And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Ver. 5. Abide ye here with the ass.] This, the Hebrews use for a proverb, against such as are dull and uncapable. Zophar saith, that "man is born as a wild ass's colt". Job 11:12 As an "ass's foal" for rudeness, and "a wild ass's" for unruliness. It imports that he is untamed and untractable, till a new heart be put into him. Agur had not the understanding of a man, till he spake to Ithiel and Ucal for it. Pro 30:1-2 He wants the whole man, totum hominis, that doth not fear God and keep his commandments. Ecc 12:13 Tu et asinus unum estote, will not do it; which was the counsel given to a young novice entering a monastery a
And come again to you.] Nesciens formam rei futurae, prophetavit sciens de eventu, prophetavit quod ignoravit, saith Ambrose. b
a Alex. Cook's Abatement of Popish Brags.
b Epist.