And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Ver. 8. What meanest thou by all this drove? &c.] He met it, but had not yet accepted of it: either that he might take occasion at their meeting, more mannerly to refuse the present; or, that he might show his brotherly affection frankly and freely, not purchased or procured by any gift or present. Utrumque liberale et civile est, oblata munera modeste recusare, proesertim si grandia sint, et eadem ab instante humaniter acceptare. a
a Piscator.