Proverbs 8:22 meaning and explanation
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Proverbs 8:22, Berean Standard Bible
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In Proverbs 8, Wisdom speaks as a personified woman, and here she describes her origin before creation. The Hebrew verb qanah can mean either to create or to acquire, so the verse may say the LORD created Wisdom or brought her forth as the first of His works.
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