And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
The fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim - "En-gedi" (meaning 'fountain of the kid'), anciently Hazazon-tamar, now Ain-Jidy: west of the Dead Sea; David's place of refuge from Saul. En-eglaim means 'fountain of two calves,' on the confines of Moab, over against En-gedi, and near where Jordan enters the Dead Sea (Isaiah 15:8). These two limits are fixed on to comprise between them the whole Dead Sea.
Their fish shall be according to the kinds. Jerome quotes an ancient theory that 'there are 153 kinds of fish,' all of which were taken by the apostles (John 21:11), and not one remained uncaptured; signifying that both the noble and base-born, the rich and the poor, and every class, are being drawn out of the sea of the world to salvation. Compare Matthew 13:47, the Gospel net, the apostles being fishermen, at first literally, afterward spiritually (Matthew 4:19).