Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 32:12 - 32:12

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 32:12 - 32:12


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“For I am in fear of him, that (פֶּן ne) he come and smite me, mother with children.” בָּנִים עַל אֵם is a proverbial expression for unsparing cruelty, taken from the bird which covers its young to protect them (Deu 22:6, cf. Hos 10:14). עַל super, una cum, as in Exo 35:22.