26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-32)Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem:— I. The description of Shem, v . 21. We have not only his name, Shem , which signifies a name , but two titles to distinguish him by:— 1. He was the father of all the children of Eber . Eber was his great grandson; but why should he be called the father of all his children, rather than of all Arphaxad’s, or Salah’s, etc…
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