Jeremias 41:17
And they departed, and sat as sojourners in Chamaam, which is near Bethlehem: in order to go forward, and enter into Egypt,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et abierunt, et sederunt peregrinantes in Chamaam, quæ est juxta Bethlehem, ut pergerent, et introirent Ægyptum,
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 48:17
- καὶ ᾤχοντο καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν Γαβηρωχαμάα τὴν πρὸς Βηθλέεμ, τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּגֵר֣וּת כמוהם אֲשֶׁר אֵ֖צֶל בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם לָלֶ֖כֶת לָב֥וֹא מִצְרָֽיִם
Haydock's commentary
As. Hebrew, "at the station or inn of Chamaam," the son of Berzellai. (Chaldean) Perhaps our Saviour was born in this (Calmet) "inn," (Eusebius, Dem. vii. 4.) which was then deserted. (Haydock)
Egypt. These poor wretches find no repose. (Calmet)
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.