Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw - asher ballechi , that was in Lehi; that is, there was a hollow place in this Lehi, and God caused a fountain to spring up in it. Because the place was hollow it was capable of containing the water that rose up in it, and thus of becoming a well.
En-hakkore - The well of the implorer; this name he gave to the spot where the water rose, in order to perpetuate the bounty of God in affording him this miraculous supply.
Which is in Lehi unto this day - Consequently not In the jaw-bone of the ass, a most unfortunate rendering.
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