In the day — In the day I called Abraham to leave his idolatry. Salted — Salt was used to purge, dry, and strengthen the new — born child. Nor swaddled — So forlorn was the state of the Jews in their birth, without beauty, without strength, without friend.
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Ezekiel 16:4
4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to suppleb thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.