C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Genesis 32:12-13
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Genesis32:12-13
Gen 32:12-13
“For I am in fear of him, that (פּן ne) he come and smite me, mother with children.” בּנים על אם is a proverbial expression for unsparing cruelty, taken from the bird which covers its young to protect them (Deu 22:6, cf. Hos 10:14). על super, una cum, as in Exo 35:22.
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