fn1 qf her soul; not into annihilation, but was afterwards disinherited (eh. xlix. 4; 1 Into another (a disembodied) state of exist- Chron. v. l} - e.nd Israel heard it. The ence (vide eh. xxv. 8)-for she died (a. pa- hiatus in the text and the break in the 1\1S. thetic commentary on eh. xxx. 1), that she at this point may both have been designed oalled hi.a name :een-oni (" son of my sor- to express Jacob's grief at the tidings. The row," as a memorial of her anguish in bearing LXX. add feebly cai ,rov11pov l~av11 ivavriov him, and of her death because of him): but a~roii, which surely fails to represent the his father called him Benjamin-" son of' mrngled shame and sorrow, indignation and my right hand;" either "the son of my horror, with which his eldest son's ,vicked- strength" (Clericus, Rosenmtiller, Murphy), ness must have filled him. Now the sons of or" the son of my happiness or good fortune" le.cob were twelve--a separate verse in the (Gesenius, Keil, Kalisch), with allusion to LXX., which is certainly more in accordance Jacob's now possessing twelve sons; or as ex- with the sense than the division in the text. pressive of Jacob's unwillingness to see a bad Vers. 23-26.-The sons of Leah; Reuben, omen in the birth ofRachel's child (Candlish); Ja.cob's 11.rstbom, and Simeon, and Levi, e.nd or "the son of my days," i. e. of my old age Judah, e.nd Iaeache.r, and Zebulun (cf. eh. (Samaritan), an iute111retation which Lange xxix. 32-35; XXL 18-20; xlvi. 8-15; passes with a mere allusion, but which Ka- . Exod. i. 2, 3). The sons of Rachel; Joseph, lisch justly pronounces not so absurd as is, and Benjamin (cf. eh. xxx. 22-24 ; xxxv. often asserted (cf. eh. xliv. 20); or "the son 18; xlvi. 19). And the sons of Bilhe.h, of my affection" (Ainsworth ; cf, eh. lxxx. Ra.chel's hand.me.id; Dan, and Ne.phte.li (cf. 19). eh. xxx. 4-8). And the sons of Zilpah, Ver. 19. -And Rachel died, and we.a Lee.h's hand.me.id; Gad, and Asher (cf. eh. buried in the we.y to Ephre.th, which is xxx. 9-13) : these are the sons of Ja.cob, Bethlehem-or Honse of Bread, about seven which were born to him in Pe.dan-are.m. All miles south of Jerusalem. It afterwards be- except Benjamin were born there. Either came the birthplace of David (1 Sam. xvi. this is e.n instance of the summary style of 18} and of Christ (Matt. ii. 1). The e.sser- Scripture in which minnte verbal accuracy is tion that this clause is e. later interpole.tion not always preserved (Inglis), or the whole (Lange) is unfounded (Kalisch, Kurtz), period of Ja.cob's pilgrimage to 111esopota.mia. Ver. 20.-And Ja.cob set a pillar upon and back is intended. by his residence in her grave (vide on ver. 14): that is the Padan-aram (Kalisch). pillar of Rachal's grave unto thia de.y-i. e. Ver. 27.-And Ja.cob ea.me unto Ise.e.c his unto the times of Moses; but the site of father unto Me.mre (on the probability of Rachel's sepulchre was known so late as the Ja.cob's having previously visited his father, ago of Samuel (1 Se.m. x. 2) ; and there vide ver. 8), unto the city of Arbe.h (eh. seems no reason to question the tradition xiii. 18; xxili. 2, 19; Josh. xiv. 15; n. which from the fourth century has placed it 13), whioh is Hebron, where Abraham and within the Turkish chapel Kubbet Re.chi!, Ise.e.o sojourned. a bout half-on-hour's journey north of Beth- Ver. 28.-And the days ot Isaac were lehem (Robinson, vol. i. p. 322 ; Tristrom, an hundred and fourscore yea.re. At this 'Land of Israel,' p. 404; Thomson, 'Land time Jacob was 120; but e.t 130 he stoo,l and Book,' p. 644; Stanley, 'Sinai e.nd before Pharaoh in Egypt, at which dale l'alostine,' p. 149). Joseph had been 10 yen.re governor. Hn Ver. 21.-And Iare.el (or Jacob) jour- was therefore 120 when Joseph was promoted. neyed {from Ephrath, after the funeral of at the age of 30, and 107 when Joseph was Rochel), and epree.d-i. e. unfolded (eh. xii. sold; consequently Isaac was 167 years of 8 ; x.xvi. 25)-hie tent beyond the tower of age when Joseph was sold, so that he must Ede.r-literally, to, i. e. not trans (Vulg11te), have survived that event and sympathised ultm (De.the), but ad, usque (Rosenmtiller), with Jacob his son for e. period of 13 years. ns far os Migdal Edar, the Tower of the Flock Ver. 29.-And Ise.e.o gave np the ghost, - probably a. turret, or watch-tower, erected and died, e.nd was gathered unto hie people, for the convenience of shepherds in guarding -cf. the account of Abraham's death (eh. their flocks (2 Kings xviii. 8 ; 2 Chron. xxvi. xxv. 8)-being old e.nd full of de.ye (literally, 10; xxvii, 4),-the site of which is uncer- satisfied with days. In eh. xxv. 8 tho inin, but which is commonly supposed. to shorter expression satisfied is used) : e.nd hi.a have been a mile (Jerome) or more south of eons Ese.u e.nd le.cob buried him - Esau Uethlehem. •1 '!'ho LXX. omit this verse. arriving from Mount Soir to pay the lost Ver. 22. -And it ea.me to pa.as, when Israel 8ervice due to his deceased parent, and .Ta.cob dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and according to him that precedence which hnd lay with Bilha.h his father's conoubine :-an once belonged to him as Isaac's firstborn, a.et of incest (Levit. xvili, 8) for which he
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