John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 8:31
Jdg 8:31 And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. Ver. 31. And his concubine, ] i.e., His wife though in an inferior degree: a as having been before his maid servant. Jdg 9:18 Whose name he called Abimelech, ] i.e., My father is king. This name, probably, he gave him at the motion of his concubine, who might say of her son as afterwards Nero’s mother did of him, Occidar, modo imperet; let him reign upon any terms: and possibly this... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 8:30
Jdg 8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. Ver. 30. Of his body begotten. ] Heb., Going out of his thigh, in which there are veins, say anatomists, that go along to the genitals, and convey thither the matter for the seed of generation. Hence that expression of Abraham to his servant, Gen 24:2 "Put thine hand under my thigh," out of which is to come the Messiah, "and swear," &c. So Genesis 47:29 ; Genesis 46:26 . read more