Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 38:5

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 38:5 - 38:5

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 38:5 - 38:5

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38:1 - 38:1
38:5 - 38:5
38:7 - 38:7
38:9 - 38:9
38:10 - 38:10
38:12 - 38:12
38:15 - 38:15
38:17 - 38:17
38:21 - 38:21
38:23 - 38:23
38:24 - 38:24
38:25 - 38:25
38:26 - 38:26
38:28 - 38:28
38:29 - 38:29
38:30 - 38:30

And he was at Chezib when she bare him - This town is supposed to be the same with Achzib, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44. “The name,” says Ainsworth, “has in Hebrew the signification of lying; and to it the prophet alludes, saying the houses of Achzib shall be (Achzab) a lie to the kings of Israel, Mic 1:14.”