From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. From following the ewes - Instances of this kind are not unfrequent in the ancient Greek and Roman history. Croesus said that Gypes, who was the first of his race, was a slave, and rose to sovereignty, succeeding his predecessor, of whose sheep he had been the pastor.
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Psalms 78:71
71 From followingl the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.