And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
And he begetteth of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
And he begot of Hodesh his wife: Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
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And he begat of Hodesh his wife,.... That is, he, I say, begat, namely, Shaharaim; the Targum makes this Hodesh to be the same with Baara, called so because she was newly espoused; but wrongly: the sons begotten of her were the seven following; Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcham, Jeuz, Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons; the sons of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh: heads of the fathers; of the houses or families of their father.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
He begat of Hodesh his wife - In the preceding verse it is said that Hushim and Baara were his wives; and here it is said he begat of Hodesh his wife, etc. And then his children by Hushim are mentioned, but not a word of Baara! It is likely therefore that Hodesh was another name for Baara, and this is asserted by the Targum: And he begot of Baara, that is Chodesh, his wife; so called because he espoused her anew. It is supposed that he had put her away before, and now remarried her.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
