And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said, they were my brethren, even the sons of my mother,.... His brethren by his mother's side, but not by his father's side; or the phrase
the sons of my mother is added, to show that he did…
Barnes' Notes
The sons of my mother - A much closer relation than that of brothers by the father only. (Compare Gen 43:29; Deu 13:6; Psa 69:8). This is the only hint preserved of the transaction. We cannot say…
Judgment began at the house of God, in the just correction of the men of Succoth and Penuel, who were Israelites, but it did not end there. The kings of Midian, when they had served to demonstrate…
Cambridge Bible
the sons of my mother and not only of the same father; they were therefore specially dear, cf. Gen 43:29. On Gideon as next of kin fell the duty of avenging his brothers" blood; cf. 2Sa 3:27; 2Sa…