From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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Gill's Exposition
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart,.... Or, "reigned over them", as the Targum; that is, over the people of Israel, and which he did in such manner as showed uprightness of heart,…
Barnes' Notes
From following the ewes great with younq - Margin, as in Hebrew, From after. The meaning is, that he followed after them; that is, he attended them, or watched over them as a shepherd. The single word…
The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for…
Cambridge Bible
From following the ewes with their young ones he brought him,
To be shepherd of Jacob his people &c.
This natural metaphor for the ruler's care of his people was especially appropriate in the case…
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