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they_o use_v much_o exercise_n and_o be_v perhaps_o much_o tall_a and_o big_a than_o we_o be_v as_o well_o as_o long_o live_v the_o greek_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o man_n of_o the_o heroical_a time_n be_v much_o great_a and_o homer_n make_v they_o great_a eater_n when_o eumaeus_n receive_v ulysses_n 14._o he_o prepare_v a_o great_a hog_n of_o five_o year_n old_a for_o five_o person_n the_o hero_n of_o homer_n serve_v themselves_o on_o the_o ordinary_a occasion_n of_o life_n and_o we_o see_v the_o same_o do_v by_o the_o patriarch_n abraham_n who_o have_v so_o many_o menial_a servant_n and_o who_o be_v near_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a 14._o do_v himself_o fetch_v water_n to_o wash_v the_o foot_n of_o his_o divine_a guest_n go_v and_o hasten_v his_o wife_n to_o make_v they_o bread_n run_v himself_o to_o fetch_v meat_n for_o they_o and_o return_v to_o serve_v they_o stand_v i_o grant_v he_o may_v on_o such_o a_o occasion_n be_v animate_v through_o his_o zeal_n to_o exercise_v hospitality_n but_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o life_n be_v answerable_a to_o this_o their_o servant_n serve_v to_o help_v they_o not_o to_o dispense_v they_o from_o labour_n and_o true_o what_o can_v oblige_v jacob_n go_v into_o mesopotamia_n to_o take_v a_o journey_n of_o above_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o league_n alone_o on_o foot_n with_o a_o staff_n in_o his_o hand_n 10._o be_v it_o not_o his_o laudable_a simplicity_n and_o love_n to_o labour_n which_o make_v he_o likewise_o take_v a_o lodging_n on_o the_o ground_n where_o the_o night_n surprise_v he_o and_o put_v a_o stone_n under_o his_o head_n to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o a_o pillow_n thus_o though_o he_o have_v a_o tender_a love_n for_o joseph_n yet_o he_o send_v this_o favourite_n of_o he_o at_o the_o age_n of_o sixteen_o all_o alone_a from_o hebron_n to_o seek_v out_o his_o brethren_n in_o sichem_n 15._o which_o be_v a_o long_a day_n journey_n and_o the_o young_a stripling_n have_v not_o find_v they_o there_o continue_v his_o journey_n a_o day_n long_o as_o far_o as_o into_o dothan_n i_o no_o less_o admire_v their_o moderation_n in_o regard_n of_o woman_n when_o i_o consider_v their_o liberty_n of_o have_v several_a and_o their_o desire_n of_o a_o numerous_a posterity_n 25._o abraham_n to_o who_o god_n have_v promise_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v father_n of_o a_o innumerable_a progeny_n though_o he_o have_v a_o barren_a wife_n yet_o entertain_v no_o thought_n of_o take_v another_o and_o be_v resolute_o bend_v to_o have_v leave_v his_o estate_n to_o the_o principal_a of_o his_o domestic_n 15._o only_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o wife_n it_o be_v that_o he_o take_v a_o second_o and_o that_o at_o the_o age_n of_o fourscore_o and_o six_o year_n we_o must_v not_o say_v he_o be_v still_o young_a in_o proportion_n to_o his_o life_n which_o be_v of_o a_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o five_o year_n foâ—_n that_o thirteen_o year_n afterward_o he_o and_o sarah_n 11._o who_o be_v ten_o year_n young_a be_v name_v old_a and_o when_o god_n promise_v they_o a_o son_n she_o laugh_v as_o at_o a_o incredible_a wonder_n how_o old_a soever_o abraham_n be_v and_o how_o desirous_a soever_o he_o may_v be_v to_o seâ—_n the_o child_n of_o isaac_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o marry_v he_o till_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a and_o though_o rebecca_n be_v twenty_o year_n barren_a and_o then_o bring_v forth_o two_o child_n at_o a_o birth_n which_o be_v all_o she_o ever_o have_v yet_o isaac_n never_o have_v any_o other_o wife_n true_o that_o jacob_n have_v at_o the_o same_o time_n two_o wife_n and_o two_o concubine_n but_o it_o be_v fit_a we_o shall_v see_v how_o he_o remain_v seventy_o seven_o year_n with_o his_o father_n wait_v for_o that_o blessing_n which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o by_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o by_o the_o
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rather_o a_o ease_n according_a to_o its_o institution_n laborious_a be_v the_o woman_n as_o well_o as_o the_o man_n and_o work_v within_o door_n while_o their_o husband_n be_v employ_v in_o the_o field_n the_o woman_n dress_v the_o meat_n and_o serve_v it_o up_o to_o the_o table_n which_o be_v see_v in_o homer_n and_o several_a part_n of_o scripture_n when_o samuel_n represent_v the_o manner_n of_o king_n to_o the_o people_n 13._o the_o king_n say_v he_o will_v take_v your_o daughter_n and_o make_v they_o confectionary_n cook_n and_o baker_n the_o pretext_n which_o amnon_n the_o son_n of_o david_n use_v to_o get_v his_o sister_n tamor_n to_o his_o house_n when_o he_o will_v viciate_v she_o be_v to_o take_v broth_n from_o her_o hand_n which_o she_o indeed_o have_v prepare_v herself_o though_o she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o a_o king_n it_o be_v the_o woman_n that_o make_v clothes_n and_o their_o ordinary_a occupation_n be_v to_o weave_v stuff_n as_o they_o work_v now_o adays_o in_o 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