AELW 8:246
Genesis 49:11
11. Binding His foal to the vine
and His ass’s colt to the choice vine,
He washes His garments in wine
and His vesture in the blood of grapes;
and His ass’s colt to the choice vine,
He washes His garments in wine
and His vesture in the blood of grapes;
AELW 8:247
"Lyra gives the following explanation: The tribe of Judah will be so fertile and rich even before Christ that they will bind the ass’s colt to the vine, and one vine or branch will produce so much wine that an ass cannot be loaded with it. But this is plainly frivolous. For even in our lands, to say nothing of what might be the case in the Holy Land, one vine could easily be so fruitful that the wine would equal the load of an ass. Nor do I see how these things agree: to bind an ass to the vine, that is, to load it with wine"
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