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Proverbs 31:24

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31:24 She makes linen garments 1  and sells them,

and supplies the merchants 2  with sashes.

1 tn The first word of the fifteenth line begins with ס (samek), the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

sn The poet did not think it strange or unworthy for a woman of this stature to be a businesswoman engaged in an honest trade. In fact, weaving of fine linens was a common trade for women in the ancient world.

2 tn Heb “to the Canaanites.” These are the Phoenician traders that survived the wars and continued to do business down to the exile.



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