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They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled with one another.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 33. They sat. This posture is more ancient than that of lying down at table. The Hebrews adopted the latter, from the Persians, during the captivity. Esther 1:6 and 7:8.—We have at least no earlier vestige of this custom in Scripture. Calmet.—Very much: as they were placed in that order by the steward. They knew not how he could so exactly discover who was born first, as there was so short an interval between the births of many of them. Bible.
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