• Take the case of a man who is all alone. He has no children or relatives. He works all the time. Yet he gets no satisfaction from what he earns. He asks himself, “For whose good am I working, denying myself of pleasure?” This is another puzzling and bitter situation! With this “better” saying Qoheleth concludes the third subdivision of this chapter. He again uses the numerals “one” and “two.” Two are better than one, says Qoheleth, meaning that if a person has even one friend, that person is