士师记 8:19

Chinese Union (Simplified)

基 甸 说 ： 他 们 是 我 同 母 的 弟 兄 ， 我 指 着 永 生 的 耶 和 华 起 誓 ， 你 们 从 前 若 存 留 他 们 的 性 命 ， 我 如 今 就 不 杀 你 们 了 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
基甸說：“他們是我的兄弟，是我母親的兒子；我指著永活的耶和華起誓，如果你們從前讓他們存活，我現在就不殺你們了。”

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Reciprocal: Ruth 3:13 - the Lord liveth 1 Kings 1:29 - As the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, they were my brethren, even the sons of my mother,.... His brethren by his mother's side, but not by his father's side; or the phrase

the sons of my mother is added, to show that he did not mean brethren in a large sense, as all the Israelites were, but in a strict sense, being so nearly related as his mother's children:

as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you; for not being Canaanites, he was not obliged by the law of God to put them to death, and by the law of nations, as they had surrendered themselves, and were made prisoners of war, they ought to have been saved; but as they appeared to be murderers, and had slain the Israelites in cold blood, they deserved to die; and the persons they had slain being Gideon's brethren, he was the avenger of blood, and it became him to put them to death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sons of my mother - A much closer relation than that of brothers by the father only. (Compare Genesis 43:29; Deuteronomy 13:6; Psalms 69:8). This is the only hint preserved of the transaction. We cannot say exactly when the slaughter of Gideon’s brethren on Mount Tabor took place, whether before the outbreak of the war Judges 6:33, or in the retreat and flight of the Midianites Judges 7:22.