John Gill - Exposition
John Gill
And Jacob begat Joseph,.... According to an old tradition mentioned by (p) Epiphanins, this Jacob, the father of Joseph, was named Panther, and which name perhaps is originally Jewish; and it may be observed, that Joseph is sometimes called by the Jewish writers Pandera (q), and Jesus בן פנדירא, the son of Pandira (r). It has created some difficulty with interpreters that Jacob should be here...