And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.
Ver. 29. And all their wealth,] Or, Power: for in a man's wealth is his power; yea, it is his "tower of strength," Pro 18:11 and so much he is valued at, as he is able to disburse. See Trapp on " Gen 31:1 "
And spoiled even all that was in the house.] So dealt Minerius at Merindol; Charles V, at Magdeburg; the bloody Papists, at the Parisian massacre. But when the Lord came to "make inquisition for blood, he remembered them." Psa 9:12 He drew articles of inquiry against them, as strict, and as critical, as ever the Spanish Inquisition; and dealt with them accordingly. Cambyses lighting off his horse, after he had been showing great cruelty to them of Athens, his sword flew out of the scabbard, and slew him. a If these brethren in iniquity sped better, they may thank a good God, whose terror fell upon the adjacent cities. For they did enough to undo, not themselves only, but their father, and his whole family. It was good counsel to such, that Tertullian gives to bloody Scapula; Si nobis non parcis, tibi parce: si non tibi, Carthagini: See thou undo not thyself and thy city by thy cruelty to Christians.
a Justin.