jacob's removal, Gen 35:21. He also, as his fathers, sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, and was not long in a place. Immediately after the story of Rachel's death he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Israel Observe the employment of the new name as an alternative for Jacob, with especial frequency in the J narrative.

the tower of Eder i.e. "the tower of the flock." It is uncertain whether "Eder"…

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