and you did what is right in my eyes. Even though the release may have been done with mixed motives, it is said here to have been a right action. and you cut a covenant before me in the house upon which my name is called. The covenant was made in the Temple, at which time the Law of the Jubilee was solemnly proclaimed. For the expression “the house upon which my name is called,” see Note for 7:10. 16. then you turned around. Hebrew wattāšūbû. Another play on šûb, which meant “you repented”