And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Ver. 47. And I put the earring upon her face.] So did Christ put upon his spouse his own comeliness, a which was as a jewel on her forehead, an earring in her ear, and a beautiful crown upon her head; Eze 16:12-14 - whence she is called Callah, of the perfection of her beauty and bravery; and Jer 2:32 Hephzibah, Isa 62:4 of his delight in her; since he hath purified her, as Esther; sanctified her; Eph 5:26 and so beautified her, that now he "rejoiceth over her as a bridegroom doth over his bride". Isa 62:5 Yea, he "resteth in his love," and will seek no further; he "joyeth over her with singing," as well paid for his choice. Zep 3:17
a "Uxor splendet radiis mariti." A maxim in the civil law.