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Genesis 21:33

Genesis 21:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

grove: or, tree, ; The original word eshel:, has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk:, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic athl:.

on the name: Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name."

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