Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:14
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
14. Deuel ] The more probable form Reuel is given in Num 2:14. Cf. Num 10:29. The letters R [Note: Redactor.] and D are easily confused in Hebrew.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 14. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.] This person is called Reuel, Nu 2:14. As the daleth is very like the resh, it was easy to mistake the one for the other. The Septuagint and the Syriac have Reuel in this chapter; and in Nu 2:14, 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 Nu 10:20; we may safely conclude therefore that Deuel, not 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Called Reuel, Num 2:14, the Hebrew letters daleth and resh being very like, and oft changed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. [See comments on Nu 1:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eliasaph: Num 7:42, Num 10:20, Son of Reuel, Num 2:14
Deuel: As the , daleth is very like the , resh, they might be easily mistaken for each other; and hence this person being called both Deuel and Reuel, may be easily accounted for. The Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this chapter; and in Num 2:14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic have Deuel, instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of manuscripts concur, and which is also supported by Num 7:42, Num 10:20. We may therefore safely conclude, the Deuel, and not Reuel, was the original reading.
Reciprocal: Jer 11:19 – that his
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 1:14. Deuel Called Reuel, Num 2:14, the Hebrew letters daleth and resh being often changed.