And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
The affection of this man to his adulteress wife, may serve to remind us of our God's tenderness to us in our fornication to him. How sweetly the Lord speaks of it himself by the prophet. They say (saith the Lord) if a man put away his wife, and she go from him and become another man's, shall he return to her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers, yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 3:1.