And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
Ver. 6. And they took their cattle, and their goods.] Though Pharaoh sent to them they should not, yet, not willing to be much chargeable, they brought that they had. It is a happiness so to live with others as not to be much beholden; but rather helpful, than burdensome. He that receives a courtesy, we say, sells his liberty: and "the borrower is servant to the lender." Pro 22:7 St Paul glories in this to the liberal Corinthians, that when he was present with them he was "chargeable to no man." 2Co 11:9 Oυ κατεναρκησα ουδενος; a dunned no man, I was no man's parasite. He was not of those that "served not the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own bellies." Rom 16:18 The Duke of Bavaria's house is so pestered with friars and Jesuits that, notwithstanding the greatness of his revenue, he is very poor; as spending all his estate upon these Popish parasites. Such among the Turks are the Dervislars and Imailers, that under pretence of religion, live, like body lice, upon other men's sweat and labours. b
a Nαρκη, torpedo piscis, cuius ea est natura ut propius accedentes seque tangentes obstupefaciat. Hinc καταναρκεω obstupeo cum alicuius incommodo. Pasor.
b Turk. Hist., fol. 477, 950. Heyl., Geog., p. 291.