against. True to-day and for over 3,000 years. Compare Gen_21:20. Isa_21:13. Jer_3:2. Ezr_8:31. Psa_10:8, Psa_10:9.
presence = face, i.e. on the face of the same country.
brethren. Esp. with the Midianites (Gen_37:28), Midian being his half-brother, by Keturah (compare Jdg_8:22, Jdg_8:24). Compare the fulfillment in Gen_25:18.