And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Maon. Vatican Septuagint has the same word in the preceding verse, instead of Pharan. (Haydock) Possessions. Hebrew, "work. "Cattle then formed the chief source of riches. Carmel and Maon were not far from Pharan, in Arabia. (Calmet)

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