“But what shall I say about the dogs, to whom it is ingrained by a certain nature to show gratitude and pretend anxious guard for the safety of their masters? Hence Scripture cries out against those ungrateful for kindness and lazy and idle: 'Dumb dogs, who cannot bark' (Isaiah 56:10). So there are dogs who know how to…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — The Six Days of Creation, Book 6, Chapter 4, Section 17
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1And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
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— Tobit 6:1 —
2And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.
3Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.