Job 1:19
Douay-Rheims
A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee.
Rashi
from the other side of the desert From the other side of the desert, for the house was on this side. This is the meaning of עֵבֶר, as it is found in Scriptures.
upon the youths The sons, but it is unnecessary to mention the daughters.
(to tell you He was permitted only to tell, and at that moment, he died. Not found in certain editions.)
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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