"And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And God helped him against the Philistines,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is"the
Word of the Lord helped him:" and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in Abraham's time, Gen 20:1 , the same with Askelon, another of the five principalities of the Philistines: and the Mehunims; or the Minaeans, as the Septuagint, and whom Pliny (n) makes mention of among the Arabians; they seem to be the Scenite Arabs; see Ch2 20:1 , or rather, as the Targum, those that dwelt in the plain of Maon, which was in Arabia Petraea. (n) Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.
Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And God helped him against the Philistines,.... He did not do all before related of himself, and by his own strength, but by the help of God; the Targum is"the
Word of the Lord helped him:" and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal; the same with Gerar, according to the Targum; which also belonged to the Philistines, and had a king in Abraham's time, Gen 20:1 , the same with Askelon, another of the five principalities of the Philistines: and the Mehunims; or the Minaeans, as the Septuagint, and whom Pliny (n) makes mention of among the Arabians; they seem to be the Scenite Arabs; see Ch2 20:1 , or rather, as the Targum, those that dwelt in the plain of Maon, which was in Arabia Petraea. (n) Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 28.