Nilus of Ancyra→Pompeius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Pompeius the Deacon.
Hebron is interpreted as "joined pair" [Hebrew place name, here glossed by its association with married couples]. And why was the place called "joined pair"? Because there, set side by side in conjugal pairs, lie Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah [the patriarchal burial cave at Hebron; Genesis 23, 25, 49-50]. Rightly, then, the God-beloved Caleb [Joshua 14:13-15; 15:13-14], with much zeal and toil and sweat, took possession of the memorial of the renowned patriarchs, which had been the mother-city of the Anakim [the giant inhabitants; Numbers 13:22, 28], having slaughtered the impious and worthless descendants of the proud giants; and all the land becomes the inheritance of Caleb, the very land in which lay the tombs of those blessed ones.
Hebron is interpreted as "joined pair" [Hebrew place name, here glossed by its association with married couples]. And why was the place called "joined pair"? Because there, set side by side in conjugal pairs, lie Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah [the patriarchal burial cave at Hebron; Genesis 23, 25, 49-50]. Rightly, then, the God-beloved Caleb [Joshua 14:13-15; 15:13-14], with much zeal and toil and sweat, took possession of the memorial of the renowned patriarchs, which had been the mother-city of the Anakim [the giant inhabitants; Numbers 13:22, 28], having slaughtered the impious and worthless descendants of the proud giants; and all the land becomes the inheritance of Caleb, the very land in which lay the tombs of those blessed ones.
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