And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Ver. 23. He took Leah his daughter.] The elder, for the younger; by a like fraud, as Rebekah his mother had not long before, in a cunning disguise, substituted him, the younger son, for the elder. God pays us often in our own coin, a and measures to us again the self-same measure that we have meted to others. Mat 7:2 Herod mocked the wise men, and is mocked of them. Mat 2:16 And how oft do we see those that would beguile others, punished with illusion? God usually retaliates, and proportions jealousy to jealousy, provocation to provocation, Deu 32:21 number to number, Isa 65:11-12 choice to choice, Isa 66:3-4 device to device, Micah 2:1 ; Mic 2:3 frowardness to frowardness, Psa 18:26 contrariety to contrariety. Lev 26:21 Even the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, Pro 11:31 as was Jacob.
a Plerumque Deus servat legem talionis .