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or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 17. Alone. This was objected to S. Chrysostom. Calmet.—But his conduct proceeded not from pride or avarice. Bible.—The ancient patriarchs delighted much in the exercise of hospitality; and Tobias (4:17) exhorts his son to invite the poor. Cœna, or “supper,” received its name from many eating “together,” while people dined alone. Plut. Sym. viii. prob. 6.
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