Josué 2:4

4 Rahab, quien había escondido a los dos hombres, respondió: «Es cierto, los hombres pasaron por aquí, pero yo no sabía de dónde venían.

Josué 2:4 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:4

And the woman took the two men
Or "she had taken" them

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 before the messengers came, upon a rumour she understood was gone abroad, that she had got Israelitish spies in her house, and so might expect to be visited and searched by the king's officers, and therefore took this precaution:

and hid them;
the Hebrew word is singular, "him" ^F1: hence the Jews, who take these two spies to be Caleb and Phinehas, say, that only Caleb was hid, and Phinehas, though he was before them, was not seen, being an angel, ( Malachi 2:7 ) ; but the sense is, that she hid each of them, and very probably singly and apart, that if one was found, the other might escape, as Ben Gersom observes; and Abarbinel is of opinion that she hid them twice, now in the middle of her house, one in one place, and the other in another, for the reason before given, and after this hid them in the roof of her house, as afterwards related:

and said thus, there came men unto me;
that is, into her house, this she owned:

but I wist not whence they [were];
of what country they were, whether Israelites or not; which whether she knew or not is not certain; it is probable she did, and told an untruth, as she also did in ( Joshua 2:5 ) .

F26 (xptw) "duxerat, tulerat"; so Syr. Ar. Kimchi, & Ben Melech.
F1 (wnputw) "et abscondit eum", Montanus; "abdiderat eum", Vatablus.

Josué 2:4 In-Context

2 Pero alguien le avisó al rey de Jericó: «Unos israelitas vinieron aquí esta noche para espiar la tierra».

3 Entonces el rey de Jericó le envío una orden a Rahab: «Saca fuera a los hombres que llegaron a tu casa, porque han venido a espiar todo el territorio».

4 Rahab, quien había escondido a los dos hombres, respondió: «Es cierto, los hombres pasaron por aquí, pero yo no sabía de dónde venían.

5 Salieron de la ciudad al anochecer, cuando las puertas estaban por cerrar. No sé hacia dónde fueron. Si se apresuran, probablemente los alcancen».

6 (En realidad, la mujer había llevado a los hombres a la azotea de su casa y los había escondido debajo de unos manojos de lino que había puesto allí).