Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

Ver. 8. Nay, you do wrong] In person and name.

And defraud] Of goods and estate.

And that your brethren] Which very name should charm and allay all discords, as between Abraham and Lot, Genesis 13:8. Aristotle could say, It is better to suffer wrong than to do it. And, I know how to bear injuries, Εγω μεν επισταμαι αδικεισθαι, said Chilo to his brother, who took it ill that he was not chosen to be one of the judges.

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