The interpretation timeline

Judg 8:8

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Judg 8:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth had answered.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1871
A.D.
1871
“he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise--a neighboring city, situated also in the territory of Gad, near the Jabbok, and honored with this name by Jacob (Gen 32:30-31).”
Modern · 1953 →

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