Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fat. Hebrew, "torrents of oil. "
First-born, like Jephte, or the king of Moab, Judges xi., and 4 Kings iii. 27. Saturn taught the Phoenicians this impiety. (Eusebius, præp. iv. 16.) (Calmet)
