Judges 8:31 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 8:31

His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

BSB

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ASV

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

KJV

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And his concubine that was in Shechem,.... Which was not an harlot, but a secondary or half wife; such were generally taken from handmaids, and of the meaner sort, and were not in such esteem as proper wives, had not the management of household affairs, only a share in the bed, and their children did not inherit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Shechem - She dwelt there, and he often came thither, either to execute judgment, or upon other occasions. Abimelech - That is, my father the king; so he called him, probably, to gratify his concubine, who desired it either out of pride, or design.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Abimelech’s mother was not reckoned among the wives, being, probably, one of the Canaanite population in Shechem Jdg 9:28: neither was Abimelech himself reckoned with the 70 other sons of Jerubbaal (Jdg 9:24. Compare Jdg 11:1-2).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙	u.fi.lag.Sho	and concubine his	H6370 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם	bish.Khem	[was] in Shechem	H7927 →
יָֽלְדָה־	Yal.dah-	she bore	H3205 →
לּ֥וֹ	lo	to <the> him
גַם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
הִ֖יא	hi'	she	H1931 →
בֵּ֑ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he made	H7760 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁמ֖וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃	'a.vi.Me.lekh	Abimelech	H40 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 20:2
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
leads to
- Genesis 12:15
  When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
- Genesis 26:7
  But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men…
- Genesis 12:11–13
  As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
Through
Judges 9:18
but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders…
leads to
- Judges 9:5–6
  He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Psalms 109:4
  In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Through
Genesis 16:15
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
leads to
- Genesis 25:12
  This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- Genesis 17:18
  And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
- Genesis 37:27
  Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

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