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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 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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 of_o grotius_n annot._n in_o l._n i._o de_fw-la v._o r._n c._n who_o explain_v this_o by_o the_o city_n gindarus_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o the_o people_n call_v by_o pliny_n gindareni_n in_o coelo-syria_n but_o after_o all_o it_o may_v seem_v as_o probable_a that_o gadara_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o peraea_n which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o the_o decapolis_n of_o coelo-syria_n have_v its_o name_n and_o original_a from_o this_o gether_o mash_n who_o be_v call_v mesech_n in_o 1_o chron._n i._n 17._o seat_v himself_o as_o bochart_n think_v in_o mesopotamia_n about_o the_o mountain_n masius_n which_o be_v grotius_n conjecture_n also_o from_o whence_o there_o flow_v a_o river_n which_o xenophon_n call_v masca_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o which_o mountain_n stephanus_n call_v masiaeni_n and_o perhaps_o the_o moscheni_fw-la who_o pliny_n speak_v of_o between_o adiabene_n and_o armenia_n the_o great_a be_v descend_v from_o this_o mash_n or_o mesech_n ver._n 24._o and_o arphaxad_o beget_v salah_n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n young_a son_n he_o now_o tell_v we_o what_o people_n descend_v from_o his_o third_n son_n salah_n in_o hebrew_a shelah_n his_o father_n be_v bear_v but_o two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n xi_o 10._o seem_v to_o have_v give_v this_o name_n to_o his_o son_n to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o that_o dreadful_a punishment_n that_o his_o posterity_n may_v not_o incur_v the_o like_a by_o their_o sin_n for_o sela_n signify_v the_o let_v forth_o of_o water_n job_n v._n 10._o he_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o susiani_fw-la the_o chief_a city_n of_o their_o country_n next_o to_o susa_n be_v call_v sela_n as_o we_o find_v in_o ammian_n marcellinus_n either_o because_o he_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o it_o or_o in_o memory_n of_o he_o and_o salah_n beget_v eber._n the_o father_n of_o those_o
shechinah_n which_o appear_v from_o the_o beginning_n as_o i_o have_v often_o say_v before_o the_o sight_n of_o which_o cain_n never_o after_o this_o enjoy_v but_o be_v banish_v from_o it_o and_o god_n withdraw_v his_o gracious_a presence_n from_o he_o so_o st._n chrysostom_n he_o be_v also_o forsake_v by_o he_o and_o put_v out_o of_o his_o special_a protection_n if_o cain_n after_o this_o turn_v a_o downright_a idolater_n as_o many_o think_v it_o be_v very_o likely_a he_o introduce_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a sort_n of_o idolatry_n as_o the_o best_a resemblance_n he_o can_v find_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o appear_v in_o a_o flame_a light_n and_o in_o aftertime_n they_o worship_v fire_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n as_o the_o best_a emblem_n of_o the_o sun_n when_o it_o be_v absent_a and_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o nod._n at_o last_o he_o settle_v in_o a_o country_n which_o have_v the_o name_n of_o 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4._o we_o be_v not_o tell_v how_o many_o but_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a eastern_a tradition_n in_o cedrenus_n say_v he_o have_v thirty_o three_o son_n and_o twenty_o seven_o daughter_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o at_o the_o first_o cain_n can_v marry_v none_o but_o one_o of_o his_o sister_n which_o be_v then_o lawful_a because_o absolute_o necessary_a but_o prohibit_v by_o god_n when_o that_o necessity_n cease_v of_o which_o the_o eastern_a people_n be_v so_o sensible_a that_o they_o take_v care_n to_o have_v it_o think_v that_o cain_n and_o abel_n do_v not_o marry_v those_o who_o be_v near_a of_o kin_n to_o he_o but_o those_o that_o be_v at_o some_o distance_n for_o their_o tradition_n be_v that_o eve_n at_o her_o two_o first_o birth_n bring_v twin_n a_o son_n and_o a_o daughter_n viz._n cain_n with_o his_o sister_n azron_n and_o abel_n with_o his_o sister_n awin_n as_o saidus_n patricide_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n report_v now_o such_o be_v their_o caution_n not_o to_o match_v with_o those_o that_o be_v near_o in_o blood_n but_o with_o those_o further_o off_o as_o much_o as_o be_v then_o possible_a cain_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o marry_v his_o twin-sister_n nor_o abel_n his_o but_o adam_n give_v awin_n to_o cain_n and_o azron_n to_o abel_n i_o can_v vouch_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o story_n which_o i_o mention_v only_o to_o show_v that_o mankind_n have_v have_v a_o sense_n that_o all_o possible_a care_n shall_v be_v use_v to_o avoid_v marriage_n with_o the_o near_a relation_n for_o though_o this_o story_n be_v derive_v perhaps_o from_o the_o jew_n yet_o it_o be_v believe_v by_o other_o people_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n v._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n c._n 8._o whence_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v lib._n i._n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o common_a use_n of_o mankind_n that_o brother_n and_o sister_n shall_v not_o be_v join_v in_o marriage_n and_o plato_n l._n viii_o de_fw-fr legib._n call_v such_o marriage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o no_o mean_n holy_a but_o hateful_a to_o god_n for_o though_o they_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o thing_n they_o become_v so_o afterward_o that_o be_v natural_a in_o one_o state_n of_o thing_n as_o grotius_n well_o observe_v lib._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n &_o p._n c._n 10._o which_o be_v unnatural_a in_o another_o state_n and_o he_o build_v a_o city_n not_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o come_v into_o this_o country_n but_o when_o he_o have_v a_o numerous_a progeny_n able_a to_o people_n it_o and_o consequent_o in_o his_o old_a age._n his_o end_n in_o build_v it_o some_o think_v be_v to_o cross_v the_o curse_n of_o wander_v to_o and_o fro_o other_o to_o defend_v himself_o against_o those_o who_o his_o guilty_a conscience_n make_v he_o fear_n or_o to_o secure_v the_o spoil_n which_o by_o force_n and_o violence_n as_o josephus_n relate_v l._n i._o antiq_fw-la c._n 3._o he_o have_v take_v from_o other_o there_o be_v those_o who_o imagine_v that_o when_o he_o attempt_v to_o build_v this_o city_n he_o often_o break_v off_o the_o work_n out_o of_o a_o panic_n fear_n such_o a_o one_o as_o romulus_n feel_v after_o he_o have_v kill_v his_o brother_n remus_n and_o call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n some_o think_v he_o decline_v his_o own_o name_n because_o he_o know_v it_o to_o be_v odious_a every_o where_n but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a it_o be_v for_o that_o reason_n which_o move_v man_n in_o aftertime_n to_o do_v the_o same_o for_o it_o have_v be_v a_o very_a ancient_a usage_n for_o great_a man_n to_o call_v the_o city_n which_o they_o build_v by_o the_o name_n of_o their_o son_n rather_o than_o their_o own_o out_o of_o the_o great_a love_n they_o bear_v to_o their_o child_n thus_o nimrod_n call_v nineveh_n after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n ninus_n which_o the_o psalmist_n note_v as_o a_o piece_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o mankind_n to_o call_v their_o land_n that_o be_v the_o house_n where_o they_o dwell_v as_o r._n solomon_n jarchi_n interpret_v it_o by_o their_o own_o name_n to_o be_v a_o last_a monument_n of_o they_o and_o of_o their_o family_n enoch_n there_o be_v a_o ancient_a people_n call_v by_o pliny_n heniochi_n by_o mela_n eniochi_n and_o by_o lucan_n enochii_n some_o of_o which_o live_v so_o far_o eastward_o that_o sir_n w._n raleigh_n fancy_n they_o may_v be_v the_o posterity_n of_o this_o enoch_n ver._n 18._o and_o unto_o enoch_n be_v bear_v irad_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o though_o moses_n give_v we_o some_o account_n of_o the_o descendant_n of_o cain_n yet_o he_o say_v not_o a_o word_n of_o the_o year_n that_o they_o live_v and_o carry_v their_o genealogy_n but_o a_o little_a way_n whereas_o he_o
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 from_o who_o the_o city_n and_o country_n of_o hamath_n take_v its_o name_n of_o which_o name_n there_o be_v two_o one_o call_v by_o the_o greek_n antiochia_n the_o other_o epiphania_fw-la the_o former_a call_v the_o great_a amos_n vi_o 2._o to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o this_o which_o st._n hierom_n say_v in_o his_o time_n be_v call_v epiphania_fw-la and_o by_o the_o arabian_n in_o the_o nubian_n geographer_n hama_fw-la this_o be_v the_o city_n which_o be_v mean_v when_o we_o so_o often_o read_v that_o the_o bound_n of_o judaea_n be_v to_o the_o entrance_n of_o hamath_n northward_o numb_a xiii_o 21._o xxxiv_o 8._o and_o other_o place_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a they_o do_v not_o reach_v to_o antiochia_n but_o come_v near_o to_o epiphania_fw-la afterward_o be_v the_o family_n of_o the_o canaanite_n spread_v abroad_o in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o enlarge_v their_o bound_n for_o they_o possess_v all_o the_o country_n which_o lie_v from_o idumaea_n and_o palestine_n to_o the_o 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
from_o who_o come_v the_o hebrew_n nation_n as_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 21._o abraham_n be_v descend_v from_o he_o in_o the_o six_o generation_n all_o other_o derivation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o hebrew_n have_v great_a objection_n lie_v against_o they_o but_o this_o have_v none_o that_o i_o can_v see_v and_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o grammar_n of_o that_o language_n in_o which_o all_o such_o name_n end_v in_o jod_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v be_v note_v to_o come_v either_o from_o a_o place_n or_o country_n or_o people_n or_o author_n therefore_o since_o there_o be_v no_o country_n or_o place_n from_o which_o the_o name_n of_o hebrew_n can_v be_v derive_v it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o deduce_v it_o from_o the_o author_n of_o this_o people_n heber_n and_o it_o be_v authorize_v by_o that_o speech_n of_o balaam_n numb_a xxiv_o 24._o where_o as_o by_o ashur_n be_v mean_v the_o assyrian_n so_o by_o heber_n in_o all_o reason_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o hebrew_n ver._n 25._o peleg_n either_o he_o or_o some_o of_o his_o posterity_n in_o memory_n of_o he_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a 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 the_o river_n chaboras_n run_v into_o it_o upon_o which_o charrah_n stand_v build_v by_o charan_n the_o brother_n of_o abraham_n for_o in_o his_o day_n be_v the_o earth_n divide_v the_o great_a dispersion_n which_o we_o read_v of_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n fall_v out_o just_a when_o he_o be_v bear_v which_o make_v his_o father_n call_v he_o by_o this_o name_n signify_v division_n and_o separation_n which_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o account_n give_v of_o his_o ancestor_n xi_o from_o verse_n 10_o to_o 16._o happen_v in_o the_o hundred_o and_o first_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n in_o that_o year_n the_o tower_n of_o babel_n and_o their_o language_n be_v confound_v upon_o which_o necessary_o follow_v the_o separation_n here_o mention_v the_o age_n that_o precede_v from_o the_o deluge_n to_o this_o division_n be_v call_v by_o the_o ancient_a poet_n the_o golden_a age_n as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n i._o phaleg_n c._n 9_o because_o the_o earth_n not_o be_v divide_v they_o enjoy_v all_o thing_n in_o common_a and_o noah_n who_o they_o call_v saturn_n govern_v they_o not_o as_o king_n do_v their_o subject_n but_o as_o parent_n their_o child_n not_o so_o much_o with_o fear_n and_o dread_a as_o with_o love_n and_o reverence_n to_o his_o fatherly_a authority_n it_o make_v the_o world_n so_o happy_a as_o it_o have_v not_o be_v since_o joktan_n or_o jektan_n the_o brother_n of_o peleg_n have_v a_o numerous_a offspring_n of_o thirteen_o son_n all_o seat_v in_o the_o inmost_a part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n so_o the_o arabian_n it_o be_v certain_a derive_v their_o own_o original_a who_o in_o this_o may_v as_o well_o be_v credit_v as_o the_o europaean_n who_o derive_v themselves_o from_o japetus_n or_o japhet_n and_o the_o african_n from_o cham_n or_o hammon_n they_o call_v he_o cahtan_n as_o our_o mr._n pocock_n as_o well_o as_o other_o observe_v by_o which_o name_n the_o arabic_a paraphra_v upon_o this_o place_n explain_v that_o of_o jektan_n and_o this_o cahtan_a they_o say_v express_o be_v the_o son_n of_o eber_n the_o son_n of_o salah_n etc._n etc._n from_o whence_o the_o name_n of_o catanitae_n a_o people_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la mention_v by_o ptolemy_n and_o a_o city_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o mecha_n still_o retain_v the_o very_a name_n of_o jektan_n be_v call_v baisath-jektan_a i._n e._n the_o seat_n or_o habitation_n of_o jektan_n in_o the_o arabian_a geographer_n see_v mr._n pocock_n note_n upon_o abulfarajus_a concern_v the_o original_a of_o the_o arabian_n p._n 38_o 39_o ver._n 26._o almodad_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o joktan_n seem_v to_o have_v give_v name_n to_o the_o people_n who_o ptolemy_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o middle_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n near_o the_o original_a of_o the_o river_n lar_n which_o run_v into_o the_o persian_a gulf_n the_o greek_n who_o know_v little_a of_o this_o people_n who_o live_v a_o great_a way_n from_o the_o sea_n may_v easy_o mispronounce_v their_o name_n call_v they_o allumaeotae_n instead_o of_o almodaei_n sheleph_n or_o saleph_n be_v it_o be_v likely_a the_o father_n of_o the_o salapeni_n for_o such_o a_o people_n there_o be_v mention_v by_o ptolemy_n who_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o be_v remote_a from_o the_o rest_n about_o the_o neck_n of_o arabia_n not_o far_o from_o the_o spring_n of_o the_o river_n betius_n hatzermave_v though_o the_o arabian_n write_v this_o name_n with_o the_o very_a same_o letter_n yet_o it_o sound_v among_o they_o thus_o hadramuth_n or_o chadramuth_n which_o the_o greek_n pronounce_v divers_a way_n because_o of_o the_o ambiguous_a sound_n of_o the_o two_o letter_n tzadi_n and_o ch_v for_o sometime_o he_o be_v call_v asarmoth_n sometime_o without_o a_o a._n sarmoth_n and_o armoth_n and_o atermoth_n as_o bochartus_n have_v observe_v who_o think_v the_o country_n call_v chatramitis_n or_o atramitis_n chatramotis_n or_o atramotis_n to_o have_v be_v people_v by_o the_o child_n of_o this_o hadramuth_n as_o the_o arabian_n pronounce_v this_o name_n hatazmave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salmasius_n show_v be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o city_n or_o place_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o people_n or_o nation_n exercit._n in_o solin_n p._n 489._o and_o the_o same_o people_n he_o observe_v p._n 490._o be_v call_v by_o artemidorus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o country_n be_v that_o part_n of_o arabia_n which_o abound_v with_o frankincense_n myrrh_n cassia_n and_o cinnamon_n as_o theophrastus_n tell_v we_o and_o strabo_n call_v they_o as_o he_o there_o note_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o vranius_n in_o stephanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o different_o be_v this_o hard_a word_n pronounce_v who_o be_v so_o famous_a that_o eustathius_n antioch_n eusebius_n and_o other_o make_v this_o hatzermave_v the_o father_n of_o the_o arabian_n and_o epiphanius_n derive_v their_o language_n from_o he_o which_o they_o as_o be_v say_v before_o derive_v from_o jektan_n himself_o look_v upon_o the_o dialect_n of_o chadramitis_n as_o barbarous_a see_v bochartus_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 16._o where_o he_o observe_v that_o hatzermave_v in_o hebrew_a signify_v the_o entrance_n of_o death_n and_o hadhramauth_v in_o arabic_a the_o region_n of_o death_n because_o the_o air_n of_o that_o country_n be_v very_o thick_a and_o foggy_a and_o consequent_o unwholesome_a as_o arrianus_n relate_v who_o say_v that_o the_o frankincense_n and_o myrrh_n be_v therefore_o gather_v only_o by_o the_o king_n slave_n and_o by_o condemn_a person_n jerah_n or_o jerach_n from_o who_o come_v the_o people_n call_v jerachaei_n who_o live_v near_o the_o red-sea_n call_v by_o agatharcides_n and_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alilaei_n which_o be_v the_o very_a same_o in_o arabic_a with_o the_o other_o in_o hebrew_n for_o hilal_n be_v the_o moon_n in_o that_o language_n as_o jerach_n be_v in_o hebrew_n and_o the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n mention_n a_o people_n about_o mecha_n who_o at_o this_o day_n be_v call_v bene-hilal_a the_o child_n of_o jerach_n as_o the_o hebrew_n will_v have_v express_v it_o it_o seem_v they_o be_v come_v more_o towards_o the_o east_n when_o ancient_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o south_n ptolemy_n mention_n also_o a_o island_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o alilaei_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v the_o isle_n of_o hawk_n as_o the_o greek_n fancy_v who_o imagine_v all_o these_o old_a word_n to_o come_v from_o their_o tongue_n but_o of_o the_o jerachaei_n ver._n 27._o hadoram_fw-la he_o seem_v to_o have_v fix_v his_o seat_n in_o the_o utmost_a corner_n of_o arabia_n towards_o the_o east_n where_o there_o be_v a_o people_n who_o pliny_n call_v drimati_n a_o name_n easy_o make_v from_o hadoramus_n and_o the_o extreme_a promontory_n of_o that_o country_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n corodamon_n by_o transpose_v the_o letter_n d_o and_o r_o from_o hadoramus_n i_o can_v find_v nothing_o more_o likely_a than_o this_o conjecture_n of_o that_o great_a man_n bochartus_n who_o have_v outdo_v all_o that_o go_v before_o he_o in_o this_o argument_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 20._o vzal_n abraham_n zachut_v as_o he_o also_o observe_v say_v the_o jew_n who_o in_o his_o time_n dwell_v there_o call_v the_o chief_a city_n of_o aljeman_n by_o the_o name_n of_o vzal_n now_o the_o kingdom_n of_o aljeman_n or_o jeman_n be_v the_o south-part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n as_o the_o very_a name_n of_o jeman_n import_v which_o signify_v both_o the_o right-hand_a and_o the_o south_n diklah_n both_o in_o the_o chaldee_n and_o
than_o shem'_v be_v first_o name_v among_o noah_n three_o son_n prove_v he_o to_o have_v be_v the_o first-born_a ix_o 18._o for_o there_o be_v good_a reason_n to_o prove_v that_o abraham_n be_v bear_v sixty_o year_n after_o haran_n who_o be_v the_o elder_a son_n have_v two_o daughter_n marry_v to_o his_o two_o brother_n nahor_n and_o abraham_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o young_a though_o name_v first_o both_o here_o and_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n because_o of_o his_o pre-eminence_n see_v verse_n 32._o ver._n 28._o haran_n die_v before_o his_o father_n etc._n etc._n in_o his_o own_o country_n as_o it_o here_o follow_v out_o of_o which_o he_o do_v not_o go_v as_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o family_n do_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n that_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n which_o be_v next_o to_o assyria_n be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldee_n for_o ur_fw-la as_o abarbinel_n observe_v be_v in_o mesopotamia_n lie_v in_o the_o way_n from_o tigris_n to_o nisibis_n and_o therefore_o 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 child_n lot_n verse_n 27_o and_o milchah_n who_o nahor_n marry_v and_o sarah_n who_o abraham_n marry_v that_o be_v haran_n die_v the_o two_o remain_a brethren_n marry_v his_o two_o daughter_n for_o if_o we_o shall_v understand_v any_o body_n else_o by_o iscah_n but_o sarah_n there_o be_v no_o account_n whence_o she_o descend_v which_o moses_n sure_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v because_o it_o very_o much_o concern_v his_o nation_n to_o know_v from_o who_o they_o come_v both_o by_o the_o father_n and_o the_o mother_n side_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n she_o shall_v have_v two_o name_n one_o perhaps_o before_o they_o come_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n and_o another_o after_o ver._n 31._o go_v forth_o from_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n see_v what_o be_v say_v verse_n 26._o unto_o which_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o add_v but_o this_o that_o this_o country_n be_v so_o famous_a for_o superstition_n that_o the_o chaldaean_n in_o daniel_n time_n be_v reckon_v as_o a_o distinct_a sort_n of_o diviner_n 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 himself_o be_v govern_v by_o his_o motion_n for_o moses_n say_v he_o take_v abraham_n and_o lot_n the_o son_n of_o haran_n etc._n etc._n and_o though_o nahor_n do_v not_o now_o go_v along_o with_o his_o father_n to_o haran_n be_v leave_v behind_o perhaps_o to_o look_v after_o some_o concern_v yet_o afterward_o he_o follow_v he_o with_o all_o his_o family_n as_o appear_v from_o chapter_n xxvii_o 43._o and_o the_o follow_a chapter_n and_o he_o also_o forsake_v idolatry_n for_o rebekkah_n his_o grandchild_n be_v marry_v to_o isaac_n and_o his_o great_a grandchild_n rachel_n and_o leah_n nay_o their_o father_n laban_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n though_o with_o a_o mixture_n of_o some_o superstition_n for_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o jehovah_n upon_o several_a occasion_n gen._n xxiv_o 31_o 50_o 51._o and_o they_o come_v unto_o haran_n it_o be_v possible_a that_o terah_n go_v from_o ur_fw-la to_o canaan_n and_o stay_v in_o this_o place_n call_v the_o city_n 〈◊〉_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 which_o he_o do_v on_o purpose_n that_o we_o may_v know_v when_o this_o new_a period_n of_o time_n begin_v of_o abraham_n leave_n his_o own_o country_n and_o thereby_o become_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a which_o we_o be_v not_o to_o count_v from_o the_o time_n when_o terah_n begin_v to_o have_v child_n ver._n 26._o but_o from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n immediate_o after_o which_o abraham_n go_v on_o towards_o canaan_n see_v vsser_n chronol_n c._n iii_o and_o c._n vii_o from_o this_o also_o we_o learn_v when_o abraham_n be_v bear_v for_o if_o seventy_o five_o year_n which_o be_v abraham_n age_n when_o his_o father_n die_v and_o he_o go_v from_o haran_n xii_o 4._o be_v subduct_v from_o two_o hundred_o and_o five_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o be_v bear_v when_o his_o father_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a that_o be_v threescore_o year_n after_o his_o brother_n haran_n as_o i_o say_v on_o verse_n 26._o chap._n xii_o many_o ancient_a author_n speak_v of_o abraham_n as_o josephus_n observe_v and_o out_o of_o he_o eusebius_n who_o name_v other_o also_o l._n ix_o praepar_fw-la evang._n c._n 16_o 17_o etc._n etc._n all_o that_o i_o shall_v note_v be_v that_o one_o great_a design_n of_o moses_n be_v to_o lead_v the_o jew_n to_o understand_v the_o genealogy_n of_o this_o noble_a ancestor_n of_o they_o he_o hasten_v to_o it_o relate_v other_o matter_n brief_o but_o spend_v many_o page_n about_o he_o for_o he_o comprise_v for_o instance_n the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o flood_n contain_v one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o fifty_o six_o year_n in_o the_o compass_n of_o six_o chapter_n but_o bestow_v on_o the_o history_n of_o abraham_n nineteen_o chapter_n though_o it_o contain_v no_o long_o space_n of_o time_n than_o a_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o five_o year_n ver._n 1._o now_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o abram_n while_o he_o live_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o call_v he_o while_o his_o father_n be_v alive_a xi_o 31._o we_o be_v not_o tell_v how_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o for_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n as_o maimonides_n observe_v p._n ii_o c._n 41._o of_o his_o speak_n in_o a_o dream_n or_o a_o vision_n or_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o angel_n but_o only_o simple_o and_o absolute_o that_o the_o lord_z say_v to_o he_o by_o a_o voice_n when_o he_o be_v awake_a i_o suppose_v from_o the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a glory_n for_o st._n stephen_n say_v express_o the_o god_n of_o glory_n appear_v to_o he_o before_o he_o dwell_v in_o charran_n act_v vii_o 2._o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o own_o country_n etc._n etc._n which_o begin_v a_o good_a while_n ago_o to_o be_v
yet_o he_o see_v they_o degenerate_v apace_o into_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n especial_o into_o idolatry_n which_o will_v bring_v they_o he_o know_v to_o utter_v desolation_n when_o they_o have_v fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o iniquity_n xv._o 16._o ver._n 4._o but_o go_v into_o my_o country_n i._n e._n into_o mesopotamia_n where_o he_o live_v for_o some_o time_n in_o haran_n after_o he_o come_v from_o ur_fw-la which_o be_v also_o in_o that_o country_n as_o i_o observe_v upon_o xi_o 31._o it_o seem_v also_o his_o brother_n have_v remove_v hither_o follow_v his_o father_n terah_n and_o abraham_n example_n see_v xi_o 31._o and_o my_o kindred_n the_o family_n of_o his_o brother_n nahor_n which_o he_o hear_v late_o be_v increase_v xxii_o 20._o who_o though_o they_o have_v some_o superstition_n among_o they_o retain_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n as_o appear_v from_o this_o very_a chapter_n verse_n 31_o 50._o and_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n isaac_n which_o no_o doubt_n be_v by_o isaac_n consent_n as_o well_o as_o his_o father_n command_n ver._n 5._o must_v i_o needs_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o into_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o thou_o come_v he_o desire_v like_o a_o conscientious_a man_n to_o understand_v the_o full_a obligation_n of_o his_o oath_n before_o he_o take_v it_o and_o his_o doubt_n be_v whether_o if_o a_o woman_n will_v not_o come_v with_o he_o into_o canaan_n he_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o go_v again_o a_o second_o time_n and_o carry_v isaac_n to_o she_o ver._n 6._o beware_v that_o thou_o bring_v not_o my_o son_n thither_o again_o he_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n his_o son_n shall_v go_v to_o that_o country_n which_o god_n command_v he_o to_o forsake_v that_o command_n oblige_v not_o only_a himself_o but_o his_o posterity_n see_v verse_n 8._o ver._n 7._o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n he_o who_o rule_v all_o thing_n above_o as_o well_o as_o below_o who_o bring_v i_o from_o my_o own_o into_o this_o country_n and_o have_v promise_v and_o confirm_v that_o promise_n with_o a_o oath_n that_o my_o posterity_n shall_v inherit_v it_o will_v prosper_v thy_o journey_n and_o dispose_v some_o of_o my_o kindred_n to_o come_v hither_o and_o be_v marry_v to_o my_o son_n send_v his_o angel_n before_o thou_o good_a man_n be_v ever_o very_o sensible_a of_o god_n providence_n govern_v all_o thing_n and_o prosper_v their_o proceed_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n which_o abraham_n servant_n take_v particular_a notice_n of_o verse_n 40._o ver._n 8._o and_o if_o the_o woman_n will_v not_o be_v willing_a to_o follow_v thou_o etc._n etc._n if_o it_o fall_v out_o otherways_o than_o i_o hope_v thou_o have_v do_v thy_o duty_n if_o thou_o bring_v not_o my_o son_n into_o that_o country_n again_o he_o speak_v both_o here_o and_o verse_n 6._o as_o if_o isaac_n have_v once_o be_v there_o because_o abraham_n himself_o come_v from_o thence_o and_o this_o servant_n also_o and_o a_o great_a many_o of_o his_o family_n xii_o 5._o who_o if_o isaac_n go_v to_o settle_v there_o must_v have_v go_v with_o he_o as_o part_v of_o his_o substance_n ver._n 10._o and_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o camel_n etc._n etc._n camel_n be_v of_o great_a use_n in_o those_o country_n as_o they_o be_v at_o this_o day_n some_o of_o they_o be_v make_v for_o carriage_n of_o burden_n and_o other_o for_o swift_a travel_n which_o latter_a sort_n be_v call_v by_o a_o peculiar_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dromedary_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o his_o plinian_n exercit_fw-la p._n 987._o these_o perhaps_o be_v of_o that_o kind_n for_o the_o great_a expedition_n like_o those_o we_o read_v of_o 1_o sam._n xxx_o 17._o for_o all_o the_o good_n of_o his_o master_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n he_o may_v choose_v what_o accommodation_n he_o please_v for_o his_o journey_n have_v every_o thing_n belong_v to_o his_o master_n at_o his_o command_n who_o be_v a_o great_a person_n it_o be_v fit_v his_o principal_a servant_n shall_v be_v well_o attend_v as_o it_o appear_v he_o be_v verse_n 32._o especial_o when_o he_o go_v upon_o such_o a_o â—…rand_n as_o to_o court_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o master_n son_n most_n refer_v this_o to_o the_o present_v he_o carry_v along_o with_o he_o and_o r._n solomon_n will_v have_v it_o that_o he_o carry_v a_o write_n with_o he_o under_o his_o master_n hand_n a_o inventory_n we_o call_v it_o specify_v all_o his_o good_n and_o riches_n that_o they_o may_v know_v what_o a_o great_a match_n his_o son_n be_v city_n of_o nahor_n which_o be_v haran_n from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v xi_o 31._o and_o to_o which_o jacob_n go_v to_o find_v his_o kindred_n xxviii_o 10._o how_o far_o it_o be_v thither_o we_o be_v not_o tell_v nor_o how_o long_o they_o be_v go_v to_o it_o and_o moses_n omit_v also_o whatsoever_o pass_v in_o the_o way_n as_o not_o pertinent_a to_o his_o story_n ver._n 11._o camel_n kneel_v down_o the_o posture_n wherein_o they_o rest_v themselves_o ver._n 12._o o_o lord_n god_n of_o my_o master_n abraham_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v observe_v the_o kindness_n of_o god_n to_o have_v be_v so_o great_a to_o abraham_n and_o abraham_n to_o have_v such_o a_o peculiar_a interest_n in_o his_o favour_n that_o in_o confidence_n he_o will_v make_v good_a abraham_n word_n verse_n 7._o &_o 40._o he_o not_o only_o beg_v he_o may_v have_v good_a success_n in_o his_o journey_n but_o desire_v a_o sign_n of_o it_o to_o confirm_v his_o faith_n and_o such_o a_o sign_n as_o be_v most_o apposite_a to_o denote_v the_o person_n that_o will_v make_v a_o good_a wife_n by_o her_o courtesy_n humility_n condescension_n hospitality_n prompt_a and_o laborious_a charity_n all_o which_o be_v include_v in_o what_o he_o desire_v and_o she_o do_v ver._n 14._o thereby_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o thou_o have_v show_v kindness_n to_o my_o master_n he_o have_v no_o confidence_n that_o god_n will_v do_v any_o thing_n for_o his_o own_o sake_n but_o for_o his_o master_n be_v who_o god_n have_v most_o wonderful_o bless_v ver._n 15._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v before_o he_o have_v do_v speak_v etc._n etc._n this_o show_v it_o be_v by_o a_o divine_a suggestion_n that_o he_o make_v this_o prayer_n which_o be_v answer_v immediate_o such_o be_v the_o divine_a goodness_n or_o rather_o to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o sam._n bochartus_fw-la upon_o occasion_n of_o many_o such_o instance_n sic_fw-la enim_fw-la parata_fw-la &_o obvia_fw-la esse_fw-la solent_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la preces_fw-la nostras_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la sequantur_fw-la quam_fw-la occupent_fw-la alque_fw-la antecedant_fw-la p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n 2._o cap._n 49._o so_o forward_o be_v god_n to_o bestow_v his_o benefit_n upon_o we_o that_o they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o follow_v our_o prayer_n as_o prevent_v and_o go_v before_o they_o see_v verse_n 45._o with_o her_o pitcher_n upon_o her_o shoulder_n behold_v the_o simplicity_n frugality_n and_o industry_n of_o that_o age._n ver._n 20._o draw_v for_o all_o his_o camel_n there_o be_v ten_o of_o they_o verse_n 10._o and_o they_o be_v a_o very_a thirsty_a sort_n of_o creature_n and_o therefore_o she_o take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o serve_v he_o who_o be_v but_o a_o stranger_n in_o this_o manner_n which_o show_v extraordinary_a goodness_n and_o a_o most_o oblige_a disposition_n at_o which_o he_o may_v well_o be_v amaze_v as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 21._o wonder_v at_o she_o hold_v his_o peace_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v so_o astonish_v at_o her_o kindness_n readiness_n to_o do_v good_a and_o laborious_a diligence_n etc._n etc._n and_o also_o at_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o make_v thing_n fall_v out_o so_o pat_o to_o his_o desire_n that_o for_o the_o present_a he_o can_v not_o speak_v have_v his_o mind_n employ_v in_o mark_v and_o observe_v every_o passage_n whereby_o he_o may_v judge_v how_o to_o conclude_v whether_o this_o be_v the_o woman_n or_o no_o who_o god_n design_v for_o his_o master_n son_n ver._n 22._o the_o man_n take_v give_v she_o as_o the_o phrase_n be_v often_o use_v but_o he_o first_o ask_v she_o who_o daughter_n she_o be_v as_o appear_v from_o verse_n 47._o a_o golden_a ear-ring_n or_o rather_o as_o the_o margin_n have_v it_o a_o jewel_n for_o the_o forehead_n and_o so_o we_o translate_v the_o hebrew_n word_n ezek._n xvi_o 12._o and_o this_o person_n himself_o expound_v it_o verse_n 47._o i_o put_v the_o ear-ring_n or_o jewel_n upon_o her_o face_n i._n e._n her_o forehead_n for_o such_o ornament_n be_v use_v in_o those_o time_n and_o country_n hang_v down_o between_o the_o eyebrow_n over_o the_o nose_n two_o bracelet_n for_o her_o hand_n i._n e._n wrist_n ver._n 26._o bow_v his_o head_n and_o worship_v the_o lord_n
there_o be_v a_o remainder_n of_o the_o name_n of_o pison_n preserve_v in_o the_o easterly_a river_n call_v pasitigris_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o oroatis_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o his_o exerc._n plinianae_n in_o solin_n p._n 701_o 702_o and_o be_v call_v as_o mr._n carver_n note_v by_o xenophon_n simple_o physeus_n in_o which_o the_o name_n of_o phison_n be_v plain_o enough_o retain_v which_o continue_v till_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a for_o q._n curtius_n as_o he_o further_a note_n common_o call_v tigris_n itself_o by_o the_o name_n of_o phasis_n and_o say_v it_o be_v so_o call_v by_o the_o inhabitant_n thereabouts_o which_o in_o all_o probability_n be_v at_o first_o the_o name_n of_o this_o other_o river_n phison_n but_o lose_v by_o the_o many_o alteration_n which_o be_v make_v for_o a_o long_a time_n in_o the_o course_n of_o it_o as_o pliny_n tell_v we_o for_o he_o say_v the_o orcheni_n and_o other_o neighbour_a nation_n make_v great_a and_o deep_a cut_n or_o canal_n to_o carry_v the_o water_n of_o euphrates_n mean_v this_o river_n into_o their_o field_n and_o so_o it_o lose_v its_o course_n and_o run_v through_o tigris_n and_o the_o marsh_n into_o the_o sea_n strabo_n say_v the_o same_o that_o from_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o call_v they_o deep_a trench_n which_o carry_v the_o water_n of_o euphrates_n into_o tigris_n come_v the_o name_n of_o pasitigris_n that_o be_v pison_n mix_v with_o tigris_n see_v salmasius_n in_o the_o forenamed_a exercitation_n pag._n 703_o where_o he_o show_v this_o river_n be_v not_o perfect_o restore_v to_o its_o course_n till_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a that_o be_v it_o which_o compass_v the_o whole_a land_n of_o havilah_n by_o find_v where_o this_o country_n be_v we_o certain_o find_v the_o river_n phison_n now_o moses_n make_v mention_n of_o two_o havilah_n one_o descend_v from_o cush_n gen._n x._o 7._o and_o the_o other_o from_o jocktan_n ver_fw-la 29._o the_o latter_a of_o these_o can_v be_v here_o mean_v for_o his_o posterity_n be_v plant_v eastward_o but_o the_o former_a who_o be_v a_o more_o western_a people_n in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n which_o border_v upon_o this_o stream_n for_o the_o ishmaelite_n who_o inhabit_v arabia_n deserta_fw-la be_v describe_v by_o moses_n xxv_o 18._o as_o bound_a by_o shur_n towards_o egypt_n and_o by_o havilah_n in_o the_o way_n to_o assyria_n and_o saul_n find_v havilah_n in_o aftertime_n in_o the_o very_a same_o situation_n 1_o sam._n xv._o 7._o and_o still_o much_o late_a strabo_n mention_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v certain_o the_o posterity_n of_o chavilah_n among_o the_o people_n of_o arabia_n see_v bochart_n phaleg_n l._n iu._n c._n 11._o where_o there_o be_v gold_n nothing_o be_v more_o famous_a than_o the_o gold_n of_o arabia_n where_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v it_o be_v dig_v up_o in_o great_a lump_n as_o big_a as_o a_o chestnut_n l._n ii_o p._n 93._o edit_fw-la h._n steph._n ver._n 12._o and_o the_o gold_n of_o that_o land_n be_v good_a i._n e._n be_v excellent_a for_o the_o forenamed_a author_n say_v it_o be_v of_o such_o a_o flame_a colour_n that_o it_o add_v much_o to_o the_o lustre_n of_o precious_a stone_n that_o be_v set_v in_o it_o there_o be_v bdellium_n the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v bedolach_n some_o have_v think_v bdellium_n to_o come_v from_o thence_o which_o be_v a_o aromatic_a gum._n other_o think_v bedolach_n to_o be_v crystal_n other_o amber_n but_o bochart_n rather_o think_v it_o signify_v pearl_n which_o he_o prove_v in_o his_o hieroizoc_n p._n ii_o l._n v._o c._n 25._o from_o the_o country_n itself_o here_o mention_v viz._n havilah_n which_o he_o look_v upon_o as_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n which_o lie_v upon_o the_o persian_a gulf_n where_o at_o catipha_n there_o be_v a_o great_a pearl-fishing_a the_o manna_n also_o wherewith_o the_o israelite_n be_v feed_v in_o the_o wilderness_n be_v describe_v numb_a xi_o 7._o to_o be_v round_o like_o coriander-seed_n and_o of_o the_o colour_n of_o bedolach_n now_o in_o his_o former_a description_n moses_n say_v it_o be_v white_a exod._a xvi_o 14._o which_o agree_v to_o pearl_n as_o also_o do_v roundness_n but_o not_o to_o the_o sweet_a gum_n call_v bdellium_n of_o which_o see_v salmasius_n in_o his_o exerc._n plin._n p._n 1150._o and_o the_o onyx_n stone_n this_o country_n also_o be_v famous_a for_o precious_a stone_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o report_n which_o nearchus_n alexander_n admiral_n make_v of_o the_o western_a coast_n of_o the_o persian_a gulf_n in_o strabo_n l._n xvi_o but_o braunius_n l._n ii_o de_fw-fr vestitu_fw-la sacerd._n hebr._n cap._n 18._o think_v schoham_n shall_v rather_o be_v translate_v the_o sardonyx_n which_o soever_o it_o be_v arabia_n be_v famous_a both_o for_o the_o onyx_n and_o sardonyae_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v out_o of_o pliny_n ib._n p._n 562_o 563._o ver._n 13._o the_o name_n of_o the_o second_o river_n be_v gihen_n there_o be_v no_o footstep_n of_o this_o name_n remain_v that_o i_o can_v find_v but_o we_o be_v direct_v by_o the_o country_n it_o be_v say_v to_o compass_v to_o take_v it_o to_o be_v the_o eastern_a stream_n that_o arise_v from_o the_o part_n of_o euphrates_n and_o tigris_n as_o pison_n i_o say_v be_v the_o western_a compass_v or_o run_v along_o by_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o aethiopia_n or_o cush_n who_o be_v seat_v more_o eastward_o than_o his_o son_n havilah_n seba_n and_o the_o rest_n mention_v gen._n x._o 6_o 7._o upon_o the_o border_n of_o this_o river_n for_o when_o people_n first_o begin_v to_o spread_v themselves_o they_o keep_v as_o near_o to_o great_a river_n as_o they_o can_v for_o the_o better_a communication_n one_o with_o another_o and_o afford_v mutual_a succour_n and_o assistance_n it_o be_v probable_a that_o he_o give_v name_n to_o the_o country_n of_o susiana_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v now_o call_v by_o the_o persian_n chuzestan_n i._n e._n the_o province_n of_o chus_n and_o when_o his_o posterity_n multiply_v they_o go_v more_o westward_n towards_o the_o arabian_a sea_n from_o whence_o his_o brother_n mitzraim_n pass_v into_o egypt_n our_o translator_n follow_v the_o lxx_o in_o render_v the_o hebrew_n name_n cush_n by_o aethiopia_n not_o mean_v that_o in_o africa_n but_o this_o in_o assa_n for_o the_o ancient_n frequent_o mention_v a_o double_a aethiopia_n as_o many_o have_v observe_v particular_o job_n ludolphus_n who_o herein_o justify_v the_o lxx_o in_o great_a part_n l._n ii_o comment_n in_o histor_n aethiop_n cap._n iii_o n._n 16._o ver._n 14._o the_o name_n of_o the_o three_o be_v hiddekel_n which_o river_n be_v call_v by_o daniel_n x._o 4._o the_o great_a river_n can_v be_v as_o many_o have_v fancy_v naharmalca_a for_o that_o be_v but_o a_o cut_n make_v by_o trajan_n to_o waft_v his_o army_n out_o of_o euphrates_n into_o tigris_n as_o ammian_n marcellinus_n tell_v we_o and_o therefore_o 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also_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o with_o japetus_n who_o the_o greek_n own_o to_o have_v be_v their_o father_n nor_o do_v they_o know_v any_o name_n of_o great_a antiquity_n which_o make_v they_o give_v it_o to_o decrepit_a person_n as_o many_o particular_o bochart_n have_v observe_v and_o it_o become_v a_o proverb_n in_o that_o country_n old_a than_o japetus_n who_o their_o poet_n feign_v to_o have_v attempt_v war_n against_o jupiter_n because_o of_o the_o dissension_n which_o the_o unlikeness_n of_o their_o manner_n beget_v between_o they_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o story_n in_o chapter_n ix_o of_o this_o book_n verse_n 22._o for_o ham_n as_o i_o say_v be_v the_o heathen_a jupiter_n ver._n 2._o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n be_v seven_o the_o elder_a of_o which_o gomer_n have_v three_o son_n and_o the_o four_o javan_n have_v four_o who_o name_n we_o have_v in_o the_o follow_a verse_n gomer_n it_o be_v hard_a at_o this_o distance_n to_o find_v what_o country_n be_v people_v by_o his_o posterity_n but_o bochartus_fw-la in_o his_o phaleg_n have_v make_v such_o probable_a conjecture_n about_o this_o and_o all_o that_o follow_v from_o other_o scripture_n and_o from_o neighbour_a place_n and_o the_o relic_n of_o their_o name_n in_o ancient_a geographer_n and_o suchlike_a thing_n that_o they_o carry_v a_o great_a appearance_n of_o truth_n in_o they_o our_o famous_a cambden_n in_o his_o account_n of_o the_o first_o inhabitant_n of_o britain_n think_v that_o the_o cimbri_n and_o cimmerii_n descend_v from_o this_o gomer_n who_o give_v they_o their_o name_n and_o that_o the_o old_a britain_n come_v from_o he_o because_o they_o call_v themselves_o kumero_fw-la cymro_n and_o kumeri_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o denote_v they_o the_o posterity_n of_o gomer_n but_o this_o as_o also_o the_o notion_n of_o ludou._n capellus_n in_o his_o chron._n sacra_fw-la p._n 104._o who_o if_o this_o of_o mr._n camben_n be_v not_o accept_v propound_v another_o of_o the_o comari_n and_o chomari_n a_o people_n in_o scythia_n mention_v by_o ptolemy_n within_o the_o mountain_n imaus_n near_o bactriana_n be_v confute_v by_o what_o we_o read_v in_o ezekiel_n who_o make_v gomer_n to_o have_v be_v a_o neighbour_n of_o torgamah_n ezek._n xxxviii_o 6._o and_o torgamah_n be_v a_o nation_n that_o usual_o go_v to_o the_o mart_n of_o tyre_n xxvii_o 14._o and_o consequent_o be_v not_o seat_v in_o the_o furthermost_a part_n of_o the_o north_n but_o as_o will_v appear_v afterward_o not_o very_o far_o from_o tyre_n and_o in_o some_o country_n thereabouts_o we_o must_v seek_v for_o gomer_n who_o it_o be_v likely_a give_v phrygia_n its_o denomination_n for_o a_o part_n of_o it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o diodorus_n and_o hesychius_n because_o it_o look_v as_o if_o it_o be_v burn_v such_o be_v all_o the_o country_n about_o cayster_n maeander_n and_o the_o city_n philadelphia_n now_o this_o be_v the_o very_a signification_n of_o gomer_n for_o in_o 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call_v canaanites_n by_o the_o greek_n for_o their_o posterity_n be_v ashamed_a as_o we_o may_v suppose_v of_o that_o name_n because_o of_o the_o curse_n pronounce_v upon_o canaan_n choose_v to_o be_v call_v rather_o syrian_n or_o assyrian_n or_o sidonian_n or_o phoenician_n for_o syria_n which_o be_v a_o common_a name_n to_o a_o great_a many_o people_n round_o about_o be_v at_o first_o proper_a to_o they_o from_o the_o metropolis_n of_o phoenicia_n which_o be_v tyre_n in_o hebrew_n sore_a or_o sur_fw-mi from_o whence_o surim_n and_o thence_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o that_o will_v see_v more_o of_o this_o may_v read_v the_o forenamed_a author_n l._n iu._n phaleg_n c._n 34._o ver._n 7._o in_o this_o verse_n moses_n acquaint_v we_o what_o people_n descend_v from_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o ham_n viz._n cush_n who_o have_v five_o son_n and_o the_o four_o of_o they_o have_v two_o seba._n there_o be_v four_o nation_n that_o have_v the_o name_n of_o seba_n or_o 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mention_v isai_n xlv_o 14._o havilah_n or_o chavilah_n there_o be_v two_o havilah_n also_o one_o the_o son_n of_o cush_n here_o mention_v another_o the_o son_n of_o jocktan_n verse_n 29._o from_o this_o havilah_n seem_v to_o have_v come_v the_o people_n call_v chanlothaei_n by_o eratosthenes_n who_o be_v seat_v in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la as_o strabo_n tell_v we_o between_o the_o nabataei_n and_o the_o agraei_n i._n e._n the_o hagerens_n by_o pliny_n they_o be_v call_v chavelaei_n which_o come_v near_a to_o the_o hebrew_n name_n who_o be_v feat_v in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n which_o lie_v towards_o babylon_n as_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o in_o the_o scripture_n the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n nigh_o egypt_n and_o havilah_n be_v oppose_v as_o the_o most_o remote_a opposite_a bound_n of_o arabia_n thus_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
syriack_n language_n dicla_n signify_v a_o palm_n or_o a_o grove_n of_o palm_n which_o lead_v bochartus_n to_o conclude_v that_o the_o minaei_n a_o people_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n who_o country_n abound_v with_o such_o tree_n be_v the_o posterity_n of_o this_o diklah_n both_o pliny_n and_o strabo_n mention_v they_o and_o this_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a than_o the_o conjecture_n of_o ludovicus_n capellus_n that_o the_o country_n of_o dangala_n in_o aethiopia_n near_o egypt_n may_v have_v its_o name_n from_o this_o man_n for_o that_o be_v too_o remote_a from_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o man_n posterity_n and_o so_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mention_v as_o he_o observe_v by_o herodotus_n chronolog_n sacra_fw-la p._n 108._o ver._n 28._o and_o obal_n which_o in_o the_o arabic_a pronunciation_n be_v aubal_n as_o cocab_n a_o star_n in_o hebrew_n be_v in_o arabic_a caucab_n etc._n etc._n the_o posterity_n of_o this_o aubal_n or_o obal_n bochart_n think_v pass_v over_o the_o strait_n of_o the_o sinus_n arabicus_n out_o of_o arabia_n foelix_n into_o arabia_n troglodytica_fw-la where_o we_o meet_v with_o this_o name_n in_o the_o sinus_n abalites_n which_o other_o call_v analites_n and_o in_o a_o great_a trade_n town_n call_v by_o arrianus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o a_o people_n who_o live_v in_o that_o sinus_n call_v by_o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o believe_v it_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o this_o obal_n abimael_n which_o the_o arabian_n pronounce_v abimâl_a i._n e._n the_o father_n of_o mali_n or_o the_o malitae_n a_o people_n in_o arabia_n next_o to_o the_o minaei_n beforementioned_a theophrastus_n say_v mali_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o a_o country_n in_o arabia_n the_o spicy_a from_o whence_o the_o people_n call_v malitae_n who_o ptolemy_n call_v manitae_n by_o a_o usual_a change_n of_o the_o letter_n l_o into_o n_n as_o nabonidus_n be_v the_o same_o with_o labonidus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o mali_n be_v the_o contraction_n of_o abimali_fw-la nothing_n be_v more_o common_a than_o in_o compound_a name_n to_o omit_v the_o first_o part_n as_o sittim_n numb_a xxv_o 1._o for_o abel-sittim_a xxx_o 49._o hermon_n very_o often_o for_o baal-hermon_n judg._n iii_o 3._o nimrim_a for_o beth-nimrim_a and_o salem_n for_o jerusalem_n sheba_n from_o who_o come_v the_o sabaean_n who_o sometime_o comprehend_v a_o great_a many_o people_n but_o here_o be_v to_o be_v take_v strict_o for_o those_o upon_o the_o red-sea_n between_o the_o minaei_n and_o the_o catabanes_n who_o metropolis_n which_o stand_v upon_o a_o high_a mountain_n full_a of_o tree_n be_v call_v by_o ancient_a author_n saba_n and_o sabai_n sabo_n and_o sabas_n as_o salmasius_n show_v out_o of_o stephanus_n agatharcides_n and_o other_o who_o say_v that_o this_o city_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d much_o the_o fair_a of_o all_o in_o arabia_n excerc_n in_o solin_n p._n 491_o 492_o etc._n etc._n in_o latter_a time_n this_o name_n be_v change_v into_o mariaba_n the_o ancient_a name_n be_v lose_v as_o the_o same_o salmasius_n there_o observe_v p._n 497_o &_o 1118._o which_o pliny_n say_v signify_v as_o much_o as_o dominos_fw-la omnium_fw-la the_o lord_n of_o all_o for_o from_o rabath_n to_o rule_v come_v marab_n which_o signify_v in_o their_o language_n as_o bochart_n observe_v the_o seat_n of_o those_o that_o rule_n that_o be_v the_o royal_a city_n where_o their_o king_n live_v the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n say_v the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n come_v from_o hence_o to_o hear_v the_o wisdom_n of_o solomon_n ver._n 29._o and_o ophir_n which_o the_o arabian_n pronounce_v auphir_n signify_v abundance_n gold_n be_v find_v there_o in_o such_o plenty_n that_o they_o exchange_v it_o for_o brass_n and_o iron_n give_v a_o double_a or_o triple_a proportion_n of_o gold_n for_o they_o bochart_n think_v he_o give_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o island_n in_o the_o red-sea_n mention_v by_o eupolemus_n in_o eusebius_n and_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v two_o ophir_n one_o belong_v to_o india_n whither_o solomon_n ship_n go_v once_o in_o three_o year_n which_o he_o take_v for_o taprobana_n now_o zeilan_n and_o the_o other_o belong_v to_o arabia_n where_o the_o posterity_n of_o this_o ophir_n here_o mention_v settle_a who_o country_n he_o take_v to_o have_v be_v near_o to_o the_o sabaean_n their_o brethren_n which_o stephanus_n and_o ptolemy_n call_v cassanitis_n the_o same_o in_o sense_n with_o ophir_n for_o chosan_n be_v a_o treasure_n which_o the_o arabian_n write_v chazan_n from_o which_o come_v the_o word_n gaza_n for_o abundance_n of_o riches_n havilah_n or_o chavilah_n see_v verse_n 7._o where_o we_o have_v this_o name_n before_o among_o the_o son_n of_o cush_n from_o who_o the_o havilah_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v very_o different_a give_v name_n it_o be_v probable_a to_o the_o country_n which_o the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n call_v chaulan_n and_o say_v it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n nigh_o also_o to_o the_o sabaean_n which_o he_o accurate_o describe_v see_v phaleg_n l._n ii_o cap._n 28._o jobab_n the_o father_n of_o the_o jobabite_n near_o to_o the_o sachalite_n as_o ptolemy_n express_o say_v if_o instead_o of_o jobaritae_n in_o he_o we_o read_v jobabitae_n as_o bochartus_n correct_v the_o passage_n with_o great_a reason_n and_o think_v also_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o name_n to_o be_v plain_a for_o jebab_v in_o arabic_a signify_v a_o desert_n and_o there_o be_v many_o such_o in_o the_o country_n of_o the_o jobabite_n above_o the_o sinus_n of_o sachalites_n ver._n 30._o and_o their_o dwell_n be_v from_o mesha_n etc._n etc._n this_o conclusion_n confirm_v what_o have_v be_v say_v that_o all_o the_o thirteen_o son_n of_o joktan_n be_v seat_v in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la except_o obal_n who_o go_v its_o likely_a after_o moses_n time_n over_o into_o abalites_n the_o passage_n be_v short_a cross_n that_o straight_a beforementioned_a verse_n 28._o which_o be_v not_o above_o four_o or_o five_o mile_n broad_a for_o arabia_n foelix_n lie_v between_o the_o red-sea_n and_o the_o persian_a gulf_n now_o mesa_n or_o musa_n or_o muza_n be_v a_o famous_a port-town_n in_o the_o red-sea_n which_o the_o egyptian_n and_o aethiopian_n frequent_v in_o their_o way_n to_o the_o country_n of_o the_o sapharites_n in_o the_o east_n from_o who_o they_o bring_v myrrh_n frankincense_n and_o such_o like_a thing_n ptolomy_n table_n plain_o snow_v this_o that_o from_o musa_n the_o sapharitae_n lie_v direct_o eastward_o and_o saphar_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o country_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mountain_n climax_n which_o ancient_o it_o be_v likely_a be_v call_v saphar_n from_o the_o city_n at_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o and_o thus_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v moses_n when_o he_o say_v here_o that_o sepher_n be_v a_o mountain_n of_o the_o east_n not_o eastward_o from_o judaea_n but_o from_o mesha_n which_o be_v in_o the_o west_n see_v bochart_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 30._o where_o he_o observe_v that_o the_o arabic_a paraphra_v of_o the_o paris_n edition_n take_v mesha_n to_o be_v meccha_n and_o instead_o of_o from_o mesha_n to_o sephar_n say_v from_o meccha_n to_o medina_n which_o be_v near_a truth_n than_o their_o opinion_n who_o place_n the_o child_n of_o joktan_n about_o cophete_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o india_n but_o he_o show_v that_o some_o of_o the_o child_n of_o cush_n settle_v between_o meccha_n and_o medina_n and_o it_o sufficient_o appear_v that_o joktan_n child_n dwell_v in_o the_o inmost_a part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n and_o be_v the_o genuine_a arabian_n ver._n 31._o this_o be_v explain_v verse_n 5._o ver._n 32._o by_o these_o be_v the_o nation_n divide_v after_o the_o flood_n they_o and_o their_o descendant_n share_v the_o whole_a earth_n among_o they_o as_o it_o be_v say_v express_o ix_o 18._o of_o they_o be_v the_o whole_a earth_n overspread_v but_o according_a to_o the_o forego_n account_v we_o find_v only_o three_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n europe_n asia_n and_o africa_n possess_v by_o the_o three_o son_n of_o noah_n and_o their_o child_n which_o have_v make_v some_o so_o bold_a as_o to_o say_v there_o be_v other_o people_n in_o america_n who_o be_v not_o drown_v by_o the_o flood_n and_o one_o of_o their_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v not_o people_v from_o any_o of_o the_o other_o three_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v that_o we_o can_v give_v no_o account_n how_o lion_n bear_n wolf_n fox_n and_o suchlike_a creature_n shall_v get_v thither_o for_o none_o sure_a will_v carry_v they_o by_o ship_n though_o man_n themselves_o may_v by_o that_o mean_n pass_v over_o into_o those_o region_n but_o this_o difficulty_n be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o they_o make_v it_o for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o though_o the_o
before_o greece_n or_o italy_n or_o any_o other_o western_a people_n grow_v into_o the_o fashion_n of_o a_o kingdom_n show_n that_o the_o eastern_a people_n be_v the_o heir_n of_o the_o world_n and_o other_o nation_n but_o as_o colony_n from_o they_o ver._n 3._o they_o say_v one_o to_o another_o i._n e._n consult_v together_o go_v to_o and_o stir_v up_o one_o another_o to_o lay_v all_o their_o hand_n to_o this_o work_n let_v we_o make_v brick_n in_o that_o low_a and_o fat_a soil_n there_o be_v no_o stone_n as_o be_v intimate_v in_o the_o next_o word_n and_o they_o have_v brick_n for_o stone_n no_o body_n doubt_v but_o this_o be_v a_o true_a translation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n labenah_n for_o herodotus_n and_o justin_n and_o many_o other_o describe_z the_o wall_n of_o babylon_n as_o make_v of_o such_o material_n what_o chemar_n be_v which_o be_v the_o cement_n to_o join_v the_o brick_n together_o do_v not_o so_o plain_o appear_v we_o translate_v it_o slime_n follow_v herein_o a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o hebrew_n particular_o kimchi_n who_o say_v it_o be_v mortar_n make_v of_o sand_n and_o lime_n but_o there_o be_v much_o reason_n to_o think_v it_o be_v that_o which_o the_o ancient_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o kind_n of_o pitch_n as_o kimchi_n himself_o acknowledge_v some_o understand_v it_o which_o be_v describe_v by_o author_n as_o a_o very_a glewy_a thing_n and_o therefore_o use_v by_o noah_n by_o god_n direction_n about_o the_o ark._n there_o be_v great_a plenty_n of_o it_o in_o assyria_n as_o theodoret_n here_o observe_v from_o some_o fountain_n which_o vomit_v it_o up_o with_o the_o water_n and_o so_o strabo_n and_o dion_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v very_o fit_a for_o this_o purpose_n and_o herodotus_n say_v express_o that_o the_o wall_n of_o babylon_n be_v cement_v with_o it_o and_o so_o do_v many_o other_o both_o greek_a and_o roman_a author_n mention_v by_o bochartus_n l._n i._o phaleg_n c._n 13._o and_o it_o be_v very_o observable_a that_o arrianus_n say_v l._n vii_o the_o temple_n of_o belus_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o city_n of_o babylon_n of_o a_o vast_a bigness_n be_v make_v of_o brick_n cement_v with_o asphaltus_n ver._n 4._o and_o they_o say_v go_v to_o now_o at_o the_o first_o perhaps_o they_o speak_v only_o of_o build_v themselves_o house_n but_o now_o they_o lay_v their_o head_n together_o and_o consult_v to_o make_v a_o huge_a monument_n of_o their_o greatness_n a_o city_n and_o a_o tower_n some_o fancy_n one_o thing_n to_o be_v express_v in_o two_o word_n a_o city_n and_o a_o tower_n be_v a_o city_n with_o turret_n but_o both_o this_o verse_n and_o the_o next_o express_v they_o so_o several_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o think_v they_o to_o have_v be_v distinct_a yet_o that_o the_o tower_n be_v part_n of_o the_o city_n be_v plain_a by_o verse_n 8._o where_n it_o be_v say_v they_o leave_v off_o to_o build_v the_o city_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o the_o tower_n which_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o city_n as_o a_o part_n of_o it_o and_o may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v the_o acropolis_n as_o the_o greek_n speak_v a_o strong_a place_n in_o the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o city_n such_o as_o we_o call_v a_o citadel_n for_o the_o scripture_n by_o a_o tower_n mean_v some_o fortress_n to_o keep_v out_o a_o enemy_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v build_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o city_n that_o it_o may_v command_v every_o part_n of_o it_o some_o fancy_n the_o temple_n of_o belus_n beforementioned_a be_v afterward_o build_v where_o this_o tower_n stand_v and_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o tower_n perfect_v for_o another_o use_n or_o rather_o a_o temple_n be_v build_v round_o about_o the_o tower_n which_o stand_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o it_o as_o herodotus_n describe_v it_o l._n i._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o temple_n be_v a_o strong_a tower_n etc._n etc._n who_o top_n may_v reach_v up_o unto_o heaven_n i._n e._n to_o the_o cloud_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v a_o exceed_a high_a tower_n for_o the_o same_o be_v say_v of_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n of_o canaan_n deut._n i_o 28._o ix_o 1._o and_o therefore_o can_v mean_v no_o more_o here_o and_o be_v a_o usual_a phrase_n in_o scripture_n as_o when_o the_o psalmist_n say_v they_o that_o sail_n upon_o the_o sea_n be_v sometime_o lift_v up_o to_o heaven_n cvii_o 25._o which_o be_v a_o language_n that_o other_o author_n speak_v for_o homer_n mention_n a_o firr-tree_n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extend_v to_o heaven_n i._n e._n very_o tall_a which_o i_o note_v to_o show_v the_o senseless_a spite_n of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n who_o endeavour_v to_o discredit_v this_o sacred_a story_n by_o the_o poetical_a fiction_n of_o the_o giant_n war_a with_o heaven_n as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o truth_n in_o the_o one_o than_o in_o the_o other_o but_o st._n cyril_n in_o his_o four_o book_n against_o he_o true_o observe_v that_o in_o scripture_n this_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o heaven_n be_v put_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o which_o be_v high_o elevate_v as_o this_o tower_n be_v which_o be_v half_o a_o quarter_n of_o a_o mile_n in_o breadth_n and_o length_n have_v another_o tower_n stand_v upon_o it_o and_o a_o three_o upon_o that_o and_o so_o on_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o herodotus_n speak_v till_o there_o be_v eight_o tower_n in_o all_o which_o make_v it_o of_o a_o vast_a height_n let_v we_o make_v we_o a_o name_n etc._n etc._n here_o he_o plain_o acquaint_v we_o with_o their_o intention_n in_o build_v this_o city_n and_o tower_n which_o be_v to_o be_v a_o perpetual_a monument_n of_o their_o fame_n to_o spread_v it_o far_o and_o wide_a while_o they_o be_v alive_a and_o that_o their_o name_n may_v live_v in_o this_o monument_n when_o they_o be_v dead_a all_o posterity_n say_v such_o and_o such_o person_n be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o first_o and_o mother_n city_n of_o the_o world_n so_o 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l._n iu._n cap._n 9_o and_o dedan_n there_o be_v one_o of_o this_o name_n as_o i_o say_v before_o the_o son_n of_o rhegma_n gen._n x._o 7._o who_o give_v name_n to_o a_o city_n upon_o the_o persian_a sea_n now_o call_v dadan_n but_o beside_o that_o there_o be_v a_o inland_a city_n call_v dedan_n in_o the_o country_n of_o idumaea_n mention_v by_o jeremiah_n xxv_o 23._o xlix_o 8._o who_o inhabitant_n be_v call_v dedanim_fw-la isai_n xxi_o 13._o and_o this_o dedan_n here_o mention_v may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o it_o as_o the_o same_o bochart_n observe_v l._n iu._n cap._n 6._o and_o the_o son_n of_o dedan_n be_v ashurim_n and_o letushim_n and_o leummim_v if_o these_o be_v head_n of_o nation_n or_o family_n the_o memory_n of_o they_o be_v lose_v for_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n of_o cleodemus_n who_o mention_n the_o first_o of_o these_o in_o euseb_n praepar_fw-la evang._n l._n ix_o c._n 20._o to_o derive_v the_o assyrian_n from_o this_o ashurim_n they_o have_v 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find_v no_o remainder_n of_o his_o family_n unless_o it_o be_v among_o the_o homeritae_n beforementioned_a who_o metropolis_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o theophilus_n send_v by_o constantius_n to_o convert_v that_o country_n build_v a_o church_n as_o philostorgius_n relate_v l._n iii_o hist_n eccles_n §_o 4._o which_o city_n be_v mention_v by_o many_o other_o author_n as_o jacobus_n gotofredus_fw-la observe_v in_o his_o dissertation_n upon_o philostorgius_n particular_o by_o arrianus_n in_o his_o periplus_n of_o the_o red-sea_n where_o he_o call_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o homeritae_n express_o by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o one_o can_v well_o doubt_n come_v from_o this_o epher_n and_o hanoch_n in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n where_o the_o adranitae_n be_v seat_v there_o be_v a_o great_a trade_n town_n call_v cane_n as_o ptolemy_n tell_v we_o and_o show_v its_o distance_n from_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n viii_o pliny_n also_o mention_n a_o country_n in_o arabia_n which_o he_o call_v regio_n canauna_n which_o may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v take_v its_o name_n from_o this_o person_n and_o his_o posterity_n and_o abidah_n the_o relic_n of_o this_o name_n remain_v if_o the_o two_o last_o syllable_n as_o be_v usual_a be_v invert_v in_o the_o people_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o live_v in_o a_o island_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o lie_v between_o arabia_n and_o india_n and_o be_v by_o author_n say_v to_o belong_v sometime_o to_o the_o one_o and_o sometime_o to_o the_o other_o philostorgius_n say_v only_o they_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o indian_n in_o the_o place_n beforenamed_n where_o he_o say_v theophilus_n who_o be_v send_v to_o convert_v the_o homerite_n be_v bear_v here_o but_o pliny_n reckon_v up_o the_o tract_n of_o arabia_n place_n the_o isle_n call_v devadae_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v this_o over_o against_o the_o forenamed_a region_n call_v canauna_n l._n vi_o cap._n 28._o and_o strabo_n as_o gothofred_n observe_v agatharcides_n and_o other_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o eldaah_o i_o know_v not_o where_o to_o find_v any_o remain_n of_o this_o name_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o the_o city_n elana_n which_o may_v easy_o be_v form_v from_o eldaah_o by_o leave_v out_o the_o dale_v and_o turn_v the_o ain_z into_o nun_n than_o which_o nothing_o more_o common_a which_o be_v seat_v in_o the_o sinus_n arabicus_n towards_o the_o east_n call_v by_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelana_n from_o whence_o the_o sinus_n itself_o be_v call_v elanite_n and_o the_o people_n that_o live_v in_o it_o elanitae_n as_o salmasius_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n exercit._n in_o solinum_n p._n 482._o ver._n 5._o give_v all_o he_o have_v to_o isaac_n as_o he_o design_v long_o before_o xxiv_o 36._o ver._n 6._o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n which_o be_v hagar_n and_o keturah_n who_o be_v wife_n but_o of_o a_o inferior_a sort_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o time_n and_o country_n keturah_n be_v express_o call_v his_o concubine_n 1_o chron._n i._n 32._o as_o she_o be_v above_o verse_n 1._o of_o this_o chapter_n call_v his_o wife_n which_o r._n bechai_n in_o mr._n selden_n cap._n 3_o de_fw-la successionibus_fw-la thus_o explain_v she_o be_v his_o concubine_n because_o of_o a_o servile_a condition_n but_o his_o wife_n because_o marry_v with_o covenant_n to_o provide_v for_o she_o and_o her_o child_n though_o they_o be_v not_o to_o heir_n his_o estate_n the_o talmudist_n indeed_o do_v not_o perfect_o agree_v in_o this_o matter_n for_o though_o they_o all_o agree_v and_o prove_v it_o evident_o that_o they_o be_v real_a wife_n yet_o some_o say_v they_o be_v make_v so_o only_o by_o solemn_a espousal_n without_o any_o marriage_n settlement_n in_o write_v as_o the_o principal_a wife_n have_v other_o think_v they_o have_v a_o write_n also_o but_o not_o with_o such_o condition_n as_o the_o principal_a wife_n enjoy_v abarbinel_n have_v a_o accurate_a discourse_n about_o this_o which_o buxtorf_n have_v translate_v into_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sponsalibus_fw-la n._n 17._o and_o see_v also_o mr._n selden_n l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 7._o p._n 570_o etc._n etc._n and_o g._n sckickard_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regio_fw-la cap._n 3._o p._n 70._o give_v gift_n some_o portion_n of_o his_o money_n or_o movable_a good_n or_o perhaps_o of_o both_o which_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o give_v to_o ishmael_n as_o well_o as_o to_o these_o son_n though_o it_o be_v not_o mention_v gen._n xxi_o 14._o because_o moses_n here_o say_v he_o give_v gift_n to_o the_o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n of_o which_o hagar_n be_v one_o into_o the_o east_n country_n into_o arabia_n and_o the_o adjacent_a country_n as_o be_v say_v before_o for_o the_o midianite_n be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o east_n in_o judg._n vi_o 3_o 33._o vii_o 12._o viii_o 10._o ver._n 7._o these_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v speak_v by_o anticipation_n to_o finish_v the_o story_n of_o abraham_n for_o esau_n and_o jacob_n be_v bear_v before_o he_o die_v and_o be_v now_o fifteen_o year_n old_a for_o isaac_n be_v but_o sixty_o year_n old_a when_o they_o be_v bear_v verse_n 26._o and_o seventy_o five_o when_o abraham_n die_v who_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a at_o isaac_n birth_n and_o live_v to_o the_o age_n of_o one_o hundred_o seventy_o and_o five_o ver._n 8._o abraham_n give_v up_o the_o ghost_n die_v of_o no_o disease_n but_o old_a age._n in_o a_o good_a old_a age._n without_o pain_n or_o sickness_n full_o of_o year_n the_o hebrew_n have_v only_o the_o word_n full_a we_o add_v
head_n but_o all_o over_o his_o body_n like_o a_o hairy_a garment_n as_o rough_a as_o haircloth_n just_o as_o the_o poet_n describe_v satyr_n he_o be_v hirsutus_fw-la not_o only_o hairy_a all_o over_o but_o those_o hair_n as_o stiff_a as_o bristle_n argue_v great_a strength_n of_o body_n and_o a_o rough_a fierce_a temper_n they_o call_v his_o name_n esau_n which_o signify_v make_v in_o hebrew_n this_o be_v common_o take_v for_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o name_n that_o he_o be_v as_o full_a of_o hair_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v as_o other_o be_v at_o man_n estate_n but_o i_o think_v it_o may_v as_o well_o denote_v his_o active_a genius_n which_o they_o think_v this_o presage_v ver._n 26._o jacob._n he_o certain_o have_v his_o name_n from_o his_o take_v his_o brother_n by_o the_o heel_n at_o his_o birth_n as_o if_o he_o will_v supplant_v he_o as_o he_o afterward_o do_v be_v threescore_o year_n old_a god_n exercise_v isaac_n faith_n and_o patience_n just_a as_o he_o have_v do_v abraham_n for_o the_o space_n of_o twenty_o year_n before_o he_o give_v he_o a_o child_n for_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o marry_v verse_n 20._o and_o now_o sixty_o ver._n 27._o a_o cunning_a hunter_n have_v great_a skill_n in_o hunt_v in_o which_o his_o active_a genius_n delight_v a_o man_n of_o the_o field_n that_o take_v pleasure_n to_o be_v abroad_o pursue_v wild_a beast_n in_o wood_n and_o mountain_n where_o afterward_o he_o have_v his_o habitation_n a_o plain_a man_n dwell_v in_o tent_n he_o love_v not_o violent_a exercise_n but_o keep_v at_o home_n or_o look_v after_o the_o flock_n of_o sheep_n and_o the_o breed_n of_o cattle_n ver._n 28._o and_o isaac_n love_v esau_n etc._n etc._n not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v his_o first-born_a and_o because_o his_o love_n of_o hunt_v argue_v he_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a activity_n and_o valour_n who_o be_v likely_a to_o prove_v a_o great_a person_n but_o because_o he_o also_o take_v care_n frequent_o to_o entertain_v his_o father_n with_o venison_n which_o be_v of_o divers_a sort_n and_o afford_v he_o such_o variety_n at_o his_o table_n as_o give_v his_o father_n frequent_a occasion_n to_o commend_v he_o but_o rebekah_n love_v jacob._n be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o more_o meek_a and_o quiet_a temper_n suitable_a to_o her_o own_o disposition_n and_o more_o at_o home_o also_o with_o she_o than_o esau_n be_v and_o design_v by_o god_n to_o inherit_v the_o promise_n verse_n 23._o it_o be_v likely_a esau_n make_v great_a court_n as_o we_o speak_v to_o his_o father_n and_o jacob_n to_o his_o mother_n whereby_o they_o win_v their_o affection_n ver._n 29._o he_o be_v faint_a with_o too_o violent_a and_o long_a pursuit_n of_o his_o sport_n ver._n 30_o feed_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o with_o that_o same_o red_a etc._n etc._n it_o be_v make_v of_o lentile_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n and_o st._n austin_n upon_o psalm_n xlvi_o say_v they_o be_v egyptian_a lentile_n which_o be_v in_o great_a esteem_n and_o much_o commend_v by_o athenaeus_n and_o a._n gellius_n and_o give_v the_o pottage_n it_o be_v probable_a a_o red_a tincture_n some_o think_v esau_n do_v not_o know_v what_o it_o be_v and_o therefore_o call_v it_o only_o by_o its_o colour_n ask_v for_o that_o red_a that_o same_o red_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n therefore_o be_v his_o name_n call_v edom._n this_o repeat_v eager_a desire_n of_o he_o know_v not_o what_o for_o which_o he_o sell_v his_o birthright_n give_v he_o the_o name_n of_o edom_n which_o signify_v red_a whence_o the_o city_n which_o he_o build_v and_o the_o whole_a country_n his_o posterity_n inhabit_v be_v call_v by_o the_o same_o name_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n idumaea_n border_v towards_o the_o south_n upon_o judaea_n arabia_n and_o egypt_n ver._n 31._o sell_v i_o this_o day_n thy_o birthright_n the_o elder_a son_n have_v several_a privilege_n belong_v to_o he_o above_o the_o rest_n the_o chief_a of_o which_o be_v to_o have_v a_o double_a portion_n of_o his_o father_n estate_n as_o for_o the_o right_n of_o priesthood_n there_o be_v many_o reason_n to_o prove_v it_o do_v not_o belong_v thereunto_o but_o whatsoever_o they_o be_v jacob_n cunning_o make_v a_o advantage_n of_o esau_n necessity_n to_o purchase_v they_o all_o for_o a_o small_a matter_n in_o which_o some_o think_v he_o do_v not_o amiss_o about_o which_o i_o shall_v not_o dispute_v ver._n 32._o what_o profit_n shall_v this_o birthright_n do_v to_o i_o he_o speak_v very_o slight_o if_o not_o contemptuous_o of_o it_o prefer_v the_o present_a satisfaction_n of_o his_o appetite_n before_o his_o future_a dignity_n and_o greatness_n for_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n he_o pretend_v to_o be_v faint_a than_o real_o he_o be_v out_o of_o a_o vehement_a longing_n for_o the_o pottage_n which_o perhaps_o be_v a_o rarety_n ver._n 33._o swear_v to_o i_o this_o day_n that_o i_o shall_v peaceable_o enjoy_v the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o birthright_n esau_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v very_o violent_a in_o all_o thing_n and_o to_o have_v pursue_v this_o as_o eager_o as_o he_o do_v his_o sport_n jacob_n on_o the_o contrary_a very_a sedate_n and_o crafty_a to_o make_v the_o best_a use_n of_o the_o opportunity_n he_o meet_v with_o to_o promote_v his_o ends._n ver._n 34._o rise_v up_o and_o go_v his_o way_n well_o satisfy_v and_o without_o any_o trouble_n for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v which_o the_o apostle_n censure_v as_o a_o piece_n of_o profaneness_n parent_n be_v wont_a to_o give_v a_o special_a blessing_n to_o their_o first-born_a despise_a his_o birthright_n he_o think_v perhaps_o he_o can_v recover_v that_o by_o force_n which_o he_o have_v lose_v by_o his_o brother_n craft_n chap._n xxvi_o ver._n 1._o and_o there_o be_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n such_o a_o scarcity_n of_o provision_n as_o be_v in_o abraham_n day_n xii_o 10._o when_o he_o be_v new_o come_v into_o canaan_n happen_v again_o in_o the_o day_n of_o isaac_n and_o isaac_n go_v it_o be_v not_o say_v from_o whence_o he_o go_v but_o it_o be_v probable_a after_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n he_o go_v and_o dwell_v where_o his_o father_n have_v often_o do_v at_o mamre_n near_o hebron_n for_o he_o be_v not_o now_o at_o beersheba_n or_o the_o well_o lahairoi_a which_o be_v the_o last_o place_n of_o his_o habitation_n that_o we_o read_v of_o xxv_o 11._o for_o that_o be_v in_o this_o very_a country_n of_o gerar_n to_o which_o he_o now_o go_v unto_o abimelech_n the_o son_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a of_o he_o to_o who_o abraham_n go_v for_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v the_o same_o it_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n since_o that_o time_n and_o all_o the_o king_n of_o that_o country_n be_v for_o many_o age_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o abimelech_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o story_n of_o david_n who_o flee_v to_o one_o of_o that_o name_n call_v achish_a in_o 1_o sam._n xxi_o 10._o but_o abimelech_n in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o xxxiv_o psalm_n see_v gen._n xx._n 2._o ver._n 2._o and_o or_o for_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o he_o he_o intend_v to_o have_v go_v into_o egypt_n as_o abraham_n his_o father_n have_v do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n xii_o 10._o but_o god_n forbid_v he_o appear_v to_o he_o either_o in_o a_o vision_n or_o a_o dream_n or_o as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v afterward_o to_o moses_n and_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n upon_o several_a occasion_n and_o direct_v he_o to_o stay_v in_o this_o country_n which_o be_v in_o the_o way_n to_o egypt_n where_o he_o promise_v to_o provide_v for_o he_o though_o egypt_n be_v a_o most_o plentiful_a country_n yet_o the_o king_n of_o it_o at_o this_o time_n be_v not_o so_o good_a a_o man_n perhaps_o as_o he_o that_o reign_v in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n ver._n 3._o sojourn_v in_o this_o land_n etc._n etc._n he_o not_o only_a promise_n to_o take_v care_n of_o he_o at_o present_a during_o the_o famine_n but_o renew_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n his_o father_n at_o sundry_a time_n and_o in_o divers_a place_n xii_o 3._o xv._o 5._o xvii_o 2_o 8._o and_o at_o last_o confirm_v by_o a_o oath_n xxii_o 16_o 17._o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o bless_v thou_o these_o and_o such_o like_a word_n maimonides_n show_v express_v a_o special_a providence_n over_o those_o to_o who_o they_o be_v speak_v and_o over_o all_o belong_v to_o they_o more_n nevoch_n par._n iii_o cap._n 18._o unto_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v all_o these_o country_n which_o he_o repeat_v again_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n have_v mention_v the_o vast_a multiplication_n of_o his_o seed_n ver._n 4._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v
this_o list_n of_o their_o king_n that_o the_o kingdom_n at_o this_o time_n be_v elective_a for_o the_o father_n do_v not_o succeed_v the_o son_n which_o may_v have_v be_v the_o reason_n perhaps_o why_o it_o last_v but_o a_o while_n before_o their_o government_n be_v alter_v again_o verse_n 40._o maimonides_n have_v a_o opinion_n different_a from_o all_o other_o that_o none_o of_o these_o king_n be_v of_o the_o race_n of_o esau_n but_o stranger_n who_o oppress_v the_o edomite_n and_o be_v here_o set_v down_o by_o moses_n to_o admonish_v the_o israelite_n to_o observe_v that_o precept_n deut._n xvii_o 15._o not_o to_o set_v a_o stranger_n to_o be_v king_n over_o they_o who_o be_v not_o their_o brother_n i._n e._n one_o of_o their_o own_o nation_n ver._n 35._o who_o smote_n midian_a in_o the_o field_n of_o moab_n the_o midianite_n perhaps_o come_v to_o invade_v they_o and_o hadad_n march_v out_o and_o meet_v they_o in_o the_o frontier_n of_o their_o country_n which_o join_v to_o that_o of_o moab_n where_o he_o get_v a_o great_a victory_n over_o they_o ver._n 37._o and_o saul_n of_o rehoboth_n by_o the_o river_n reign_v etc._n etc._n if_o by_o the_o river_n we_o shall_v understand_v euphrates_n as_o it_o usual_o signify_v near_o to_o which_o stand_v the_o city_n of_o rehoboth_n gen._n x._o 11._o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o one_o shall_v be_v choose_v from_o so_o remote_a a_o country_n to_o be_v king_n of_o edom_n unless_o we_o suppose_v he_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v there_o but_o to_o have_v live_v in_o edom_n and_o by_o his_o great_a achievement_n to_o have_v get_v into_o the_o throne_n otherwise_o we_o must_v take_v this_o for_o some_o other_o city_n which_o stand_v by_o the_o most_o know_a river_n of_o this_o country_n ver._n 38._o baal-hanan_a this_o name_n be_v the_o reverse_n as_o i_o may_v call_v it_o of_o hannibal_n ver._n 39_o his_o wife_n name_n be_v mehetabel_n etc._n etc._n none_o of_o their_o wife_n much_o less_o their_o pedigree_n be_v name_v beside_o this_o alone_a which_o show_v she_o be_v a_o eminent_a woman_n in_o those_o time_n and_o that_o country_n either_o for_o wisdom_n or_o parentage_n or_o estate_n or_o some_o other_o excellence_n ver._n 40._o and_o these_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o duke_n that_o come_v of_o esau_n they_o seem_v now_o to_o have_v return_v to_o their_o first_o constitution_n and_o king_n be_v lay_v aside_o for_o some_o time_n but_o in_o future_a age_n we_o find_v they_o change_v again_o and_o then_o king_n reign_v successive_o the_o son_n after_o the_o father_n as_o they_o do_v in_o israel_n some_o think_v these_o be_v the_o great_a man_n who_o rule_v in_o edom_n in_o moses_n his_o time_n according_a to_o their_o family_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v the_o head_n of_o different_a family_n and_o live_v in_o different_a place_n and_o perhaps_o reign_v at_o the_o same_o time_n in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o country_n so_o the_o word_n seem_v to_o import_v ver._n 43._o in_o the_o land_n of_o their_o possession_n in_o their_o own_o country_n whilst_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n sojourn_v in_o a_o strange_a country_n and_o possess_v no_o land_n of_o their_o own_o he_o be_v esau_n etc._n etc._n he_o end_v as_o he_o begin_v this_o be_v the_o account_n of_o esau_n the_o father_n of_o the_o people_n who_o be_v now_o call_v edomite_n chap._n xxxvii_o ver._n 1._o and_o jacob_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n have_v give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o esau_n removal_n to_o seir_n xxxvi_o 6_o 7._o and_o of_o the_o prosperity_n of_o his_o family_n there_o he_o now_o go_v on_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o jacob_n still_o continue_v in_o the_o country_n where_o his_o father_n have_v sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 2._o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o jacob._n these_o word_n be_v to_o be_v connect_v with_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o xxxv_o 23_o 24_o etc._n etc._n where_o he_o relate_v how_o many_o son_n jacob_n have_v and_o then_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o family_n of_o esau_n in_o the_o xxxvi_o chapter_n which_o be_v end_v he_o return_v to_o finish_v the_o history_n of_o jacob._n and_o the_o lad_n be_v with_o the_o son_n of_o bilhah_n etc._n etc._n these_o word_n vehu_fw-mi naar_n signify_v he_o be_v very_o young_a in_o the_o simplicity_n of_o his_o childish_a year_n and_o come_v in_o by_o way_n of_o a_o parenthesis_n in_o this_o manner_n joseph_n be_v seventeen_o year_n old_a be_v feed_v the_o flock_n with_o his_o brethren_n and_o he_o be_v but_o a_o youth_n unexperienced_a and_o therefore_o call_v a_o child_n verse_n 30._o with_o the_o son_n of_o bilhah_n etc._n etc._n which_o last_o word_n be_v a_o explication_n of_o the_o former_a show_v with_o which_o of_o his_o brethren_n he_o be_v not_o with_o the_o son_n of_o leah_n but_o with_o the_o son_n of_o his_o handmaid_n particular_o with_o bilhah_n who_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o mother_n to_o he_o now_o rachel_n be_v dead_a have_v wait_v upon_o she_o and_o zilpah_n son_n be_v also_o mention_v in_o the_o second_o place_n as_o those_o it_o be_v likely_a who_o be_v think_v to_o have_v less_o emulation_n to_o he_o than_o the_o son_n of_o leah_n but_o we_o see_v by_o this_o how_o much_o our_o great_a prudence_n often_o fail_v for_o reuben_n and_o judah_n the_o child_n of_o leah_n have_v more_o kindness_n for_o joseph_n than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n their_o evil_a report_n what_o evil_a live_v they_o lead_v ver._n 3._o because_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o his_o old_a age_n benjamin_n be_v more_o so_o than_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n be_v bear_v not_o many_o year_n before_o he_o but_o he_o be_v so_o call_v because_o he_o have_v be_v marry_v a_o good_a while_n to_o rachel_n before_o he_o have_v he_o and_o he_o be_v the_o great_a comfort_n of_o his_o old_a age_n benjamin_n not_o be_v yet_o grow_v up_o to_o give_v any_o proof_n of_o his_o future_a worth_n he_o make_v he_o a_o coat_n of_o many_o colour_n it_o be_v common_o think_v to_o signify_v a_o garment_n wrought_v with_o thread_n of_o divers_a colour_n or_o make_v up_o of_o piece_n of_o silk_n or_o stuff_n which_o have_v much_o variety_n in_o they_o or_o wrought_z as_o some_o think_v with_o figure_n of_o fruit_n or_o other_o thing_n see_v salmasius_n upon_o flau._n vopiscus_n p._n 396._o but_o braunius_n the_o vestib_n sacerd._n hebr._n l._n i._n cap._n 17._o have_v prove_v i_o think_v that_o the_o hebrew_n word_n passim_fw-la here_o signify_v a_o long_a garment_n down_o to_o the_o heel_n or_o ankle_n and_o with_o long_a sleeve_n down_o to_o the_o wrist_n which_o have_v a_o border_n at_o the_o bottom_n and_o a_o face_n as_o we_o speak_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o another_o colour_n different_a from_o the_o garment_n see_v verse_n 23._o ver._n 4._o can_v not_o speak_v peaceable_o to_o he_o in_o a_o kind_n and_o friendly_a manner_n but_o churlish_o and_o with_o evident_a sign_n of_o hatred_n aben-ezra_n fancy_n they_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o salute_v he_o or_o wish_v he_o peace_n as_o the_o phrase_n than_o be_v peace_n be_v to_o thou_o or_o ask_v he_o how_o he_o do_v as_o our_o custom_n be_v ver._n 5._o joseph_n dream_v a_o dream_n this_o be_v usual_a among_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n and_o other_o also_o as_o appear_v by_o elihu_n who_o show_v that_o all_o dream_n be_v not_o illusion_n of_o evil_a spirit_n job_n xxxiii_o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n and_o long_a before_o his_o time_n abimelech_n be_v warn_v by_o god_n in_o a_o dream_n chapter_n xx._n of_o this_o book_n verse_n 3_o 6_o 7._o upon_o which_o consideration_n as_o dr._n jackson_n well_o observe_v we_o shall_v not_o mistrust_v the_o report_n of_o several_a ancient_a historian_n who_o tell_v we_o how_o prince_n and_o father_n of_o family_n have_v have_v fore-warning_n of_o future_a event_n either_o concern_v themselves_o their_o kingdom_n or_o posterity_n book_n i._o upon_o the_o creed_n chap._n 9_o he_o tell_v his_o brethren_n this_o argue_v his_o great_a innocence_n and_o simplicity_n that_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o understanding_n enough_o to_o consider_v how_o ill_o this_o dream_n may_v be_v expound_v or_o not_o prudence_n enough_o to_o conceal_v what_o may_v be_v ill_o interpret_v by_o they_o they_o hate_v he_o yet_o more_o the_o first_o ground_n of_o their_o hatred_n be_v their_o father_n be_v great_a love_n to_o he_o and_o then_o his_o inform_v their_o father_n of_o their_o bad_a behaviour_n which_o be_v still_o increase_v by_o the_o fine_a clothes_n his_o father_n bestow_v on_o he_o and_o now_o most_o of_o all_o by_o this_o dream_n which_o they_o interpret_v to_o signify_v his_o superiority_n over_o they_o ver._n 7._o your_o sheaf_n stand_v round_o about_o and_o make_v obeisance_n etc._n etc._n or_o gather_v round_o about_o i_o
to_o have_v be_v the_o most_o eminent_a among_o jacob_n child_n when_o joseph_n be_v go_v as_o be_v note_v before_o xliv_o 14._o to_o direct_v his_o way_n etc._n etc._n to_o give_v joseph_n notice_n of_o his_o come_n and_o to_o receive_v direction_n from_o he_o in_o what_o part_n of_o goshen_n he_o shall_v expect_v he_o and_o they_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n into_o that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o joseph_n have_v appoint_v ver._n 29._o present_v himself_o to_o he_o with_o such_o reverence_n as_o a_o son_n owe_v to_o his_o father_n who_o embrace_v he_o most_o tender_o for_o some_o refer_v the_o next_o word_n to_o jacob_n he_o fall_v on_o his_o neck_n etc._n etc._n which_o express_v the_o high_a affection_n and_o weep_v on_o his_o neck_n a_o good_a while_n we_o read_v before_o how_o joseph_n fall_v upon_o benjamin_n neck_n and_o weep_v which_o be_v answer_v by_o the_o like_a endearment_n on_o benjamin_n part_n xlv_o 14._o but_o the_o affection_n wherewith_o jacob_n embrace_v joseph_n as_o maimonides_n understand_v it_o or_o as_o r._n solomon_n jarchi_n joseph_n embrace_v his_o father_n far_o surpass_v that_o for_o they_o continue_v long_o enfold_v in_o one_o another_o arm_n where_o tear_n of_o joy_n flow_v so_o fast_o that_o for_o a_o good_a while_o they_o can_v not_o speak_v ver._n 30._o and_o israel_n say_v unto_o joseph_n some_o make_v this_o a_o argument_n that_o it_o be_v joseph_n who_o light_v out_o of_o his_o chariot_n throw_v himself_o into_o his_o father_n arm_n and_o weep_v etc._n etc._n which_o make_v moses_n now_o more_o distinct_o mention_v who_o say_v the_o follow_a word_n now_o let_v i_o die_v etc._n etc._n these_o word_n signify_v that_o he_o now_o enjoy_v the_o utmost_a happiness_n he_o can_v desire_v on_o earth_n which_o therefore_o he_o be_v willing_a to_o leave_v because_o nothing_o can_v be_v add_v to_o it_o these_o be_v the_o first_o thought_n which_o his_o passion_n suggest_v to_o he_o though_o to_o live_v with_o joseph_n and_o to_o enjoy_v his_o conversation_n be_v far_o more_o than_o bare_o to_o see_v his_o face_n ver._n 32._o the_o man_n be_v shepherd_n etc._n etc._n he_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v afraid_a lest_o pharaoh_n shall_v have_v prefer_v his_o brethren_n and_o make_v they_o courtier_n or_o commander_n in_o the_o army_n etc._n etc._n which_o may_v have_v procure_v they_o the_o envy_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o beside_o have_v separate_v they_o one_o from_o another_o whereas_o by_o profess_v themselves_o shepherd_n and_o trader_n in_o cattle_n they_o keep_v all_o together_o in_o a_o body_n separate_v from_o the_o egyptian_n which_o two_o reason_n be_v suggest_v by_o josephus_n ver._n 33._o what_o be_v your_o occupation_n your_o way_n of_o live_v for_o man_n do_v not_o live_v idle_o in_o those_o day_n ver._n 34._o you_o shall_v say_v thy_o servant_n trade_n have_v be_v etc._n etc._n he_o direct_v they_o to_o justify_v what_o he_o tell_v they_o he_o will_v inform_v pharaoh_n that_o you_o may_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n a_o rich_a country_n abound_v with_o pasturage_n and_o also_o next_o adjoin_v to_o canaan_n as_o be_v note_v before_o xlv_o 10._o unto_o which_o when_o the_o time_n come_v they_o may_v the_o more_o easy_o return_v for_o every_o shepherd_n not_o universal_o without_o limitation_n but_o every_o foreign_a shepherd_n for_o a_o considerable_a part_n of_o the_o egyptian_a people_n be_v shepherd_n as_o diodorus_n siculus_n tell_v we_o l._n i._n §_o 2._o p._n 47._o edit_fw-la steph._n where_o he_o say_v the_o country_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n the_o priest_n have_v one_o their_o king_n a_o second_o and_o the_o soldier_n a_o three_o and_o there_o be_v three_o other_o rank_n of_o man_n under_o these_o viz._n shepherd_n husbandman_n and_o artificer_n the_o husbandman_n he_o say_v serve_v their_o king_n and_o priest_n and_o military_a man_n in_o till_v their_o ground_n for_o small_a wage_n and_o spend_v all_o their_o time_n in_o it_o and_o the_o like_a account_n he_o say_v be_v give_v of_o their_o shepherd_n who_o from_o their_o forefather_n follow_v that_o way_n of_o live_v which_o make_v it_o plain_a they_o can_v not_o abominate_a those_o who_o be_v so_o serviceable_a to_o they_o though_o they_o may_v contemn_v they_o as_o mean_v people_n who_o never_o rise_v to_o any_o high_a employment_n but_o we_o need_v not_o go_v to_o he_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o it_o be_v apparent_a from_o this_o very_a book_n that_o the_o egyptian_n have_v sheep_n and_o ox_n as_o well_o as_o horse_n and_o ass_n which_o they_o sell_v to_o joseph_n for_o corn_n in_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n xlvii_o 17._o and_o that_o pharaoh_n speak_v to_o joseph_n to_o make_v such_o of_o his_o brethren_n as_o be_v man_n of_o skill_n ruler_n over_o his_o flock_n xlvii_o 6._o which_o be_v a_o demonstration_n they_o breed_v cattle_n as_o well_o as_o other_o nation_n and_o therefore_o if_o we_o will_v understand_v this_o to_o be_v true_a of_o all_o shepherd_n without_o exception_n then_o by_o egyptian_n to_o who_o shepherd_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o abomination_n we_o must_v not_o understand_v all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o country_n of_o egypt_n shepherd_n be_v a_o part_n of_o they_o but_o only_a the_o courtier_n and_o great_a man_n as_o in_o xlv_o 2._o the_o egyptian_n be_v say_v to_o hear_v joseph_n weep_v i._n e._n those_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o court_n who_o it_o be_v likely_a despise_a shepherd_n as_o rupertus_n tuitiensis_n long_o ago_o expound_v this_o passage_n but_o that_o be_v far_o short_a of_o abominate_v they_o which_o the_o hebrew_n word_n import_v but_o after_o all_o this_o i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o they_o can_v be_v contemptible_a if_o it_o be_v true_a which_o the_o same_o diodorus_n say_v p._n 58._o that_o when_o they_o bury_v a_o corpse_n and_o make_v the_o funeral_n encomium_n they_o never_o mention_v the_o parentage_n of_o the_o decease_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v account_n that_o all_o the_o people_n of_o egypt_n be_v alike_o well-born_a we_o must_v confine_v therefore_o this_o assertion_n to_o foreign_a shepherd_n and_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o they_o be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v shepherd_n themselves_o onkelos_n and_o jonathan_n with_o a_o great_a many_o other_o think_v that_o they_o will_v not_o converse_v for_o that_o be_v mean_v by_o abomination_n with_o the_o hebrew_n shepherd_n because_o they_o have_v no_o great_a regard_n to_o those_o creature_n which_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v than_o to_o breed_v they_o up_o to_o be_v eat_v but_o there_o be_v no_o good_a proof_n that_o they_o worship_v sheep_n or_o ox_n in_o those_o day_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o appear_v both_o out_o of_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n siculus_n that_o they_o sacrifice_v such_o creature_n in_o their_o day_n and_o also_o eat_v of_o the_o sacrifice_n when_o they_o have_v do_v see_v herodot_n in_o euterpe_n cap._n 40_o 41._o and_o therefore_o the_o reason_n give_v by_o other_o for_o this_o abhorrence_n be_v not_o solid_a that_o the_o egyptian_n do_v eat_v no_o flesh_n and_o upon_o that_o score_n can_v not_o endure_v those_o that_o do_v this_o be_v the_o account_n which_o aben_n ezra_n give_v of_o this_o matter_n who_o fancy_n they_o be_v like_o the_o indian_n in_o his_o time_n who_o abominated_a shepherd_n because_o they_o drink_v milk_n contrary_a to_o their_o manner_n who_o taste_v nothing_o that_o come_v from_o any_o live_a creature_n but_o as_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o this_o superstition_n be_v so_o old_a as_o jacob_n time_n so_o the_o contrary_n be_v evident_a from_o this_o very_a book_n xliii_o 16._o where_o joseph_n bid_v his_o steward_n go_v home_o and_o slay_v and_o make_v ready_a a_o dinner_n for_o his_o brethren_n who_o he_o do_v not_o intend_v to_o entertain_v after_o the_o hebrew_n but_o after_o the_o egyptian_a fashion_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v know_v by_o they_o and_o so_o herodotus_n inform_v we_o that_o in_o his_o day_n though_o they_o abstain_v from_o some_o animal_n yet_o they_o eat_v of_o other_o both_o fish_n and_o bird_n euterpe_n cap._n 78._o and_o diodorus_n give_v a_o account_n after_o what_o manner_n their_o king_n live_v say_v they_o use_v a_o simple_a diet_n eat_v veal_n and_o goose_n etc._n etc._n l._n i._o §_o 2._o p._n 45._o edit_fw-la steph._n jos_n scaliger_n therefore_o think_v this_o sort_n of_o man_n be_v abominable_a because_o they_o have_v often_o raise_v rebellion_n in_o egypt_n and_o make_v a_o king_n of_o their_o own_o who_o erect_v that_o which_o be_v call_v the_o pastoral_a kingdom_n this_o be_v embrace_v by_o many_o great_a man_n who_o have_v only_o the_o authority_n of_o manetho_n for_o it_o who_o say_v these_o be_v phoenician_n shepherd_n as_o josephus_n tell_v we_o lib._n i._o
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
be_v deprive_v of_o his_o government_n and_o banish_v to_o vienne_n in_o france_n and_o then_o judaea_n be_v reduce_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n and_o rule_v by_o roman_a governor_n after_o which_o there_o be_v no_o king_n nor_o ethnarch_n of_o judaea_n so_o that_o after_o this_o time_n we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v the_o jew_n lose_v even_o their_o mechokkim_n or_o governor_n as_o they_o have_v long_o ago_o lose_v the_o sceptre_n and_o have_v no_o power_n remain_v among_o they_o of_o administer_a the_o affair_n of_o their_o commonwealth_n now_o at_o this_o time_n our_o bless_a lord_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n the_o true_a shiloh_n come_v who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o a_o new_a and_o heavenly_a kingdom_n and_o nothing_o more_o be_v leave_v to_o be_v do_v for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o this_o prophecy_n but_o after_o his_o crucify_a to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o temple_n and_o therewith_o the_o whole_a form_n of_o their_o government_n both_o civil_a and_o sacred_a then_o all_o power_n be_v entire_o take_v from_o judah_n when_o christ_n have_v erect_v his_o throne_n in_o the_o heaven_n and_o bring_v many_o people_n in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n unto_o his_o obedience_n and_o make_v they_o member_n of_o his_o celestial_a kingdom_n till_o which_o time_n this_o prophecy_n be_v not_o complete_o fulfil_v which_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n possible_o that_o it_o be_v not_o allege_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n because_o the_o jew_n may_v have_v say_v we_o have_v still_o a_o government_n among_o we_o which_o can_v not_o be_v pretend_v after_o the_o destruction_n by_o titus_n which_o be_v now_o above_o sixteen_o hundred_o year_n ago_o and_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o sign_n of_o their_o restitution_n which_o so_o perplex_v r._n samuel_n maroccanus_n that_o it_o make_v he_o write_v thus_o to_o a_o friend_n of_o he_o above_o six_o hundred_o year_n since_o i_o will_v fain_o learn_v from_o thou_o out_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o other_o scripture_n why_o the_o jew_n be_v thus_o smite_v in_o this_o captivity_n wherein_o we_o be_v which_o may_v be_v proper_o call_v the_o perpetval_n anger_n of_o god_n because_o it_o have_v no_o end_n for_o it_o be_v now_o above_o a_o thousand_o year_n since_o we_o be_v carry_v captive_a by_o titus_n and_o yet_o our_o father_n who_o worship_v idol_n kill_v the_o prophet_n and_o cast_v the_o law_n behind_o their_o back_n be_v only_o punish_v with_o a_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n and_o then_o bring_v home_o again_o but_o now_o there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o our_o calamity_n nor_o do_v the_o prophet_n promise_v any_o if_o this_o argument_n be_v hard_a to_o be_v answer_v then_o in_o his_o day_n it_o be_v much_o hard_a now_o in_o we_o who_o still_o see_v they_o pursue_v by_o god_n vengeance_n which_o can_v be_v for_o nothing_o else_o but_o reject_v and_o crucify_a the_o messiah_n the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n ver._n 11._o bind_v his_o foal_n unto_o the_o vine_n etc._n etc._n this_o verse_n set_v forth_o the_o great_a fertility_n of_o judah_n country_n abound_v with_o vineyard_n and_o pasture_n by_o two_o hyperbolical_a expression_n first_o that_o vine_n shall_v be_v as_o common_a there_o as_o thorn-hedge_n in_o other_o place_n so_o that_o they_o may_v tie_v ass_n with_o their_o colt_n to_o they_o or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o lade_v a_o ass_n with_o the_o fruit_n of_o one_o vine_n second_o that_o wine_n shall_v be_v as_o common_a as_o water_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v enough_o not_o only_o to_o drink_v but_o to_o wash_v their_o clothes_n in_o it_o which_o do_v not_o imply_v that_o they_o make_v it_o serve_v for_o that_o use_n but_o only_o denote_v its_o plenty_n which_o be_v so_o very_o great_a that_o in_o tread_v the_o grape_n and_o press_v out_o the_o juice_n their_o garment_n be_v all_o sprinkle_v with_o wine_n which_o one_o may_v wring_v out_o of_o they_o choice_a vine_n the_o vine_n of_o sorek_n which_o we_o here_o translate_v choice_n and_o in_o jerem._n ii_o 21._o noble_a vine_n be_v the_o most_o excellent_a in_o all_o that_o country_n for_o sorek_n be_v a_o place_n not_o above_o half_a a_o mile_n from_o the_o valley_n of_o eschol_n from_o whence_o the_o spy_n bring_v the_o large_a bunch_n as_o a_o sample_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o the_o country_n see_v bochart_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n iii_o cap._n 13._o ver._n 12._o his_o eye_n shall_v be_v red_a with_o wine_n etc._n etc._n this_o verse_n set_v forth_o the_o healthfulness_n and_o vigour_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o fertile_a country_n but_o dr._n castell_n think_v this_o not_o to_o be_v a_o good_a translation_n because_o it_o can_v be_v say_v of_o none_o but_o a_o drunkard_n that_o his_o eye_n be_v red_a with_o wine_n and_o therefore_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v translate_v his_o eye_n or_o his_o countenance_n for_o so_o eye_n sometime_o signify_v shall_v be_v bright_a and_o more_o shine_a than_o wine_n so_o the_o word_n we_o render_v red_a signify_v in_o the_o arabic_a tongue_n as_o he_o show_v in_o his_o oratio_fw-la in_o schol._n theolog._n p._n 31._o and_o in_o his_o lexicon_n yet_o the_o same_o word_n in_o the_o proverb_n xxiii_o 29._o can_v have_v any_o other_o signification_n than_o red_a and_o the_o red_a colour_n of_o the_o eye_n answer_v well_o here_o to_o the_o whiteness_n of_o the_o tooth_n which_o follow_v and_o there_o be_v no_o more_o reason_n to_o think_v he_o mean_v they_o shall_v make_v their_o eye_n red_a with_o drink_v wine_n than_o that_o they_o shall_v wash_v their_o clothes_n in_o it_o but_o it_o may_v only_o express_v the_o great_a abundance_n of_o wine_n to_o serve_v not_o only_o their_o necessity_n but_o excess_n and_o his_o tooth_n white_a with_o milk_n milk_n do_v not_o make_v the_o tooth_n white_a but_o give_v such_o a_o excellent_a nourishment_n that_o they_o who_o live_v upon_o it_o be_v healthy_a and_o strong_a and_o their_o tooth_n not_o so_o apt_a to_o rot_v as_o they_o who_o feed_v upon_o great_a dainty_n so_o the_o meaning_n be_v the_o rich_a pasture_n in_o that_o country_n shall_v feed_v great_a flock_n and_o consequent_o they_o shall_v have_v abundance_n of_o milk_n so_o good_a and_o nourish_a that_o the_o tooth_n of_o the_o countryman_n who_o live_v upon_o it_o shall_v be_v as_o white_a as_o the_o milk_n they_o drink_v or_o if_o the_o forego_n word_n be_v translate_v his_o eye_n shall_v be_v bright_a than_o wine_n these_o be_v to_o be_v translate_v his_o tooth_n white_a than_o milk_n out_o of_o these_o three_o verse_n forego_v bochartus_fw-la think_v the_o whole_a story_n of_o silenus_n be_v forge_v by_o the_o poet_n see_v his_o canaan_n lib._n i._o cap._n 18._o p._n 482._o ver._n 13._o zebulon_n shall_v dwell_v at_o the_o haven_n of_o the_o sea_n near_o the_o lake_n of_o tiberias_n call_v in_o scripture_n the_o sea_n of_o gallilee_n he_o shall_v be_v a_o haven_n for_o ship_n the_o lot_n that_o fall_v to_o he_o extend_v from_o thence_o to_o the_o mediterranean_a where_o there_o be_v port_n for_o ship_n his_o border_n shall_v be_v unto_o zidon_n he_o do_v not_o mean_v the_o city_n of_o zidon_n for_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulon_n do_v not_o extend_v themselves_o beyond_o mount_n carmel_n which_o be_v forty_o mile_n at_o least_o from_o thence_o but_o the_o country_n of_o zidon_n i._n e._n phoenicia_n as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o his_o phaleg_n l._n iu._n cap._n 34._o which_o the_o zebulonite_n touch_v for_o as_o the_o phoenician_n be_v call_v syrian_n from_o sur_n i._n e._n tyre_n so_o they_o be_v call_v sidonian_n from_o sidon_n as_o hesychius_n tell_v we_o who_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o the_o lxx_o have_v phoenician_n for_o sidonian_n deut._n iii_o 9_o and_o phoenicia_n for_o sidon_n isai_n xxiii_o 2._o it_o be_v very_o much_o to_o be_v admire_v that_o jacob_n shall_v foretell_v so_o many_o year_n beforehand_o the_o situation_n of_o his_o posterity_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n when_o their_o several_a portion_n fall_v to_o they_o by_o lot_n and_o not_o by_o their_o own_o choice_n josh_n xix_o 10_o 11._o this_o can_v not_o have_v be_v but_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a also_o that_o he_o mention_n zebulon_n before_o issachar_n who_o be_v his_o elder_a brother_n xxx_o 11._o for_o no_o other_o reason_n that_o i_o can_v discern_v but_o because_o zebulon_n lot_n be_v to_o come_v up_o before_o issachar_n in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n his_o be_v the_o three_o and_o issachar_n the_o four_o josh_n xix_o 10_o 17._o by_o this_o they_o be_v teach_v that_o their_o habitation_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o do_v not_o come_v
contra_fw-la appion_n who_o reign_v in_o egypt_n and_o burn_v their_o city_n throw_v down_o their_o temple_n in_o short_a omit_v no_o sort_n of_o cruelty_n upon_o this_o account_n the_o famous_a bochartus_n lib._n iu._n canaan_n cap._n 4._o think_v it_o possible_a the_o egyptian_n hate_a shepherd_n who_o have_v do_v so_o much_o mischief_n and_o i_o may_v add_v the_o hebrew_n shepherd_n joseph_n may_v think_v will_v be_v more_o abominate_v because_o they_o come_v out_o of_o that_o very_a country_n from_o whence_o those_o phoenician_n rover_n make_v their_o invasion_n but_o as_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v that_o they_o who_o do_v the_o forenamed_a mischief_n be_v all_o foreigner_n so_o the_o time_n which_o be_v assign_v for_o this_o pastoral_n kingdom_n do_v not_o agree_v with_o the_o scripture-story_n for_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o one_o thousand_o one_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o year_n before_o the_o israelite_n go_v out_o of_o egypt_n in_o the_o xvth_o dynasty_n as_o they_o call_v it_o that_o be_v about_o two_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n when_o mizraim_n the_o father_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v scarce_o bear_v or_o be_v very_o young_a our_o great_a primate_n vss_a endeavour_n to_o avoid_v this_o absurdity_n by_o place_v this_o invasion_n which_o he_o think_v be_v out_o of_o arabia_n three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n when_o they_o take_v memphis_n overrun_v all_o the_o low_a egypt_n and_o their_o first_o king_n there_o reign_v nineteen_o year_n but_o i_o have_v this_o to_o except_v that_o abraham_n come_v a_o good_a while_n after_o this_o into_o egypt_n be_v well_o entertain_v there_o though_o he_o be_v as_o much_o a_o shepherd_n as_o his_o grandchild_n jacob._n see_v gen._n xii_o from_o whence_o i_o conclude_v that_o if_o this_o story_n of_o manetho_n be_v true_a it_o happen_v after_o the_o time_n of_o abraham_n and_o so_o be_v fresh_a in_o their_o memory_n such_o a_o three_o rebellion_n of_o the_o shepherd_n the_o same_o manetho_n mention_n within_o less_o than_o two_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n but_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o story_n frame_v from_o that_o departure_n of_o the_o israelite_n themselves_o who_o be_v shepherd_n out_o of_o egypt_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o moses_n and_o so_o josephus_n and_o several_a of_o the_o ancient_a christian_n tatianus_n justin_n martyr_n and_o clem._n alexand_n understand_v it_o see_v vsser_n ad_fw-la an._n m._n 2179._o all_o this_o consider_v gaulmin_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o the_o book_n call_v the_o life_n of_o moses_n p._n 267_o etc._n etc._n have_v more_o probable_o conjecture_v that_o this_o aversation_n to_o shepherd_n arise_v from_o their_o be_v general_o addict_v in_o those_o part_n to_o robbery_n which_o way_n of_o life_n make_v they_o abominable_a this_o he_o justify_v out_o of_o heliodorus_n l._n i._n and_o achilles_n tatius_n l._n iii_o who_o describe_v the_o seat_n of_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o the_o egyptian_n call_v hysch_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o life_n to_o which_o opinion_n i_o find_v bochartus_fw-la himself_o incline_v before_o he_o die_v and_o confirm_v it_o in_o his_o hierozoic_a l._n ii_o c._n 44._o p._n i._o by_o many_o proof_n that_o shepherd_n ancient_o be_v furax_fw-la hominum_fw-la genus_fw-la a_o thievish_a sort_n of_o people_n which_o make_v they_o odious_a against_o which_o i_o see_v no_o exception_n but_o this_o that_o aulus_n gellius_n tell_v we_o lib._n xi_o cap._n 18._o out_o of_o a_o ancient_a lawyer_n that_o the_o old_a egyptian_n hold_v all_o manner_n of_o theft_n to_o be_v lawful_a and_o do_v not_o punish_v they_o and_o diodorus_n siculus_n mention_n this_o law_n among_o they_o that_o they_o who_o will_v live_v by_o robbery_n be_v to_o enter_v their_o name_n and_o bring_v what_o they_o steal_v immediate_o to_o the_o priest_n who_o mulct_n the_o man_n that_o be_v rob_v a_o four_o part_n and_o give_v it_o to_o the_o thief_n by_o which_o mean_v all_o theft_n be_v discover_v and_o man_n be_v make_v more_o careful_a to_o look_v well_o after_o their_o good_n but_o one_o can_v believe_v this_o law_n be_v of_o such_o antiquity_n as_o the_o time_n of_o joseph_n or_o if_o it_o be_v those_o outlaw_n as_o i_o may_v call_v they_o who_o rob_v upon_o the_o border_n be_v not_o concern_v in_o it_o nor_o have_v their_o neighbour_n who_o be_v no_o less_o addict_v to_o theft_n the_o benefit_n of_o it_o particular_o those_o in_o palestine_n from_o whence_o jacob_n come_v one_o will_v guess_v by_o what_o we_o read_v 1_o chron._n vii_o 21_o 22._o be_v then_o much_o addict_v to_o robbery_n for_o before_o this_o generation_n end_v we_o be_v tell_v there_o the_o man_n of_o gath_n slay_v several_a of_o the_o son_n of_o ephraim_n who_o himself_o be_v then_o alive_a for_o they_o come_v down_o to_o take_v their_o cattle_n say_v that_o holy_a writer_n that_o be_v to_o get_v what_o plunder_n they_o can_v in_o goshen_n where_o the_o ephraimite_n defend_v their_o cattle_n be_v some_o of_o they_o kill_v by_o the_o philistine_n to_o the_o great_a grief_n of_o their_o father_n the_o ethiopian_n also_o be_v note_v by_o strabo_n lib._n xvii_o p._n 787._o to_o live_v for_o the_o most_o part_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o a_o very_a poor_a shark_v rove_a manner_n by_o feed_v cattle_n where_o they_o can_v find_v food_n for_o they_o and_o immediate_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o all_o thing_n be_v quite_o contrary_a among_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v a_o more_o civilise_a people_n inhabit_v certain_a and_o know_v place_n etc._n etc._n which_o show_v that_o their_o manner_n be_v very_o different_a which_o easy_o breed_v hatred_n which_o appear_v by_o what_o plutarch_n say_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr isid_n &_o osir_z that_o the_o egyptian_n avoid_v the_o conversation_n of_o black_a people_n which_o be_v the_o complexion_n of_o the_o ethiopian_n and_o for_o some_o such_o reason_n he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o book_n they_o avoid_v all_o mariner_n of_o other_o nation_n that_o be_v as_o here_o moses_n say_v they_o do_v shepherd_n upon_o some_o or_o other_o of_o the_o account_n beforementioned_a it_o look_v like_o a_o piece_n of_o great_a generosity_n in_o joseph_n not_o to_o conceal_v from_o pharaoh_n the_o quality_n of_o his_o family_n though_o such_o kind_n of_o man_n be_v under_o a_o very_a ill_a character_n he_o hope_v they_o will_v distinguish_v themselves_o from_o such_o vile_a shepherd_n as_o have_v make_v the_o name_n odious_a and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o gain_v the_o love_n of_o the_o egyptian_n they_o will_v be_v the_o more_o secure_v in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n by_o not_o learn_v their_o evil_a manner_n and_o superstition_n from_o which_o they_o will_v be_v preserve_v by_o have_v no_o conversation_n with_o they_o chap._n xlvii_o ver._n 1._o joseph_n come_v and_o tell_v pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v his_o warrant_n some_o time_n ago_o to_o send_v for_o his_o father_n and_o his_o family_n xlv_o 17_o etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v good_a manner_n to_o acquaint_v he_o they_o be_v come_v and_o to_o know_v his_o pleasure_n how_o he_o shall_v dispose_v of_o they_o behold_v they_o be_v in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n they_o stop_v there_o which_o be_v the_o entrance_n of_o egypt_n till_o they_o know_v thy_o pleasure_n ver._n 2._o and_o he_o take_v some_o of_o his_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n word_n miktse_fw-la which_o we_o translate_v some_o signify_v in_o common_a language_n de_fw-fr extremitate_fw-la from_o the_o fagg-end_n as_o we_o speak_v of_o his_o brethren_n which_o have_v make_v some_o imagine_n he_o present_v the_o mean_a of_o his_o brethren_n to_o pharaoh_n that_o he_o may_v neither_o be_v afraid_a of_o they_o nor_o think_v of_o advance_v they_o to_o employment_n in_o the_o court_n or_o camp_n but_o this_o be_v a_o mere_a fancy_n the_o word_n here_o denote_v only_o that_o he_o take_v from_o among_o all_o his_o brethren_n five_o of_o they_o as_o bochart_n observe_v who_o translate_v it_o ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la take_v it_o to_o be_v like_o that_o phrase_n xix_o 4._o where_o we_o translate_v it_o from_o all_o quarter_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 34._o ver._n 3._o both_o we_o and_o our_o father_n it_o be_v not_o a_o employment_n we_o have_v late_o take_v up_o but_o be_v breed_v to_o it_o by_o our_o ancestor_n who_o follow_v the_o same_o profession_n for_o this_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a way_n of_o live_v as_o columella_n observe_v in_o his_o preface_n in_o rusticatione_n antiquissima_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la pascendi_fw-la eademque_fw-la quaestuosissima_fw-la in_o country_n business_n the_o most_o ancient_a as_o well_o as_o most_o gainful_a be_v the_o way_n of_o feed_v cattle_n from_o