George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Jesse, or Gessen, where Joseph placed his brethren, Genesis xlvi. 34.”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 1:9
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 1:9 · Douay-Rheims
“And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of Ethiopia.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.