The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
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The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
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And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: 'As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger…
This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaketh.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain As the Lord hath said; either at this time…
As the Lord hath said; either at this time by thy mouth; or formerly, where he commandeth us as well as our brethren to go into Canaan and possess it.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the children of Gad and the children of…
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered,...., The word is in the singular number, and shows their unanimity, that they agreed to what Moses said, and replied all of them as one man, as Jarchi expresses it; and it may be there was one that was the mouth of them all, and answered for them:
saying, as the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do; here they make use of the word Jehovah, taking what Moses had said unto them as from the Lord, and therefore should strictly and punctually observe it, as if they heard the Lord himself speak it.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain As the Lord hath said - Either at this…
As the Lord hath said - Either at this time by thy mouth: or formerly, where he commanded us, as well as our brethren to go into Canaan and possess it.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 We will cross over armed
We will cross over armed
You can make it clear that they will cross the Jordan. AT: "We will cross over the Jordan ready to fight" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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our possessed inheritance
The land that the people were to receive as a permanent possession is spoken of as if it were an inheritance that they were to obtain. AT: "the portion of land that we will possess" (See: Metaphor)
will remain with us
This idiom refers to ownership. AT: "will be ours" (See: Idiom)
translationWords
Gad
Reuben
Yahweh
servant
Canaan
inherit
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 32:31-32 Gad and Reuben reaffirmed their pledge before all…
32:31-32 Gad and Reuben reaffirmed their pledge before all of Israel’s leaders.
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