Bible Commentaries

Genesis 1:1 — verso los cielos tienen precedencia sobre la tierra; pero en los siguientes versículos todas las cosas, incluso el sol, la luna y las estrellas parecen ser apéndices de la tierra. Así, si fuera un encabezamiento, no se correspondería con la narración. 5. Si el primer verso pertenece a la narración, el orden impregna todo el relato; mientras que; si es un encabezamiento, entra la confusión más desesperada. La luz es llamada a existir antes que el sol, la luna y las estrellas. La tierra tiene prioridad

Genesis 10:21-32 — “'Uts; verbo: consejo; sé firme, sólido”. חוּל chûl , “Chul; verbo: frotar, torcer, retorcerse, ser fuerte, esperar”. גתר geter , “Gether, bridge?” משׁ meshek , “Mezcla; relacionados: sentir, tocar.” 24. שׁלח shelaj , “Shelaj, proyectil, disparar”. 25. פלג peleg , “Peleg; sustantivo: arroyo, canal; verbo: dividir.” יקטן yāqṭān , “Joctan, pequeño”. 26. אלמודד 'almôdād , “Almodad”. למד lāmad , “aprender”. מדד mādad , “medida”. שׁלף shelep , “Shelef; verbo: sacar o apagar. ” חערמות chatsarmāvet , “Chatsarmaveth,

Genesis 27:1-46 — determination he directs Esau to prepare savory meat, such as he loved, that he may have his vigor renewed and his spirits revived for the solemn business of bestowing that blessing, which he held to be fraught with more than ordinary benefits.Genesis 27:5-13Rebekah forms a plan for diverting the blessing from Esau to Jacob. She was within hearing when the infirm Isaac gave his orders, and communicates the news to Jacob. Rebekah has no scruples about primogeniture. Her feelings prompt her to take measures,

Genesis 38:1-30 — - The Family of Judah1. עדלם ‛ǎdûllâm, ‘Adullam, “righteousness.” חירה chı̂yrâh Chirah, “nobility?”2. שׁוּע shûa‛, Shua‘, “luck, riches, cry.”3. ער ‛êr, ‘Er, “watching.”4. אונן 'ônân, Onan, “strong.”5. שׁלה shēlâh, Shelah, “request? rest.” כזיב kezı̂yb Kezib, “falsehood.”6. תמר tāmār, Tamar, “palm.”12. תמנה tı̂mnâh, Timnah, “counted or assigned.”14. עינים 'êynayı̂m, ‘Enaim, “two fountains.”29. פרץ perets, Perets, “breach.”This strange narrative

Genesis 4:17-24 — ruling Cain. His hand has been imbrued in a brother’s blood, and he expects every man’s hand will be against him.He calls his son Henok (Enoch), and his city after the name of his son. The same word is employed as a name in the lines of Seth Genesis 5:18, of Midian Genesis 25:4, and of Reuben Genesis 46:9. It signifies dedication or initiation, and, in the present case, seems to indicate a new beginning of social existence, or a consciousness of initiative or inventive power, which necessity and

Genesis 42:1-38 — - Joseph and Ten of His Brethren1. שׁבר sheber, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ, “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan. Not elsewhere found in the Pentateuch.25. כלי kelı̂y, “vessel,” here any portable article in which grain may be conveyed. שׂק śaq, “sack,” the very word which remains in our language to this day. אמתחת 'amtachath “bag.”Twenty years, the period of Joseph’s long and anxious waiting, have come

Genesis 46:1-34 — reducción de su raza a un cuerpo de siervos, con quienes esa nación no se dignaría a mezclarse. “José pondrá su mano sobre tus ojos”. Su hijo perdido hace mucho tiempo estará presente para realizar los últimos oficios para él cuando fallezca. Génesis 46:5 Ahora se describe el descenso a Egipto. “Sus hijas, y las hijas de sus hijos”. En la siguiente lista se menciona solo una hija de Jacob, Dina, y solo la hija de un hijo, Sera. Es posible, pero no probable, que hubiera más hijas que estas en ese momento

Psalms 22 overview — concepción de tal personaje, y agotaron los poderes de su lengua nativa en su descripción de su persona y su obra. Él era, de hecho, su "héroe"; él a quien siempre miraban, y en quién terminaban sus descripciones, dondequiera que comenzaran. Compare Isaías 53:1, notas; y Daniel 9, notas. Ahora, si se admite que los escritores judíos fueron "inspirados", y que esta visión del Mesías había sido provista por el Espíritu de inspiración, nada es más natural que esperar encontrar las descripciones del Mesías

Psalms 60:6 — the public pledge or assurance that what he had promised he would certainly perform. God had made promises in regard to the land of Canaan or Palestine, as a country to be put into the possession of Abraham and his posterity. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 17:8; Psalms 105:8-11. The original promise of the gift of that land, made to Abraham under the general name of Canaan Genesis 12:7, embraced the whole territory from the river (that divided the land from Egypt) to the Euphrates: “Unto thy

Isaiah 35:7 — in Russia. We have no word in English to express it. The French word by which it is commonly designated is mirage. It is caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun, an explanation of which may be found in the Edin. Encyclopaedia, vol. xiv. pp. 753-755. It is often described by travelers, and is referred to in the Koran, chapter xxiv. 39: The works of unbelievers are like the serab in a plain, Which the thirsty man takes to be water; Until he comes to it, and finds that it is not.Mr. Sale’s note

Isaiah 59:21 — in regard to the covenant which was to be established with his people. ‘So far as I am concerned, I will enter into a covenant with them and with their children.’This is my covenant with them - (Compare the notes at Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 54:10). The covenant here referred to, is that made with people under the Messiah. In important respects it differed from that made with the Jewish people under Moses. The word, ‘covenant’ here is evidently equivalent, as it is commonly, when applied

Isaiah 66:19 — the guilty Jewish capital.The ‘sign’ here referred to, may denote the intimations which the Redeemer gave to his disciples to discern these approaching calamities, and to secure their safety by flight when they should be about to appear Matthew 24:15-18. By these warnings and previous intimations they were to be preserved. The sign was ‘among them,’ that is, in the very midst of the nation; and the object of the intimation was, to secure their safety, and the speedy propagation of the true religion

Daniel 6:10 — carried captives, and repent - and pray unto thee toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name, then hear thou their prayer,” etc.Compare 1 Kings 8:33, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 8:38. So in Psalms 5:7 : “As for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.” So Jonah it. 4: “Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy

Daniel 8:5 — Macedon, which is the oldest in Europe of which we have any regular and connected history, was represented also by a goat, with this peculiarity, that it had but one horn.”(3) In the reign of Amyntas the First, nearly 300 years after Caranus, and about 547 years before Christ, the Macedonians, upon being threatened with an invasion, became tributary to the Persians. In one of the pilasters of Persepolis, this very event seems to be recorded in a manner that throws considerable light on this subject.

Habakkuk 3:4 — Yet the brightness issues from the Light, co-existing with it, and in it, while issuing from it. And so the words aptly express, how He who is the, Hebrews 1:3, “brightness of the Father’s Glory and the express Image of His Person.” Wisdom Hebrews 7:25, “brightness of the eternal light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness,” is as the Light from whom He is. Nicene Creed: “Light of Light,” Equal to the Father by whom He was begotten. As John says in John 1:9 : “That

Zephaniah 1:5 — “doing whatsoever God commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth, whether for correction, or for His land or for mercy!” Job 37:12-13. The idolaters “worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed forever” Romans 1:25; moderns equally make this world their object, only they idolize themselves and their discoveries, and worship their own intellect.This worship on the house-tops individualized the public idolatry; it was a rebellion against God, family by family; a

Matthew 5:22 — our disapprobation of a course of evil conduct; and That we may defend ourselves when suddenly attacked. When excited against sin, it is lawful. God is angry with the wicked, Psalms 7:11. Jesus looked on the hypocritical Pharisees with anger, Mark 3:5. So it is said, “Be ye angry, and sin not, Ephesians 4:26. This anger, or indignation against sin, is not what our Saviour speaks of here. What he condemns here is anger without a cause; that is, unjustly, rashly, hastily, where no offence has been

Matthew 6:34 — salvation! And what a strange, misguided, and piteous object is a soul that never prays!4. Forgiveness is essential in prayer. If we come to God harboring malice and unwilling to forgive, we have his solemn assurance that we shall not be ourselves forgiven.5. “Avarice” is alike foolish and an insult to God, Matthew 6:19-24. It is the parent of many foolish and hurtful lusts. It alienates the affections from God produces envy of another’s prosperity; leads to fraud, deception, and crime to obtain wealth,

Acts 2:37 — death; that God had raised him up, and that they were now in the midst of the scenes which established one strong proof of the truth of what he was saying. No class of truths could have been so well adapted to make an impression of their guilt as these.(5) Conviction for sin is a rational process on a sinner’s mind. It is the proper state produced by a view of past sins. It is suffering truth to make an appropriate impression; suffering the mind to feel as it ought to feel. The man who is guilty ought

Hebrews 10:5 — inofensivo y sin mancha". La verdadera solución de esta dificultad, probablemente, es que la palabra traducida como "iniquidad" - צון ̀awon - significa "calamidad, desgracia, problemas"; ver Salmo 31:1; 1Sa 28:10 ; 2 Reyes 7:9; Salmo 28:6; compare Salmo 49:5. La idea correcta en la palabra es la de "alejarse, curvarse, torcerse"; y por lo tanto se aplica a todo lo que se "pervierte" o se gira de la manera correcta; como cuando uno se aparta del camino de la rectitud o comete pecado; cuando uno se aparta