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When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
When when Adv H3753 ὅτε ote
our days day N-AFP H2250 ἡμέρας ēmeras
there were ended, to complete, to equip fully V-ANA H1822 ἡμᾶς ēmas
we left to go or come out of V-APA-NMP H1831 ἐξελθόντες exelthontes
and started to go V-IIM/P-1P H4198 ἐπορευόμεθα eporeuometha
on our journey, to send before, send forth V-PPA-GMP H4311 προπεμπόντων propempontōn
while they all, all, every Adj-GMP H3956 πάντων pantōn
with wives a woman N-DFP H1135 γυναιξὶν gunaixin
and children, a child (of either sex) N-DNP H5043 τέκνοις teknois
escorted to send before, send forth V-PPA-GMP H4311    
us until till, until Prep H2193 ἕως eōs
[we were] out of the city. a city N-GFS H4172 πόλεως poleōs
After kneeling the knee N-ANP H1119 γόνατα gonata
down to place, lay, set V-APA-NMP H5087 θέντες thentes
on the beach the seashore N-AMS H123 αἰγιαλὸν aigialon
and praying, to pray V-APM-NMP H4336 προσευξάμενοι proseuxamenoi
we said farewell to take leave of H537    
to one another. of one another H240    
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.
King James Bible When And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our days there were ended, we left way; and started they all brought us on our journey, while they all, way, with wives and children, escorted us until till we were out of the city. After kneeling city: and we kneeled down on the beach shore, and praying, we said farewell to one another.prayed.
Berean Bible When our days there were ended, And it happened that when we left and started on our journey, while they all, had completed the days, having set out, we journeyed, all accompanying us with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of children as far as outside the city. After kneeling down And having bowed the knees on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.shore, having prayed,
Hebrew Greek English When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.