Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
When he saw the wagons - the spirit of Jacob - revived - The wagons were additional evidences of the truth of what he had heard from his sons; and the consequence was, that he was restored to fresh vigor, he seemed as if he had gained new life, vattechi , and he lived; revixit , says the Vulgate, he lived afresh. The Septuagint translate the original word by , which signifies the blowing and stirring up of almost extinguished embers that had been buried under the ashes, which word St. Paul uses, II Timothy 1:6, for stirring up the gift of God. The passage at once shows the debilitated state of the venerable patriarch, and the wonderful effect the news of Joseph' s preservation and glory had upon his mind.
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