Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 8:31

"Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men." — Proverbs 8:31 (ASV)

Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth. — Rather, the fertile part. (Compare to Genesis 1:31, where the satisfaction of God with His creation is described; and Psalms 104:31.)

My delights were with the sons of men. — Or rather, in them. (Compare to Genesis 3:8, where it would seem that the “Lord God” had been in the habit of assuming human form, and admitting man to His presence.) Such appearances as this, and that to Abraham in Genesis 18, and to Joshua in Joshua 5, were supposed by the Fathers to have been anticipations of the Incarnation of God the Son, who is here described under the name of Wisdom.