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 The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
 
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Denomination: dispensationalism
 
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This genealogy, and Abraham's death recorded here, because no more is to be said about Abraham. Abraham, however, lived until Jacob was 15. Shem died 1846.
**a wife** = another, instead of "again".

**Medan** and
**Midian** were half-brothers with Ishmael, and they were mixed up together in their dealings. See note on [Genesis 37:25](../../../kjv/genesis/37/25) , [Genesis 37:28](../../../kjv/genesis/37/28) .

**these** = the tares, sown after Isaac, the good seed.

**175** **years.** Therefore a sojourner 100 years. Compare [Genesis 12:4](../../../kjv/genesis/12/4) .

**full of.** Hebrew "satisfied with". Supply "days" (not "years"), with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac.
**gathered to his people,** an idiomatic *Euphemism* ( App-6 ) for death and burial. Abraham's "people" were idolaters ([Joshua 24:2](../../../kjv/joshua/24/2) ). See note on [2 Samuel 12:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/23) .

**Machpelah.** Compare [Genesis 23:9](../../../kjv/genesis/23/9) .

**purchased.** Compare [Genesis 23:16](../../../kjv/genesis/23/16) .

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**well.** Hebrew. *beer.* See note on [Genesis 21:19](../../../kjv/genesis/21/19) .
**Lahai-roi.** Compare [Genesis 16:14](../../../kjv/genesis/16/14) ; [Genesis 24:62](../../../kjv/genesis/24/62) .

**died** = had inheritance. Heb, *naphal,* to fall, esp. as a lot, giving inheritance ([Judges 18:1](../../../kjv/judges/18/1) . [1 Chronicles 1:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/20) ; 1Ch 26:14 . [2 Chronicles 15:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/15/9) . [Psalms 16:6](../../../kjv/psalms/16/6) (compare [Joshua 23:4](../../../kjv/joshua/23/4) . Hebrew caused the lot to fall). Hence, to dwell with, as in [Proverbs 1:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/14) . Compare [Judges 7:12](../../../kjv/judges/7/12) , to encamp, *lying along* the ground. Ishmael was to dwell in the presence (Hebrew "on the face") of his brethren, i.e. mixed up with them ([Genesis 16:12](../../../kjv/genesis/16/12) ). See [Genesis 37:25](../../../kjv/genesis/37/25) , [Genesis 37:28](../../../kjv/genesis/37/28) , [Genesis 37:36](../../../kjv/genesis/37/36) ; [Genesis 39:1](../../../kjv/genesis/39/1) , and compare [Judges 8:24](../../../kjv/judges/8/24) . Midian, being his half-brother ([Genesis 15:11](../../../kjv/genesis/15/11) , [Genesis 15:12](../../../kjv/genesis/15/12) ). *Naphal* never rendered "die" elsewhere.

**begat.** The same form of the verb as in [Genesis 5](../../../kjv/genesis/5) , used of the godly seed.

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**heel.** Hebrew. *yakob,* whence the name Jacob ( *yakob* ) heel-catcher: hence, contender.

**cunning** = knowing or skilled in.
**a man of the field.** "The field is the world. "
**plain** = upright or pure. [Job 1:1](../../../kjv/job/1/1) , [Job 1:8](../../../kjv/job/1/8) ; [Job 2:3](../../../kjv/job/2/3) , &c.

**venison.** Heb *. hunting.* Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of the Cause), App-6 , hunting put for what was caught. Eating was strong in Esau too ([Genesis 25:34](../../../kjv/genesis/25/34) ). It was "the will of the flesh" which Isaac's faith overcame in [Genesis 27](../../../kjv/genesis/27) , for he wished to bless Esau, and he loved his savoury meat, See note on [Genesis 27:3](../../../kjv/genesis/27/3) , [Genesis 27:4](../../../kjv/genesis/27/4) . Compare [Hebrews 11:20](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/20) .

**sod.** Part, of O Eng. verb *seethe,* to boil.
**pottage** = anything cooked in a *pot.*

**red.** Hebrew red red. Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ). (No superlative in Hebrew) Figure of speech = *th* at delicious red [food].
**Lentiles.** See [Genesis 25:34](../../../kjv/genesis/25/34) .
**Edom** = Hebrew. *red, ruddy.* A reference also to [Genesis 25:25](../../../kjv/genesis/25/25) .

**this day.** Hebrew "as on this very day. "Figure of speech *Simile.* App-6 . Compare [Luke 23:43](../../../kjv/luke/23/43) .
**birthright.** Included (1) the Father's blessing and supremacy (which went to Jacob, [Genesis 27](../../../kjv/genesis/27) , and Jud 49:8 . [1 Chronicles 5:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/1) , [1 Chronicles 5:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/2) ); (2) a double portion (which went to Joseph, [Genesis 48](../../../kjv/genesis/48) ; [1 Chronicles 5:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/1) , [1 Chronicles 5:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/2) ); and (3) the Domestic Priesthood (which after going to the firstborn of each family was vested in Levi for the whole nation. [Numbers 3:6](../../../kjv/numbers/3/6) , [Numbers 3:12](../../../kjv/numbers/3/12) . Compare [Numbers 16:1-3](../../../kjv/numbers/16/1-3) ).

**me.** Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ) = *Brachyology.* The words to be supplied are "I will sell it". A famine accounts for the sale. See [Genesis 26:1](../../../kjv/genesis/26/1) .

**day.** Figure of speech *Brachyology.* App-6 . Supply "that thou wilt sell it".
**birthright.** The Severus Codex here reads "ware", i.e. Esau treated his birthright as merchandise. See App-34 .

**and.** Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* . *Four* "ands" marking the deliberateness of Esau's acts, and their solemn significance. He despised *grace.* See App-10 .
**despised.** Hence in [Hebrews 12:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/16) he is called "a profane person".

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