THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 17:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known.
וַתִּקַּ֣ח הָאִשָּׁ֗ה וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ אֶת־הַמָּסָךְ֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח עָלָ֖יו הָֽרִפ֑וֹת וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע דָּבָֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 1:19They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.
- Josh 2:4And the woman taking the men, hid them, and said: I confess they came to me, but I knew not whence they were:
- Josh 2:24And said: the Lord hath delivered all this land into our hands, and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear.