And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:
Ver. 27. Which am but dust and ashes.] Gnaphar veephar, χονις et cinus; none so humble as they that have nearest communion with God. The angels that stand before him, cover their faces with two wings as with a double scarf. Isa 6:2