Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: however he attained not unto the first three.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Three. Hebrew haci, seems to be mistaken for bossnim, "above two "as one of the Greek versions in the Hexapla renders it, with the Septuagint. "Of the three he was more honourable than two; therefore he was their captain, and yet to "Thus we see a double ternary fully established, ver. 8. (Kennicott)
