And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Ver. 30. Of his body begotten.] Heb., Going out of his thigh, in which there are veins, say anatomists, that go along to the genitals, and convey thither the matter for the seed of generation. Hence that expression of Abraham to his servant, Gen 24:2 "Put thine hand under my thigh," out of which is to come the Messiah, "and swear," &c. So Genesis 47:29; Genesis 46:26 .