30:6 so that they had to live 1
in the dry stream beds, 2
in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.
1 tn This use of the infinitive construct expresses that they were compelled to do something (see GKC 348-49 §114.h, k).
2 tn The adjectives followed by a partitive genitive take on the emphasis of a superlative: “in the most horrible of valleys” (see GKC 431 §133.h).