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Jdg_15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Ver. 2. I verily thought.] But he should have made sure of that; which because he did not, it cost him and his daughter their lives.
“ Differ: habent parvae commoda magna morae. ”
Is not her younger sister fairer?] Heb., Better: but never the better for her beauty, if, with Aurelia Orestilla, the Roman lady, she had nothing else to commend her. {a}
“ Forma bonum fragile est. ” - Ovid.
Take her, I pray thee, instead of her.] This man made nothing of incest: the Pope frequently dispenseth with it, Lege nimirum canina: but Samson abhorred the motion, according to Lev_18:18.
{a} Sallust.