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Gen_24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Ver. 47. And I put the earring upon her face.] So did Christ put upon his spouse his own comeliness, {a} which was as a jewel on her forehead, an earring in her ear, and a beautiful crown upon her head; {Eze_16:12-14} - whence she is called Callah, of the perfection of her beauty and bravery; and {Jer_2:32} Hephzibah, {Isa_62:4} of his delight in her; since he hath purified her, as Esther; sanctified her; {Eph_5:26} and so beautified her, that now he "rejoiceth over her as a bridegroom doth over his bride". {Isa_62:5} Yea, he "resteth in his love," and will seek no further; he "joyeth over her with singing," as well paid for his choice. {Zep_3:17}
{a} "Uxor splendet radiis mariti." A maxim in the civil law.