And the man, &c. or, Yet every man of thine will I not cut off from mine altar, to consume thine eyes and to vex thy soul; i.e. some will still survive to mourn over the ruin of their family. "Thineeyes," "thysoul," because Eli is identified with his posterity. But the Sept. has "hiseyes," "hissoul."

increase = offspring, Lat. incrementum.

in the flower of their age Heb. men: i.e. when they come to manhood.

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