And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Ver. 16. And as soon as she saw them with her eyes.] Here began the mischief. Ut vidi ut perii! Conciliatorem peccati oculum Talmudici nominant.
“ Oculi sunt in amore duces. ”
Many have died of the wound in the eye.
And sent messengers unto them.] Being themselves, therefore, not long after, sent into captivity unto them, that they might have enough of them.