And these bottles of wine, which we filled, [were]
new
That is, on the day they came out on their journey:
and, behold, they be rent;
which were owing to the long use that had been made of them, as
they pretended:
and these our garments, and our shoes, are become old by
reason of the
very long journey:
quite worn out through length of time and tedious travels.
Isidore of Pelusium F17 thinks these Gibeonites were
Cappadocians, of whom he gives a shocking character, and
particularly that they were prone to lying and deceit; but his
reason for it, that they were of the Philistines, will not hold
good.
F17 L. 1. Ep. 281.