Josué 24:2

2 Josué le dijo al pueblo:
—Esto dice el Señor
, Dios de Israel: Hace mucho, tus antepasados, entre ellos Taré, el padre de Abraham y Nacor, vivían del otro lado del río Éufrates
y rindieron culto a otros dioses.

Josué 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:2

And Joshua said unto all the people
Then present, or to all Israel by their representatives:

thus saith the Lord God of Israel;
he spoke to them in the name of the Lord, as the prophet did, being himself a prophet, and at this time under a divine impulse, and spirit of prophecy. According to an Arabic writer ^F23: the Angel of God appeared in the form of a man, and with a loud voice delivered the following, though they are expressed by him in a different manner; perhaps he mean, the Captain of the Lord's host, ( Joshua 15:13 Joshua 15:14 ) ; and which is not unlikely:

your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time;
on the offer side the, river Euphrates; so the Targum,

``beyond Perat;''

i.e. Euphrates; in Mesopotamia and Chaldea; meaning not the remotest of their ancestors, Noah and Shem, but the more near, and who are expressly named:

[even] Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor;
the Israelites sprung from Terah, in the line of Abraham, on the father's side, and from him in the line of Nachor on the mother's side, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel, being of Nachor's family:

and they served other gods;
besides the true God, strange gods, which were no gods: "idols"; the idols of the people, as the Targum; so did Terah, Abraham, and Nachor; (See Gill on Genesis 11:26); (See Gill on Genesis 11:28); (See Gill on Genesis 12:1).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 35.

Josué 24:2 In-Context

1 El pacto del Señor
es renovado
Entonces Josué convocó a todas las tribus de Israel en Siquem, junto con los ancianos, los líderes, los jueces y los oficiales. Así que todos se reunieron y se presentaron ante Dios.

2 Josué le dijo al pueblo:
—Esto dice el Señor
, Dios de Israel: Hace mucho, tus antepasados, entre ellos Taré, el padre de Abraham y Nacor, vivían del otro lado del río Éufrates
y rindieron culto a otros dioses.

3 Pero yo tomé a tu antepasado Abraham de la tierra que está al otro lado del Éufrates y lo guié a la tierra de Canaán. Le di muchos descendientes por medio de su hijo Isaac.

4 A Isaac, le di a Jacob y a Esaú. A Esaú le di las montañas de Seir, mientras que Jacob y sus hijos descendieron a Egipto.

5 »Luego envié a Moisés y a Aarón, y mandé plagas espantosas sobre Egipto; y después te saqué de allí como un pueblo libre.