Judges 9:1
And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to Sichem to his mother's brethren and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother's father, saying:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Abiit autem Abimelech filius Jerobaal in Sichem ad fratres matris suæ, et locutus est ad eos, et ad omnem cognationem domus patris matris suæ, dicens :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀβειμέλεχ υἱὸς Ἰεροβάαλ εἰς Συχὲμ πρὸς ἀδελφοὺς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν συγγενίαν οἴκου πατρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ λέγων
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ בֶּן יְרֻבַּ֨עַל֙ שְׁכֶ֔מָה אֶל אֲחֵ֖י אִמּ֑וֹ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶל כָּל מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת בֵּית אֲבִ֥י אִמּ֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר
Haydock's commentary
Abimelech was encouraged to contend with his brethren as he saw the indifference which the people shewed for them, and as he was of a bold enterprising temper. (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.