Luke Chapter 12, Verse 18
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18: και ειπεν τουτο ποιησω καθελω μου τας αποθηκας και μειζονας οικοδομησω και συναξω εκει παντα τα γενηματα μου και τα αγαθα μου
18: And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and
build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my
goods.
18: And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will
build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to
me and my goods.
I will pull down my barns. The word barns, here, properly means,
granaries, or places exclusively designed to put wheat, barley,
&c. They were commonly made, by the ancients, underground, where grain
could be kept a long time more safe from thieves and from vermin. If
it be asked why he did not let the old ones remain and build new ones,
it may be answered that it would be easier to enlarge those already
excavated in the earth than to dig new ones.
