* And if.
   This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father,
   who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a
   bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound
   together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one.

 * and a.
  2Sa 23:9,16,18,19,23  Da 3:16,17  Eph 4:3