Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 48:22 - 48:22

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 48:22 - 48:22


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portion. Hebrew. Shechem, Greek. Sychar, see Joh_4:5. Both Abraham and Jacob bought property at Shechem. Gen_23:18, Gen_23:19; Gen_33:18, Gen_33:19; and here supplemental history tells how Jacob recovered it out of the hand of the Amorite who must have seized it. Figure of speech Hysteresis. App-6.



above: i.e. the double portion of the firstborn, which Reuben forfeited. Compare Deu_21:17. Compare 1Ch_5:2. Eze_47:13.