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but_o procure_v his_o disherison_n for_o esau_n when_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a marry_v two_o hittite_n before_o ishmael_n daughter_n which_o be_v a_o grief_n of_o mind_n to_o isaac_n and_o rebekkah_n and_o she_o say_v i_o be_o weary_a of_o my_o life_n because_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o heth._n now_o if_o any_o one_o ask_v here_o why_o what_o choice_n have_v he_o or_o the_o other_o brother_n whither_o shall_v they_o go_v who_o do_v the_o other_o brother_n marry_v â—2_n do_v not_o joseph_n for_o his_o part_n marry_v the_o priest_n of_o on_o his_o daughter_n a_o egyptian_a for_o who_o sake_n it_o may_v seem_v that_o he_o leave_v the_o egyptian_a priest_n demesn_v entire_a when_o he_o cunning_o buy_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o egypt_n for_o his_o bread_n into_o bondage_n unto_o pharaoh_n or_o who_o ever_o blame_v abraham_n for_o his_o take_n of_o hagar_n or_o keturah_n for_o his_o concubine_n or_o jacob_n himself_o for_o take_v bilhah_n into_o his_o bosom_n who_o prove_v not_o 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distress_n and_o have_v a_o angel_n to_o comfort_v she_o but_o she_o be_v repudiate_v for_o her_o rebellion_n against_o her_o mistress_n and_o her_o son_n send_v away_o with_o gift_n which_o follow_v because_o it_o be_v say_v 25.6_o that_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o the_o concubine_n both_o of_o they_o which_o abraham_n have_v he_o give_v gift_n and_o send_v they_o away_o from_o isaac_n his_o son_n while_o he_o yet_o live_v 21._o and_o by_o keturah_n who_o true_a religion_n we_o have_v no_o ground_n to_o question_v he_o have_v some_o issue_n which_o retain_v their_o profession_n in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n who_o marry_v a_o wife_n out_o of_o iethro_n house_n descend_v from_o midian_a a_o son_n of_o abraham_n by_o this_o keturah_n among_o some_o or_o other_o of_o these_o therefore_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n may_v have_v find_v wife_n as_o well_o as_o moses_n who_o be_v not_o blame_v for_o it_o or_o else_o among_o the_o woman_n that_o rebekkah_n rachel_n and_o leah_n have_v bring_v with_o they_o if_o they_o be_v more_o than_o two_o or_o the_o daughter_n bear_v of_o they_o in_o the_o space_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n or_o as_o they_o may_v give_v their_o sister_n to_o their_o choice_a servant_n so_o they_o may_v take_v their_o daughter_n and_o so_o contain_v themselves_o within_o themselves_o which_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o leviration_n which_o god_n do_v after_o establish_v by_o a_o law_n or_o brother_n marry_v of_o a_o brother_n widow_n in_o case_n he_o die_v before_o he_o have_v any_o issue_n by_o she_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o mention_v whence_o the_o other_o son_n have_v their_o wife_n 38.8_o only_a judah_n seem_v to_o be_v blame_v as_o for_o ioseph_n take_v the_o priest_n of_o on_o his_o daughter_n 1._o pharaoh_n give_v she_o 2._o god_n himself_o who_o be_v able_a to_o sanctify_v she_o unto_o he_o as_o it_o be_v like_a he_o do_v by_o the_o towardly_a child_n which_o she_o bear_v he_o which_o please_v jacob_n when_o he_o bless_v they_o 3._o if_o joseph_n spare_v the_o priest_n land_n it_o be_v a_o argument_n that_o he_o fear_v sacrilege_n as_o many_o of_o the_o heathen_a after_o do_v with_o the_o like_a regard_n unto_o the_o jewish_a priest_n and_o this_o be_v deliver_v by_o josephus_n as_o a_o law_n among_o the_o jew_n 8._o let_v no_o man_n speak_v evil_a of_o those_o god_n which_o other_o country_n and_o city_n suppose_v to_o be_v go_n 8._o let_v no_o man_n spoil_v any_o strange_a temple_n nor_o take_v that_o which_o be_v dedicate_v unto_o any_o god_n and_o as_o for_o iacob_n take_v of_o bilhah_n and_o zilpah_n the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v as_o of_o abraham_n take_v of_o hagar_n and_o keturah_n they_o come_v from_o padan-aram_a with_o he_o and_o abode_n with_o their_o mistress_n after_o he_o have_v purge_v his_o house_n from_o idol_n laban_n and_o all_o if_o any_o do_v remain_v which_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o rachel_n steal_v away_o to_o please_v her_o husband_n jacob_n when_o time_n shall_v serve_v to_o 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