Judges 7:24
And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying: Come down to meet Madian, and take the waters before them to Bethbera and the Jordan. And all Ephraim shouted, and took the waters before them and the Jordan as far as Bethbera.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Misitque Gedeon nuntios in omnem montem Ephraim, dicens : Descendite in occursum Madian, et occupate aquas usque Bethbera atque Jordanem. Clamavitque omnis Ephraim, et præoccupavit aquas atque Jordanem usque Bethbera.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἀγγέλους ἀπέστειλεν Γεδεὼν ἐν παντὶ ὄρει Ἐφράιμ λέγων Κατάβητε εἰς συνάντησιν Μαδιάμ, καὶ καταλάβετε ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθηρὰ καὶ τὸν Ἱορδάνην· καὶ ἐβόησεν πᾶς ἀνὴρ Ἐφράιμ, καὶ προκατελάβοντο τὸ ὕδωρ ἕως Βαιθηρὰ καὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּמַלְאָכִ֡ים שָׁלַ֣ח גִּדְעוֹן֩ בְּכָל הַ֨ר אֶפְרַ֜יִם לֵאמֹ֗ר רְד֞וּ לִקְרַ֤את מִדְיָן֙ וְלִכְד֤וּ לָהֶם֙ אֶת הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֛ד בֵּ֥ית בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיִּצָּעֵ֞ק כָּל אִ֤ישׁ אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ אֶת הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֛ד בֵּ֥ית בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
Haydock's commentary
Bethbera, "the house of corn." (Serarius)
Many take it to be Bethabera, "the house of passage," or the ford of the Jordan. The river was fordable on camels at any time. But in summer, people might cross the Jordan in many places on foot. (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.