And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.
And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens.
And there will be goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
Goats' milk enough for thy food - ללחמך lelachmecha, "to thy bread;" for they ate the bread and supped the milk to assist mastication, and help deglutition. And it seems that bread, with goats' milk, was the general article of food for the master and his family; and for the servant maids who assisted in the household work, and performed the operations required in the dairy.
The reader who wishes to see these maxims detailed and illustrated at large, may consult the writers De Re Rustica, where he will find much curious information.
27:27 Goat's milk - Or, if thou chusest rather to keep thy goats, the milk will serve thee for food to thyself and family. In ancient times men used a plain and simple diet.