They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
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They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
KJV
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
Word study
And they departed
nâçaʻ H5265
from Succoth,
min H4480
and pitched
chânâh H2583
in Etham,
ʼÊthâm H864
which
ʼăsher H834
is in the edge
qâtseh H7097
of the wilderness.
midbâr H4057
Commentary
John Gill
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham,.... Which was eight miles from Succoth:
which is in the edge of the wilderness; of the name, see Exo 13:20 but Dr. Shaw (c) makes this particular portion of the wilderness to be fifty miles from Cairo or Rameses.
(c) Travels, p. 308.
JFB
Etham--edge, or border of all that part of Arabia-PetrÃ&brvbra which lay contiguous to Egypt and was known by the general name of Shur.
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