And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Ver. 28. Let there be now an oath.] See here, saith Chrysostom, a how great the power of virtue is, and the might of meekness. For they that lately drove him out from among them, now come to him in courtesy, though a forlorn foreigner; and not only give him satisfaction, but seek his friendship. Thus "when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh his enemies to be at peace with him". Pro 16:7
a Quanta virtutis potentia, quantum mansuetudinis robur, &c. - Chrysost. Hom. quinta.