he ungirded: i.e. Laban ungirded straw: Straw, by the eastern mode of threshing, was cut or shattered, and reduced to a kind of chaff. With this, sometimes mixed with a little barley, the eastern people still feed their labouring beasts, as they anciently did. wash: Gen 18:4, Gen 19:2, Gen 43:24, Jdg 19:21, 1Sa 25:41, Luk 7:44, Joh 13:4-14, 1Ti 5:10 Reciprocal: Jdg 19:19 - straw and provender Act 10:23 - and lodged