Commentary on Job, part 15

Verse 5 of chapter 28 refers to the bread that comes from the earth. Here again we have an allegorical reading relating to the Incarnation:

“The earth, out of it shall come bread, and below it, it has been changed as if fire.” (28:5)

As was said above that from the earth come precious substances, so too also here bread grows from the earth. And the fire is the warmth of spring by which the shoots blossom forth, and which brings to mind the womb of the Holy Virgin. And the bread is the Lord’s Body while the fire is the Word of God.