Genesis 22:24

Genesis 22:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
• New International Version (NIV)His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah.

Context of Genesis 22:24

22Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.” 23Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight [children] Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

Genesis 22:24 word by word

וּפִֽילַגְשׁ֖וֹ וּשְׁמָ֣הּ רְאוּמָ֑ה וַתֵּ֤לֶד גַּם־הִוא֙ אֶת־טֶ֣בַח וְאֶת־גַּ֔חַם וְאֶת־תַּ֖חַשׁ וְאֶֽת־מַעֲכָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• whose nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Reumahרְאוּמָהre'ûmâh · ReumahH7208
• she bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• also Tebahטֶ֫בַחţebach · TebahH2875
• and Gahamגַּ֫חַםgacham · GahamH1514
• and Thahashתַּ֫חַשׁtachash · TahashH8477
• and Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601

Cross-references for Genesis 22:24

• Genesis 16:3After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan ten years, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian [maid], and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife.
• Genesis 25:6but to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].
• Proverbs 15:25The Lord will tear down the house of the proud and arrogant (self-righteous), But He will establish and protect the boundaries [of the land] of the [godly] widow.

Commentaries on Genesis 22:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24His concubine - We borrow this word from the Latin compound concubina, from con, together, and cubo, to lie, and apply it solely to a woman cohabiting with a man without being legally married. The Hebrew word is פילגש pilegesh, which is also a compound term, contracted, according to Parkhurst, from פלג palag, to divide or share, and נגש nagash, to approach; because the husband, in the delicate phrase of the Hebrew tongue, approaches the concubine, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-24Verses 1-24 - Abraham Was Tested 2. מריה morı̂yâh “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh “Septuagint,” ̔́ hupsēlē Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and Onkelos, meaning “vision, high, worship.” It might mean “rebellious.” Others regard it as a compound of יה yâh “Jah, a name of God,” and מראה mı̂r'eh “shown,” מורה môreh “teacher,” or מורא môrā' “fear.” 14. יראה yı̂r'ēh “Jireh, will provide.” 16, נאם…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-24Verses 20-24 This chapter ends with some account of Nahor's family, who had settled at Haran. This seems to be given for the connexion which it had with the church of God. From thence Isaac and Jacob took wives; and before the account of those events this list is recorded. It shows that though Abraham saw his own family highly honoured with privileges, admitted into covenant, and blessed with the assurance of the promise, yet he did not look with disdain…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-24A report came from the east that Abraham’s brother Nahor (see 11:27–29) was doing well. The people in the next part of the story are introduced here.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 22:24

• Concubinage
• Gaham
• Genealogy
• Maachah
• Nahor
• Reumah
• Tebah
• Thahash

In the dictionaries

• Gate
• Gerizim
• Isaac
• Marriage
• Provide
• Saddle
• Seeing
• Tempt
• Thahash
• Thicket

Commentaries on Genesis 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings