Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Ver. 12. Therefore it shall come to pass, &c.] Note here, saith Pererius, 1. The raging affection of the Egyptians, that made no conscience of murder to enjoy their lust; 2. Their blindness, that made less account of murder than adultery. Note again, saith Piscator, that beauty exposeth a body to the danger of dishonesty, and that, as the poet hath it,
“ Lis est cam forma magna pudicitiae .”
Let those therefore that have beauty a look to their chastity, and possess their vessels in holiness and honour;
“ Thesaurum cum virgo, tuum vas fictile servet,
Ut caveas quae sunt noxia, tuta time .”
Filthiness in a woman is most abominable; therefore is a whore called a strange woman.
a Cavete ab hoc quem natura notavit