SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:14
De Gad, Eliasaf hijo de Deuel.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 1:14
Verse 14. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.] This person is called Reuel, chap. ii. 14. As the d daleth is very like the r resh, it was easy to mistake the one for the other. The Septuagint and the Syriac have Reuel in this chapter; and in chap. ii. 14, the Vulgate, the Samaritan, and the Arabic have Deuel instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur; and this reading is supported by chap. x. 20; we may safely conclude therefore that law[d Deuel, not law[r Reuel, was the original reading. See Kennicott. An ancient Jewish rabbin pretends to solve every difficulty by saying that "Eliasaph was a proselyte; that before he embraced the true faith he was called the son of Reuel, but that after his conversion he was called the son of Deuel." As Reuel may be translated the breach of God, and Deuel the knowledge of God, I suppose the rabbin grounded his supposition on the different meanings of the two words.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel . (See Gill on “ Numbers 1:5”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-43 - The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasin the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the war and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those wer numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to withstand the enemies of his soul, though all may appear to be peace.
Original Hebrew
לגד 1410 אליסף 460 בן 1121 דעואל׃ 1845
