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Judges 19:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And behold they saw an old man, returning out of the field and from his work in the evening, and he also was of mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a stranger in Gabaa; but the men of that country were the children of Jemini.

Douay-Rheims

וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אִ֣ישׁ זָקֵ֗ן בָּ֣א מִֽן־מַעֲשֵׂ֤הוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב וְהָאִישׁ֙ מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְהוּא־גָ֖ר בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמָּק֖וֹם בְּנֵ֥י יְמִינִֽי׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ambrose of Milan

4th centuryChurch Father

Upon arriving in the city, they found no one waiting for them, save for a solitary elderly man who was unfamiliar to them. As he sat in the street, pleading for compassion, he encountered an aged man returning from the fields, drawn by the approach of night to conclude his agricultural work.

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