3And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
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And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We are here told by what arts Abimelech got into authority, and made himself great. His mother perhaps had instilled into his mind some towering ambitious thoughts, and the name his father gave him, carrying royalty in it, might help to blow up these sparks; and now that he has buried his father nothing will serve his proud spirit but he will succeed him in the government of Israel, directly contr…
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