1 Kings 11:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

Ver. 22. Howbeit let me go in any wise.] Heb., No, but in sending send me away. Fugiamus et nos ad clarissimarn patriam: hasten we also to heaven, though the world would detain us longer here by her blandishments and largesses, Rivers run to the sea, whence they came; the dove returneth to the ark; &c. Nature hath ingrafted in every creature to love the place where it took birth and beginning.

1 Kings 11:22

22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me gob in any wise.