Genesis 16:12
And he shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against all, and the hand of everyone against him; and he shall live before all his brothers.
He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Footnotes
| 605 | Strong’s #6501, pere. Swift-one, running-one. Gesenius writes, “a wild ass, so called from its running (as it is a very swift animal).” An infrequent word, it is used once as a verb in Hosea 13:15, “For himself is between brothers, he-is-causing-to-run/bear swiftly [para]…” But this is interpreted for some reason as “to be fruitful”. See #6500. “a wild-ass/running-one [pere] is he-who-is-separated to-himself…” Hosea 8:9 literal |
| 606 | Hebrew בַכֹּ֔ל, ba-kol. Definite article gives this a specific identity. The Whole. The “hand” is in the “middle” of the Whole. Likely the “right hand” since a left “hand” is never named in the scriptures. If the preposition “in” can be interpreted as “against” as scholars have said, then we would read his hand is against the whole, and the hand of the whole is against him. |
| 607 | Upon the faces. The Hebrew עַל means on, upon, or above. עַל־פְּנֵ֥י. This wording is the same as that found in Gen. 1:20 speaking of the birds, “upon the Earth, upon the faces of the expanse of the Dual-Heavens” Who are the brothers of Ishmael? He-Laughs, and six others: “Then again Father-of-Tumult took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah” Genesis 25:1-2. In Yahweh’s foreknowledge he speaks here of one of the eight builders of the Faith and calls him a “wild ass of adam.” A people not recorded from the multitude. He shall dwell = to settle down, abide, station, dwell. The name of Keturah, Father-of-Tumult’s concubine, means perfumed or smoke sacrifice (Strong’s #6999). It is of the builders of Keturah, of the Lower Earth, that the sacrificial “burnt-offerings” (literally, ascendings) of various earthly produce are made. |