SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:19
Y tomando la mujer de la casa una manta, la extendió sobre la boca del pozo, y tendió sobre ella del trigo majado, para que el negocio no fuese entendido.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth , etc.] This woman, very probably, was the man’s wife of the house, as Abarbinel notes; who took a cloth, and spread it over the well’s mouth, that it could not be seen or known that there was a well there: and spread ground corn thereon : just taken out of the mill, before it was sifted, while in the bran; or corn unhusked, or just threshed out, in order to be dried in the sun, and then parched; or wheat bruised for that purpose: Josephus says they were locks of wool she spread: and the thing was not known ; that the young men were in the well.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-21 - Here was a wonderful effect of Divine Providence blinding Absalom' mind and influencing his heart, that he could not rest in Ahithophel' counsel, and that he should desire Hushai's advice. But there is n contending with that God who can arm a man against himself, and destro him by his own mistakes and passions. Ahithophel's former counsel wa followed, for God intended to correct David; but his latter counsel wa not followed, for God meant not to destroy him. He can overrule all counsels. Whatever wisdom or help any man employs or affords, the success is from God alone, who will not let his people perish.
Original Hebrew
ותקח 3947 האשׁה 802 ותפרשׂ 6566 את 853 המסך 4539 על 5921 פני 6440 הבאר 875 ותשׁטח 7849 עליו 5921 הרפות 7383 ולא 3808 נודע 3045 דבר׃ 1697
