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Genesis 25:19 - Exposition

§ 9. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC (Ge 25:19-35:29).

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son . The usual formula for the opening of a new section (cf. Genesis 2:4 ). Abraham begat Isaac . A reiteration in perfect harmony not only with the style of the present narrative, but of ancient historiography in general; in this instance specially designed to connect the subsequent streams of Isaac's posterity with their original fountain-head in Abraham.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Genesis 25:19 - Exposition

Genesis 25:19 - Exposition

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