Genesis 24:63
And he was gone forth to meditate in the field, the day being now well spent: and when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming afar off.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et egressus fuerat ad meditandum in agro, inclinata jam die : cumque elevasset oculos, vidit camelos venientes procul.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἰσαὰκ ἀδολεσχῆσαι εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὸ πρὸς δείλης, καὶ ἀναβλέψας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἴδεν καμήλους ἐρχομένας.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּצֵ֥א יִצְחָ֛ק לָשׂ֥וּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה לִפְנ֣וֹת עָ֑רֶב וַיִּשָּׂ֤א עֵינָיו֙ וַיַּ֔רְא וְהִנֵּ֥ה גְמַלִּ֖ים בָּאִֽים
Haydock's commentary
To meditate on the obligations of the state on which he was about to enter, and on other pious subjects, free from noise and distraction. (Haydock)
In profane authors, the word used by the Septuagint means to talk about trifles, &c. (Calmet)
But the known piety of Isaac, and the authority of that version, forbid that we should take it here in that sense. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.