upon the Nobles] That is, the Elders, whose senioritie, authoritie, and gracious endowments made them noble and honourable. he laid not his hand] Or, put not forth his hand to doe them any hurt, Genesis 37:22. Psalms 138:7. Though to have any vision or apparition of Gods especiall presence hath been taken for a presage of perill, a forerunner of sudden death. See Annot. on Genesis 32:30. and did eat and drinke] Making a sacred banquet of the sacrifices offered, vers. 5. and were neither killed nor cast down, but that they did cheerfully eate and drinke as at other times, notwithstanding the perill: whereof see the precedent Annotation.