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true_a it_o be_v a_o further_a proof_n of_o their_o scatter_a condition_n as_o for_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n it_o be_v manifest_a they_o have_v no_o inheritance_n allot_v to_o they_o among_o their_o brethren_n but_o be_v disperse_v among_o all_o the_o tribe_n have_v certain_a city_n assign_v to_o they_o with_o a_o little_a land_n about_o they_o this_o indeed_o do_v not_o prove_v a_o curse_n to_o they_o they_o have_v the_o ten_o of_o all_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o land_n throughout_o the_o whole_a country_n for_o this_o curse_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v take_v off_o upon_o that_o eminent_a service_n they_o do_v in_o fall_v upon_o the_o worshipper_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n and_o thereby_o consecrate_v themselves_o unto_o the_o lord_n exod._n xxxii_o 26_o 29._o upon_o which_o account_n moses_n bless_v this_o tribe_n a_o little_a before_o he_o die_v deut._n xxxiii_o 9_o whereas_o he_o give_v no_o blessing_n at_o all_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o simeon_n but_o leave_v they_o under_o this_o curse_n a_o great_a ringleader_n of_o the_o idolatry_n with_o baal-peor_n be_v a_o prince_n of_o this_o tribe_n who_o phineas_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n slay_v in_o his_o zeal_n for_o the_o lord_n numb_a xxv_o 11_o 14._o ver._n 8._o judah_n thou_o be_v he_o who_o thy_o brethren_n shall_v praise_v or_o thou_o be_v judah_n and_o well_o may_v thou_o be_v so_o call_v for_o thy_o brethren_n shall_v praise_v thou_o the_o name_n of_o judah_n signify_v praise_n unto_o which_o his_o father_n allude_v it_o be_v give_v he_o by_o his_o mother_n in_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n for_o he_o xxix_o 35._o and_o now_o his_o father_n give_v another_o reason_n of_o his_o name_n because_o all_o his_o brethren_n shall_v applaud_v his_o worthy_a act_n and_o praise_n god_n for_o they_o which_o be_v not_o speak_v of_o judah_n person_n but_o of_o his_o family_n or_o tribe_n who_o in_o future_a time_n be_v very_o famous_a thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o neck_n of_o thy_o enemy_n to_o overthrow_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o under_o which_o be_v eminent_o fulfil_v in_o david_n as_o he_o himself_o acknowledge_v psalm_n xviii_o 40._o and_o so_o be_v the_o forego_n word_n when_o all_o the_o daughter_n of_o israel_n come_v forth_o of_o their_o city_n sing_v his_o praise_n in_o such_o a_o high_a strain_n as_o offend_v saul_n 1_o sam._n xviii_o 6_o 7._o thy_o father_n child_n shall_v bow_v down_o to_o thou_o acknowledge_v thou_o their_o superior_a ver._n 9_o judah_n be_v a_o lion_n whelp_n etc._n etc._n he_o set_v forth_o in_o this_o verse_n the_o warlike_a temper_n of_o this_o tribe_n and_o their_o undaunted_a courage_n and_o terribleness_n to_o their_o enemy_n and_o he_o seem_v to_o express_v the_o beginning_n increase_n and_o full_a growth_n of_o their_o power_n by_o a_o young_a lion_n a_o lion_n and_o a_o lioness_n which_o be_v the_o fierce_a of_o all_o other_o a_o lion_n whelp_n this_o tribe_n give_v early_a proof_n of_o their_o valour_n be_v the_o first_o that_o go_v to_o 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before_o verse_n 25_o and_o so_o they_o be_v immediate_o in_o this_o very_a verse_n sold_n joseph_n to_o the_o ishmaelite_n for_o they_o be_v very_o near_a neighbour_n and_o join_v together_o in_o trade_n make_v now_o one_o caravan_n with_o a_o joint_a stock_n as_o this_o story_n intimate_v read_v judg._n viii_o 1_o 3_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 26._o and_o it_o will_v appear_v the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o one_o and_o the_o same_o people_n in_o aftertime_n for_o twenty_o piece_n of_o silver_n most_o understand_v so_o many_o shekel_n which_o be_v a_o very_a small_a price_n but_o therefore_o demand_v and_o no_o more_o that_o the_o bargain_n may_v be_v clap_v up_o the_o soon_o ver._n 29._o reuben_n return_v to_o the_o pit_n he_o pretend_v some_o business_n have_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o company_n with_o a_o intention_n when_o his_o brethren_n be_v go_v from_o the_o pit_n to_o come_v private_o and_o take_v joseph_n out_o and_o carry_v he_o to_o his_o father_n upon_o that_o design_n he_o now_o come_v thither_o rend_a his_o clothes_n as_o they_o use_v to_o do_v when_o they_o mourn_v for_o the_o dead_a whereby_o he_o express_v his_o real_a grief_n for_o his_o brother_n ver._n 30._o the_o child_n be_v not_o he_o be_v dead_a as_o this_o phrase_n common_o signify_v whither_o shall_v i_o go_v i_o know_v not_o whither_o to_o flee_v to_o hide_v myself_o from_o my_o father_n anger_n who_o may_v just_o expect_v the_o elder_a son_n shall_v take_v the_o great_a care_n of_o he_o ver._n 31._o and_o they_o take_v joseph_n coat_n etc._n etc._n his_o brethren_n it_o seem_v persuade_v reuben_n also_o to_o join_v with_o they_o in_o conceal_v the_o sale_n of_o joseph_n and_o make_v their_o old_a father_n believe_v he_o be_v devour_v by_o some_o wild_a beast_n ver._n 32._o they_o send_v the_o coat_n etc._n etc._n they_o first_o send_v it_o by_o a_o messenger_n and_o immediate_o follow_v themselves_o with_o the_o tale_n which_o be_v here_o relate_v ver._n 33._o a_o evil_a beast_n some_o wild_a beast_n of_o which_o there_o be_v great_a store_n in_o those_o country_n such_o as_o lion_n and_o bear_n for_o he_o can_v not_o suspect_v his_o brethren_n will_v kill_v he_o ver._n 34._o rend_a his_o clothes_n and_o put_v sackcloth_n on_o his_o loin_n this_o be_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o mourn_v in_o those_o day_n we_o read_v often_o of_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n in_o future_a age_n upon_o such_o sad_a occasion_n but_o this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o it_o which_o show_v the_o great_a antiquity_n of_o such_o custom_n mourn_v for_o his_o son_n many_o day_n beyond_o the_o ordinary_a time_n of_o mourn_v many_o year_n as_o the_o word_n day_n sometime_o signify_v perhaps_o till_o he_o hear_v he_o be_v alive_a so_o the_o follow_a verse_n seem_v to_o denote_v that_o he_o resolve_v not_o to_o cease_v mourn_v for_o he_o as_o long_o as_o he_o live_v ver._n 35._o all_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n he_o have_v but_o one_o daughter_n therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v his_o son_n wife_n or_o their_o daughter_n i_o will_v go_v down_o into_o the_o grave_a etc._n etc._n if_o scheol_n here_o be_v expound_v grave_a than_o the_o next_o word_n must_v be_v thus_o translate_v mourn_v for_o my_o son_n as_o r._n solomon_n interpret_v they_o for_o joseph_n be_v not_o bury_v in_o a_o grave_a and_o therefore_o he_o can_v not_o think_v of_o go_v down_o to_o he_o thither_o and_o thus_o christophorus_n à _fw-fr castro_n upon_o the_o second_o of_o baruch_n acknowledge_v scheol_n signify_v in_o this_o place_n and_o interpret_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n lugere_fw-la non_fw-la desinam_fw-la donec_fw-la i_o sepulturae_fw-la demandetis_fw-la i_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o mourn_v till_o you_o lay_v i_o in_o my_o grave_n but_o if_o we_o follow_v our_o translation_n which_o be_v most_o common_a i_o will_v go_v down_o to_o my_o son_n than_o scheol_n must_v signify_v the_o state_n or_o place_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o it_o often_o do_v and_o particular_o isaiah_n fourteen_o where_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n be_v express_o deny_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o grave_a verse_n 19_o 20._o scheol_n be_v say_v to_o be_v move_v for_o he_o and_o to_o meet_v he_o and_o to_o stir_v up_o the_o dead_a for_o he_o verse_n 9_o thus_o his_o father_n weep_v for_o he_o continue_a his_o mourn_a not_o only_o by_o wear_v sackcloth_n but_o in_o such_o passionate_a expression_n as_o these_o ver._n 36._o and_o the_o midianite_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v medanim_fw-la a_o distinct_a name_n from_o those_o verse_n 38._o who_o be_v a_o people_n derive_v from_o medan_n one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o keturah_n and_o brother_n to_o midian_a xxv_o 2._o they_o and_o the_o midianite_n live_v near_o together_o in_o arabia_n not_o far_o from_o the_o ishmaelite_n who_o all_o join_v together_o in_o this_o caravan_n and_o make_v one_o society_n of_o merchant_n consist_v of_o medanites_n midianites_n and_o ishmaelite_n a_o officer_n the_o hebrew_n word_n saris_n oftentimes_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haeres_fw-la xxvi_o n._n 17._o our_o margin_n have_v it_o chief_z of_o the_o slaughterman_n or_o executioner_n but_o the_o word_n tabachim_n may_v better_o be_v translate_v soldier_n than_o butcher_n or_o executioner_n and_o here_o some_o think_v may_v denote_v he_o who_o we_o call_v the_o provost-marshal_n other_o will_v have_v it_o the_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n but_o i_o see_v no_o more_o proper_a translation_n than_o we_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n or_o rather_o chief_a commander_n of_o the_o king_n guard_n such_o a_o one_o as_o nebuzaradan_n be_v 2_o king_n xxv_o 20._o for_o schar_n be_v more_o than_o one_o who_o we_o now_o call_v a_o captain_n see_v xl._n 3._o this_o phrase_n schar-hatabachim_a be_v explain_v by_o hottinger_n out_o of_o the_o ethiopic_a tongue_n see_v smegma_fw-la orient_n p._n 85._o chap._n xxxviii_o ver._n 1._o at_o that_o time_n it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o mean_v at_o the_o time_n joseph_n be_v sell_v which_o be_v just_a before_o mention_v or_o at_o the_o time_n jacob_n return_v from_o mesopotamia_n to_o live_v in_o canaan_n xxxiii_o 18._o or_o when_o he_o go_v to_o settle_v with_o his_o father_n at_o mamre_n xxxv_o 27._o but_o take_v it_o any_o of_o these_o way_n there_o be_v time_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o event_n follow_v before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n suppose_v judah_n child_n to_o have_v marry_v very_o young_a as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o most_o interpreter_n judah_n go_v down_o from_o his_o brethren_n either_o upon_o some_o business_n or_o in_o some_o discontent_n adullamite_n a_o citizen_n of_o adullam_n which_o be_v a_o famous_a town_n or_o city_n that_o fall_v afterward_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n who_o king_n be_v slay_v by_o joshua_n xii_o 19_o and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o famous_a cave_n in_o which_o david_n hide_v himself_o 1_o sam._n xxii_o 1._o ver._n 2._o judah_n see_v there_o so_o as_o to_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o she_o for_o according_a to_o the_o old_a say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o daughter_n of_o a_o certain_a canaanite_n it_o be_v not_o so_o bad_a for_o a_o man_n circumcise_a to_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o one_o uncircumcised_a as_o it_o be_v to_o give_v their_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n to_o a_o uncircumcised_a husband_n xxxiv_o 14._o for_o a_o uncircumcised_a man_n be_v account_v unclean_a though_o he_o have_v renounce_v idolatry_n but_o a_o woman_n bear_v of_o uncircumcised_a parent_n be_v not_o so_o account_v if_o she_o embrace_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n whence_o salmon_n a_o great_a man_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n marry_v rahab_n who_o be_v a_o canaanite_n such_o a_o one_o we_o must_v suppose_v this_o woman_n who_o judah_n marry_v to_o have_v be_v or_o else_o he_o have_v offend_v his_o father_n as_o much_o as_o
send_v from_o his_o father_n house_n to_o acquaint_v joseph_n with_o his_o weak_a condition_n so_o the_o next_o verse_n teach_v we_o to_o understand_v it_o he_o take_v with_o he_o etc._n etc._n immediate_o he_o go_v to_o receive_v his_o blessing_n and_o take_v with_o he_o his_o two_o son_n that_o he_o may_v bless_v they_o also_o ver._n 2._o one_o tell_v jacob_n etc._n etc._n joseph_n send_v a_o messenger_n before_o he_o to_o let_v his_o father_n know_v he_o be_v come_v to_o visit_v he_o israel_n strengthen_v himself_o this_o message_n revive_v he_o and_o make_v he_o stir_v up_o all_o his_o spirit_n to_o receive_v he_o cheerful_o and_o sit_v upon_o his_o bed_n lean_v it_o be_v likely_a upon_o his_o staff_n for_o the_o support_n of_o his_o feeble_a body_n see_v xlvii_o ult_n ver._n 3._o appear_v to_o i_o at_o luz_n he_o appear_v twice_o to_o he_o in_o this_o place_n first_o when_o he_o go_v to_o padan-aram_n xxviii_o 13._o upon_o which_o he_o give_v this_o place_n the_o name_n of_o bethel_n verse_n 19_o and_o when_o he_o return_v from_o thence_o xxxv_o 6_o 9_o etc._n etc._n and_o both_o time_n make_v he_o the_o promise_n which_o here_o follow_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v likely_a he_o have_v respect_n to_o both_o and_o bless_v i_o promise_a to_o i_o the_o blessing_n which_o follow_v ver._n 4._o for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n we_o do_v not_o read_v this_o in_o either_o of_o the_o appearance_n in_o so_o many_o word_n but_o he_o say_v it_o in_o effect_n when_o he_o tell_v he_o in_o the_o last_o appearance_n there_o xxxv_o 12._o the_o land_n which_o i_o give_v to_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n to_o thou_o will_v i_o give_v it_o etc._n etc._n now_o he_o give_v it_o to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n for_o ever_o xiii_o 15._o ver._n 5._o and_o now_o thy_o two_o son_n etc._n etc._n have_v assure_v he_o god_n will_v be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n in_o give_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o his_o posterity_n he_o tell_v he_o what_o share_n his_o child_n shall_v have_v in_o it_o be_v i_o thy_o two_o son_n shall_v be_v reckon_v as_o if_o i_o have_v beget_v they_o and_o according_o have_v each_o of_o they_o a_o inheritance_n equal_a with_o the_o rest_n of_o my_o son_n and_o be_v distinct_a tribe_n as_o reuben_n and_o simeon_n shall_v they_o be_v i_o he_o instance_n in_o they_o because_o they_o be_v his_o elder_a son_n who_o he_o say_v shall_v have_v no_o more_o than_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n and_o perhaps_o the_o meaning_n may_v be_v these_o two_o shall_v be_v account_v as_o the_o first-born_a of_o my_o family_n for_o he_o give_v joseph_n the_o primogeniture_n who_o be_v indeed_o the_o first-born_a of_o his_o first_o intend_a wife_n and_o bestow_v a_o double_a portion_n upon_o he_o by_o make_v his_o two_o son_n equal_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o child_n ver._n 6._o and_o thy_o issue_n which_o thou_o begette_v after_o they_o shall_v be_v thou_o i_o will_v make_v no_o distinct_a provision_n for_o they_o as_o i_o have_v do_v for_o these_o two_o but_o they_o shall_v be_v call_v after_o the_o name_n of_o their_o brethren_n in_o their_o inheritance_n i._n e._n be_v reckon_v among_o these_o two_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n and_o not_o make_v distinct_a tribe_n as_o they_o shall_v but_o be_v comprehend_v in_o they_o ver._n 7._o and_o as_o for_o i_o when_o i_o come_v from_o padan-aram_n rachel_n die_v by_o i_o etc._n etc._n he_o mention_n her_o death_n which_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o forego_n discourse_n because_o it_o happen_v present_o after_o that_o last_o promise_n in_o bethel_n xxxv_o 18._o and_o he_o think_v it_o will_v be_v grateful_a to_o his_o son_n to_o hear_v he_o remember_v his_o dear_a mother_n for_o it_o be_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v and_o now_o my_o son_n this_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o thy_o mother_n who_o die_v immediate_o after_o that_o promise_n of_o multiply_v my_o seed_n and_o yet_o i_o see_v it_o fulfil_v in_o those_o child_n which_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o or_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o these_o word_n as_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o he_o take_v ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n to_o be_v his_o own_o child_n and_o the_o sense_n to_o be_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v thy_o mother_n indeed_o and_o my_o belove_a wife_n die_v soon_o after_o she_o begin_v to_o bear_v child_n when_o she_o may_v have_v bring_v i_o many_o more_o and_o therefore_o i_o adopt_v these_o her_o grandchild_n and_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v bear_v of_o rachel_n and_o i_o do_v it_o in_o memory_n and_o honour_n of_o she_o supply_v by_o adoption_n what_o be_v want_v in_o generation_n and_o i_o bury_v she_o there_o he_o can_v not_o carry_v she_o to_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n where_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v lay_v himself_o because_o she_o die_v in_o childbed_n which_o constrain_v he_o to_o bury_v she_o soon_o than_o otherwise_o he_o may_v have_v do_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v he_o have_v not_o in_o his_o travel_n all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o preserve_v her_o body_n long_o by_o embalm_v she_o as_o joseph_n do_v he_o ver._n 8._o and_o israel_n behold_v joseph_n son_n etc._n etc._n he_o see_v two_o other_o stand_v by_o joseph_n but_o can_v not_o discern_v distincly_a who_o they_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o dimness_n of_o his_o sight_n verse_n 10._o ver._n 9_o and_o i_o will_v bless_v they_o as_o he_o have_v just_a before_o promise_v verse_n 5._o ver._n 10._o and_o he_o bring_v they_o near_o unto_o he_o and_o make_v they_o kneel_v down_o before_o he_o as_o the_o twelve_o verse_n seem_v to_o intimate_v and_o he_o kiss_v they_o etc._n etc._n express_v the_o great_a affection_n to_o they_o ver._n 12._o bring_v they_o out_o from_o between_o his_o knee_n it_o appear_v by_o verse_n 2._o that_o jacob_n sit_v upon_o his_o bed_n and_o his_o leg_n hang_v down_o they_o kneel_v between_o his_o knee_n from_o whence_o joseph_n take_v they_o and_o then_o seem_v to_o have_v place_v himself_o in_o the_o same_o posture_n bow_v himself_o with_o his_o face_n to_o the_o earth_n as_o the_o follow_a word_n tell_v we_o to_o give_v his_o father_n thanks_o for_o his_o kindness_n to_o his_o child_n or_o rather_o we_o may_v conceive_v that_o while_n jacob_n embrace_v they_o in_o his_o arm_n and_o kiss_v they_o with_o more_o than_o ordinary_a affection_n joseph_n be_v afraid_a that_o they_o may_v lie_v too_o long_o or_o press_v too_o hard_o upon_o his_o father_n breast_n and_o create_v some_o trouble_n to_o a_o feeble_a old_a man_n and_o therefore_o he_o withdraw_v they_o from_o thence_o and_o dispose_v they_o to_o receive_v his_o blessing_n ver._n 13._o and_o joseph_n take_v they_o both_o etc._n etc._n make_a they_o kneel_v down_o by_o himself_o before_o jacob_n place_v ephraim_n towards_o jacob_n left_a hand_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 14._o stretch_v out_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o ephraim_n head_n lay_v hand_n on_o the_o head_n of_o any_o person_n be_v always_o use_v in_o this_o nation_n in_o give_v blessing_n and_o design_v man_n to_o any_o office_n and_o in_o the_o consecration_n of_o public_a and_o solemn_a sacrifice_n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o mention_n of_o it_o but_o in_o aftertime_n we_o often_o read_v of_o it_o particular_o when_o moses_n constitute_v joshua_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n god_n order_v he_o to_o do_v it_o by_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o he_o numb_a xxvii_o 18_o 23._o deut._n xxxiv_o 9_o thus_o child_n be_v bring_v to_o our_o bless_a saviour_n that_o he_o may_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o bless_v they_o and_o so_o he_o do_v matth._n xix_o 13_o 15._o and_o the_o right_a hand_n be_v the_o strong_a and_o that_o wherewith_o we_o common_o perform_v every_o thing_n the_o lay_v that_o on_o ephraim_n head_n be_v give_v he_o the_o pre-eminence_n who_o be_v the_o young_a it_o be_v observe_v by_o theodoret_n upon_o 1_o sam._n xvi_o that_o god_n be_v wont_v from_o the_o beginning_n to_o prefer_v the_o young_a before_o the_o elder_a as_o abel_n before_o cain_n sem_fw-mi before_o japhet_n isaac_n before_o ishmael_n jacob_n before_o esau_n judah_n and_o joseph_n before_o reuben_n and_o here_o ephraim_n before_o manasseh_n as_o afterward_o moses_n before_o aaron_n and_o david_n the_o young_a of_o all_o before_o his_o elder_a brethren_n which_o be_v to_o show_v that_o the_o divine_a benefit_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n but_o dispense_v free_o according_a to_o god_n most_o wise_a goodness_n guide_v his_o hand_n witting_o he_o do_v not_o mistake_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o blindness_n but_o foresee_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n how_o much_o ephraim_n will_v excel_v the_o other_o he_o design_o and_o on_o purpose_n thus_o
of_o it_o and_o exercise_v great_a cruelty_n there_o amos_n i._n 13._o long_o before_o which_o the_o book_n of_o judge_n inform_v we_o how_o they_o be_v oppress_v by_o this_o people_n for_o eighteen_o year_n together_o x._o 8._o and_o come_v with_o a_o great_a army_n and_o encamp_v in_o gilead_n verse_n 17._o which_o be_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad._n but_o he_o shall_v overcome_v at_o the_o last_o this_o be_v eminent_o fulfil_v when_o jephtha_n the_o gileadite_n fight_v with_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n and_o subdue_v they_o before_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n judg._n xi_o 33._o and_o when_o this_o tribe_n together_o with_o their_o brethren_n of_o reuben_n and_o manasseh_n make_v war_n with_o the_o hagarite_n and_o possess_v themselves_o of_o their_o country_n which_o they_o keep_v till_o the_o captivity_n because_o the_o war_n be_v of_o god_n 1_o chron._n v._n 22._o ver._n 20._o out_o of_o asher_n i._n e._n of_o his_o country_n his_o bread_n shall_v be_v fat_a shall_v be_v excellent_a provision_n of_o all_o sort_n for_o the_o sustenance_n of_o humane_a life_n for_o bread_n comprehend_v not_o only_a corn_n but_o wine_n and_o oil_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o victual_n xxi_o 14._o and_o he_o shall_v yield_v royal_a dainty_n his_o country_n shall_v afford_v not_o only_o all_o thing_n necessary_a but_o the_o choice_a fruit_n fit_a to_o be_v serve_v up_o to_o the_o table_n of_o king_n for_o part_v of_o it_o lay_v about_o carmel_n josh_n xix_o 26._o where_o there_o be_v a_o most_o delicious_a valley_n ver._n 21._o naphtali_n be_v a_o hind_n let_v loose_a as_o he_o have_v compare_v judah_n to_o a_o lion_n and_o issachar_n to_o a_o ass_n and_o dan_n to_o a_o serpent_n so_o he_o compare_v this_o son_n to_o a_o hind_n which_o be_v not_o confine_v within_o pales_n or_o wall_n but_o run_v at_o large_a whither_o it_o please_v whereby_o be_v signify_v that_o this_o tribe_n will_v be_v great_a lover_n of_o liberty_n he_o give_v goodly_a or_o please_v word_n which_o denote_v their_o address_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v charm_v language_n and_o affability_n to_o win_v the_o favour_n of_o other_o and_o thereby_o preserve_v their_o peace_n and_o liberty_n mercer_n make_v this_o verse_n to_o signify_v their_o speed_n and_o swiftness_n in_o dispatch_n of_o business_n and_o their_o smoothness_n in_o the_o management_n of_o it_o which_o may_v render_v they_o acceptable_a to_o all_o men._n there_o be_v no_o instance_n indeed_o in_o scripture_n to_o make_v out_o this_o character_n for_o barak_n who_o be_v of_o this_o tribe_n be_v very_o slow_a in_o undertake_v the_o deliverance_n of_o israel_n nor_o do_v we_o read_v they_o be_v more_o zealous_a assertor_n of_o liberty_n than_o other_o but_o yet_o this_o will_v not_o warrant_v we_o to_o alter_v the_o punctation_n of_o the_o word_n as_o bochart_n do_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n iii_o cap._n 18._o to_o make_v a_o quite_o different_a sense_n which_o be_v this_o naphtali_n be_v a_o well-spred_n tree_n which_o put_v out_o beautiful_a branch_n for_o we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o they_o be_v either_o more_o beautiful_a or_o numerous_a than_o other_o tribe_n but_o we_o find_v quite_o contrary_a that_o simeon_n judah_n issachar_n zebulon_n and_o dan_n be_v all_o more_o numerous_a than_o they_o when_v moses_n take_v a_o account_n of_o they_o numb_a i._o 23_o 27_o 29_o 31_o 39_o beside_o this_o interpretation_n make_v this_o verse_n in_o a_o manner_n the_o very_a same_o with_o the_o next_o concern_v joseph_n therefore_o though_o the_o lxx_o agree_v to_o bochart_n version_n we_o have_v better_o stick_v to_o our_o own_o which_o make_v a_o sense_n clear_a and_o proper_a enough_o ver._n 22._o joseph_n be_v a_o fruitful_a bough_n or_o young_a plant._n it_o be_v a_o allusion_n to_o his_o name_n which_o import_v growth_n and_o increase_n and_o may_v well_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o great_a dignity_n to_o which_o he_o be_v rise_v in_o egypt_n unto_o which_o he_o be_v advance_v in_o a_o short_a time_n after_o pharaoh_n take_v notice_n of_o he_o like_o a_o bough_n or_o young_a plant_n which_o shoot_v up_o apace_o and_o thence_o compare_v in_o the_o next_o word_n to_o a_o fruitful_a bough_n by_o a_o well_o or_o spring_n of_o water_n which_o in_o those_o dry_a country_n make_v the_o plant_n which_o be_v set_v near_o they_o to_o grow_v the_o fast_o and_o to_o a_o great_a height_n psalm_n i._n 3._o and_o therefore_o signify_v his_o extraordinary_a advancement_n who_o branch_n run_v over_o the_o wall_n cover_v the_o wall_n that_o surround_v the_o spring_n or_o the_o wall_z against_o which_o the_o tree_n be_v plant_v which_o seem_v to_o denote_v the_o two_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n which_o spring_v from_o he_o and_o be_v very_o flourish_v as_o appear_v from_o josh_n xvii_o 14_o 17._o where_o they_o tell_v he_o they_o be_v a_o great_a people_n who_o the_o lord_n have_v bless_v hitherto_o and_o joshua_n there_o acknowledge_v as_o much_o say_v thou_o be_v a_o great_a people_n and_o have_v great_a power_n and_o therefore_o assign_v they_o a_o large_a portion_n of_o land_n than_o they_o have_v at_o first_o the_o hebrew_n word_n banoth_n which_o we_o translate_v bough_n literal_o signify_v daughter_n some_o think_v that_o as_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o son_n of_o joseph_n in_o the_o forego_n part_n of_o the_o verse_n so_o in_o this_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o daughter_n that_o they_o shall_v go_v to_o the_o wall_n i._n e._n say_v dr._n lightfoot_n even_o to_o the_o enemy_n to_o repair_v the_o hostile_a tribe_n of_o benjamin_n which_o otherwise_o have_v decay_v for_o want_n of_o wife_n for_o so_o the_o word_n schur_n signify_v and_o be_v translate_v by_o we_o a_o enemy_n psalm_n xcii_o 11._o and_o d._n chytraeus_n understand_v hereby_o daughter_n the_o city_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n which_o shall_v be_v well_o govern_v though_o some_o shall_v set_v themselves_o against_o it_o ver._n 23._o the_o archer_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n baale_v chitsim_fw-la signify_v master_n in_o the_o art_n of_o shoot_v and_o therefore_o denote_v those_o here_o speak_v of_o to_o be_v skilful_a in_o do_v mischief_n such_o be_v his_o brethren_n who_o be_v full_a not_o only_o of_o envy_n but_o hatred_n to_o he_o xxxviii_o 4_o 5_o 11._o some_o refer_v it_o also_o to_o potiphar_n wife_n who_o wicked_o slander_v he_o and_o other_o to_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o ephraim_n who_o be_v encompass_v with_o enemy_n who_o in_o general_n be_v mean_v by_o archer_n when_o the_o kingdom_n be_v settle_v in_o they_o over_o the_o ten_o tribe_n have_v sore_o grieve_v he_o by_o their_o unkind_a or_o rather_o churlish_a behaviour_n towards_o he_o for_o they_o can_v not_o speak_v peaceable_o to_o he_o xxxviii_o 4._o and_o it_o be_v likely_a they_o revile_v he_o and_o throw_v out_o bitter_a word_n against_o he_o which_o be_v proper_o compare_v to_o arrow_n psalm_n lxiv_o 3._o and_o shoot_v at_o he_o design_v to_o destroy_v he_o and_o do_v actual_o throw_v he_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o messenger_n of_o the_o great_a god_n jupiter_n and_o his_o goddess_n juno_n who_o homer_n as_o he_o observe_v represent_v as_o send_v with_o a_o peremptory_a command_n to_o neptune_n not_o to_o aid_v the_o grecian_n by_o the_o swell_a we_o may_v suppose_v of_o water_n which_o much_o annoy_v the_o trojan_n my_o bow_n it_o be_v call_v his_o not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o have_v natural_a cause_n as_o there_o be_v of_o this_o but_o because_o he_o appoint_v it_o to_o a_o special_a end_n as_o a_o signification_n and_o assurance_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o mankind_n ver._n 14._o when_o i_o bring_v a_o cloud_n over_o the_o earth_n i._n e._n when_o there_o be_v great_a sign_n of_o rain_n which_o come_v out_o of_o the_o cloud_n that_o the_o bow_n shall_v be_v see_v in_o the_o cloud_n not_o always_o but_o at_o certain_a time_n often_o enough_o to_o put_v man_n in_o mind_n of_o this_o promise_n and_o stir_v up_o their_o belief_n 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excite_v one_o to_o look_v beyond_o the_o material_a and_o efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o unto_o the_o final_a as_o the_o forenamed_a author_n speak_v and_o now_o that_o we_o have_v moses_n his_o commentary_n upon_o it_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o mix_a colour_n of_o the_o rainbow_n these_o two_o thing_n the_o destruction_n of_o the_o old_a world_n by_o water_n and_o the_o future_a consumption_n of_o the_o present_a world_n by_o fire_n who_o flame_v brightness_n be_v predominant_a in_o the_o waterish_a humour_n ver._n 15._o and_o i_o will_v remember_v my_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o token_n of_o my_o faithfulness_n to_o my_o word_n ver._n 16._o i_o will_v look_v upon_o it_o that_o i_o may_v remember_v etc._n etc._n this_o be_v speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n the_o more_o to_o confirm_v their_o belief_n that_o god_n will_v not_o go_v back_o with_o his_o word_n ver_fw-la 17._o and_o god_n say_v this_o be_v the_o token_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o promise_n be_v repeat_v twice_o to_o express_v its_o certainty_n verse_n 9.11_o so_o be_v the_o token_n of_o it_o as_o oft_o repeat_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n verse_n 12._o and_o here_o verse_n 17._o ver_fw-la 18._o and_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v here_o again_o name_v with_o respect_n to_o what_o follow_v but_o not_o in_o their_o order_n as_o shall_v be_v prove_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n x._o 21._o for_o japhet_n be_v the_o elder_a and_o ham_n be_v the_o father_n of_o canaan_n this_o son_n of_o ham_n be_v here_o alone_o mention_v because_o he_o be_v concern_v in_o the_o follow_a wicked_a fact_n of_o his_o father_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v those_o wicked_a people_n who_o country_n god_n give_v to_o the_o israelite_n ver._n 19_o and_o of_o they_o be_v the_o whole_a earth_n overspread_v by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o though_o noah_n live_v above_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o he_o come_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n yet_o beget_v no_o more_o child_n or_o if_o he_o do_v none_o of_o they_o live_v to_o have_v any_o posterity_n ver._n 20._o begin_v to_o be_v a_o husbandman_n to_o improve_v the_o art_n of_o husbandry_n which_o be_v understand_v before_o but_o he_o much_o advance_v it_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o old_a time_n which_o the_o great_a man_n think_v more_o worthy_a their_o study_n as_o we_o see_v by_o the_o roman_n themselves_o till_o they_o be_v corrupt_v by_o the_o luxury_n which_o their_o conquest_n bring_v in_o among_o they_o and_o he_o plant_v a_o vineyard_n there_o be_v vine_n here_o and_o there_o before_o the_o flood_n but_o noah_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o that_o make_v a_o vineyard_n and_o put_v they_o in_o order_n and_o the_o first_o perhaps_o that_o invent_v wine-presses_a to_o press_v out_o the_o juice_n of_o the_o grape_n and_o make_v wine_n if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o inventor_n of_o these_o two_o plant_v of_o vineyard_n and_o make_v wine_n yet_o we_o may_v well_o allow_v he_o to_o be_v the_o improver_n of_o they_o as_o he_o be_v of_o husbandry_n ver._n 21._o and_o he_o drink_v of_o the_o wine_n and_o be_v drunken_a be_v unacquainted_a with_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o liquor_n as_o several_a of_o the_o father_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n think_v or_o else_o be_v old_a and_o unable_a to_o bear_v its_o strength_n as_o epiphanius_n understand_v it_o see_v haeres_fw-la lxiii_o n._n 3._o for_o it_o be_v manifest_a from_o what_o follow_v that_o this_o happen_v a_o great_a while_n after_o the_o flood_n ham_n have_v a_o son_n nay_o more_o than_o one_o for_o canaan_n be_v not_o his_o first-born_a and_o he_o be_v uncover_v in_o his_o tent._n the_o heat_n of_o the_o wether_n or_o of_o the_o
as_o a_o country_n distinct_a from_o it_o just_o as_o thebais_n be_v in_o some_o author_n say_v to_o be_v whereas_o it_o be_v the_o upper_a egypt_n bochart_n have_v bring_v a_o great_a many_o argument_n to_o prove_v this_o particular_o from_o ezekiel_n xxix_o 14._o which_o show_v clear_o that_o pathros_n belong_v to_o egypt_n for_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v that_o god_n will_v bring_v again_o the_o captivity_n of_o egypt_n he_o say_v he_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o return_v into_o the_o land_n of_o pathros_n into_o the_o land_n of_o their_o habitation_n or_o nativity_n that_o be_v into_o thebais_n which_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v principal_o afflict_v carry_v most_o of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o thebes_n into_o captivity_n this_o seem_v a_o more_o probable_a account_n of_o the_o pathrusim_n than_o they_o who_o take_v they_o to_o be_v the_o pharusi_n as_o grotius_n do_v or_o phautusii_n who_o be_v a_o people_n of_o aethiopia_n casluhim_n or_o casluchim_n these_o be_v the_o colchi_n who_o 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who_o be_v say_v here_o to_o come_v from_o casluchim_n in_o other_o place_n be_v say_v to_o have_v come_v from_o caphtor_fw-mi jer._n xlvii_o 4._o amos_n ix_o 7._o and_o moses_n himself_o relate_v how_o the_o avim_v nigh_o to_o gaza_n a_o famous_a city_n of_o the_o philistim_a be_v drive_v out_o by_o the_o caphtorim_n deut._n ii_o 23._o all_o the_o ancient_n therefore_o be_v in_o the_o right_n who_o take_v the_o caphtorim_n for_o the_o cappadocian_o yet_o not_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o country_n part_n of_o which_o be_v possess_v by_o other_o people_n as_o be_v say_v before_o but_o that_o part_n of_o cappadocia_n which_o be_v next_o to_o colchis_n viz._n about_o trapezund_n where_o colchis_n end_v for_o there_o we_o find_v the_o city_n call_v side_n and_o the_o country_n sidene_n mention_v by_o strabo_n now_o side_n in_o greek_a as_o bochart_n ingenious_o observe_v signify_v the_o same_o with_o caphtor_n in_o hebrew_n viz._n malum_fw-la punicum_fw-la and_o therefore_o in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o same_o country_n be_v call_v by_o the_o hebrew_n caphtor_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n sidene_n what_o invite_v the_o caphtorim_n out_o of_o egypt_n into_o this_o country_n be_v hard_o to_o tell_v at_o this_o distance_n of_o time_n but_o strabo_n think_v it_o be_v the_o fame_n of_o the_o gold_n wherewith_o this_o country_n abound_v and_o as_o this_o draw_v they_o thither_o so_o perhaps_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o country_n very_o much_o different_a from_o that_o wherein_o they_o be_v bear_v or_o else_o their_o neighbour_n the_o scythian_n and_o mesech_n and_o tubal_n viz._n the_o moschi_n and_o tibareni_n who_o dwell_v near_o they_o and_o may_v be_v troublesome_a to_o they_o make_v they_o think_v of_o return_v back_o again_o and_o in_o their_o way_n through_o palestine_n they_o fall_v upon_o the_o avim_fw-la who_o they_o dispossess_v of_o their_o country_n and_o settle_v there_o deut._n ii_o 23._o by_o the_o name_n of_o philistim_n ver._n 15._o and_o canaan_n now_o follow_v a_o account_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o ham_n young_a son_n sidon_n be_v his_o first-born_a who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o famous_a city_n call_v by_o his_o name_n sidon_n which_o trogus_n say_v be_v so_o call_v from_o plenty_n of_o fish_n on_o that_o coast_n and_o so_o the_o present_a name_n of_o it_o say_a signify_v fish_v or_o fishery_n as_o the_o town_n in_o galilee_n call_v bethsaida_n be_v as_o much_o as_o the_o place_n of_o fish_v for_o that_o sea_n upon_o which_o it_o lie_v the_o hebrew_n say_v abound_v with_o fish_n however_o the_o sidonian_n come_v from_o this_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o some_o of_o they_o if_o he_o do_v not_o find_v it_o himself_o call_v the_o city_n by_o this_o name_n in_o memory_n of_o he_o it_o be_v far_o more_o ancient_a and_o famous_a than_o tyre_n for_o we_o read_v of_o it_o in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o joshua_n and_o the_o judge_n but_o nothing_o of_o tyre_n till_o the_o day_n of_o david_n nor_o do_v homer_n mention_n tyre_n though_o he_o speak_v of_o sidon_n and_o the_o sidonian_n in_o many_o place_n heth._n his_o second_o son_n be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o hittite_n or_o the_o child_n of_o heth_n often_o mention_v in_o scripture_n who_o dwell_v about_o hebron_n and_o beersheba_n in_o the_o south_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n they_o be_v a_o very_a warlike_a people_n and_o strike_v a_o terror_n into_o their_o neighbour_n from_o whence_o the_o word_n hittha_n seem_v to_o be_v derive_v which_o signify_v fright_v and_o sudden_a consternation_n such_o as_o come_v upon_o the_o syrian_n when_o they_o think_v the_o king_n of_o the_o hittite_n be_v come_v against_o they_o 2_o king_n vii_o 6._o this_o be_v the_o country_n of_o the_o anakim_v for_o from_o arba_n who_o be_v a_o hittite_n descend_v anak_n and_o from_o he_o those_o three_o giant_n ahiman_n sheshai_n and_o talmai_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o anakim_v numb_a xiii_o 22_o 33._o josh_n xv._o 13_o 14._o ver._n 16._o the_o jebusite_n this_o people_n who_o be_v situate_v near_o to_o the_o former_a descend_v from_o jebus_n the_o three_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o be_v a_o very_a warlike_a people_n also_o for_o they_o keep_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o fortress_n of_o zion_n to_o the_o time_n of_o david_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o benjamite_n and_o when_o david_n besiege_v it_o they_o mock_v at_o his_o attempt_n 2_o sam_n v._o 8._o and_o the_o emorite_fw-la they_o come_v from_o emor_n the_o four_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o be_v common_o call_v amorites_n who_o possess_v the_o mountainous_a part_n of_o judaea_n and_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v over_o jordan_n and_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o moabite_n and_o ammonite_n seize_v upon_o bashan_n and_o heshbon_n and_o all_o the_o country_n between_o the_o river_n of_o jabbok_n and_o arnon_n numb_a xiii_o 29._o josh_n v._o 1._o in_o memory_n of_o which_o victory_n some_o canaanite_n poet_n make_v a_o triumph_v song_n which_o moses_n have_v record_v numb_a xxi_o 27._o what_o a_o mighty_a people_n these_o be_v we_o learn_v from_o amos_n ii_o 9_o gergasite_n there_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o this_o people_n about_o gerasa_n or_o gadara_n beyond_o jordan_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n matth._n viii_o 28._o mark_v v._o 1._o luke_n viii_o 26._o and_o they_o be_v call_v perhaps_o by_o this_o name_n from_o the_o fat_a clayie_a soil_n of_o the_o country_n where_o they_o live_v for_o garge_n in_o hebrew_n be_v white_a clay_n ver._n 17._o and_o the_o hivite_n or_o hevite_n they_o live_v in_o and_o about_o mount_n hermon_n as_o we_o read_v josh_n xi_o 3._o which_o be_v towards_o the_o east_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n they_o be_v call_v radmonites_n i._n e._n oriental_n or_o easterling_n gen._n xv._o 19_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o sichemite_n be_v colony_n from_o they_o josh_n xi_o 19_o gen._n xxxiv_o 2._o who_o dwell_v more_o westward_o the_o former_a of_o they_o neighbour_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o latter_a to_o samaria_n arkite_n this_o people_n bochart_n think_v inhabit_v mount_n libanus_n where_o ptolemy_n and_o josephus_n mention_v a_o city_n call_v arca_n or_o arce_n in_o which_o he_o think_v be_v the_o temple_n veneris_fw-la architidis_fw-la worship_v by_o the_o phoenician_n as_o macrobius_n tell_v we_o l._n i._o saturn_n c._n 27._o pliny_n also_o mention_n arca_n among_o the_o city_n of_o the_o decapolitan_a syria_n and_o say_v it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o which_o have_v a_o royal_a jurisdiction_n under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o tetrarchy_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o his_o exerc._n in_o solin_n p._n 576._o sinite_fw-la st._n hierom_n say_v that_o not_o far_o from_o arca_n there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v sin_n where_o we_o may_v suppose_v these_o people_n to_o have_v dwell_v but_o bochart_n rather_o by_o the_o sinites_n understand_v the_o peleusiot_n who_o city_n be_v call_v
sin_n which_o be_v of_o the_o very_a same_o signification_n with_o pelusium_n ver._n 18._o and_o the_o arvadite_n these_o people_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o aradii_fw-la who_o possess_v the_o island_n call_v aradus_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o phoenicia_n and_o part_n of_o the_o neighbour_a continent_n where_o a_o place_n call_v antaradus_n opposite_a to_o the_o island_n be_v seat_v strabo_n and_o other_o speak_v of_o this_o island_n and_o mention_v another_o of_o the_o same_o name_n in_o the_o persian_a gulf_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v upon_o solinus_n p._n 1023._o who_o inhabitant_n say_v they_o be_v a_o colony_n from_o this_o island_n i_o now_o speak_v of_o and_o have_v the_o same_o religious_a rite_n with_o these_o arcadian_n who_o be_v very_o skilful_a in_o navigation_n and_o therefore_o join_v by_o ezekiel_n with_o zidon_n xxvii_o 8._o where_o he_o make_v they_o also_o a_o warlike_a people_n verse_n 11._o zemarite_n they_o who_o make_v these_o the_o same_o with_o the_o samaritan_n do_v not_o observe_v that_o these_o name_n be_v write_v quite_o different_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o that_o the_o samaritan_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n have_v their_o name_n from_o somron_n and_o therefore_o bochart_n think_v these_o be_v the_o samarite_n mention_v by_o st._n hierom_n who_o say_v they_o inhabit_v the_o noble_a city_n of_o edessa_n in_o coelosyria_n it_o shall_v be_v the_o city_n of_o emesa_n or_o emisa_n which_o be_v in_o that_o country_n but_o edessa_n in_o mesopotamia_n beyond_o euphrates_n and_o so_o both_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n have_v here_o for_o zemarite_n emisaei_n but_o i_o do_v not_o see_v why_o we_o shall_v not_o rather_o think_v this_o son_n of_o canaan_n zemarus_n from_o who_o the_o zemarite_n come_v be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n of_o zemaraim_n josh_n xviii_o 22._o which_o fall_v to_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n hamathite_n these_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o the_o last_o son_n of_o canaan_n 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mouth_n of_o orontes_n which_o they_o hold_v for_o seven_o hundred_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o moses_n indeed_o confine_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o narrow_a bound_n towards_o the_o north_n as_o have_v be_v say_v but_o we_o must_v consider_v that_o he_o describe_v only_o that_o part_n of_o canaan_n which_o god_n give_v to_o the_o israelite_n for_o their_o portion_n now_o there_o be_v eleven_o nation_n who_o have_v their_o original_a as_o appear_v from_o this_o and_o the_o forego_n verse_n from_o so_o many_o son_n of_o canaan_n we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o first_o and_o the_o five_o last_o be_v devote_v by_o god_n to_o destruction_n as_o the_o rest_n be_v for_o we_o read_v nothing_o of_o the_o zidonian_o arkite_n sinites_n aradites_n zemarites_n and_o hamathites_n among_o those_o nation_n upon_o who_o the_o sentence_n of_o excision_n be_v pronounce_v by_o god_n and_o their_o country_n bestow_v upon_o the_o israelite_n but_o read_v of_o two_o other_o not_o here_o mention_v who_o make_v up_o the_o seven_o nation_n who_o god_n order_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o viz._n the_o perizzites_n and_o those_o who_o be_v peculiar_o call_v canaanites_n who_o spring_v from_o some_o of_o the_o forenamed_a xi_o family_n but_o we_o do_v not_o know_v from_o which_o we_o shall_v meet_v with_o it_o in_o the_o xv._o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n ver._n 19_o and_o the_o border_n of_o the_o canaanite_n etc._n etc._n here_o moses_n describe_v the_o bound_n of_o that_o country_n which_o be_v give_v by_o god_n to_o the_o jew_n from_o sidon_n i._n e._n the_o country_n of_o sidon_n which_o extend_v itself_o from_o the_o city_n so_o call_v towards_o the_o east_n as_o far_o as_o jordan_n or_o near_o it_o this_o therefore_o may_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o northern_a bound_n of_o the_o promise_v land_n as_o thou_o come_v to_o gerar_n unto_o gaza_n etc._n etc._n these_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n belong_v to_o the_o southern_a bound_n for_o these_o two_o be_v city_n near_o to_o the_o philistines_n we_o often_o read_v of_o gaza_n and_o gerar_n be_v famous_a for_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n sojourn_v there_o gen._n xx._n 1._o xxvi_o 1._o and_o for_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o cushites_n 2_o chron._n fourteen_o 13._o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n these_o four_o city_n be_v famous_a for_o their_o destruction_n by_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o heaven_n even_o unto_o lashah_n or_o lasa_n which_o st._n hierom_n take_v for_o callirrhoe_n as_o do_v jonathan_n also_o a_o place_n famous_a for_o hot_a water_n which_o run_v into_o the_o dead_a sea_n but_o bochartus_n l._n iu._n phaleg_n c._n 37._o doubt_v of_o this_o because_o callirrhoe_n be_v not_o in_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o judaea_n as_o lashah_n be_v he_o propound_v it_o therefore_o to_o consideration_n whether_o it_o may_v not_o be_v a_o city_n of_o the_o arab_n call_v lusa_fw-la which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o the_o middle_a way_n between_o the_o dead_a sea_n and_o the_o red._n ver._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o ham_n after_o their_o family_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v sufficient_o explain_v by_o what_o be_v say_v upon_o verse_n 5._o where_n moses_n conclude_v his_o account_n of_o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n only_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v in_o general_a that_o these_o four_o son_n of_o ham_n and_o their_o child_n have_v all_o africa_n for_o their_o portion_n mizraim_n have_v egypt_n and_o phut_v the_o rest_n and_z no_o small_a part_n of_o asia_n which_o fall_v to_o the_o share_n of_o cush_n and_o canaan_n ver._n 21._o unto_o shem_n also_o the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o eber._n that_o be_v of_o the_o hebrew_n nation_n who_o moses_n will_v have_v to_o know_v from_o what_o a_o illustrious_a original_a they_o spring_v and_o therefore_o break_v off_o the_o thread_n of_o his_o genealogy_n to_o give_v a_o short_a touch_n of_o it_o i_o can_v give_v no_o reason_n so_o likely_a as_o this_o why_o he_o call_v shem_fw-mi the_o father_n of_o eber_n child_n rather_o than_o of_o any_o other_o descend_v from_o he_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o before_o that_o ham_n be_v the_o father_n of_o canaan_n ix_o 22._o who_o god_n curse_v and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n bless_a shem_n he_o now_o tell_v they_o that_o this_o bless_a man_n be_v the_o father_n from_o who_o their_o nation_n be_v descend_v that_o they_o may_v comfort_v themselves_o in_o their_o noble_a stock_n and_o believe_v canaan_n shall_v be_v subdue_v by_o they_o the_o brother_n of_o japhet_n the_o elder_a scaliger_n translate_v these_o word_n sem_fw-mi the_o elder_a brother_n of_o japhet_n but_o the_o he_o which_o be_v prefix_v to_o gadol_n i._n e._n greater_n plain_o direct_v we_o to_o refer_v the_o word_n greater_n or_o elder_a to_o he_o who_o be_v last_o speak_v of_o viz._n japhet_n who_o may_v be_v plain_o prove_v to_o have_v be_v the_o elder_a son_n of_o noah_n from_o this_o observation_n that_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a before_o any_o of_o his_o three_o son_n sem_fw-mi ham_n and_o japhet_n be_v bear_v v._o 32._o when_o he_o be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a he_o enter_v into_o the_o ark_n with_o they_o vii_o 11._o and_o when_o he_o come_v out_o two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n shem_fw-mi beget_v arphaxad_a be_v then_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a xi_o 10._o and_o consequent_o noah_n be_v six_o hundred_o and_o two_o from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o shem_n be_v bear_v when_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o and_o two_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o japhet_n must_v be_v two_o year_n old_a than_o he_o for_o noah_n begin_v to_o have_v child_n when_o he_o be_v five_o hundred_o but_o god_n prefer_v shem_n before_o he_o give_v hereby_o a_o early_a demonstration_n of_o which_o there_o be_v many_o instance_n afterward_o that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v confine_v to_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o disposal_n
of_o his_o favour_n which_o he_o frequent_o bestow_v upon_o the_o young_a child_n as_o he_o do_v upon_o jacob_n and_o in_o aftertime_n upon_o david_n who_o be_v the_o young_a and_o mean_a of_o all_o his_o father_n child_n even_o unto_o he_o be_v child_n bear_v perhaps_o he_o be_v the_o last_o of_o his_o brethren_n that_o marry_v and_o than_o moses_n show_v in_o the_o follow_a verse_n have_v five_o son_n the_o progeny_n of_o two_o of_o which_o be_v mention_v but_o the_o rest_n pass_v over_o in_o silence_n ver._n 22._o elam_n be_v his_o first-born_a from_o who_o come_v the_o elamites_n mention_v act_n ii_o 9_o who_o metropolis_n be_v the_o famous_a city_n of_o elymais_n they_o lay_v between_o the_o mede_n and_o mesopotamian_n as_o bochartus_n show_v l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 2._o and_o be_v a_o very_a warlike_a and_o fierce_a people_n as_o isaiah_n jeremiah_n and_o ezekiel_n testify_v the_o susian_o be_v a_o neighbour_a people_n but_o different_a from_o they_o and_o therefore_o when_o 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assyria_n arphaxad_a many_o follow_v josephus_n make_v he_o the_o father_n of_o the_o chaldee_n but_o i_o find_v no_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o and_o it_o seem_v more_o probable_a that_o the_o chaldee_n in_o hebrew_a chasdim_n come_v from_o chesed_a one_o of_o abraham_n brother_n son_n gen._n xxii_o 22._o which_o st._n hierom_n positive_o affirm_v therefore_o it_o be_v more_o reasonable_a to_o think_v arphaxad_o give_v name_n to_o that_o country_n which_o ptolemy_n call_v arraphachitis_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o assyria_n lud._n seem_v to_o have_v give_v name_n to_o the_o country_n of_o lydia_n which_o lie_v about_o maeander_n and_o include_v in_o it_o mysia_n and_o caria_n which_o lie_v on_o the_o south_n side_n of_o that_o river_n which_o have_v the_o most_o wind_a and_o turn_n in_o it_o of_o any_o river_n in_o the_o world_n for_o it_o return_v sometime_o towards_o its_o fountain_n the_o phoenician_n call_v this_o country_n and_o another_o viz._n aethiopia_n that_o lie_v upon_o the_o nile_n which_o next_o to_o maeander_n be_v the_o most_o crooked_a of_o all_o river_n by_o the_o name_n of_o lud_n which_o in_o their_o language_n signify_v bend_v or_o crooked_a see_v bochart_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 12._o aram._n from_o who_o spring_v the_o syrian_n who_o name_n ancient_o be_v aramai_n the_o child_n of_o aram._n a_o name_n not_o unknown_a to_o the_o ancient_a grecian_n for_o homer_n mention_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o iliad_n and_o so_o do_v hesiod_n and_o strabo_n also_o say_v that_o many_o understand_v by_o the_o arimi_fw-la the_o syrian_n and_o the_o syrian_n at_o this_o day_n call_v themselves_o aramaean_o but_o syria_n be_v so_o large_a a_o name_n that_o ancient_a author_n extend_v it_o to_o all_o those_o country_n that_o lay_v between_o tyre_n and_o babylon_n we_o must_v not_o take_v all_o the_o people_n of_o they_o to_o have_v be_v the_o posterity_n of_o aram._n for_o it_o be_v evident_a some_o of_o they_o descend_v from_o canaan_n other_o from_o ashur_n other_o from_o arphaxad_n therefore_o those_o be_v to_o be_v think_v to_o have_v come_v from_o he_o to_o who_o the_o name_n of_o aram_n be_v prefix_v or_o subjoin_v as_o aram-naharajim_a and_o padan-aram_n i_o e._n the_o mesopotamian_n aram-soba_a the_o people_n of_o palmyra_n and_o the_o neighbour_a city_n aram-damasek_a situate_v between_o libanus_n and_o anti-libanus_n who_o chief_a city_n be_v damascus_n and_o perhaps_o aram-maacha_a and_o aram-bethrehob_a which_o be_v place_n beyond_o jordan_n one_o of_o which_o fall_v to_o the_o share_n of_o manasseh_n the_o other_o of_o asser_n ver._n 23._o and_o the_o child_n of_o aram_n etc._n etc._n the_o four_o person_n that_o follow_v in_o this_o verse_n be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o shem_n 1_o chron._n i._n 17._o nothing_o be_v more_o ordinary_a in_o scripture_n than_o to_o call_v those_o the_o son_n of_o any_o person_n who_o be_v his_o grandson_n xxix_o 5_o etc._n etc._n we_o or_o vtz_n the_o first-born_a of_o aram_n be_v general_o say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o builder_n of_o damascus_n the_o valley_n belong_v to_o which_o be_v by_o the_o arabian_n at_o this_o day_n call_v gaut_n and_o gauta_n which_o differ_v from_o vtz_n in_o the_o letter_n but_o not_o in_o the_o pronunciation_n it_o be_v common_a to_o pronounce_v the_o letter_n ajin_o by_o our_o g._n as_o in_o the_o word_n gaza_n and_o gomorrha_n according_o the_o arabic_a paraphra_v for_o vtz_n have_v here_o algauta_n there_o be_v two_o other_o vz'_v beside_o this_o one_o the_o son_n of_o nahor_n abraham_n brother_n gen._n xxii_o 21._o who_o country_n be_v ausitis_fw-la in_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la the_o other_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o edom_n gen._n xxxvi_o 28._o hull_n or_o chul_n grotius_n observe_v out_o of_o ptolemy_n that_o there_o be_v a_o city_n in_o syria_n call_v chollae_n which_o he_o think_v may_v be_v found_v by_o this_o second_o son_n of_o aram._n but_o bochart_n more_o probable_o conjecture_n that_o his_o posterity_n possess_v the_o country_n call_v cholobetene_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o armenia_n for_o the_o armenian_n and_o arabian_n and_o syrian_n be_v much_o alike_o as_o strabo_n say_v in_o their_o shape_n of_o body_n speech_n and_o manner_n of_o life_n and_o there_o be_v divers_a city_n which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o this_o country_n that_o begin_v with_o haul_v or_o chol_n as_o cholus_n choluata_n cholana_n and_o cholobetene_n the_o name_n of_o the_o country_n which_o in_o their_o language_n be_v gholbeth_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o the_o house_n or_o seat_n of_o chol._n gether_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o give_v any_o account_n of_o the_o country_n where_o his_o posterity-setled_n unless_o they_o give_v the_o river_n getri_n its_o name_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o run_v between_o the_o carduchi_n and_o the_o armenian_n as_o xenophon_n tell_v we_o this_o be_v bochart_n conjecture_n which_o be_v a_o little_a near_o than_o that_o 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the_o father_n of_o those_o from_o who_o come_v the_o hebrew_n nation_n abraham_n be_v descend_v from_o he_o in_o the_o six_o generation_n and_o that_o nation_n be_v call_v eber_n numb_a xxiv_o 24._o and_o the_o child_n of_o eber_n gen._n x._o 21._o it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a as_o i_o observe_v before_o to_o seek_v for_o any_o other_o derivation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o hebrew_n ver._n 16._o peleg_n or_o phaleg_n it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a that_o either_o he_o or_o some_o of_o his_o posterity_n in_o memory_n of_o he_o give_v name_n to_o a_o town_n upon_o euphrates_n call_v phalga_n not_o far_o from_o the_o place_n where_o chaborus_n run_v into_o it_o upon_o which_o harah_n or_o charrah_n stand_v build_v by_o haran_n abraham_n brother_n ver._n 18._o reu_fw-fr or_o ragau._n as_o some_o pronounce_v the_o hebrew_n word_n give_v name_n to_o a_o field_n near_o assyria_n judith_n i._n 5._o or_o as_o tobit_n say_v in_o media_n where_o strabo_n mention_n a_o city_n call_v raga_n and_o so_o do_v stephanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o life_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v elmacinus_n p._n 29._o nimrod_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o babylon_n and_o in_o his_o day_n also_o he_o say_v the_o egyptian_a kingdom_n begin_v which_o need_v not_o seem_v strange_a though_o scarce_o two_o hundred_o year_n be_v pass_v since_o the_o flood_n when_o we_o consider_v the_o vast_a increase_n of_o people_n in_o these_o age_n from_o a_o few_o planter_n within_o such_o a_o compass_n of_o time_n and_o likewise_o the_o extraordinary_a fruitfulness_n which_o god_n after_o the_o flood_n bestow_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o he_o say_v twice_o to_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n immediate_o after_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n increase_n and_o multiply_v ix_o 1_o 7._o and_o replenish_v the_o earth_n from_o this_o antiquity_n of_o the_o egyptian_a kingdom_n it_o be_v that_o the_o late_a pharaoh_n call_v themselves_o 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st._n stephen_n make_v mesopotamia_n and_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldee_n the_o very_a same_o act._n vii_o 2_o 4._o eupolemus_n indeed_o as_o bochart_n note_n place_n this_o ur_fw-la from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v verse_n 31._o in_o babylon_n but_o ammianus_n speak_v of_o a_o ur_fw-la in_o mesopotamia_n situate_v as_o beforementioned_a which_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v be_v the_o place_n from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v because_o from_o thence_o to_o canaan_n the_o way_n lie_v straight_o through_o charran_n or_o haran_n but_o it_o do_v not_o do_v so_o if_o he_o come_v from_o babylon_n and_o no_o good_a account_n can_v be_v give_v why_o he_o shall_v go_v about_o through_o mesopotamia_n and_o charran_n when_o there_o be_v a_o short_a way_n through_o arabia_n if_o he_o come_v from_o babylon_n ver._n 29._o the_o father_n of_o iscah_n i._n e._n of_o sarai_n who_o abraham_n marry_v she_o be_v his_o elder_a brother_n daughter_n sister_n to_o lot_n for_o haran_n have_v three_o 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from_o magician_n astrologer_n and_o soothsayer_n or_o sorcerer_n dan._n ii_o 2_o 10._o iv_o 7._o v._o 11._o and_o it_o be_v likely_a from_o some_o such_o sort_n of_o men_n terah_n and_o his_o family_n learn_v the_o worship_n of_o idol_n josh_n xxiv_o 2._o but_o though_o he_o have_v be_v a_o idolater_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v probable_o conclude_v from_o his_o leave_v ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n with_o a_o intention_n to_o go_v to_o canaan_n as_o it_o be_v here_o say_v that_o now_o he_o be_v become_v a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n for_o what_o shall_v move_v he_o to_o it_o but_o obedience_n to_o the_o divine_a direction_n which_o abraham_n receive_v as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n to_o which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v agree_v if_o he_o have_v not_o believe_v in_o god_n as_o lot_n it_o be_v plain_a do_v who_o he_o take_v along_o with_o he_o that_o word_n be_v much_o to_o be_v remark_v which_o make_v he_o the_o principal_a agent_n in_o their_o removal_n abraham_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d charrae_fw-la after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n haran_n or_o charan_n who_o die_v a_o little_a before_o verse_n 28._o for_o both_o the_o greek_a and_o roman_a writer_n call_v a_o city_n famous_a for_o the_o death_n of_o crassus_n by_o the_o name_n of_o charrae_fw-la situate_v on_o a_o river_n of_o the_o same_o name_n it_o be_v likely_a from_o abraham_n brother_n be_v derive_v both_o the_o name_n of_o the_o river_n and_o of_o the_o city_n which_o the_o arabian_n to_o this_o day_n call_v charan_n or_o charran_n and_o dwell_v there_o it_o be_v plain_a he_o intend_v to_o go_v to_o canaan_n and_o not_o to_o settle_v here_o but_o be_v arrest_v with_o the_o sickness_n of_o which_o he_o die_v can_v go_v no_o further_o ver._n 32._o and_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n moses_n do_v not_o sum_n up_o the_o year_n of_o any_o man_n life_n mention_v in_o this_o chapter_n as_o he_o do_v in_o chapter_n v._o but_o only_o of_o terah_n 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etc._n etc._n maimonides_n think_v that_o if_o circumcision_n have_v not_o be_v perform_v in_o their_o infancy_n it_o may_v have_v be_v in_o danger_n to_o have_v be_v neglect_v afterward_o for_o a_o infant_n feel_v not_o so_o much_o pain_n as_o a_o adult_n person_n will_v have_v do_v in_o who_o the_o flesh_n be_v more_o compact_a and_o his_o imagination_n strong_a the_o parent_n also_o especial_o father_n have_v not_o so_o strong_a a_o affection_n to_o a_o child_n when_o he_o be_v new_o bear_v as_o they_o have_v when_o he_o be_v grow_v up_o and_o so_o more_o easy_o submit_v to_o this_o harsh_a rite_n at_o their_o first_o appearance_n in_o the_o world_n than_o they_o will_v have_v do_v after_o they_o be_v more_o endear_v to_o they_o but_o the_o child_n can_v not_o be_v circumcise_v before_o the_o eight_o day_n after_o his_o birth_n because_o till_o then_o he_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o imperfect_a and_o not_o yet_o sufficient_o cleanse_v and_o purge_v for_o which_o reason_n beast_n be_v 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with_o money_n must_v needs_o be_v circumcise_v not_o whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o for_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v compel_v to_o religion_n which_o have_v be_v a_o profanation_n of_o this_o covenant_n but_o abraham_n be_v to_o persuade_v they_o to_o it_o and_o if_o they_o consent_v not_o to_o keep_v they_o no_o long_o in_o his_o house_n but_o to_o sell_v they_o to_o some_o other_o people_n so_o maimonides_n expound_v it_o in_o his_o book_n of_o circumcision_n cap._n i._n which_o be_v true_a both_o of_o servant_n bear_v in_o the_o house_n and_o buy_v with_o money_n but_o as_o for_o the_o child_n of_o these_o slave_n they_o be_v to_o be_v circumcise_v whether_o their_o parent_n will_v or_o no_o because_o they_o be_v the_o possession_n of_o their_o master_n not_o of_o
the_o night_n not_o in_o a_o dream_n and_o say_v jacob_n jacob_n xlvi_o 2._o see_v more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o c._n 41._o god_n be_v not_o a_o stranger_n to_o other_o nation_n when_o he_o be_v peculiar_o kind_a to_o abraham_n but_o speak_v to_o they_o in_o dream_n and_o sometime_o in_o vision_n as_o appear_v in_o eliphaz_n and_o elihu_n job_n iu._n 13._o xxxiii_o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man._n viz._n if_o thou_o do_v not_o restore_v abraham_n his_o wife_n verse_n 7._o she_o be_v a_o man_n wife_n or_o marry_v to_o a_o husband_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n so_o complete_o that_o he_o have_v enjoy_v she_o as_o his_o wife_n for_o from_o this_o place_n the_o jewish_a doctor_n prove_v that_o the_o marriage_n contract_n be_v not_o perfect_v in_o these_o day_n till_o the_o party_n have_v lie_v together_o after_o which_o if_o any_o other_o person_n lie_v with_o the_o woman_n he_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o a_o adulterer_n but_o not_o 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from_o abraham_n but_o he_o and_o she_o consent_v to_o it_o ver._n 6._o and_o god_n say_v unto_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n the_o same_o expression_n be_v still_o retain_v which_o we_o have_v verse_n 3._o to_o show_n that_o this_o be_v a_o low_a degree_n of_o divine_a manifestation_n than_o be_v in_o abraham_n family_n i_o know_v thou_o do_v this_o in_o the_o integrity_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n that_o thou_o do_v not_o design_n any_o evil._n for_o i_o also_o etc._n etc._n or_o rather_o and_o i_o also_o withhold_v thou_o i_o deal_v well_o with_o thou_o because_o of_o thy_o integrity_n some_o think_v he_o be_v withhold_v by_o a_o disease_n in_o the_o secret_a part_n verse_n 17._o from_o sin_v against_o i_o from_o commit_v adultery_n ver._n 7._o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n nabi_n a_o prophet_n and_o abraham_n be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v honour_v with_o this_o name_n which_o signify_v one_o familiar_a with_o god_n who_o may_v come_v to_o he_o to_o consult_v he_o upon_o all_o occasion_n and_o be_v authorize_v to_o declare_v god_n mind_n and_o will_n to_o other_o and_o also_o prevail_v with_o he_o by_o his_o prayer_n for_o a_o blessing_n upon_o they_o so_o it_o here_o follow_v he_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o obtain_v life_n and_o health_n to_o thou_o the_o great_a any_o prophet_n be_v the_o more_o powerful_a he_o be_v in_o prayer_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o story_n of_o moses_n elias_n and_o samuel_n see_v psalm_n xcix_o 6._o it_o appear_v by_o this_o whole_a history_n of_o abimelech_n that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a virtue_n in_o those_o day_n and_o not_o a_o idolater_n but_o a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n as_o melchizedeck_v the_o highpriest_n of_o that_o country_n be_v yet_o not_o so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o divine_a revelation_n as_o abraham_n be_v ver._n 8._o abimelech_n rise_v up_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n this_o be_v a_o further_a token_n of_o his_o goodness_n that_o he_o delay_v not_o to_o obey_v the_o divine_a command_n call_v all_o his_o servant_n his_o privy_a council_n as_o we_o speak_v who_o be_v all_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n with_o he_o that_o this_o be_v a_o divine_a admonition_n which_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o disobey_v from_o whence_o we_o may_v probable_o gather_v his_o court_n be_v not_o so_o corrupt_v as_o abraham_n suspect_v ver._n 9_o what_o have_v thou_o do_v unto_o we_o into_o what_o danger_n have_v thou_o bring_v we_o thou_o have_v bring_v on_o i_o and_o my_o kingdom_n a_o great_a sin_n run_v i_o into_o the_o hazard_n of_o commit_v a_o great_a sin_n or_o suffer_v a_o heavy_a punishment_n for_o so_o sin_n be_v sometime_o take_v in_v not_o tell_v i_o the_o truth_n thou_o have_v do_v deed_n unto_o i_o that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v this_o be_v not_o fair_a deal_n such_o as_o i_o may_v have_v expect_v from_o thou_o ver._n 10._o what_o see_v thou_o etc._n etc._n what_o do_v thou_o observe_v in_o my_o country_n that_o make_v thou_o think_v we_o will_v meddle_v with_o thy_o wife_n what_o token_n of_o injustice_n or_o impurity_n do_v thou_o see_v among_o we_o ver._n 11._o because_o i_o think_v sure_o etc._n etc._n the_o word_n rak_n which_o we_o translate_v sure_o signify_v only_o and_o may_v be_v thus_o well_o translate_v here_o this_o only_a i_o see_v want_v in_o your_o country_n the_o fear_n of_o god_n i._n e._n a_o sense_n of_o religion_n which_o restrain_v man_n from_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n it_o seem_v the_o people_n be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o their_o king_n ver._n 12._o and_o yet_o indeed_o she_o be_v my_o sister_n do_v not_o condemn_v i_o of_o tell_v a_o lie_n for_o she_o be_v true_o my_o sister_n such_o be_v the_o language_n of_o those_o day_n to_o call_v their_o wife_n sister_n and_o their_o nephew_n brother_n as_o he_o call_v lot_n xiii_o 8._o who_o be_v his_o nephew_n and_o the_o brother_n of_o sarah_n as_o be_v observe_v upon_o xi_o 29._o she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o my_o father_n i._n 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6._o and_o isaac_n dwell_v in_o gerar._n this_o be_v a_o fresh_a instance_n of_o his_o constant_a obedience_n in_o trust_v to_o god_n providence_n here_o and_o not_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n as_o he_o be_v incline_v ver._n 7._o she_o be_v my_o sister_n or_o cousin_n for_o so_o she_o be_v he_o tell_v part_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o not_o all_o for_o he_o fear_v to_o say_v etc._n etc._n he_o imitate_v his_o father_n as_o child_n be_v apt_a to_o do_v ver._n 8._o sport_v with_o rebekah_n his_o wife_n use_v such_o familiarity_n with_o she_o and_o blandishment_n as_o be_v not_o allowable_a between_o brethren_n and_o sister_n but_o common_a between_o man_n and_o wife_n even_o open_o as_o embrace_v she_o in_o his_o arm_n and_o kiss_v she_o perhaps_o very_o often_o he_o have_v a_o exceed_a great_a love_n to_o she_o xxiv_o 67._o ver._n 9_o of_o a_o surety_n she_o be_v thy_o wife_n it_o seem_v he_o take_v isaac_n to_o be_v so_o good_a a_o man_n that_o he_o look_v upon_o the_o liberty_n he_o take_v with_o rebekah_n as_o token_n of_o conjugal_a love_n not_o of_o incestuous_a desire_n ver._n 10._o bring_v guiltiness_n upon_o we_o it_o be_v likely_a the_o punishment_n inflict_v upon_o his_o father_n and_o family_n xx._n 17._o only_o for_o take_v sarah_n into_o his_o house_n with_o a_o intention_n to_o make_v she_o his_o wife_n be_v yet_o in_o memory_n among_o they_o ver._n 11._o he_o that_o touch_v this_o man_n or_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n this_o look_n like_o a_o modest_a word_n as_o it_o be_v use_v xx._n 6._o and_o 1_o cor._n vii_o 1._o but_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v and_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n interpret_v it_o of_o not_o do_v they_o any_o injury_n because_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o man_n as_o well_o as_o his_o wife_n and_o so_o it_o be_v explain_v verse_n 29._o ver._n 12._o then_o isaac_n sow_v in_o that_o land_n most_o take_v this_o to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n which_o make_v it_o the_o great_a wonder_n that_o the_o ground_n shall_v then_o bring_v forth_o so_o plentiful_o but_o it_o seem_v more_o likely_a to_o i_o that_o the_o dearth_n be_v at_o a_o end_n for_o it_o be_v say_v verse_n 8._o that_o he_o have_v be_v in_o that_o country_n a_o long_a time_n when_o abimelech_n see_v he_o sport_v with_o his_o wife_n a_o hundred_o fold_n this_o in_o itself_o be_v not_o wonderful_a though_o at_o this_o time_n it_o be_v a_o singular_a blessing_n of_o god_n after_o there_o have_v be_v some_o time_n ago_o a_o dearth_n and_o perhaps_o the_o soil_v not_o rich_a which_o afford_v so_o large_a a_o crop_n otherwise_o varro_n say_v l._n i._n de_fw-fr re_fw-mi rustica_fw-la c._n 44._o that_o in_o syria_n about_o gadera_n and_o in_o africa_n about_o byzacium_n they_o reap_v a_o hundred_o bushel_n for_o one_o ex_fw-la modio_fw-la nasci_fw-la centum_fw-la pliny_n and_o solinus_n say_v the_o same_o of_o that_o country_n byzacium_n in_o so_o much_o that_o bochartus_fw-la fancy_n the_o metropolis_n of_o that_o rich_a country_n viz._n adrumetum_n have_v its_o name_n from_o hence_o signify_v in_o the_o phoenician_n language_n as_o much_o as_o the_o region_n of_o a_o hundred_o fold_n lib._n i._o canaan_n cap._n 24._o nay_o some_o place_n in_o africa_n be_v so_o rich_a that_o they_o produce_v two_o hundred_o yea_o three_o hundred_o fold_n as_o he_o show_v out_o of_o several_a good_a author_n in_o the_o 25_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n whence_o he_o think_v africa_n have_v its_o name_n be_v as_o much_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d terra_fw-la spicarum_fw-la a_o land_n of_o ear_n of_o corn._n all_o which_o i_o have_v note_v that_o this_o passage_n may_v not_o seem_v incredible_a to_o any_o reader_n and_o the_o lord_n bless_v he_o or_o for_o the_o lord_n bless_v he_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o that_o soil_n which_o natural_o will_v not_o have_v yield_v so_o much_o ver._n 13._o and_o the_o man_n wax_v great_a etc._n etc._n i_o suppose_v he_o have_v many_o such_o friutful_a year_n so_o that_o his_o riches_n increase_v till_o he_o grow_v very_o great_a and_o buy_v more_o cattle_n than_o he_o have_v before_o for_o in_o they_o consist_v the_o ancient_a riches_n as_o servius_n tell_v we_o on_o the_o first_o of_o virgil_n eclogue_n omne_fw-la patrimonium_fw-la apud_fw-la majores_fw-la peculium_fw-la dicebatur_fw-la a_o pecoribus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la universa_fw-la eorum_fw-la substantia_fw-la constabat_fw-la vnde_fw-la etiam_fw-la pecunia_fw-la dicta_fw-la fuit_fw-la à _fw-la peculio_n the_o same_o also_o we_o find_v say_v by_o columella_n ver._n 14._o great_a store_n of_o servant_n the_o margin_n have_v store_n of_o husbandry_n which_o be_v very_o likely_a because_o he_o be_v encourage_v in_o it_o by_o his_o great_a crop_n which_o can_v not_o likewise_o but_o increase_n the_o number_n of_o his_o servant_n the_o arabic_a set_v forth_o by_o erpenius_n have_v only_o a_o great_a revenue_n or_o vast_a increase_n which_o among_o the_o eastern_a people_n as_o i_o say_v be_v principal_o from_o their_o cattle_n but_o god_n bless_v he_o with_o abundance_n of_o corn_n also_o ver._n 16._o thou_o be_v much_o mighty_a than_o we_o as_o the_o people_n envy_v he_o verse_n 14._o so_o the_o king_n himself_o it_o seem_v begin_v to_o fear_v he_o and_o therefore_o desire_v he_o in_o a_o friendly_a manner_n to_o leave_v his_o country_n for_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o grow_v so_o wicked_a as_o to_o attempt_v to_o destroy_v those_o who_o live_v quiet_o among_o they_o when_o they_o apprehend_v they_o will_v become_v rich_a and_o strong_a than_o themselves_o ver._n 17._o the_o valley_n of_o gerar._n where_o that_o be_v be_v uncertain_a but_o at_o some_o distance_n from_o the_o city_n where_o abimelech_n dwell_v and_o near_o to_o which_o isaac_n have_v inhabit_v before_o ver._n 18._o which_o they_o have_v dig_v in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n he_o choose_v to_o open_v the_o old_a one_o rather_o than_o dig_v new_a both_o because_o he_o be_v certain_a there_o to_o find_v a_o spring_n of_o water_n and_o because_o it_o be_v most_o easy_a and_o less_o obnoxious_a to_o censure_n or_o envy_n and_o because_o he_o will_v preserve_v his_o father_n memory_n for_o which_o reason_n he_o do_v not_o give_v they_o new_a name_n but_o those_o they_o have_v in_o his_o father_n day_n ver._n 19_o they_o dig_v in_o the_o valley_n etc._n etc._n in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o find_v a_o necessity_n of_o more_o water_n and_o so_o dig_v till_o they_o meet_v with_o a_o new_a spring_n in_o the_o valley_n ver._n 20._o the_o water_n be_v we_o because_o it_o be_v find_v in_o their_o soil_n as_o menochius_fw-la observe_v but_o they_o have_v let_v the_o ground_n to_o isaac_n the_o water_n be_v true_o he_o as_o long_o as_o the_o contract_n last_v ver._n 21._o and_o they_o dig_v another_o well_o i_o suppose_v in_o
so_o extreme_o trouble_v at_o barrenness_n she_o shall_v bear_v upon_o my_o knee_n bring_v i_o a_o child_n who_o i_o may_v set_v upon_o my_o knee_n as_o my_o own_o for_o so_o it_o follow_v that_o i_o may_v have_v child_n though_o not_o by_o my_o own_o body_n yet_o by_o she_o for_o she_o be_v rachel_n servant_n the_o child_n that_o be_v bear_v of_o she_o be_v rachel_n child_n not_o her_o own_o ver._n 4._o and_o she_o give_v he_o bilhah_n her_o handmaid_n to_o wife_n of_o such_o kind_n of_o wife_n as_o this_o and_o zilpah_n verse_n 9_o see_v xxv_o 6._o ver._n 6._o god_n have_v judge_v i_o decide_v the_o controversy_n between_o i_o and_o my_o sister_n and_o give_v sentence_n on_o my_o side_n she_o call_v his_o name_n dan._n the_o mother_n be_v sometime_o give_v name_n to_o their_o child_n as_o leah_n have_v do_v to_o she_o mention_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n but_o with_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o father_n who_o sometime_o control_v they_o xxxv_o 18._o ver._n 8._o with_o great_a wrestle_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v struggle_v exceed_v hard_o i._n e._n in_o incessant_a vehement_a desire_n and_o perhaps_o in_o prayer_n to_o god_n to_o have_v another_o child_n before_o my_o sister_n and_o have_v prevail_v ver._n 9_o take_v zilpah_n her_o maid_n and_o give_v she_o to_o jacob_n to_o wife_n imitate_v her_o sister_n and_o perhaps_o out_o of_o the_o same_o principle_n hope_v some_o or_o other_o of_o her_o child_n may_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o therefore_o the_o more_o child_n she_o have_v the_o more_o likely_a some_o of_o they_o may_v be_v so_o happy_a ver._n 11._o a_o troop_n come_v the_o hebrew_n writer_n general_o expound_v it_o good_a fortune_n come_v as_o mr._n selden_n show_v in_o his_o syntagm_n de_fw-fr diis_fw-la syris_n cap._n i._n and_o the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o lucky_a hour_n and_o other_o greek_a version_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o st._n chrysostom_n hom._n lvi_o on_o this_o 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the_o bible_n which_o job_n ludolphus_n give_v many_o reason_n to_o prove_v can_v signify_v a_o mandrake_n for_o the_o flower_n of_o that_o have_v a_o bad_a smell_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o a_o bad_a taste_n and_o therefore_o after_o great_a variety_n of_o opinion_n he_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v that_o which_o in_o syria_n they_o call_v mauz_fw-fr which_o be_v a_o excellent_a sort_n of_o fruit_n grow_v upon_o a_o plant_n in_o the_o top_n of_o which_o there_o be_v great_a bunch_n of_o it_o like_o a_o cucumer_n from_o whence_o he_o fancy_n this_o fruit_n be_v ancient_o call_v dudaim_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n dud_n which_o signify_v propinquus_fw-la cognatus_fw-la amicus_fw-la a_o neighbour_n kinsman_n or_o friend_n such_o be_v these_o dudaim_n which_o he_o call_v cognatos_fw-la ant_n patrueles_a ab_fw-la una_fw-la stirpe_fw-la profectos_fw-la vide_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o l._n i._n histor_n aethiop_n cap._n 9_o n._n 72._o ver._n 15._o take_v away_o my_o husband_n it_o seem_v he_o have_v estrange_v himself_o for_o some_o time_n from_o leah_n bed_n out_o of_o his_o great_a love_n to_o rachel_n or_o because_o he_o take_v little_a delight_n in_o she_o or_o rachel_n envy_n at_o she_o have_v so_o many_o child_n when_o she_o herself_o have_v none_o make_v she_o contrive_v way_n to_o keep_v he_o from_o leah_n ver._n 16._o thou_o must_v come_v in_o to_o i_o etc._n etc._n i_o can_v think_v of_o any_o good_a reason_n either_o of_o this_o contention_n among_o jacob_n wife_n for_o his_o company_n or_o their_o give_v he_o their_o maid_n to_o be_v his_o wife_n or_o for_o moses_n his_o take_v such_o particular_a notice_n of_o all_o this_o but_o only_o the_o earnest_n desire_v they_o have_v to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n that_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n for_o multitude_n and_o that_o in_o one_o seed_n of_o his_o the_o messiah_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v it_o have_v be_v below_o the_o dignity_n of_o such_o a_o sacred_a history_n as_o this_o be_v to_o relate_v such_o thing_n if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v something_o of_o great_a consideration_n in_o they_o and_o what_o can_v that_o be_v but_o chief_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o bless_a seed_n which_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o hope_n of_o all_o pious_a people_n in_o those_o day_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a both_o by_o rachel_n and_o her_o sister_n that_o it_o be_v child_n they_o desire_v and_o not_o mere_o the_o company_n of_o their_o husband_n as_o it_o here_o follow_v verse_n 17._o ver._n 17._o god_n hearken_v to_o leah_n to_o her_o earnest_a prayer_n or_o vehement_a desire_n and_o give_v she_o another_o son_n ver._n 18._o god_n have_v give_v i_o my_o hire_n i_o purchase_v my_o husband_n company_n and_o god_n have_v repay_v i_o by_o the_o gift_n of_o another_o son_n unto_o which_o she_o add_v a_o further_a reflection_n as_o if_o this_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o her_o kindness_n to_o her_o husband_n in_o bestow_v her_o maid_n upon_o he_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n ver._n 19_o conceive_a again_o the_o birth_n of_o this_o son_n beget_v a_o great_a kindness_n between_o they_o and_o make_v he_o less_o a_o stranger_n to_o her_o bed_n ver._n 20._o god_n have_v endow_v i_o with_o a_o good_a dowry_n by_o restore_v her_o husband_n to_o she_o and_o bestow_v new_a fruitfulness_n upon_o she_o for_o she_o have_v cease_v to_o bear_v xxix_o ult_n ver._n 21._o dinah_n no_o reason_n be_v give_v of_o her_o name_n but_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o rachel_n first-born_a by_o bilhah_n verse_n 6._o for_o as_o if_o she_o have_v now_o get_v the_o better_a of_o rachel_n she_o call_v this_o child_n by_o a_o name_n import_v judgement_n ver._n 22._o god_n remember_v rachel_n he_o will_v not_o have_v leah_n insult_v over_o she_o nor_o triumph_v too_o much_o and_o therefore_o bless_a rachel_n with_o a_o son_n out_o of_o her_o own_o womb._n for_o that_o be_v to_o remember_v she_o ver._n 24._o joseph_n his_o name_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v take_v both_o from_o end_v her_o reproach_n which_o she_o mention_n before_o verse_n 23._o the_o lord_z have_v take_v away_o asaph_n the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v my_o reproach_n and_o from_o add_v another_o son_n to_o this_o god_n shall_v add_v to_o i_o another_o son_n this_o be_v a_o great_a expression_n of_o her_o faith_n more_o than_o we_o find_v in_o all_o the_o former_a birth_n ver._n 25._o send_v i_o away_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o that_o the_o seven_o year_n service_n for_o rachel_n be_v now_o finish_v just_o when_o joseph_n be_v bear_v and_o therefore_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v dismiss_v have_v live_v with_o he_o fourteen_o year_n to_o my_o own_o
and_o then_o call_v he_o jacob_n again_o in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o it_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o search_v for_o a_o reason_n some_o of_o the_o jew_n will_v have_v it_o that_o he_o call_v he_o israel_n because_o he_o bear_v the_o death_n of_o his_o belove_a wife_n with_o admirable_a patience_n and_o submission_n to_o god_n will._n but_o they_o can_v give_v so_o good_a a_o reason_n why_o he_o immediate_o alter_v his_o style_n and_o call_v he_o jacob_n again_o see_v verse_n 22._o beyond_o the_o tower_n of_o edar_fw-la i._n e._n the_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n as_o some_o translate_v it_o who_o think_v there_o be_v such_o a_o tower_n near_o jerusalem_n because_o of_o those_o word_n of_o micah_n iu_o 8._o o_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n the_o strong_a hold_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o do_v not_o prove_v there_o be_v no_o tower_n in_o jacob_n day_n call_v by_o that_o name_n but_o rather_o that_o in_o future_a age_n this_o tower_n be_v renew_v in_o the_o same_o or_o a_o neighbour_a place_n and_o call_v by_o the_o ancient_a name_n which_o it_o have_v in_o the_o day_n of_o jacob._n ver._n 22._o go_v and_o lie_v with_o bilhah_n his_o father_n concubine_n she_o be_v call_v his_o wife_n xxx_o 4._o and_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o those_o time_n be_v true_o so_o as_o i_o have_v often_o observe_v all_o those_o call_v concubine_n be_v though_o not_o the_o principal_a wife_n but_o of_o a_o low_a rank_n see_v mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n l._n v._o cap._n 7._o p._n 570_o 571_o etc._n etc._n and_o israel_n hear_v it_o and_o high_o resent_v it_o as_o we_o find_v xlix_o 4._o but_o in_o this_o short_a history_n moses_n pass_v over_o israel_n censure_n of_o this_o incest_n till_o he_o come_v to_o die_v which_o show_v sufficient_o how_o he_o be_v affect_v when_o the_o fact_n be_v commit_v or_o perhaps_o these_o word_n israel_n hear_v it_o may_v signify_v that_o though_o reuben_n think_v to_o have_v commit_v this_o 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doubt_v he_o have_v be_v with_o he_o before_o since_o he_o come_v from_o mesopotamia_n but_o now_o come_v to_o stay_v with_o he_o till_o death_n part_v they_o unto_o the_o city_n of_o arba_n etc._n etc._n call_v kirjath-arba_n xxiii_o 2._o from_o a_o great_a man_n josh_n fourteen_o 15._o among_o the_o anakim_v who_o name_n be_v arba_n and_o either_o be_v bear_v or_o dwell_v or_o rule_v here_o it_o be_v afterward_o call_v hebron_n where_o abraham_n dwell_v a_o long_a time_n xiii_o 18._o and_o where_o he_o buy_v a_o buryingplace_n for_o his_o family_n xxiii_o 19_o ver._n 28._o the_o day_n of_o isaac_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o year_n he_o live_v five_o year_n long_o than_o his_o father_n abraham_n xxv_o 7._o ver._n 29._o his_o son_n esau_n and_o jacob_n bury_v as_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n have_v do_v abraham_n xxv_o 9_o and_o not_o doubt_v in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o sojourn_v there_o as_o be_v say_v before_o as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v the_o friendship_n between_o esau_n and_o jacob_n continue_v after_o the_o interview_n they_o have_v at_o jacob_n return_n into_o this_o country_n chap._n xxxvi_o ver._n 1._o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o esau_n which_o be_v here_o set_v down_o to_o show_v how_o effectual_a his_o father_n blessing_n be_v xxvii_o 29_o and_o as_o maimonides_n think_v p._n iii_o cap._n 50._o more_n nevoch_n to_o prevent_v the_o destruction_n of_o any_o of_o the_o family_n of_o esau_n but_o only_o those_o of_o amalek_n who_o descend_v from_o the_o first-born_a of_o esau_n by_o a_o concubine_n the_o sister_n of_o lotan_n a_o horite_n one_o of_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o seir_n verse_n 12_o &_o 22._o his_o descendant_n be_v to_o be_v destroy_v by_o a_o express_a precept_n for_o a_o particular_a offence_n exod._n xvii_o but_o the_o divine_a justice_n take_v care_n of_o the_o rest_n by_o distinguish_v they_o thus_o exact_o from_o he_o that_o they_o may_v not_o perish_v under_o the_o name_n of_o amalekites_n ver._n 2._o esau_n take_v his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n the_o name_n of_o these_o wife_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o those_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v marry_v xxvi_o 34._o therefore_o it_o be_v probable_a his_o former_a wife_n die_v without_o issue_n and_o so_o he_o take_v another_o daughter_n of_o elon_n when_o judith_n be_v dead_a call_v adah_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o man_n call_v anah_n by_o who_o he_o have_v such_o child_n as_o here_o follow_v the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n the_o word_n daughter_n here_o signify_v niece_n or_o she_o be_v call_v zibeon_n daughter_n because_o he_o breed_v she_o as_o the_o child_n of_o michal_n be_v mention_v 2_o sam._n xxi_o 8_o though_o she_o have_v none_o at_o all_o but_o only_o educate_v the_o child_n of_o her_o sister_n as_o zibeon_n perhaps_o do_v his_o brother_n anah_n daughter_n verse_n 20._o ver._n 3._o bashemath_n ishmael_n daughter_n she_o be_v call_v by_o another_o name_n xxviii_o 9_o but_o it_o be_v likely_a esau_n change_v her_o name_n from_o mahalah_n which_o signify_v sickly_a and_o infirm_a into_o this_o of_o bashmath_n which_o signify_v aromatic_a and_o fragrant_a either_o because_o the_o name_n better_o please_v he_o or_o he_o think_v will_v better_o please_v his_o father_n or_o she_o grow_v more_o healthy_a after_o marriage_n or_o perhaps_o she_o have_v two_o name_n give_v she_o at_o the_o first_o ver._n 6._o go_v into_o the_o country_n from_o the_o face_n of_o his_o brother_n jacob._n into_o another_o country_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n into_o which_o he_o late_o come_v to_o bury_v his_o father_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o last_o chapter_n which_o be_v do_v he_o and_o jacob_n no_o doubt_n agree_v about_o the_o division_n of_o isaac_n estate_n out_o of_o which_o a_o large_a share_n come_v to_o esau_n who_o have_v something_o also_o of_o his_o own_o there_o before_o all_o his_o son_n beforementioned_a be_v bear_v to_o he_o in_o canaan_n verse_n 5._o beside_o what_o he_o have_v in_o seir._n his_o brother_n jacob._n he_o know_v of_o no_o other_o name_n his_o brother_n have_v that_o of_o israel_n it_o be_v likely_a be_v not_o yet_o publish_v and_o common_o use_v ver._n 7._o for_o their_o riches_n be_v more_o than_o that_o they_o may_v dwell_v together_o there_o be_v not_o room_n enough_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n where_o they_o be_v but_o sojourner_n and_o can_v have_v no_o more_o than_o the_o present_a possessor_n will_v let_v to_o they_o for_o such_o a_o vast_a stock_n as_o they_o have_v between_o they_o and_o therefore_o be_v constrain_v to_o separate_v as_o abraham_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n have_v do_v from_o lot_n xiii_o 6_o etc._n etc._n and_o esau_n have_v begin_v before_o to_o settle_v in_o seir_n do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o bring_v what_o he_o have_v there_o hither_o but_o carry_v what_o his_o father_n leave_v he_o thither_o where_o he_o have_v enlarge_v his_o dominion_n since_o jacob_n return_n to_o canaan_n ver._n 8._o thus_o dwell_v esau_n in_o mount_n seir._n it_o be_v a_o question_n how_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v to_o dwell_v in_o seir_n upon_o this_o occasion_n see_v we_o find_v he_o there_o before_o when_o jacob_n come_v out_o of_o mesopotamia_n xxxii_o 3._o but_o the_o answer_n be_v easy_a that_o then_o he_o have_v only_o some_o part_n of_o the_o country_n and_o not_o the_o best_a of_o it_o neither_o and_o therefore_o perhaps_o have_v some_o of_o his_o estate_n still_o in_o canaan_n while_o the_o rest_n of_o it_o be_v in_o seir._n and_o it_o seem_v remarkable_a to_o i_o that_o he_o be_v not_o say_v till_o now_o to_o dwell_v in_o mount_n seir_n but_o
only_o in_o the_o land_n of_o seir_n or_o bare_o in_o seir_n to_o which_o he_o invite_v jacob_n at_o his_o return_n xxxii_o 3._o xxxiii_o 14_o 16._o this_o mountainous_a country_n which_o be_v rich_a than_o the_o other_o he_o get_v into_o his_o possession_n after_o that_o time_n esau_n be_v edom._n the_o father_n of_o the_o edomite_n as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 9_o ver._n 12._o she_o bear_v to_o eliphaz_n amalek_n this_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v set_v down_o as_o i_o observe_v on_o verse_n 1_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o amalekite_n who_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n concern_v who_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o abhor_v a_o edomite_n because_o he_o be_v thy_o brother_n deut._n xxiii_o 7._o thus_o joseph_n albo._n for_o though_o they_o make_v a_o distinct_a people_n from_o the_o edomite_n and_o live_v in_o a_o neighbour_a country_n yet_o they_o possess_v that_o part_n of_o mount_n seir_n which_o be_v near_o kadesh_n barnea_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o numb_a xiii_o 29._o and_o fourteen_o 43._o ver._n 15._o these_o be_v duke_n the_o word_n allouphe_fw-mi if_o we_o may_v believe_v r._n solomon_n jarchi_n signify_v head_n chief_n or_o ruler_n of_o family_n who_o may_v be_v call_v prince_n though_o their_o government_n be_v not_o yet_o regal_a but_o a_o kind_n of_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o beginning_n ver._n 16._o duke_n korah_n he_o be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n verse_n 11._o but_o call_v the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n verse_n 14._o and_o according_o say_v to_o rule_v over_o a_o family_n descend_v from_o she_o verse_n 18._o we_o must_v suppose_v therefore_o there_o be_v two_o korah_n one_o the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n the_o other_o a_o nephew_n of_o eliphaz_n by_o some_o of_o his_o son_n or_o grandson_n who_o come_v to_o be_v a_o great_a ruler_n and_o to_o get_v the_o government_n of_o some_o of_o these_o family_n and_o according_a to_o the_o style_n of_o scripture_n be_v reckon_v for_o eliphaz_n his_o son_n ver._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o seir_n the_o horite_n from_o this_o seir_n the_o country_n have_v its_o name_n but_o from_o who_o he_o descend_v be_v not_o record_v who_o inhabit_v the_o land_n who_o be_v the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o this_o country_n before_o esau_n conquer_v it_o and_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o that_o possess_v it_o after_o the_o flood_n who_o genealogy_n i_o suppose_v be_v here_o mention_v because_o esau_n posterity_n marry_v with_o some_o of_o they_o particular_o his_o elder_a son_n eliphaz_n take_v timna_n sister_n of_o lotan_n one_o of_o seir_n son_n for_o his_o concubine_n verse_n 22._o yea_o esau_n himself_o seem_v to_o have_v marry_v one_o of_o this_o family_n viz._n aholibamah_n who_o father_n and_o uncle_n be_v say_v to_o be_v hivites_n verse_n 2._o but_o here_o plain_o call_v horites_n be_v descend_v from_o seir_n the_o horite_n though_o dwell_v then_o among_o the_o hivites_n ver._n 21._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n of_o the_o horites_n the_o head_n of_o their_o family_n who_o govern_v the_o country_n before_o esau_n and_o his_o posterity_n dispossess_v they_o and_o settle_v themselves_o in_o the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n which_o they_o find_v among_o these_o horites_n in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n ver._n 24._o this_o be_v that_o anah_n who_o find_v the_o mule_n in_o the_o wilderness_n not_o by_o accident_n but_o by_o his_o art_n and_o industry_n he_o invent_v as_o we_o speak_v this_o mixture_n and_o produce_v this_o new_a kind_n of_o creature_n so_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v but_o the_o word_n find_v though_o use_v four_o hundred_o time_n in_o scripture_n never_o signify_v as_o bochart_n have_v observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 21._o the_o invention_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o before_o but_o the_o find_v that_o which_o already_o be_v in_o be_v nor_o do_v jemim_n signify_v ass_n in_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o other_o have_v read_v the_o hebrew_n word_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v write_v jamim_a as_o st._n hierom_n observe_v imagine_v that_o as_o anah_n feed_v his_o father_n ass_n he_o find_v a_o great_a collection_n of_o water_n see_v vossius_fw-la l._n iii_o the_o idolol_n cap._n 75._o which_o some_o fancy_n to_o have_v be_v hot_a water_n or_o bath_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpret_v it_o but_o then_o we_o must_v read_v the_o hebrew_n quite_o otherwise_o than_o we_o do_v now_o and_o bochart_n give_v other_o reason_n against_o this_o interpretation_n and_o endeavour_n to_o establish_v another_o opinion_n that_o by_o jemim_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v emim_a a_o gigantic_a sort_n of_o people_n mention_v in_o scripture_n and_o next_o neighbour_n to_o the_o horites_n these_o anah_n be_v say_v to_o find_v i._n e._n to_o meet_v withal_o and_o encounter_v or_o rather_o to_o have_v fall_v upon_o on_o a_o sudden_a and_o unexpected_o as_o this_o phrase_n he_o show_v signify_v in_o scripture_n this_o opinion_n he_o have_v confirm_v with_o a_o great_a many_o reason_n to_o which_o another_o late_a learned_a writer_n wagenseil_n think_v a_o answer_n may_v be_v give_v though_o he_o incline_v to_o it_o if_o one_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o the_o way_n which_o make_v he_o think_v here_o be_v rather_o mean_v some_o herb_n or_o plant_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n the_o lxx_o retain_v not_o know_v how_o to_o translate_v it_o and_o thus_o aben-ezra_n affirm_v many_o interpreter_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v understand_v it_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o probable_a conjecture_n of_o all_o other_o see_v wagenseil_n in_o his_o annot._n upon_o that_o title_n of_o the_o talmud_n call_v sota_n p._n 217_o 218_o etc._n etc._n as_o he_o feed_v the_o ass_n of_o zibeon_n his_o father_n the_o son_n of_o prince_n be_v wont_a to_o follow_v this_o employment_n in_o ancient_a time_n as_o bochart_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n particular_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o homer_n odyssey_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 44._o ver._n 28._o the_o child_n of_o dishan_n be_v these_o us_o etc._n etc._n from_o this_o man_n the_o whole_a country_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o we_o lament_n iv_o 21._o which_o be_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n in_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 30._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n that_o come_v of_o hori_n this_o hori_n be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o seir_n by_o who_o this_o country_n be_v first_o plant_v among_o their_o duke_n or_o according_a to_o their_o family_n or_o principality_n ver._n 31._o and_o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o after_o several_a duke_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o have_v rule_v the_o country_n the_o edomite_n change_v their_o government_n into_o a_o monarchy_n and_o here_o follow_v a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n for_o i_o can_v find_v no_o ground_n for_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n that_o alluph_n a_o duke_n differ_v in_o nothing_o from_o melech_n a_o king_n but_o that_o the_o latter_a be_v crown_v the_o former_a not_o crown_v before_o there_o reign_v any_o king_n over_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n moses_n have_v a_o little_a before_o this_o xxxv_o 11._o mention_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n to_o jacob_n that_o king_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n observe_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n remarkable_a be_v a_o great_a exercise_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o esau_n posterity_n shall_v have_v so_o many_o king_n and_o there_o be_v as_o yet_o no_o king_n in_o israel_n when_o he_o write_v this_o book_n nor_o as_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v a_o long_a time_n after_o this_o moses_n may_v well_o write_v without_o a_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n to_o say_v this_o passage_n be_v insert_v by_o some_o body_n else_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n we_o may_v rather_o affirm_v if_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o moses_n his_o meaning_n be_v all_z these_o be_v king_n in_o edom_n before_o his_o own_o time_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n in_o israel_n deut._n xxxiii_o 5._o for_o he_o true_o exercise_v royal_a authority_n over_o they_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n ii_o de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 1_o 2._o ver._n 32._o the_o name_n of_o his_o city_n be_v dinhabah_n of_o which_o he_o be_v governor_n perhaps_o before_o he_o be_v make_v king_n and_o wherein_o he_o reign_v ver._n 33._o of_o bozrah_n which_o be_v afterward_o the_o principal_a city_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n xxxiv_o 6._o and_o jeremiah_n xlix_o 3._o and_o amos_n i._n 12._o it_o seem_v by_o
go_v veil_v and_o also_o sit_v without_o the_o city_n see_v origen_n l._n iu_o contra_fw-la celsum_fw-la p._n 206._o but_o however_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o observation_n be_v the_o former_a part_n of_o it_o be_v not_o true_a for_o as_o bochartus_n observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 46._o proprium_fw-la fuit_fw-la meretricum_fw-la non_fw-la velari_fw-la sed_fw-la revelari_fw-la it_o be_v proper_a to_o harlot_n not_o to_o be_v cover_v but_o to_o go_v bare-faced_n as_o appear_v from_o isai_n xlvii_o 3._o nahum_n iii_o 5_o etc._n etc._n all_o that_o can_v be_v answer_v to_o this_o be_v that_o it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o in_o very_o ancient_a time_n which_o i_o do_v not_o take_v to_o be_v true_a for_o all_o woman_n as_o i_o observe_v before_o be_v cover_v and_o therefore_o harlot_n be_v distinguish_v only_o by_o their_o sit_v in_o the_o highway_n not_o by_o their_o veil_n for_o she_o see_v that_o selah_n be_v grow_v and_o she_o be_v not_o give_v etc._n etc._n she_o resolve_v if_o she_o can_v to_o have_v a_o child_n by_o one_o of_o this_o family_n and_o hope_v perhaps_o that_o selah_n may_v come_v along_o with_o his_o father_n and_o have_v the_o same_o desire_v his_o father_n have_v and_o in_o those_o day_n as_o i_o note_v before_o there_o be_v no_o such_o solemnity_n require_v as_o the_o jew_n afterward_o use_v though_o the_o law_n do_v not_o enjoin_v it_o to_o the_o make_v a_o marriage_n with_o one_o brother_n wife_n which_o be_v to_o be_v contract_v they_o say_v before_o two_o witness_n and_o by_o give_v a_o piece_n of_o money_n or_o a_o write_n but_o this_o be_v ordain_v only_o by_o their_o elder_n not_o by_o the_o original_a law_n see_v verse_n 11._o and_o therefore_o she_o think_v if_o she_o can_v have_v catch_v selah_n by_o this_o device_n it_o will_v have_v be_v hold_v lawful_a but_o this_o plot_n fail_v she_o she_o so_o far_o transgress_v as_o to_o admit_v judah_n himself_o to_o lie_v with_o she_o ver._n 15._o because_o she_o cover_v her_o face_n this_o be_v not_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o take_v she_o for_o a_o harlot_n but_o why_o he_o do_v not_o know_v she_o to_o be_v his_o daughter-in-law_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v in_o the_o place_n beforenamed_n verse_n 14._o because_o he_o can_v not_o see_v her_o face_n and_o he_o think_v she_o to_o be_v a_o harlot_n because_o she_o sit_v in_o trivio_fw-la in_o the_o highway_n where_o she_o public_o expose_v herself_o ver._n 16._o let_v i_o come_v in_o unto_o thou_o there_o be_v a_o express_a law_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o kedeshah_n or_o whore_n among_o the_o daughter_n of_o israel_n i._n e._n none_o who_o shall_v prostitute_v her_o body_n without_o marriage_n deut._n xxiii_o 18._o levit._fw-la xix_o 29._o but_o before_o the_o give_v of_o the_o law_n say_v maimonides_n if_o a_o man_n find_v a_o single_a woman_n in_o a_o public_a place_n and_o they_o agree_v on_o certain_a term_n to_o lie_v together_o without_o be_v marry_v they_o be_v not_o punish_v see_v mr._n selden_n l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 4._o what_o will_v thou_o give_v i_o that_o which_o make_v such_o fact_n not_o to_o be_v punish_v be_v say_v the_o same_o maimonides_n because_o of_o the_o contract_n which_o pass_v between_o they_o this_o reward_n which_o he_o give_v the_o harlot_n for_o the_o use_n of_o her_o body_n be_v like_o the_o dowry_n a_o man_n give_v his_o wife_n when_o he_o put_v she_o away_o which_o be_v pay_v it_o be_v think_v he_o do_v she_o no_o wrong_n more_n nevoch_n p._n iii_o cap._n 49._o they_o that_o will_v now_o have_v their_o wicked_a practice_n warrant_v by_o such_o example_n shall_v consider_v that_o every_o thing_n not_o punish_v by_o man_n be_v not_o allow_v by_o god_n and_o that_o we_o now_o live_v under_o another_o dispensation_n which_o express_o forbid_v such_o uncleanness_n and_o declare_v that_o not_o only_a adulterer_n but_o whoremonger_n god_n will_v judge_v i._n e._n punish_v hebr._n xiii_o 4._o see_v verse_n 23._o ver._n 17._o a_o kid_n from_o the_o flock_n which_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o valuable_a present_n in_o those_o day_n as_o i_o have_v observe_v before_o xxvii_o 9_o will_v thou_o give_v i_o a_o pledge_n etc._n etc._n a_o pawn_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v to_o be_v return_v when_o he_o send_v what_o he_o promise_v ver._n 18._o thy_o signet_n his_o ring_n wherewith_o he_o seal_v thy_o bracelet_n the_o hebrew_n general_o understand_v by_o this_o word_n his_o cloak_n or_o some_o such_o garment_n other_o his_o girdle_n and_o thy_o staff_n etc._n etc._n which_o it_o be_v likely_a have_v something_o in_o it_o to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o other_o mens_fw-la staff_n and_o she_o ask_v so_o many_o thing_n that_o by_o some_o or_o other_o of_o they_o if_o not_o by_o all_o it_o may_v be_v certain_o know_v who_o be_v the_o father_n if_o she_o prove_v with_o child_n and_o he_o come_v in_o unto_o she_o not_o public_o but_o in_o some_o bye_n place_n to_o which_o they_o retire_v and_o she_o conceive_v by_o he_o though_o he_o do_v not_o know_v she_o yet_o she_o know_v he_o which_o aggravate_v her_o crime_n and_o make_v it_o incest_n in_o she_o though_o only_a fornication_n in_o he_o unto_o which_o one_o will_v think_v she_o be_v tempt_v by_o her_o vehement_a desire_n to_o have_v a_o child_n by_o one_o of_o this_o family_n unto_o which_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n belong_v for_o though_o she_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o canaan_n as_o i_o say_v before_o verse_n 6._o yet_o embrace_v the_o religion_n of_o jacob_n she_o renounce_v the_o impiety_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o so_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o genealogy_n of_o our_o saviour_n as_o well_o as_o rahab_n and_o ruth_n ver._n 19_o lay_v by_o her_o veil_n from_o she_o etc._n etc._n retire_a into_o her_o father_n house_n for_o within_o door_n they_o do_v not_o wear_v veil_n where_o she_o clothe_v herself_o again_o like_o a_o widow_n ver._n 21._o where_o be_v the_o harlot_n by_o this_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o word_n kedeschah_n signify_v a_o common_a whore_n as_o we_o speak_v who_o public_o prostitute_v herself_o for_o hire_n as_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n observe_v upon_o this_o place_n and_o upon_o deut._n xxiii_o 17._o but_o whence_o this_o name_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o harlot_n be_v a_o great_a doubt_n it_o come_v from_o a_o root_n which_o signify_v that_o which_o be_v sacred_a which_o have_v incline_v some_o learned_a man_n to_o think_v that_o the_o women-priest_n consecrate_v to_o the_o service_n of_o baalphegor_n or_o priapus_n who_o be_v no_o better_o than_o whore_n and_o the_o men-priest_n who_o serve_v ashteroth_n mention_v 2_o king_n xxiii_o 7._o make_v all_o whore_n be_v call_v kedeschim_n which_o be_v the_o name_n for_o those_o devote_v to_o such_o impure_a ministery_n see_v mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr diis_fw-la syris_n syntag._n i._o cap._n 5._o and_o syntag_n ii_o cap._n 2._o but_o such_o beastly_a idolatry_n sure_o be_v not_o so_o old_a as_o the_o day_n of_o jacob_n and_o it_o seem_v more_o reasonable_a to_o i_o to_o think_v that_o the_o original_a word_n signify_v separation_n it_o be_v apply_v either_o to_o those_o who_o be_v separate_v unto_o holiness_n or_o unto_o uncleanness_n as_o harlot_n be_v and_o they_o say_v there_o be_v no_o harlot_n in_o this_o place_n they_o know_v of_o none_o that_o public_o profess_v to_o be_v a_o prostitute_n nor_o have_v they_o see_v any_o one_o sit_v public_o to_o invite_v customer_n ver._n 23._o let_v she_o take_v it_o to_o she_o keep_v the_o pledge_n to_o herself_o lest_o we_o be_v ashamed_a though_o the_o fact_n he_o have_v commit_v be_v in_o those_o day_n lawful_a say_v maimonides_n that_o be_v be_v not_o punish_v by_o the_o judge_n yet_o man_n do_v not_o public_o boast_v of_o it_o nor_o be_v willing_a to_o own_v it_o but_o be_v ashamed_a it_o shall_v be_v know_v which_o be_v a_o sign_n they_o be_v sensible_a there_o be_v a_o moral_a turpitude_n in_o it_o and_o therefore_o endeavour_v to_o hide_v and_o conceal_v it_o even_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o those_o good_n which_o be_v of_o great_a value_n for_o the_o sense_n say_v he_o of_o judah_n word_n be_v this_o it_o be_v better_a to_o lose_v what_o she_o have_v of_o we_o than_o by_o inquisition_n after_o it_o to_o divulge_v the_o business_n and_o increase_v our_o shame_n more_o nevochim_n p._n iii_o cap._n 49._o where_o he_o bid_v his_o reader_n observe_v this_o be_v the_o moral_a virtue_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v learn_v from_o this_o history_n together_o with_o justice_n and_o equity_n which_o appear_v in_o his_o perform_v the_o agreement_n he_o make_v of_o send_v a_o kid_n of_o which_o he_o desire_v his_o friend_n to_o be_v a_o witness_n that_o he_o
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he_o be_v glad_a to_o be_v rid_v of_o she_o that_o he_o may_v not_o give_v his_o son_n selah_n to_o she_o but_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v by_o burn_a be_v mean_v no_o more_o but_o brand_a she_o in_o the_o forehead_n to_o denote_v she_o to_o be_v a_o whore_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n vii_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 5._o if_o judah_n do_v mean_a burn_v she_o at_o a_o stake_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v it_o be_v a_o punishment_n not_o then_o common_o use_v but_o inflict_v as_o his_o word_n be_v l._n iii_o vxor_fw-la hebr._n cap._n 12._o ex_fw-la more_fw-it seu_fw-la lege_fw-la aliqua_fw-la singulari_fw-la by_o some_o singular_a custom_n or_o law_n all_o this_o proceed_v upon_o a_o supposition_n that_o she_o real_o be_v selah_n wife_n though_o not_o solemn_o marry_v as_o the_o jew_n pretend_v it_o be_v necessary_a after_o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o first_o contract_n with_o his_o elder_a brother_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o she_o be_v keep_v 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she_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n which_o be_v unlawful_a after_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v give_v but_o as_o lawful_a before_o as_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o they_o practise_v and_o two_o of_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrast_n have_v feign_v a_o bath-coll_a to_o have_v come_v from_o heaven_n to_o countenance_v the_o fact_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 9_o and_o l._n vii_o cap._n 5._o but_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a he_o will_v take_v his_o son_n wife_n to_o be_v his_o own_o and_o likewise_o have_v know_v she_o though_o by_o a_o error_n most_o think_v selah_n himself_o afterward_o have_v she_o not_o to_o wife_n but_o she_o rather_o do_v penance_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v in_o widowhood_n all_o her_o day_n for_o selah_n we_o find_v have_v child_n by_o another_o numb_a xxvi_o 19_o ver._n 28._o this_o come_v out_o first_o perceive_v there_o be_v twin_n struggle_v in_o her_o womb_n the_o midwife_n to_o distinguish_v this_o from_o the_o other_o as_o the_o first-born_a bind_v this_o thread_n about_o his_o wrist_n ver._n 29._o how_o have_v thou_o break_v forth_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o or_o what_o a_o violence_n be_v this_o speak_v as_o one_o astonish_v at_o his_o eruption_n for_o it_o be_v without_o example_n and_o therefore_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o thing_n make_v she_o break_v out_o into_o this_o exclamation_n though_o if_o it_o be_v true_a which_o a_o learned_a anatomist_n affirm_v that_o where_o twin_n be_v of_o the_o same_o sex_n they_o be_v wrap_v in_o the_o very_a same_o secundine_n as_o they_o call_v they_o whereas_o those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o different_a be_v separate_v by_o distinct_a enclosure_n the_o other_o son_n be_v strong_a and_o more_o vigorous_a may_v force_v his_o way_n the_o more_o ready_o when_o his_o brother_n be_v near_a to_o the_o birth_n fernelius_n l._n vii_o physiolog_fw-la cap._n 12._o this_o breach_n be_v upon_o thou_o take_v thy_o name_n from_o this_o breach_n be_v thou_o ever_o call_v eruption_n or_o breach_n as_o bochart_n interpret_v it_o hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 30._o ver._n 30._o call_v zarah_n which_o most_o think_v signify_v as_o much_o as_o he_o arise_v be_v use_v common_o of_o the_o sun_n be_v rise_v because_o this_o child_n appear_v first_o by_o put_v out_o his_o hand_n before_o the_o other_o chap._n thirty-nine_o ver._n 1._o and_o joseph_n have_v end_v this_o story_n of_o judah_n he_o return_v to_o that_o of_o joseph_n which_o he_o have_v begin_v before_o in_o the_o xxxvii_o chapter_n repeat_v where_o he_o leave_v off_o how_o he_o be_v sell_v to_o potiphar_n bring_v down_o it_o be_v a_o descent_n from_o judea_n to_o egypt_n which_o lie_v very_o low_a ver._n 2._o and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n to_o guide_v he_o in_o his_o deportment_n and_o in_o the_o management_n of_o all_o affair_n commit_v to_o he_o so_o that_o as_o it_o follow_v he_o be_v a_o prosperous_a man._n he_o be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o his_o master_n one_o of_o his_o domestic_a servant_n ver._n 3._o his_o master_n see_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o etc._n etc._n find_a by_o observation_n and_o experience_n that_o he_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a person_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o potiphar_n know_v god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v he_o observe_v the_o happy_a fruit_n of_o joseph_n service_n which_o moses_n not_o he_o ascribe_v to_o the_o lord_n be_v peculiar_a blessing_n ver._n 4._o and_o he_o serve_v he_o find_v such_o favour_n with_o his_o master_n that_o he_o take_v he_o to_o wait_v upon_o his_o person_n and_o he_o make_v he_o overseer_n over_o his_o house_n in_o time_n he_o advance_v he_o to_o a_o high_a station_n to_o be_v as_o they_o now_o speak_v his_o major_a domo_fw-la to_o who_o all_o the_o servant_n in_o the_o family_n be_v to_o be_v obedient_a and_o put_v all_o he_o have_v into_o his_o hand_n commit_v all_o his_o estate_n both_o within_o door_n and_o without_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o next_o verse_n to_o his_o care_n and_o management_n ver._n 6._o he_o leave_v all_o he_o have_v in_o joseph_n hand_n do_v not_o call_v he_o to_o a_o daily_a account_n nor_o concern_v himself_o about_o any_o business_n but_o trust_v entire_o to_o his_o prudence_n and_o fidelity_n and_o he_o know_v not_o aught_o he_o have_v save_v the_o bread_n which_o he_o do_v eat_v this_o be_v the_o high_a expression_n of_o confidence_n signify_v that_o he_o be_v utter_o careless_a about_o any_o thing_n that_o concern_v his_o estate_n not_o mind_v what_o his_o expense_n or_o receipt_n be_v but_o take_v his_o ease_n leave_v all_o to_o joseph_n honesty_n in_o short_a he_o think_v of_o nothing_o but_o only_o to_o enjoy_v what_o he_o have_v without_o any_o care_n or_o trouble_n and_o joseph_n be_v a_o goodly_a person_n etc._n etc._n be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o beautiful_a mother_n ver._n 7._o cast_v her_o eye_n upon_o joseph_n look_v upon_o he_o amorous_o or_o rather_o lascivious_o he_o be_v young_a as_o well_o as_o handsome_a ver._n 9_o how_o can_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v three_o he_o hajedia_n as_o the_o hebrew_n call_v they_o point_v we_o to_o so_o many_o remarkable_a thing_n how_o shall_v i_o commit_v such_o a_o wickedness_n as_o adultery_n such_o a_o great_a wickedness_n against_o so_o kind_a a_o master_n who_o so_o entire_o trust_v in_o my_o integrity_n especial_o since_o it_o can_v be_v commit_v without_o the_o high_a offence_n to_o god_n ver._n 10._o day_n by_o day_n take_v all_o occasion_n to_o solicit_v he_o or_o to_o be_v with_o she_o he_o avoid_v as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a to_o entertain_v any_o discourse_n with_o she_o shun_v her_o
set_v down_o to_o express_v the_o fear_n which_o jacob_n himself_o be_v in_o at_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o money_n though_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v their_o fear_n be_v increase_v when_o they_o perceive_v he_o to_o have_v the_o same_o apprehension_n which_o they_o have_v of_o some_o design_n that_o may_v be_v lay_v against_o their_o life_n when_o they_o return_v to_o egypt_n though_o they_o bring_v their_o young_a brother_n with_o they_o ver._n 36._o simeon_n be_v not_o he_o look_v upon_o he_o as_o dead_a be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o so_o rough_a a_o man_n as_o they_o describe_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o land_n to_o be_v especial_o if_o he_o do_v not_o send_v benjamin_n thither_o as_o for_o the_o present_a he_o be_v resolve_v not_o to_o do_v all_o these_o thing_n be_v against_o i_o or_o upon_o i_o as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n carry_v it_o these_o be_v heavy_a burden_n which_o lie_v upon_o i_o not_o upon_o you_o who_o can_v be_v content_a to_o have_v benjamin_n go_v after_o i_o have_v lose_v two_o of_o my_o son_n already_o ver._n 37._o slay_v my_o two_o son_n if_o i_o bring_v he_o not_o to_o thou_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o foolish_o say_v for_o what_o good_a will_v it_o do_v jacob_n nay_o what_o a_o increase_n of_o his_o affliction_n will_v it_o have_v be_v to_o lose_v two_o grandchild_n after_o he_o have_v lose_v another_o son_n but_o it_o be_v speak_v out_o of_o a_o passionate_a desire_n to_o redeem_v simeon_n and_o to_o make_v more_o provision_n for_o their_o family_n be_v confident_a that_o joseph_n who_o profess_v to_o fear_n god_n verse_n 18_o will_v be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n ver._n 38._o he_o be_v leave_v alone_o the_o only_a child_n of_o his_o mother_n bring_v down_o my_o grey_a hair_n with_o sorrow_n to_o the_o grave_a you_o will_v make_v i_o who_o be_o wear_v away_o already_o die_v with_o grief_n chap._n xliii_o ver._n 1._o and_o the_o famine_n be_v sore_o etc._n etc._n still_o increase_v to_o a_o great_a scarcity_n ver._n 2._o when_o they_o 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will_v not_o only_o have_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n but_o also_o endanger_v their_o life_n ver._n 6._o wherefore_o deal_v you_o so_o ill_o with_o i_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v unkind_o do_v of_o you_o to_o tell_v he_o of_o another_o brother_n for_o what_o need_n be_v there_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o one_o who_o be_v not_o with_o you_o ver._n 7._o the_o man_n ask_v we_o strait_o etc._n etc._n they_o have_v tell_v he_o they_o be_v all_o one_o man_n son_n xlii_o 11._o he_o may_v well_o ask_v they_o what_o man_n and_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o more_o of_o they_o and_o whether_o their_o father_n and_o brother_n be_v yet_o live_v and_o we_o tell_v he_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o these_o word_n answer_v every_o question_n as_o truth_n require_v ver._n 8._o send_v the_o lad_n with_o i_o trust_v he_o with_o i_o he_o call_v he_o lad_n because_o he_o be_v the_o young_a of_o they_o all_o and_o one_o of_o who_o his_o father_n be_v as_o tender_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o little_a child_n though_o indeed_o he_o have_v child_n of_o his_o own_o xlvi_o 21._o that_o we_o may_v live_v etc._n etc._n these_o be_v very_a move_a argument_n the_o preservation_n of_o a_o whole_a family_n benjamin_n and_o all_o who_o if_o he_o go_v may_v return_v in_o safety_n but_o if_o he_o stay_v at_o home_n must_v perish_v with_o all_o the_o rest_n ver._n 9_o i_o will_v be_v surety_n for_o he_o be_v bind_v in_o what_o penalty_n thou_o please_v to_o bring_v he_o back_o of_o my_o hand_n shall_v thou_o require_v he_o punish_v i_o who_o will_v be_v answerable_a for_o he_o if_o he_o miscarry_v bear_v the_o blame_n for_o ever_o lie_v under_o thy_o displeasure_n as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v all_o this_o signify_v only_a that_o he_o will_v do_v his_o utmost_a to_o secure_v he_o and_o rather_o suffer_v the_o heavy_a thing_n himself_o than_o lose_v benjamin_n ver._n 10._o for_o except_o we_o have_v linger_v etc._n etc._n if_o thou_o have_v not_o hinder_v we_o by_o these_o scruple_n about_o benjamin_n we_o have_v be_v there_o and_o at_o home_o again_o by_o this_o time_n ver._n 11._o take_v of_o the_o best_a fruit_n the_o hebrew_n word_n mizzimrath_n signify_v of_o the_o most_o praise_v or_o as_o bochart_n more_o literal_o interpret_v it_o quae_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la terra_fw-la sunt_fw-la maximè_fw-la decantata_fw-la p._n ii_o hierozoic_n lib._n v._o cap._n 9_o those_o fruit_n which_o be_v most_o celebrate_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v as_o famous_a for_o the_o thing_n follow_v as_o egypt_n be_v for_o corn._n and_o it_o seem_v at_o this_o time_n do_v not_o want_v they_o which_o may_v make_v they_o more_o acceptable_a in_o egypt_n where_o they_o grow_v at_o no_o time_n for_o egypt_n be_v a_o low_a and_o plain_a country_n and_o canaan_n a_o hilly_a it_o make_v their_o product_n very_o different_a balm_n rather_o resin_n as_o be_v observe_v on_o xxxvii_o 25._o honey_n for_o which_o this_o country_n be_v famous_a especial_o in_o some_o part_n of_o it_o about_o 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he_o or_o to_o buy_v corn_n of_o he_o for_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o next_o verse_n that_o he_o be_v not_o at_o his_o own_o house_n ver._n 16._o bring_v these_o man_n home_o conduct_v they_o to_o my_o house_n and_o slay_v the_o hebrew_n phrase_n signify_v a_o great_a slaughter_n of_o several_a sort_n of_o creature_n perhaps_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o plentiful_a provision_n ver._n 18._o and_o the_o man_n be_v afraid_a etc._n etc._n every_o thing_n as_o be_v observe_v before_o xlii_o 28._o terrify_v a_o guilty_a conscience_n and_o fall_v upon_o we_o i._n e._n kill_v we_o and_o take_v we_o for_o bondman_n etc._n etc._n rather_o or_o take_v we_o for_o bondman_n and_o
he_o here_o xxi_o 33._o xxvi_o 23._o unto_o the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n who_o be_v his_o immediate_a ancestor_n and_o have_v confer_v the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n upon_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o mention_n he_o rather_o than_o abraham_n ver._n 2._o in_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o night_n see_v upon_o xx._n 3._o jacob_n jacob._n he_o redouble_v his_o name_n to_o awaken_v his_o attention_n and_o he_o call_v he_o jacob_n rather_o than_o israel_n as_o he_o be_v call_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o verse_n to_o remember_v he_o what_o he_o be_v original_o and_o that_o by_o his_o favour_n he_o be_v make_v israel_n ver._n 3._o fear_v not_o to_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n he_o be_v afraid_a perhaps_o that_o if_o joseph_n shall_v die_v his_o family_n may_v be_v make_v slave_n for_o which_o he_o have_v some_o reason_n from_o what_o be_v say_v to_o abraham_n in_o a_o like_a vision_n xv._o 13._o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n he_o renew_v the_o promise_n which_o 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12._o and_o menochius_fw-la de_fw-fr repub._n hebr._n l._n viii_o cap._n 4._o qu._n xi_o in_o short_a by_o these_o word_n god_n assure_v he_o that_o joseph_n shall_v not_o die_v while_o he_o live_v as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v out_o of_o baal-haturim_a in_o his_o addition_n to_o the_o forenamed_a chapter_n p._n 737._o and_o that_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o peace_n have_v his_o child_n about_o he_o ver._n 7._o his_o daughter_n he_o have_v but_o one_o daughter_n and_o therefore_o the_o plural_a number_n be_v use_v for_o the_o singular_a as_o verse_n 23._o son_n be_v put_v for_o son_n or_o else_o he_o include_v his_o granddaughter_n who_o in_o scripture-language_n be_v call_v the_o daughter_n of_o her_o grandfather_n but_o the_o first_o seem_v the_o true_a account_n if_o what_o be_v say_v verse_n 15._o be_v consider_v where_o the_o whole_a number_n of_o his_o descendant_n from_o leah_n be_v sum_v up_o dinah_n under_o the_o name_n of_o daughter_n must_v be_v take_v in_o to_o make_v up_o three_o and_o thirty_o reckon_v jacob_n himself_o also_o for_o one_o of_o they_o ver._n 9_o hanoch_n from_o who_o come_v the_o family_n of_o the_o hanochites_n as_o we_o read_v numb_a xxvi_o 5._o phallu_n from_o who_o in_o like_a manner_n spring_v the_o family_n of_o the_o phalluite_n as_o moses_n there_o note_n and_o say_v the_o same_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o reuben_n son_n that_o they_o be_v the_o father_n of_o family_n when_o they_o come_v into_o egypt_n ver._n 10._o jemuel_n this_o son_n of_o simeon_n be_v call_v nemuel_n in_o numb_a xxvi_o 12._o and_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o ohad_n he_o be_v name_v among_o the_o son_n of_o simeon_n when_o moses_n be_v send_v to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n exod._n vi_o 15._o but_o either_o he_o have_v no_o posterity_n or_o they_o be_v extinct_a for_o short_o after_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o he_o in_o numb_a xxvi_o 12._o nor_o be_v he_o to_o be_v find_v among_o his_o son_n in_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o jachin_n be_v call_v jarib_n in_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o and_o be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o have_v be_v the_o grandfather_n of_o zimri_n who_o phineas_n slay_v in_o his_o fornication_n with_o the_o midianitish_a woman_n ver._n 12._o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n die_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v number_v among_o they_o that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n but_o in_o stead_n of_o they_o the_o two_o son_n of_o pharez_n be_v set_v down_o though_o perhaps_o not_o now_o bear_v to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o er_o and_o onan_n the_o son_n of_o pharez_n be_v hezron_n and_o hamul_n when_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n pharez_n be_v so_o young_a that_o one_o can_v scarce_o think_v he_o have_v two_o son_n at_o that_o time_n but_o they_o be_v bear_v soon_o after_o before_o jacob_n die_v and_o st._n austin_n seem_v to_o have_v true_o judge_v that_o jacob_n descent_n into_o egypt_n comprehend_v all_o the_o seventeen_o year_n which_o he_o live_v after_o it_o or_o we_o may_v conceive_v it_o possible_a that_o their_o mother_n be_v with_o child_n of_o they_o when_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n for_o then_o pharez_n be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v fourteen_o year_n old_a at_o which_o age_n it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v incredible_a that_o he_o may_v have_v two_o son_n that_o in_o these_o latter_a age_n some_o have_v beget_v a_o child_n when_o they_o be_v young_a jul._n scaliger_n a_o man_n of_o unquestionable_a credit_n assure_v we_o that_o in_o his_o memory_n there_o be_v a_o boy_n not_o quite_o twelve_o year_n old_a who_o have_v a_o daughter_n by_o a_o cousin_n of_o he_o who_o be_v not_o quite_o ten_o rem_fw-la notam_fw-la narro_fw-la &_o cujus_fw-la memoria_fw-la adhuc_fw-la recens_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aquitania_n this_o be_v a_o know_a thing_n the_o memory_n of_o which_o be_v then_o fresh_a in_o aquitain_n ver._n 13._o and_o the_o son_n of_o issachar_n tola_n some_o have_v wonder_v that_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o elder_a son_n a_o name_n that_o signify_v a_o worm_n perhaps_o it_o be_v as_o bochart_n conjecture_n because_o he_o be_v a_o poor_a shrivel_a child_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v not_o likely_a to_o live_v and_o yet_o it_o please_v god_n that_o he_o become_v a_o great_a man_n from_o who_o spring_v a_o numerous_a offspring_n numb_a xxvi_o 23._o and_o so_o fruitful_a that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n there_o be_v number_v above_o two_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o of_o they_o 1_o chron._n vii_o 2._o who_o be_v man_n of_o may_v and_o valour_n ver._n 15._o which_o she_o bear_v unto_o jacob_n in_o padan-aram_n she_o bear_v the_o father_n of_o they_o there_o but_o the_o child_n be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n all_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n see_v verse_n 7._o ver._n 19_o rachel_n jacob_n wife_n she_o be_v his_o only_a choice_n as_o be_v note_v before_o on_o xliv_o 27._o ver._n 21._o the_o son_n of_o benjamin_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v now_o but_o about_o twenty_o four_o year_n old_a we_o can_v well_o think_v he_o have_v all_o these_o son_n when_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n but_o some_o of_o they_o be_v bear_v afterward_o before_o jacob_n die_v as_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 12._o yet_o they_o be_v all_o here_o mention_v because_o they_o be_v most_o of_o they_o now_o bear_v and_o all_o become_v the_o head_n of_o family_n in_o their_o tribe_n it_o be_v possible_a he_o may_v begin_v so_o early_o to_o beget_v child_n as_o to_o have_v all_o these_o before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n see_v verse_n 12._o ver._n 26._o come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n in_o the_o hebrew_n out_o of_o his_o thigh_n a_o modest_a expression_n the_o part_n serve_v for_o the_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n be_v place_v between_o the_o thigh_n all_o the_o soul_n be_v threescore_o and_o six_o i._n e._n leave_v out_o joseph_n and_o his_o two_o son_n who_o do_v not_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n but_o be_v there_o already_o and_o jacob_n himself_o who_o can_v not_o be_v say_v to_o come_v out_o of_o his_o own_o loin_n they_o make_v just_a this_o number_n ver._n 27._o all_o the_o soul_n which_o come_v into_o egypt_n be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o there_o be_v a_o remarkable_a difference_n between_o this_o verse_n and_o the_o forego_n there_o verse_n 26._o they_o only_o be_v number_v who_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o threescore_o and_o six_o but_o here_o be_v number_v all_o that_o come_v into_o egypt_n viz._n first_o and_o last_o which_o plain_o comprehend_v jacob_n joseph_n and_o his_o two_o son_n and_o make_v up_o threescore_o and_o ten_o ver._n 28._o and_o he_o send_v judah_n before_o he_o who_o seem_v by_o the_o whole_a story_n
whence_o he_o think_v come_v the_o name_n of_o pecunia_n for_o money_n and_o peculium_n for_o riches_n à _fw-la pecoribus_fw-la from_o cattle_n because_o the_o ancient_n have_v no_o other_o possession_n et_fw-la adhuc_fw-la apud_fw-la quasdam_fw-la gentes_fw-la unum_fw-la hoc_fw-la reperitur_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la genus_fw-la and_o to_o this_o day_n say_v he_o there_o be_v no_o other_o riches_n to_o be_v find_v among_o some_o nation_n which_o be_v still_o true_a of_o the_o abyssine_n especial_o of_o the_o beklenses_n as_o ludolphus_n assure_v we_o l._n i._n hist_o aethiop_n cap_n 10._o §_o 8._o and_o comment_n in_o histor_n l._n iu._n cap._n 4._o n._n 13._o ver._n 4._o to_o sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n be_v we_o come_v we_o do_v not_o desire_v to_o settle_v but_o only_o to_o sojourn_v here_o during_o the_o famine_n for_o the_o famine_n be_v sore_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n it_o be_v a_o high_a country_n in_o comparison_n with_o egypt_n and_o the_o grass_n soon_o burn_v up_o there_o than_o in_o goshen_n which_o be_v a_o very_a low_a country_n they_o find_v some_o pasture_n in_o it_o for_o their_o flock_n and_o therefore_o beseech_v he_o to_o suffer_v they_o to_o dwell_v there_o for_o as_o st._n austin_n observe_v from_o those_o that_o know_v the_o country_n there_o be_v more_o grass_n in_o the_o marsh_n and_o fenny_a part_n of_o egypt_n when_o the_o nile_n do_v not_o overflow_n enough_o to_o make_v plenty_n of_o corn._n quest_n clx_o in_o gen._n ver._n 6._o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v before_o thou_o it_o be_v all_o in_o thy_o power_n dispose_v of_o they_o as_o thou_o please_v any_o man_n of_o activity_n vigorous_a and_o industrious_a and_o that_o understand_v his_o business_n make_v they_o ruler_n over_o my_o cattle_n such_o as_o doeg_n be_v to_o saul_n 1_o sam._n xxi_o 7._o and_o those_o great_a officer_n mention_v 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 29_o 30_o 31._o be_v to_o king_n david_n for_o the_o eastern_a king_n raise_v part_n of_o their_o revenue_n from_o cattle_n and_o so_o do_v the_o egyptian_a it_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n who_o have_v some_o prime_a officer_n to_o oversee_v the_o low_a sort_n of_o shepherd_n this_o show_v that_o all_o shepherd_n be_v not_o a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n but_o only_o those_o of_o other_o neighbour_a nation_n the_o arabian_n phoenician_n and_o aethiopian_n who_o be_v either_o a_o ill_a sort_n of_o people_n or_o forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o egypt_n which_o abound_v with_o cattle_n to_o traffic_n with_o they_o there_o ver._n 7._o jacob_n bless_a pharaoh_n give_v he_o thanks_o for_o his_o favour_n and_o pray_v for_o his_o health_n and_o safety_n for_o that_o be_v the_o blessing_n of_o a_o inferior_a to_o a_o superior_a thus_o naaman_n pray_v elisha_n take_v a_o blessing_n of_o thy_o servant_n i._n e._n a_o acknowledgement_n of_o my_o obligation_n to_o thou_o ver._n 9_o pilgrimage_n so_o good_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v their_o life_n though_o they_o never_o stir_v from_o their_o native_a soil_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o passage_n not_o a_o settlement_n but_o jacob_n have_v reason_n to_o call_v his_o life_n so_o more_o literal_o have_v be_v toss_v from_o place_n to_o place_n ever_o since_o he_o go_v from_o his_o father_n house_n into_o mesopotamia_n and_o return_v from_o thence_o into_o canaan_n where_o he_o dwell_v a_o while_n at_o succoth_n and_o then_o at_o shechem_n and_o after_o that_o remove_v to_o bethel_n and_o so_o to_o hebron_n unto_o his_o father_n isaac_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v now_o come_v into_o egypt_n few_o and_o evil_n have_v be_v the_o day_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v be_v few_o in_o comparison_n with_o his_o forefather_n and_o evil_a because_o full_a of_o labour_n and_o care_n grief_n and_o sorrow_n upon_o many_o occasion_n ver._n 10._o jacob_n bless_a pharaoh_n at_o meeting_n and_o at_o part_v such_o salutation_n be_v usual_a see_v verse_n 7._o ver._n 11._o in_o the_o land_n of_o ramese_n in_o that_o part_n of_o goshen_n which_o in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n be_v call_v ramese_n from_o the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n which_o the_o hebrew_n build_v there_o for_o pharaoh_n unless_o perhaps_o the_o city_n be_v call_v so_o from_o the_o country_n of_o ramese_n wherein_o it_o stand_v ver._n 12._o and_o joseph_n nourish_v his_o father_n etc._n etc._n though_o there_o be_v some_o pasture_n in_o this_o country_n for_o their_o cattle_n yet_o not_o food_n enough_o for_o themselves_o which_o joseph_n therefore_o take_v care_n to_o supply_v they_o withal_o according_a to_o their_o family_n according_a as_o their_o child_n be_v more_o or_o few_o so_o he_o proportion_v their_o allowance_n ver._n 13._o there_o be_v no_o bread_n in_o all_o the_o land_n this_o be_v the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n xlv_o 6._o in_o which_o all_o the_o corn_n which_o man_n have_v store_v up_o in_o their_o several_a family_n be_v whole_o spend_v ver._n 14._o and_o joseph_n gather_v up_o all_o the_o money_n etc._n etc._n as_o long_o as_o the_o egyptian_n have_v any_o money_n leave_v they_o buy_v corn_n of_o joseph_n which_o support_v they_o all_o the_o three_o and_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o four_o and_o five_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n and_o joseph_n bring_v the_o money_n into_o pharaoh_n house_n into_o the_o treasury_n which_o he_o fill_v and_o not_o his_o own_o coffer_n as_o philo_n observe_v ver._n 15._o and_o when_o money_n fail_v this_o we_o may_v probable_o conceive_v be_v in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n when_o they_o be_v force_v to_o sell_v their_o cattle_n for_o food_n ver._n 18._o they_o come_v the_o second_o year_n i._n e._n the_o next_o year_n after_o the_o sale_n of_o their_o cattle_n which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o famine_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 19_o wherefore_o shall_v we_o die_v we_o and_o our_o land_n the_o land_n be_v say_v to_o die_v as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o hierozoicon_n cùm_fw-la inculta_fw-la iaceo_fw-la &_o desolata_fw-la when_o it_o lie_v untilled_a and_o desolate_a as_o he_o show_v by_o example_n out_o of_o some_o poet_n we_o and_o our_o land_n will_v be_v servant_n unto_o pharaoh_n we_o that_o be_v free_a will_v become_v the_o king_n bondman_n and_o our_o land_n which_o be_v our_o own_o we_o will_v hold_v of_o he_o and_o give_v we_o seed_n etc._n etc._n this_o show_v it_o be_v now_o the_o last_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n they_o desire_v corn_n not_o mere_o for_o food_n but_o also_o to_o sow_n in_o hope_n to_o have_v a_o crop_n the_o next_o year_n for_o joseph_n have_v tell_v they_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o seven_o year_n of_o famine_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a nilus_n have_v now_o begin_v to_o overflow_v the_o country_n as_o formerly_z which_o confirm_v his_o word_n ver._n 20._o and_o joseph_n buy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o pharaoh_n so_o the_o whole_a country_n become_v the_o king_n be_v demesne_n in_o which_o no_o man_n have_v any_o propriety_n but_o himself_o ver._n 21._o as_o for_o the_o people_n he_o remove_v they_o to_o city_n remote_a from_o those_o wherein_o they_o have_v former_o dwell_v under_o the_o word_n city_n be_v comprehend_v all_o the_o village_n about_o they_o from_o one_o end_n of_o the_o border_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n transplant_v they_o into_o far_o distant_a part_n of_o the_o country_n from_o whence_o he_o bring_v other_o in_o like_a manner_n into_o their_o place_n that_o they_o may_v in_o time_n forget_v the_o dominion_n they_o former_o have_v in_o the_o land_n they_o have_v sell_v and_o that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o combination_n afterward_o to_o regain_v they_o the_o old_a owner_n be_v separate_v far_o one_o from_o another_o ver._n 22._o only_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n buy_v he_o not_o this_o be_v common_o note_v as_o a_o great_a piece_n of_o religion_n in_o joseph_n that_o he_o take_v not_o away_o the_o land_n of_o those_o who_o be_v god_n minister_n though_o engage_v it_o be_v think_v in_o superstitious_a if_o not_o idolatrous_a service_n for_o that_o the_o word_n cohanim_fw-la here_o signify_v priest_n not_o prince_n as_o sometime_o it_o do_v the_o ancient_a version_n general_o agree_v but_o it_o be_v plain_a they_o be_v in_o no_o necessity_n to_o sell_v their_o land_n have_v their_o diet_n continual_o from_o the_o king_n which_o be_v give_v as_o the_o reason_n in_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o this_o verse_n why_o he_o do_v not_o buy_v they_o this_o therefore_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o priest_n have_v ancient_o some_o public_a land_n allot_v to_o they_o for_o the_o support_n of_o their_o dignity_n for_o both_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n tell_v we_o they_o have_v a_o public_a maintenance_n as_o vossius_fw-la observe_v lib._n i._n de_fw-fr idolol_n cap._n 29._o the_o priesthood_n be_v confine_v to_o certain_a
family_n as_o it_o be_v in_o israel_n to_o that_o of_o aaron_n and_o hold_v in_o such_o veneration_n that_o they_o be_v all_o not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d free_a from_o pay_v tribute_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d next_o to_o the_o king_n in_o honour_n and_o in_o power_n but_o receive_v a_o three_o of_o the_o royal_a revenue_n out_o of_o which_o they_o maintain_v the_o public_a sacrifice_n and_o their_o servant_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d provide_v for_o their_o own_o necessity_n thus_o diodorus_n siculus_n l._n i._o as_o i_o find_v he_o allege_v by_o jac._n capellus_n in_o his_o hist_n sacra_fw-la &_o exot._fw-la ad_fw-la a._n m._n 2294._o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o part_n imitate_v this_o constitution_n in_o that_o law_n of_o he_o which_o make_v even_o all_o the_o professor_n of_o learn_v free_a from_o all_o public_a charge_n of_o any_o sort_n beside_o the_o salary_n he_o allow_v they_o that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o cheerful_o follow_v their_o several_a study_n ver._n 23._o behold_v i_o have_v buy_v you_o this_o day_n and_o your_o land_n etc._n etc._n the_o bargain_n can_v not_o be_v deny_v but_o he_o will_v not_o be_v so_o rigid_a as_o to_o tie_v they_o strict_o to_o it_o for_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n he_o require_v only_o a_o five_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o their_o ground_n for_o the_o king_n and_o tell_v they_o the_o rest_n shall_v be_v their_o own_o a_o act_n of_o great_a humanity_n and_o equity_n wherein_o he_o show_v himself_o both_o a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o wise_a statesman_n in_o take_v away_o all_o matter_n of_o complaint_n from_o the_o people_n for_o a_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n be_v due_a in_o all_o likelihood_n to_o the_o king_n before_o xxviii_o 22._o which_o he_o now_o only_o double_v when_o he_o may_v have_v take_v all_o or_o give_v they_o but_o one_o or_o two_o part_n and_o keep_v all_o the_o rest_n for_o the_o king_n ver._n 25._o thou_o have_v save_v our_o life_n etc._n etc._n we_o owe_v our_o very_a life_n to_o thou_o and_o therefore_o let_v we_o but_o have_v thy_o favour_n and_o we_o shall_v willing_o be_v pharaoh_n servant_n this_o be_v a_o high_a expression_n of_o their_o thankfulness_n for_o such_o good_a term_n as_o he_o offer_v they_o which_o they_o ready_o accept_v with_o profession_n of_o their_o obligation_n to_o be_v pharaoh_n bondman_n ver._n 26._o joseph_n make_v it_o a_o law_n by_o his_o advice_n this_o law_n be_v enact_v whereby_o the_o power_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v mighty_o increase_v for_o we_o read_v not_o of_o the_o like_a constitution_n in_o any_o other_o nation_n thucydides_n indeed_o relate_v that_o the_o people_n of_o attica_n pay_v to_o pisistratus_n the_o twenty_o part_n of_o their_o corn_n and_o appianus_n alexandr_n say_v the_o old_a roman_n pay_v the_o ten_o of_o their_o corn_n and_o the_o five_o of_o their_o fruit_n but_o it_o be_v the_o peculiar_a prerogative_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n to_o have_v the_o five_o of_o all_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o field_n which_o joseph_n procure_v they_o by_o his_o admirable_a management_n ver._n 27._o and_o israel_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n see_v verse_n 11._o and_o they_o have_v possession_n therein_o they_o can_v have_v no_o land_n of_o their_o own_o for_o all_o the_o country_n be_v become_v pharaoh_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v they_o farm_a as_o we_o speak_v land_n of_o the_o king_n to_o who_o they_o become_v tenant_n and_o grow_v and_o multiply_v exceed_o and_o consequent_o enlarge_v their_o habitation_n beyond_o the_o territory_n of_o ramese_n where_o they_o be_v first_o place_v into_o other_o part_n of_o goshen_n which_o we_o must_v not_o fancy_n to_o have_v be_v a_o country_n now_o empty_a of_o people_n for_o though_o perhaps_o about_o rameses_n there_n may_v be_v some_o vacant_a ground_n sufficient_a for_o jacob_n family_n when_o they_o come_v first_o to_o plant_v there_o yet_o when_o they_o increase_v very_o much_o no_o doubt_n they_o live_v among_o the_o egyptian_n where_o they_o can_v find_v admission_n this_o plain_o appear_v at_o their_o go_v from_o thence_o exod._n xii_o 22_o 23._o where_o god_n command_v they_o to_o sprinkle_v their_o door-post_n with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o paschal_n lamb_n to_o secure_v they_o from_o the_o destruction_n which_o be_v come_v upon_o their_o neighbour_n who_o want_v this_o mark_n of_o safety_n 29._o if_o i_o have_v now_o find_v grace_n in_o thy_o sight_n this_o be_v a_o phrase_n use_v a_o little_a before_o verse_n 25._o in_o a_o little_a different_a sense_n for_o there_o it_o signify_v the_o favour_n show_v to_o another_o but_o here_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o thou_o love_v i_o put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n i._n e._n swear_v to_o i_o as_o it_o be_v explain_v in_o verse_n 31._o see_v xxiv_o 2._o deal_v kind_o and_o true_o with_o i_o show_v i_o true_a kindness_n in_o promise_v and_o perform_v what_o i_o desire_v see_v xxiv_o 27_o 49._o ver._n 30._o i_o will_v lie_v with_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n so_o all_o man_n natural_o desire_v to_o do_v but_o he_o have_v a_o peculiar_a reason_n for_o it_o which_o be_v his_o belief_n that_o the_o country_n where_o their_o body_n lay_v be_v his_o in_o reversion_n and_o that_o god_n in_o due_a time_n will_v put_v his_o child_n into_o possession_n of_o it_o for_o which_o time_n they_o can_v not_o but_o the_o more_o earnest_o long_a because_o the_o body_n of_o their_o ancestor_n be_v there_o bury_v see_v l._n 5._o which_o explain_v the_o reason_n why_o jacob_n exact_v a_o oath_n of_o joseph_n not_o because_o he_o doubt_v he_o may_v not_o otherwise_o fulfil_v his_o desire_n but_o that_o pharaoh_n may_v be_v willing_a to_o let_v he_o carry_v his_o body_n thither_o when_o he_o find_v he_o lie_v under_o so_o sacred_a a_o obligation_n to_o do_v it_o ver._n 31._o and_o israel_n bow_v himself_o upon_o the_o bed_n head_n raise_a up_o his_o head_n from_o his_o pillow_n and_o bow_v either_o to_o joseph_n in_o thankfulness_n for_o his_o promise_n or_o to_o god_n for_o the_o assurance_n he_o have_v receive_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v bury_v with_o his_o pious_a forefather_n or_o else_o this_o bow_n be_v the_o usual_a ceremony_n wherewith_o a_o oath_n be_v attend_v the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v think_v the_o divine_a glory_n now_o appear_v which_o jacob_n devout_o worship_v but_o if_o the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n have_v not_o understand_v his_o bow_v to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o worship_n the_o interpretation_n of_o some_o modern_a writer_n may_v perhaps_o have_v be_v think_v reasonable_a who_o translate_v these_o word_n thus_o he_o lay_v himself_o down_o upon_o his_o pillow_n as_o weak_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v after_o they_o have_v sit_v up_o a_o while_n to_o dispatch_v some_o business_n for_o the_o hebrew_n word_n schacah_n which_o signify_v to_o bow_v the_o body_n signify_v also_o to_o fall_v down_o upon_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o may_v be_v here_o translate_v lie_v down_o but_o the_o apostle_n as_o i_o say_v have_v overrule_v all_o such_o conceit_n if_o we_o suppose_v he_o to_o translate_v this_o passage_n hebr._n xi_o 21._o which_o to_o i_o indeed_o do_v not_o seem_v evident_a for_o the_o apostle_n be_v there_o speak_v of_o another_o thing_n not_o of_o what_o jacob_n do_v now_o when_o joseph_n swear_v to_o he_o but_o of_o what_o he_o do_v after_o these_o thing_n xlviii_o 1._o when_o he_o bless_v joseph_n son_n then_o the_o apostle_n say_v he_o worship_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o his_o staff_n which_o be_v not_o the_o translation_n of_o moses_n his_o word_n in_o this_o place_n but_o word_n of_o his_o own_o whereby_o he_o explain_v the_o follow_a story_n and_o show_v how_o strong_a his_o faith_n be_v when_o his_o body_n be_v so_o weak_a that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o bow_v himself_o and_o worship_n without_o the_o help_n of_o his_o staff_n this_o clear_o remove_v all_o the_o difficulty_n which_o interpreter_n have_v make_v about_o reconcile_a the_o word_n of_o moses_n here_o in_o this_o verse_n to_o the_o apostle_n word_n in_o that_o but_o however_o this_o be_v jacob_n bow_v here_o i_o doubt_v not_o signify_v worship_v as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a take_v it_o where_o the_o word_n god_n be_v add_v which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o these_o word_n thus_o translate_v israel_n worship_v god_n turn_v himself_o to_o the_o bed_n head_n chap._n xlviii_o ver._n 1._o after_o these_o thing_n sometime_o after_o though_o not_o long_o for_o jacob_n be_v nigh_o his_o end_n when_o he_o send_v for_o joseph_n to_o make_v he_o swear_v he_o will_v bury_v he_o with_o his_o father_n he_o grow_v so_o weak_a that_o he_o conclude_v he_o can_v not_o live_v long_o one_o tell_v joseph_n a_o messenger_n be_v
lay_v his_o hand_n across_o so_o that_o the_o right_a hand_n lay_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o ephraim_n who_o be_v next_o to_o his_o left_a etc._n etc._n ver._n 15._o he_o bless_a joseph_n in_o the_o blessing_n he_o bestow_v on_o his_o child_n all_o my_o life_n long_o the_o hebrew_n word_n mehodi_n signify_v à _fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la as_o bochart_n interpret_v it_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o lib._n ii_o c._n 14._o ever_o since_o i_o have_v a_o be_v ver._n 16._o the_o angel_n which_o redeem_v i_o who_o by_o god_n order_n and_o as_o his_o minister_n preserve_v i_o in_o all_o the_o danger_n wherein_o i_o have_v be_v many_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n as_o athanasius_n l._n iu_o contra_fw-la arianos_fw-la cyril_n upon_o this_o place_n procopius_n gazaeus_n etc._n etc._n understand_v hereby_o a_o increated_a angel_n viz._n the_o second_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n but_o the_o discourse_n be_v not_o concern_v the_o send_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o our_o 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