And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was] wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Ver. 15. What seekest thou?] This was not the angel Gabriel, as the Hebrews will have it; but some courteous passenger, that thus offereth himself to wandering Joseph, and sets him in his way again. At Athens there were public curses appointed against such as showed not those their error that were out of the way. a See the like, Deuteronomy 27:18. "Brethren," saith St James, "if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know that he saves a soul from death"; Jam 5:19-20 yea, he pulls him out of the fire of hell, saith Jude b Jdg 1:23 for they that err from God's commandments are cursed. Psa 119:21
a Dion. Lamb., in Corn. Nep.
b Ex igne gehennali - Pareus.