* Eliasaph.
7:42 10:20
* Son of Reuel.
2:14
* Deuel.
As the [d,] {daleth} is very like the [r,] {resh,}
they might be easily mistaken for each other; and hence this
person being called both D(8975)el and R(8975)el, may be easily
accounted for. The Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this
chapter; and in ch. 2:14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic
have Deuel, instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number
of MSS. concur, and which is also supported by ch. 7:42, 10:20.
We may therefore safely conclude, the D(8975)el, and not R(8975)el,
was the original reading.
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