Holy Scripture
Numbers 24:20
A church father on this verse
“In the book also, which is titled On Numbers, Scripture says: 'The beginning of the nations is Amalek, and his seed shall perish' (Num. XXIV, 20). And indeed, Amalek is not the first of all nations; but because by interpretation Amalek is taken to mean the king of the wicked, and the wicked are the nations: beware les…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said, Amalek is the first of the nations; Yet his seed shall perish.
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In context
18And Edom shall be an inheritance, And Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, And Israel wrought valiantly.
19And one shall arise out of Jacob, And destroy out of the city him that escapes.
— Numbers 24:20 —
21And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, Thy dwelling place is strong; Yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,
22And though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding place, The Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.