And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
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Gill's Exposition
And her neighbours, and her cousins,.... That lived in Hebron, and the parts adjacent, whether of the house of Aaron, or of the tribe of Judah; to both which she was related, and who dwelt near her,…
Adam Clarke
And her neighbors and her cousins - rejoiced with her. - Because sterility was a reproach; and they now rejoiced with their relative, from whom that reproach was now rolled away. To rejoice with those…
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58. her cousins Rather, her kinsfolk, which was the original meaning of the word cousins(con-sobrini). See Luk 1:36.
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