Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
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Gill's Exposition
Shall I then take my bread, and my water,.... Which include all food and liquors, everything eatable and drinkable; and "water" may be particularly mentioned, because very scarce in the wilderness,…
Barnes' Notes
The mention of water indicates a country where water was scarce (compare Jos 15:19). Or “bread and water” may be equivalent to “meat and drink.”
Here begins the story of Nabal.
I. A short account of him, who and what he was (Sa1 25:2, Sa1 25:3), a man wee should never have heard of if there had not happened some communication between him and…
Cambridge Bible
my water Perhaps water is specially mentioned because it is scarce in the district. Cp. Jos 15:19. The Sept. however has "wine."
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