| Geneva Study Bible Did not he that made me in the womb make {l} him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? (l) He was moved to show pity to servants, because they were God's creatures as he was. King James Translators' Notes did not one...: or, did he not fashion us in one womb? Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 15. Slaveholders try to defend themselves by maintaining the original inferiority of the slave. But Mal 2:10; Ac 17:26; Eph 6:9 make the common origin of masters and servants the argument for brotherly love being shown by the former to the latter. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 31:9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste. It kindles the fire of God's wrath, which, if not quenched by the blood of Christ, will consume even to eternal destruction. It consumes the body; it consumes the substance. Burning lusts bring burning judgments. Job had a numerous household, and he managed it well. He considered that he had a Master in heaven; and as we are undone if God should be severe with us, we ought to be mild and gentle towards all with whom we have to do. | 
