Judges 11:2 Meaning and Explanation
“And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.”
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Read Full Chapter →Jephthah's half-brothers drive him away and deny him any share in the family inheritance because of his mother.
What Does Judges 11:2 Mean?
The legitimate sons of Gilead, once grown, expel Jephthah from the household. They strip him of inheritance and home, judging him unfit because of a birth he did not choose. The rejection is legal, public, and final in their eyes.
Here is the wound that shapes the rest of the story: a man cast out by his own. Yet the Scriptures often trace this pattern, where one rejected by his brethren is later raised up for their rescue. The stone the builders refused has a way of becoming the cornerstone, and God remembers the outcast long after the family has forgotten him.
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What does Judges 11:2 mean?
Jephthah's half-brothers drive him away and deny him any share in the family inheritance because of his mother.