And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Ver. 21. And his mother took him a wife.] Adeo est iuris non gentium, sed ipsius naturae, ut parentes matrimonia liberis procurent. Children are a chief part of their parents' goods; therefore to be disposed of by them in marriage. When Satan had commission to afflict Job in his goods, he fell upon his children. Yet, in the Church of Rome, parents' consent is not much regarded.