21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
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And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-29)Here is, 1. Jacob’s removal, Gen. 35:21. He also, as his fathers, sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, and was not long in a place. Immediately after the story of Rachel’s death he is here called Israel ( Gen. 35:21 , 22 ), and not often so afterwards: the Jews say, “The historian does him this honour here because he bore that affliction with such admirable patience and submis…
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