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Gen_43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Ver 33. And they sat before him, &c.] He marshalled them in their right rank and degree; and this amazed them. He made them an absolute feast, such as Varro describes with these conditions; Si belli conveniant homines, si temporis sit habita ratio, si locus sit non ingratus, si non negligens apparatus. {a} This feast is of that sort in use among the Romans, that were called ÷áñéóôéá , to which were invited none but kinsfolks, to continue love and seek reconciliation where had been any breach. {b}
{a} In Veter. Fragm.
{b} Val. Max., lib. ii. cap. 1.