He must have had strange thoughts about his bride. With the permission of her fiance she had gone to the mountains, had stayed there a full quarter of a year, and had now returned pregnant. It’s as if she had gone on a pilgrimage to Eicha. He took her to be an adulteress. This was a serious suspicion, and the Scriptures can’t hold this against him. An angel compelled him to put off any action against her and to postpone judgment. Dear God, with what difficulty these things happen! They’re like fables, except that they’ve been confirmed by great miracles.
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