“And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,”
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father — Abimelech, the bastard son, approaches his maternal kinfolk. The verb 'communed' (וַיְדַבֵּר, vaydaber, spoke) initiates conspiracy. His appeal to maternal kinship reveals his outsider status and strategic calculation.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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