| Proverbs 31:24
| She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.
| The Chanaanite, the merchant; for Chanaanite, in Hebrew, signifies a merchant. (Challoner) --- The Phoenicians travelled into all countries. Traffic was not then deemed a discredit, even to kings. --- Girdles were worn both by men and women, and were very costly, insomuch that (Calmet) the kings of Persia assigned cities to furnish their wives with them. (Athen. 1:in Antylla.) --- They who practise and teach the law may be said to buy and sell. (Worthington)
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