Chūāijíjì 9:31

31 Nàshí , má hé dàmaì beì baó jī dá , yīnwei dàmaì yǐjing tǔsuì , má yĕ kāi le huā .

Chūāijíjì 9:31 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:31

And the flax and the barley was smitten
With the hail, thunder, and lightning, and were beat down, bruised, broken, and blasted, and destroyed; of the former there were great quantities produced in Egypt, which was famous for linen, much was made there, and there were many that wrought in fine flax, see ( Isaiah 19:9 ) and the latter were used not only to feed their cattle, but to make a drink of, as we do, ale and strong beer; and so the Egyptians use it to this day, as Dr. Shaw ^F16 says, both to feed their cattle, and after it is dried and parched, to make a fermented, intoxicating liquor, called "bonzah"; probably the same with the barley wine of the ancients, and a species of the "sicar", or strong drink of the Scriptures: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled;
or in the stalk, quite grown up, and so the ears of the one were beat off, and the stalks of the other battered with the hail, and broken and destroyed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Travels, tom. 2. c. 2. sect. 5. p. 407. Ed. 2.

Chūāijíjì 9:31 In-Context

29 Móxī duì tā shuō , wǒ yī chū chéng , jiù yào xiàng Yēhéhuá jǔ shǒu dǎogào , léi bì zhǐ zhù , yĕ bú zaì yǒu bīngbaó , jiào nǐ zhīdào quán dì dōu shì shǔ Yēhéhuá de .

30 Zhìyú nǐ hé nǐde chénpú , wǒ zhīdào nǐmen háishì bú jùpà Yēhéhuá shén .

31 Nàshí , má hé dàmaì beì baó jī dá , yīnwei dàmaì yǐjing tǔsuì , má yĕ kāi le huā .

32 Zhǐshì xiǎomaì hé cū maì méiyǒu beì jī dá , yīnwei hái méiyǒu zhǎng chéng .

33 Móxī lí le fǎlǎo chū chéng , xiàng Yēhéhuá jǔ shǒu dǎogào , léi hé baó jiù zhǐ zhù , yǔ yĕ bú zaì jiāo zaì dì shàng le .