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gift_n of_o the_o king_n beside_o those_o he_o have_v of_o his_o own_o before_o ver._n 17._o and_o he_o plague_v pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n think_v they_o have_v grievous_a ulcer_n in_o the_o secret_a part_n which_o make_v both_o he_o and_o his_o servant_n uncapable_a to_o enjoy_v either_o she_o or_o any_o one_o else_o his_o house_n his_o courtier_n partake_v of_o the_o punishment_n because_o they_o be_v partner_n in_o the_o intend_v sin_n ver._n 18._o why_o do_v thou_o not_o tell_v i_o etc._n etc._n some_o think_v he_o speak_v this_o subtle_o to_o abram_n to_o see_v what_o he_o will_v say_v not_o know_v yet_o that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n or_o that_o his_o priest_n and_o wise_a man_n have_v consult_v the_o oracle_n about_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o plague_n but_o the_o simple_a account_n be_v that_o sarai_n being_n interrogated_a about_o it_o confess_v the_o whole_a truth_n whereupon_o he_o expostulate_v thus_o with_o abram_n who_o be_v silent_a he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o indeed_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n ver._n 19_o now_o therefore_o behold_v thy_o wife_n etc._n etc._n he_o disclaim_v all_o intention_n of_o abuse_v another_o man_n wife_n so_o virtuous_a they_o be_v in_o those_o day_n but_o will_v have_v make_v she_o his_o own_o as_o he_o say_v in_o the_o forego_n word_n i_o may_v have_v take_v she_o to_o i_o to_o wife_n that_o be_v a_o secondary_a wife_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v in_o those_o day_n for_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a he_o have_v no_o wife_n at_o all_o before_o ver._n 20._o pharaoh_n command_v his_o man_n concern_v he_o etc._n etc._n give_v strict_a order_n none_o shall_v hurt_v he_o or_o any_o thing_n belong_v to_o he_o but_o conduct_v he_o safe_o whether_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o go_v and_o according_o the_o next_o word_n tell_v we_o they_o do_v they_o send_v he_o away_o etc._n etc._n not_o with_o violence_n but_o give_v he_o a_o safe_a conduct_n send_v he_o away_o perhaps_o with_o a_o guard_n for_o his_o security_n such_o be_v the_o generosity_n of_o the_o egyptian_a prince_n in_o those_o time_n chap._n xiii_o ver._n 1._o into_o the_o south_n into_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o canaan_n where_o he_o have_v be_v before_o xii_o 9_o ver._n 2._o very_o rich_a etc._n etc._n his_o riches_n be_v increase_v since_o he_o go_v into_o egypt_n by_o the_o bounty_n of_o pharaoh_n xii_o 16._o and_o if_o we_o can_v believe_v josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n c._n 8._o by_o the_o reward_n he_o have_v for_o teach_v they_o several_a piece_n of_o learning_n which_o he_o bring_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n the_o author_n of_o schalsch_n hakkab_n quote_v eusebius_n his_o praepar_n evang._n l._n ix_o c._n 4._o to_o prove_v this_o and_o indeed_o i_o find_v eusebius_n quote_v josephus_n in_o the_o xvi_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n who_o say_v he_o teach_v arithmetic_n and_o astrology_n of_o which_o the_o egyptian_n be_v ignorant_a before_o and_o in_o the_o xviith_o chapter_n eupolemus_n who_o say_v that_o abram_n be_v familiar_o conversant_a with_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n at_o heliopolis_n when_o he_o go_v thither_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n in_o canaan_n and_o teach_v they_o many_o thing_n particular_o the_o celestial_a science_n which_o he_o call_v astrology_n i._n e._n the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o star_n ver._n 3._o unto_o bethel_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v the_o second_o place_n wherein_o he_o dwell_v after_o his_o first_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n xii_o 8._o ver._n 4._o unto_o the_o place_n of_o the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n this_o seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o the_o altar_n itself_o be_v either_o fall_v or_o throw_v down_o some_o think_v demolish_v by_o abram_n himself_o when_o he_o leave_v the_o place_n other_o by_o the_o canaanite_n when_o he_o be_v go_v and_o there_o abram_n call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n commend_v himself_o and_o all_o he_o have_v to_o god_n protection_n who_o have_v promise_v to_o bestow_v this_o country_n upon_o he_o perhaps_o he_o build_v the_o altar_n again_o and_o offer_v sacrifice_n thereon_o ver._n 5._o and_o let_v also_o etc._n etc._n god_n have_v bless_v he_o likewise_o as_o a_o faithful_a companion_n of_o abraham_n in_o his_o travel_n and_o partaker_n also_o of_o his_o faith_n ver._n 6._o the_o land_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v they_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v not_o sufficient_a pasturage_n for_o they_o both_o in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n ver._n 7._o and_o there_o be_v a_o strife_n etc._n etc._n wealth_n common_o breed_v contention_n yet_o here_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o master_n but_o between_o their_o servant_n each_o endeavour_v to_o get_v the_o best_a pasture_n and_o the_o best_a water_v place_n for_o their_o flock_n and_o the_o canaanite_n and_o the_o perizzite_n etc._n etc._n this_o part_n of_o the_o country_n be_v inhabit_v by_o the_o people_n peculiar_o call_v canaanites_n and_o by_o the_o perizzites_n a_o very_a rugged_a and_o barbarous_a nation_n see_v xv._o 20._o among_o who_o contention_n will_v have_v be_v dangerous_a at_o least_o very_a scandalous_a ver._n 8._o abram_n say_v to_o lot_n the_o best_a the_o wise_a and_o man_n of_o great_a experience_n in_o the_o world_n be_v most_o incline_v to_o peace_n and_o most_o yield_a in_o order_n to_o it_o let_v there_o be_v no_o strife_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o there_o have_v be_v none_o yet_o but_o their_o servant_n quarrel_v may_v have_v prove_v they_o at_o last_o and_o between_o my_o herdsman_n etc._n etc._n and_o here_o signify_v or_o as_o xix_o 12._o exod._n xii_o 5._o for_o we_o be_v brethren_n near_o kinsman_n who_o the_o hebrew_n call_v brethren_n ver._n 9_o be_v not_o the_o land_n before_o thou_o etc._n etc._n i_o there_o be_v room_n enough_o though_o not_o here_o yet_o in_o other_o part_n of_o the_o country_n now_o since_o we_o can_v remain_v together_o take_v thy_o choice_n which_o way_n thou_o will_v go_v etc._n etc._n a_o wonderful_a condescension_n in_o abram_n to_o let_v the_o young_a and_o least_o in_o estate_n please_v himself_o and_o he_o do_v not_o desire_v lot_n to_o leave_v the_o country_n but_o only_o to_o settle_v himself_o in_o what_o part_n of_o it_o he_o like_v best_o that_o he_o may_v be_v near_o to_o help_v he_o as_o he_o do_v afterward_o ver._n 10._o behold_v all_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n etc._n etc._n a_o fruitful_a and_o pleasant_a country_n well_o water_v by_o the_o stream_n of_o jordan_n which_o in_o many_o wind_n and_o turn_n run_v through_o it_o and_o at_o some_o time_n overflow_v it_o which_o make_v the_o ground_n very_o rich_a and_o therefore_o moses_n compare_v this_o plain_a to_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n as_o most_o understand_v those_o word_n the_o garden_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v well_o water_v by_o a_o river_n run_v through_o it_o and_o to_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v fatten_v by_o the_o overflow_a of_o nile_n as_o this_o be_v by_o the_o overflow_a of_o jordan_n as_o thou_o come_v to_o zoar._n these_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n immediate_o forego_v from_o which_o zoar_n be_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n but_o to_o those_o word_n in_o the_o beginning_n a_o plain_a well_o water_v every_o where_o even_o to_o the_o utmost_a skirt_n of_o it_o which_o be_v zoar._n ver._n 11._o and_o lot_n choose_v he_o all_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n he_o be_v invite_v by_o the_o richness_n of_o the_o soil_n without_o regard_n to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o people_n which_o prove_v afterward_o a_o great_a affliction_n to_o he_o and_o let_v journey_v east_n for_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n lay_v east_n from_o bethel_n where_o they_o now_o be_v ver._n 12._o and_o abram_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n etc._n etc._n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o the_o people_n peculiar_o call_v canaanites_n verse_n 7._o and_o xii_o 6._o be_v seat_v otherwise_o if_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v take_v large_o the_o plain_a of_o jordan_n be_v also_o a_o part_n of_o it_o ver._n 13._o the_o man_n of_o sodom_n be_v wicked_a etc._n etc._n their_o sin_n be_v grow_v ripe_a for_o punishment_n have_v be_v bring_v as_o it_o be_v before_o the_o lord_n and_o sentence_v at_o his_o tribunal_n to_o the_o judgement_n which_o short_o after_o befall_v they_o ver._n 14._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abram_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v likely_a the_o lord_n appear_v again_o to_o he_o as_o he_o have_v do_v former_o xii_o 7._o after_o lot_n be_v separate_v from_o he_o both_o to_o comfort_v he_o in_o his_o absence_n by_o renew_v his_o promise_n in_o large_a word_n and_o to_o assure_v he_o that_o his_o posterity_n not_o lot_n shall_v inherit_v this_o country_n lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n etc._n etc._n he_o dwell_v now_o it_o be_v likely_a upon_o
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
only_o in_o the_o land_n of_o seir_n or_o bare_o in_o seir_n to_o which_o he_o invite_v jacob_n at_o his_o return_n xxxii_o 3._o xxxiii_o 14_o 16._o this_o mountainous_a country_n which_o be_v rich_a than_o the_o other_o he_o get_v into_o his_o possession_n after_o that_o time_n esau_n be_v edom._n the_o father_n of_o the_o edomite_n as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 9_o ver._n 12._o she_o bear_v to_o eliphaz_n amalek_n this_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v set_v down_o as_o i_o observe_v on_o verse_n 1_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o amalekite_n who_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n concern_v who_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o abhor_v a_o edomite_n because_o he_o be_v thy_o brother_n deut._n xxiii_o 7._o thus_o joseph_n albo._n for_o though_o they_o make_v a_o distinct_a people_n from_o the_o edomite_n and_o live_v in_o a_o neighbour_a country_n yet_o they_o possess_v that_o part_n of_o mount_n seir_n which_o be_v near_o kadesh_n barnea_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o numb_a xiii_o 29._o and_o fourteen_o 43._o ver._n 15._o these_o be_v duke_n the_o word_n allouphe_fw-mi if_o we_o may_v believe_v r._n solomon_n jarchi_n signify_v head_n chief_n or_o ruler_n of_o family_n who_o may_v be_v call_v prince_n though_o their_o government_n be_v not_o yet_o regal_a but_o a_o kind_n of_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o beginning_n ver._n 16._o duke_n korah_n he_o be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n verse_n 11._o but_o call_v the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n verse_n 14._o and_o according_o say_v to_o rule_v over_o a_o family_n descend_v from_o she_o verse_n 18._o we_o must_v suppose_v therefore_o there_o be_v two_o korah_n one_o the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n the_o other_o a_o nephew_n of_o eliphaz_n by_o some_o of_o his_o son_n or_o grandson_n who_o come_v to_o be_v a_o great_a ruler_n and_o to_o get_v the_o government_n of_o some_o of_o these_o family_n and_o according_a to_o the_o style_n of_o scripture_n be_v reckon_v for_o eliphaz_n his_o son_n ver._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o seir_n the_o horite_n from_o this_o seir_n the_o country_n have_v its_o name_n but_o from_o who_o he_o descend_v be_v not_o record_v who_o inhabit_v the_o land_n who_o be_v the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o this_o country_n before_o esau_n conquer_v it_o and_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o that_o possess_v it_o after_o the_o flood_n who_o genealogy_n i_o suppose_v be_v here_o mention_v because_o esau_n posterity_n marry_v with_o some_o of_o they_o particular_o his_o elder_a son_n eliphaz_n take_v timna_n sister_n of_o lotan_n one_o of_o seir_n son_n for_o his_o concubine_n verse_n 22._o yea_o esau_n himself_o seem_v to_o have_v marry_v one_o of_o this_o family_n viz._n aholibamah_n who_o father_n and_o uncle_n be_v say_v to_o be_v hivites_n verse_n 2._o but_o here_o plain_o call_v horites_n be_v descend_v from_o seir_n the_o horite_n though_o dwell_v then_o among_o the_o hivites_n ver._n 21._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n of_o the_o horites_n the_o head_n of_o their_o family_n who_o govern_v the_o country_n before_o esau_n and_o his_o posterity_n dispossess_v they_o and_o settle_v themselves_o in_o the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n which_o they_o find_v among_o these_o horites_n in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n ver._n 24._o this_o be_v that_o anah_n who_o find_v the_o mule_n in_o the_o wilderness_n not_o by_o accident_n but_o by_o his_o art_n and_o industry_n he_o invent_v as_o we_o speak_v this_o mixture_n and_o produce_v this_o new_a kind_n of_o creature_n so_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v but_o the_o word_n find_v though_o use_v four_o hundred_o time_n in_o scripture_n never_o signify_v as_o bochart_n have_v observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 21._o the_o invention_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o before_o but_o the_o find_v that_o which_o already_o be_v in_o be_v nor_o do_v jemim_n signify_v ass_n in_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o other_o have_v read_v the_o hebrew_n word_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v write_v jamim_a as_o st._n hierom_n observe_v imagine_v that_o as_o anah_n feed_v his_o father_n ass_n he_o find_v a_o great_a collection_n of_o water_n see_v vossius_fw-la l._n iii_o the_o idolol_n cap._n 75._o which_o some_o fancy_n to_o have_v be_v hot_a water_n or_o bath_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpret_v it_o but_o then_o we_o must_v read_v the_o hebrew_n quite_o otherwise_o than_o we_o do_v now_o and_o bochart_n give_v other_o reason_n against_o this_o interpretation_n and_o endeavour_n to_o establish_v another_o opinion_n that_o by_o jemim_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v emim_a a_o gigantic_a sort_n of_o people_n mention_v in_o scripture_n and_o next_o neighbour_n to_o the_o horites_n these_o anah_n be_v say_v to_o find_v i._n e._n to_o meet_v withal_o and_o encounter_v or_o rather_o to_o have_v fall_v upon_o on_o a_o sudden_a and_o unexpected_o as_o this_o phrase_n he_o show_v signify_v in_o scripture_n this_o opinion_n he_o have_v confirm_v with_o a_o great_a many_o reason_n to_o which_o another_o late_a learned_a writer_n wagenseil_n think_v a_o answer_n may_v be_v give_v though_o he_o incline_v to_o it_o if_o one_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o the_o way_n which_o make_v he_o think_v here_o be_v rather_o mean_v some_o herb_n or_o plant_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n the_o lxx_o retain_v not_o know_v how_o to_o translate_v it_o and_o thus_o aben-ezra_n affirm_v many_o interpreter_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v understand_v it_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o probable_a conjecture_n of_o all_o other_o see_v wagenseil_n in_o his_o annot._n upon_o that_o title_n of_o the_o talmud_n call_v sota_n p._n 217_o 218_o etc._n etc._n as_o he_o feed_v the_o ass_n of_o zibeon_n his_o father_n the_o son_n of_o prince_n be_v wont_a to_o follow_v this_o employment_n in_o ancient_a time_n as_o bochart_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n particular_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o homer_n odyssey_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 44._o ver._n 28._o the_o child_n of_o dishan_n be_v these_o us_o etc._n etc._n from_o this_o man_n the_o whole_a country_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o we_o lament_n iv_o 21._o which_o be_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n in_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 30._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n that_o come_v of_o hori_n this_o hori_n be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o seir_n by_o who_o this_o country_n be_v first_o plant_v among_o their_o duke_n or_o according_a to_o their_o family_n or_o principality_n ver._n 31._o and_o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o after_o several_a duke_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o have_v rule_v the_o country_n the_o edomite_n change_v their_o government_n into_o a_o monarchy_n and_o here_o follow_v a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n for_o i_o can_v find_v no_o ground_n for_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n that_o alluph_n a_o duke_n differ_v in_o nothing_o from_o melech_n a_o king_n but_o that_o the_o latter_a be_v crown_v the_o former_a not_o crown_v before_o there_o reign_v any_o king_n over_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n moses_n have_v a_o little_a before_o this_o xxxv_o 11._o mention_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n to_o jacob_n that_o king_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n observe_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n remarkable_a be_v a_o great_a exercise_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o esau_n posterity_n shall_v have_v so_o many_o king_n and_o there_o be_v as_o yet_o no_o king_n in_o israel_n when_o he_o write_v this_o book_n nor_o as_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v a_o long_a time_n after_o this_o moses_n may_v well_o write_v without_o a_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n to_o say_v this_o passage_n be_v insert_v by_o some_o body_n else_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n we_o may_v rather_o affirm_v if_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o moses_n his_o meaning_n be_v all_z these_o be_v king_n in_o edom_n before_o his_o own_o time_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n in_o israel_n deut._n xxxiii_o 5._o for_o he_o true_o exercise_v royal_a authority_n over_o they_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n ii_o de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 1_o 2._o ver._n 32._o the_o name_n of_o his_o city_n be_v dinhabah_n of_o which_o he_o be_v governor_n perhaps_o before_o he_o be_v make_v king_n and_o wherein_o he_o reign_v ver._n 33._o of_o bozrah_n which_o be_v afterward_o the_o principal_a city_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n xxxiv_o 6._o and_o jeremiah_n xlix_o 3._o and_o amos_n i._n 12._o it_o seem_v by_o
word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o which_o the_o hebrew_n proper_o use_v in_o divorce_n and_o therefore_o denote_v they_o think_v that_o the_o lord_n put_v he_o away_o from_o his_o presence_n as_o a_o man_n do_v his_o wife_n to_o who_o he_o give_v a_o bill_n of_o divorce_n or_o as_o a_o prince_n banish_v a_o subject_a that_o have_v rebel_v against_o he_o who_o he_o send_v into_o exile_n out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n and_o he_o place_v at_o the_o east_n of_o the_o garden_n this_o show_v the_o entrance_n into_o paradise_n be_v from_o the_o east_n at_o which_o entrance_n adam_n be_v cast_v out_o it_o be_v likely_a he_o afterward_o inhabit_v some_o of_o the_o eastern_a country_n eutychius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n say_v a_o mountain_n in_o india_n which_o the_o mahometan_n common_o call_v sarandib_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n i._n de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n ii_o p._n 452_o etc._n etc._n but_o aben_n ezra_n conjecture_n seem_v more_o reasonable_a that_o he_o 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angel_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o fly_a fiery_a saraph_n or_o serpent_n who_o body_n move_v in_o the_o air_n resemble_v the_o vibration_n of_o a_o sword_n be_v appoint_v with_o the_o cherubim_n to_o guard_v the_o entrance_n of_o the_o garden_n for_o the_o cherubim_n and_o seraphim_n be_v frequent_o mention_v in_o scripture_n as_o attendant_n upon_o the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a majesty_n which_o appear_v here_o in_o great_a glory_n at_o the_o passage_n into_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n as_o it_o do_v in_o aftertime_n at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n to_o their_o great_a astonishment_n which_o turn_v every_o way_n angel_n say_v maimonides_n in_o the_o forenamed_a place_n can_v turn_v themselves_o into_o all_o form_n and_o shape_v some_o of_o which_o strike_v great_a terror_n into_o those_o that_o behold_v they_o than_o other_o do_v but_o i_o take_v this_o expression_n not_o to_o signify_v mutation_n of_o shape_v but_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o angel_n which_o be_v so_o very_o swift_a and_o glitter_a that_o devour_a flame_n seem_v to_o come_v stream_v out_o on_o every_o side_n to_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n to_o secure_v the_o passage_n into_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n where_o this_o tree_n be_v that_o none_o shall_v dare_v to_o attempt_v a_o re-entrance_n but_o adam_n be_v so_o far_o from_o think_v of_o this_o that_o if_o the_o eastern_a tradition_n be_v to_o be_v credit_v i_o shall_v add_v he_o plunge_v himself_o into_o the_o deep_a sorrow_n for_o a_o long_a time_n bewail_v his_o sin_n beg_v pardon_n etc._n etc._n till_o god_n dispatch_v a_o angel_n to_o comfort_v he_o and_o further_o assure_v he_o of_o his_o favour_n which_o be_v but_o probable_a conjecture_n i_o say_v no_o more_o of_o such_o matter_n nor_o can_v i_o assert_v with_o any_o degree_n of_o confidence_n what_o our_o great_a primate_n of_o ireland_n say_v in_o his_o annal_n that_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o world_n age_n when_o adam_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o paradise_n in_o memory_n of_o which_o calamity_n the_o solemn_a day_n of_o expiation_n and_o the_o great_a fast_a be_v institute_v in_o aftertime_n wherein_o all_o be_v to_o afflict_v their_o soul_n leu._n xvi_o 29._o this_o indeed_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o say_v the_o great_a day_n of_o expiation_n which_o be_v on_o the_o ten_o of_o september_n be_v appoint_v and_o sanctify_v from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n but_o there_o be_v no_o other_o authority_n for_o it_o it_o will_v be_v more_o useful_a i_o think_v to_o observe_v what_o footstep_n there_o be_v of_o these_o thing_n remain_v in_o the_o gentile_a world_n i_o will_v mention_v but_o two_o one_o of_o which_o be_v note_v by_o eusebius_n who_o show_v l._n xii_o praepar_fw-la evang._n cap._n 11._o that_o plato_n in_o his_o symposium_fw-la have_v preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o paradise_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d garden_n of_o jupiter_n be_v the_o same_o with_o this_o garden_n of_o god_n in_o which_o man_n be_v at_o first_o place_v the_o other_o by_o st._n austin_n who_o say_v therecydes_n the_o scholar_n of_o pythagoras_n call_v the_o beginner_n of_o evil_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o daemon_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o serpent_n so_o heideggerus_fw-la observe_v out_o of_o he_o exercit._fw-la iu._n de_fw-fr adamo_n &_o eva_n n._n 82._o chap._n iu._n ver._n 1._o and_o adam_n know_v eve_n his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n after_o they_o be_v throw_v out_o of_o paradise_n not_o before_o whatsoever_o some_o of_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n fancy_n to_o the_o contrary_a nay_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o after_o they_o have_v spend_v some_o time_n in_o act_n of_o repentance_n which_o be_v not_o a_o improbable_a opinion_n i_o have_v get_v a_o man_n from_o the_o lord_n i._n e._n the_o promise_v messiah_n which_o she_o imagine_v will_v have_v be_v her_o first-born_a for_o the_o word_n of_o the_o promise_n iii_o 15._o might_n as_o well_o be_v expound_v of_o the_o first_o seed_n the_o woman_n have_v as_o of_o any_o of_o his_o posterity_n ver._n 2._o she_o bear_v his_o brother_n abel_n but_o give_v no_o reason_n of_o his_o name_n which_o signify_v vanity_n as_o she_o do_v of_o cain_n which_o signify_v acquisition_n or_o possession_n nor_o be_v it_o say_v who_o give_v this_o second_o son_n the_o name_n of_o abel_n but_o it_o seem_v they_o make_v no_o account_n of_o he_o in_o comparison_n with_o the_o first-born_a quod_fw-la non_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la spem_fw-la factae_fw-la promissionis_fw-la de_fw-la semine_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o kain_n as_o joh._n forsterus_n judicious_o speak_v in_o his_o lexicon_n on_o the_o word_n hevel_v because_o they_o do_v not_o place_n in_o he_o their_o hope_n of_o the_o promise_a seed_n as_o they_o do_v in_o cain_n and_o abel_n be_v a_o keeper_n of_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n the_o young_a son_n be_v a_o shepherd_n and_o the_o elder_a a_o husbandman_n and_o planter_n for_o this_o last_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v adam_n chief_a employment_n both_o before_o and_o after_o his_o fall_n gen._n ii_o 15._o iii_o 23._o and_o therefore_o either_o choose_v by_o cain_n in_o imitation_n of_o his_o father_n or_o put_v upon_o he_o by_o his_o direction_n as_o the_o more_o noble_a of_o the_o two_o whence_o the_o eastern_a people_n give_v he_o the_o name_n of_o abdalcarith_n which_o some_o mistake_v for_o another_o son_n of_o adam_n but_o in_o truth_n be_v another_o name_n of_o cain_n signify_v a_o tiller_n of_o the_o field_n as_o mr._n selden_n show_v l._n v._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 8._o the_o patriarch_n indeed_o after_o the_o flood_n at_o least_o in_o abraham_n family_n choose_v to_o feed_v cattle_n but_o that_o be_v because_o it_o be_v less_o laborious_a and_o more_o suitable_a to_o that_o unsettle_a condition_n wherein_o they_o live_v for_o many_o year_n remove_v like_o the_o ancient_a nomads_n from_o one_o country_n to_o another_o ver._n 3._o in_o process_n of_o time_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v in_o the_o end_n of_o day_n that_o be_v in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o year_n or_o after_o harvest_n so_o day_n signify_v in_o many_o other_o place_n particular_o judg._n xi_o 4._o where_o after_o day_n be_v after_o a_o year_n this_o be_v a_o very_a seasonable_a time_n to_o make_v their_o grateful_a acknowledgement_n to_o god_n who_o have_v give_v they_o a_o fruitful_a year_n and_o bless_v they_o with_o increase_n according_o god_fw-we ordain_v in_o future_a time_n that_o the_o israelite_n shall_v keep_v a_o solemn_a feast_n in_o the_o year_n end_n to_o thank_v he_o for_o the_o ingather_n of_o their_o fruit_n exod._n xxiii_o 16._o xxxiv_o 22._o but_o in_o what_o year_n of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v that_o
lessen_v by_o his_o forbear_v they_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n which_o now_o we_o must_v suppose_v draw_v near_o to_o a_o end_n verse_n 13._o the_o observation_n of_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n perhaps_o be_v too_o curious_a which_o be_v this_o that_o the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n which_o we_o translate_v lord_n be_v use_v verse_n 3._o where_o the_o first_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o this_o matter_n for_o it_o betoken_v the_o clemency_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n till_o the_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n be_v out_o and_o then_o moses_n use_v the_o word_n elohim_n which_o be_v a_o name_n of_o judgement_n the_o time_n of_o which_o be_v come_v for_o all_o flesh_n i_o e._n all_o man_n have_v corrupt_v his_o way_n upon_o earth_n whole_o depart_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o righteousness_n or_o have_v make_v their_o way_n of_o life_n abominable_a throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n ver._n 13._o the_o end_n of_o all_o flesh_n be_v come_v before_o i_o i_o be_o 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〈◊〉_d the_o cypress-tree_n for_o take_v away_o the_o termination_n cupar_n and_o gophar_n differ_v very_o little_a in_o their_o sound_n bochartus_fw-la have_v confirm_v this_o and_o show_v that_o no_o country_n abound_v so_o much_o with_o this_o wood_n as_o that_o part_n of_o assyria_n which_o be_v about_o babylon_n where_o arrianus_n say_v alexander_n build_v a_o navy_n of_o these_o tree_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n l._n vii_o for_o there_o be_v great_a plenty_n of_o these_o tree_n alone_o in_o the_o country_n of_o assyria_n but_o of_o other_o fit_a for_o make_v ship_n there_o be_v great_a scarcity_n strabo_n say_v the_o same_o l._n xvi_o from_o whence_o bochart_n think_v it_o probable_a that_o noah_n and_o his_o child_n live_v in_o this_o country_n before_o the_o flood_n for_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o such_o a_o vast_a bulk_n as_o the_o ark_n be_v carry_v far_o from_o the_o place_n where_o it_o be_v make_v and_o the_o mountain_n of_o ararat_n which_o he_o 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above_o two_o and_o thirty_o year_n before_o abraham_n be_v bear_v chap._n x._o ver._n 1._o now_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n etc._n etc._n as_o he_o have_v often_o before_o mention_v the_o three_o son_n of_o noah_n so_o now_o he_o mention_n they_o again_o be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o child_n by_o who_o the_o earth_n be_v people_v after_o the_o flood_n and_o he_o reckon_v they_o in_o the_o same_o order_n he_o have_v always_o do_v vi_o 10._o vii_o 13._o ix_o 18._o first_o shem_n than_o ham_n and_o last_o of_o all_o japhet_n but_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n he_o give_v a_o account_n first_o of_o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n who_o be_v indeed_o the_o elder_a there_o be_v great_a use_n of_o this_o genealogy_n as_o maimonides_n show_v par._n iii_o more_o nev._n c._n 50._o because_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o law_n i._n e._n of_o religion_n 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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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in_o many_o place_n xxvii_o 13._o xxxii_o 26_o etc._n etc._n which_o be_v a_o sign_n these_o two_o brother_n plant_v themselves_o not_o far_o from_o one_o another_o and_o no_o conjecture_n seem_v so_o probable_a as_o that_o of_o bochartus_fw-la who_o take_v these_o to_o be_v the_o people_n who_o the_o greek_n call_v moschi_n and_o tibareni_n who_o be_v as_o constant_o join_v together_o in_o herodotus_n as_o moschech_v and_o tubal_n be_v in_o ezekiel_n and_o none_o need_v wonder_v that_o tubal_n be_v change_v into_o tubar_n and_o then_o into_o tibar_n for_o nothing_o be_v more_o common_a among_o the_o greek_n than_o to_o change_v the_o letter_n l_o into_o r_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o belial_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o phicol_n etc._n etc._n the_o moschi_n inhabit_v the_o mountain_n call_v moschici_n north-east_n of_o cappadocia_n and_o all_o the_o mountain_n as_o bochart_n think_v from_o the_o river_n phasis_n to_o the_o pontus-cappadodicus_a the_o 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and_o a_o city_n call_v ascania_n and_o ascaniae-insulae_a into_o which_o country_n the_o offspring_n of_o ashkenaz_n bring_v colony_n from_o gomer_n or_o the_o great_a phrygia_n and_o extend_v themselves_o to_o the_o sea_n which_o be_v call_v by_o the_o people_n upon_o the_o coast_n ascenaz_n be_v pronounce_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o odious_a name_n in_o their_o language_n signify_v inhospitable_a they_o change_v it_o into_o the_o contrary_a and_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o euxin_n sea_n see_v more_o in_o the_o forenamed_a author_n l._n iii_o c._n 9_o ludou._n capellus_n happen_v upon_o the_o same_o conjecture_n riphath_fw-mi or_o diphath_n as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o 1_o chron._n 1.6_o who_o posterity_n josephus_n think_v to_o have_v inhabit_v paphlagonia_n which_o be_v a_o country_n near_o to_o phrygia_n upon_o the_o euxine_a sea_n and_o there_o be_v remainder_n of_o the_o name_n in_o several_a place_n both_o way_n write_v with_o resh_n or_o with_o dale_v as_o bochart_n show_v l._n iii_o c._n 10._o mela_n place_n the_o riphace_v in_o this_o country_n as_o grotius_n observe_v annot._n in_o l._n i._n de_fw-fr v._o r._n c._n togarmah_n his_o posterity_n it_o be_v manifest_a settle_v northward_o of_o judaea_n by_o that_o place_n in_o ezek._n xxxviii_o 6._o where_o the_o greek_a scholiast_n say_v some_o hereby_o understand_v the_o cappadocian_o and_o galatian_n and_o indeed_o cappadocia_n lie_v near_o to_o gomer_n or_o phrygia_n with_o who_o togarmah_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v join_v and_o in_o respect_n of_o judaea_n it_o lie_v northward_o and_o be_v most_o famous_a for_o excellent_a horse_n which_o the_o prophet_n say_v come_v from_o togarmah_n ezek._n xxvii_o 14._o the_o greek_a interpreter_n constant_o write_v it_o torgama_n or_o thorgama_n from_o whence_o the_o name_n of_o the_o trogmi_a or_o trocmi_n may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o be_v derive_v who_o strabo_n say_v l._n xii_o live_v near_o pontus_n and_o cappadocia_n and_o it_o appear_v by_o ptolemy_n they_o possess_v some_o city_n in_o cappadocia_n itself_o this_o people_n be_v call_v by_o stephanus_n trocmeni_n and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n trocmades_n or_o trogmades_n for_o their_o bishop_n be_v often_o mention_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v bochart_n in_o the_o same_o book_n cap._n 11._o ver._n 4._o and_o the_o son_n of_o javan_n have_v tell_v we_o what_o son_n gomer_n have_v he_o inform_v we_o who_o have_v descend_v from_o javan_n who_o have_v four_o son_n that_o give_v name_n to_o four_o province_n elishah_n his_o first-born_a inhabit_a peloponnesus_n in_o which_o their_o be_v a_o ample_a country_n call_v by_o the_o ancient_n elis_n and_o one_o part_n of_o it_o call_v by_o homer_n alisium_n i_o omit_v the_o other_o argument_n whereby_o bochartus_n prove_v this_o to_o be_v the_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n where_o elishah_n posterity_n settle_v not_o far_o from_o their_o father_n javan_n nay_o ludovicus_n capellus_n p._n 105._o chronol_n sacra_fw-la think_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeolus_n and_o the_o country_n aeolia_n have_v its_o name_n from_o thence_o tarshish_n or_o tarsis_n neither_o people_v ciliciae_n where_o we_o meet_v with_o a_o like_a name_n nor_o the_o coast_n about_o carthage_n as_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n think_v but_o as_o eusebius_n and_o from_o he_o our_o broughton_n and_o late_o bochart_n have_v observe_v from_o he_o come_v the_o iberi_fw-la in_o spain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o name_n of_o iberi_n come_v as_o bochart_n think_v from_o the_o phoenician_n who_o call_v the_o bochart_n and_o utmost_a limit_n of_o any_o thing_n ebrim_a or_o ibrim_a a_o word_n often_o use_v in_o the_o syriack_n version_n of_o the_o psalm_n and_o the_o new_a testament_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a the_o spaniard_n be_v call_v by_o this_o name_n of_o
iberi_n because_o they_o be_v think_v to_o possess_v the_o utmost_a end_n of_o the_o earth_n westward_o however_o we_o may_v well_o think_v tarshish_n to_o be_v spain_n or_o that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o be_v most_o frequent_v by_o the_o phoenician_n viz._n about_o gades_n and_o tartessus_n as_o bochartus_fw-la i_o think_v have_v prove_v by_o evident_a argument_n fetch_v chief_o from_o what_o ezekiel_n say_v of_o tarsis_n xxvii_o 12._o and_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o country_n l._n iii_o phaleg_n c._n 7._o kittim_n the_o same_o author_n have_v prove_v by_o solid_a argument_n and_o by_o good_a authority_n that_o from_o he_o come_v the_o people_n who_o inhabit_v italy_n in_o which_o there_o be_v ancient_o many_o footstep_n of_o this_o name_n for_o there_o be_v in_o latium_n itself_o a_o city_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o halycarnassaeus_n tell_v we_o which_o be_v one_o of_o those_o seven_o great_a and_o populous_a city_n take_v by_o coriolanus_n as_o plutarch_n in_o his_o life_n tell_v we_o there_o be_v a_o river_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o cumae_n mention_v by_o aristotle_n as_o turn_v plant_n into_o stone_n and_o the_o very_a name_n of_o latin_n answer_n to_o chittim_n for_o most_o say_v it_o come_v à _fw-la latendo_fw-la be_v form_v to_o express_v this_o ancient_a scripture_n name_n for_o chetema_n in_o arabic_a which_o be_v a_o branch_n of_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n be_v to_o hide_v and_o chetim_o be_v hide_v and_o latent_fw-la and_o so_o no_o doubt_n it_o be_v ancient_o use_v in_o hebrew_n for_o what_o better_a sense_n can_v we_o make_v of_o those_o word_n of_o jeremy_n ii_o 22._o thy_o inquity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v hide_v or_o lay_v up_o with_o i_o according_a to_o a_o usual_a expression_n in_o scripture_n deut._n xxxii_o 34._o job_n xxi_o 9_o hos_fw-la xiii_o 12._o where_o there_o be_v word_n of_o the_o like_a import_n with_o this_o that_o famous_a man_n bochart_n say_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o to_o assert_v this_o l._n iii_o c._n 5._o dodanim_fw-la he_o be_v call_v rhodanim_fw-la in_o 1_o chron._n i._n 7._o by_o who_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n understand_v the_o people_n of_o rhodes_n and_o so_o do_v several_a of_o the_o ancient_n but_o the_o name_n of_o that_o island_n be_v much_o late_a than_o moses_n his_o time_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v better_a to_o understand_v hereby_o that_o country_n now_o call_v france_n which_o be_v people_v by_o the_o posterity_n of_o this_o son_n of_o javan_n who_o when_o they_o come_v to_o this_o coast_n give_v name_n as_o bochart_n conjecture_n to_o the_o great_a river_n rhodanus_n where_o it_o be_v likely_a they_o first_o seat_v themselves_o and_o call_v the_o adjacent_a coast_n rhodanusia_n which_o have_v ancient_o in_o it_o a_o city_n of_o the_o same_o name_n mention_v by_o stephanus_n and_o say_v to_o be_v seat_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o tractu_fw-la massiliensi_fw-la where_o now_o stand_v marseilles_n see_v bochart_n l._n iii_o c._n 6._o these_o dodanite_n be_v never_o mention_v in_o any_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n which_o make_v it_o the_o more_o difficult_a where_o to_o find_v they_o but_o this_o account_n seem_v more_o probable_a than_o that_o of_o our_o learned_a mede_n who_o place_v they_o in_o epirus_n where_o there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v dodona_n and_o part_n of_o peloponnesus_n all_o which_o and_o several_a country_n thereabouts_o seem_v to_o be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o javan_n ver._n 5._o by_o these_o be_v the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n divide_v by_o the_o word_n isle_n we_o common_o understand_v country_n compass_v round_o about_o by_o the_o sea_n but_o there_o be_v not_o such_o island_n enough_o to_o contain_v the_o son_n of_o japhet_n though_o these_o be_v part_n of_o their_o portion_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v seek_v for_o another_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n which_o the_o hebrew_n use_n as_o mr._n mede_n have_v observe_v to_o signify_v all_o those_o country_n divide_v from_o they_o by_o the_o sea_n or_o such_o as_o they_o use_v not_o to_o go_v to_o but_o by_o sea_n see_v book_n i._o disc_n 47._o many_o place_n testify_v this_o isai_n xi_o 10_o 11._o xl._n 15._o jer._n ii_o 10_o etc._n etc._n now_o if_o moses_n write_v this_o book_n in_o egypt_n as_o he_o think_v it_o probable_a they_o common_o go_v from_o thence_o to_o phrygia_n cappadocia_n paphlagonia_n by_o sea_n as_o well_o as_o to_o greece_n italy_n etc._n etc._n to_o media_n indeed_o he_o think_v they_o do_v not_o use_v to_o go_v by_o sea_n and_o therefore_o make_v this_o a_o objection_n against_o madai_n be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o mede_n for_o their_o country_n can_v be_v call_v a_o isle_n but_o the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o region_n people_v by_o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n be_v such_o as_o he_o confess_v the_o hebrew_n call_v isle_n moses_n may_v well_o say_v the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v part_v among_o they_o though_o media_n be_v comprehend_v which_o be_v not_o such_o a_o isle_n but_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o all_o this_o if_o we_o take_v the_o word_n we_o translate_v isle_n for_o a_o region_n country_n or_o province_n and_o so_o it_o plain_o signify_v job_n xxii_o 30._o isai_n xx._n 6._o where_o in_o the_o margin_n we_o translate_v it_o country_n and_o then_o the_o word_n goim_n which_o we_o render_v gentile_n signify_v a_o multitude_n of_o people_n as_o it_o do_v often_o in_o scripture_n particular_o gen._n xvii_o 4_o 16._o and_o so_o we_o translate_v it_o nation_n in_o the_o last_o word_n of_o this_o verse_n and_o in_o the_o last_o clause_n of_o this_o chapter_n by_o these_o be_v the_o goim_n nation_n divide_v in_o the_o earth_n which_o may_v serve_v to_o explain_v this_o phrase_n here_o which_o we_o may_v thus_o interpret_v by_o these_o or_o among_o these_o be_v divide_v the_o region_n of_o the_o people_n or_o nation_n descend_v from_o japhet_n in_o their_o land_n in_o the_o several_a country_n which_o they_o possess_v divide_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n according_a to_o his_o language_n family_n and_o nation_n this_o great_a division_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v make_v orderly_o and_o not_o by_o a_o confuse_a irregular_a dispersion_n wherein_o every_o one_o go_v whither_o he_o list_v and_o seat_v himself_o where_o he_o think_v good_a this_o mr._n mede_n think_v be_v also_o suggest_v in_o the_o very_a word_n we_o translate_v divide_v which_o signify_v not_o a_o scatter_a but_o a_o distinct_a partition_n every_o one_o after_o his_o tongue_n or_o language_n the_o same_o be_v say_v for_o 20._o and_o ver_fw-la 31._o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o cham_n and_o shem._n which_o signify_v they_o do_v not_o all_o speak_v the_o same_o language_n but_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o every_o one_o of_o the_o forementioned_a people_n have_v a_o language_n peculiar_a to_o themselves_o distinct_a from_o the_o rest_n and_o not_o understand_v by_o they_o as_o when_o ahasuerus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v cause_v letter_n to_o be_v write_v to_o a_o hundred_o twenty_o seven_o province_n according_a to_o their_o language_n and_o their_o write_n esth_n xiii_o 9_o it_o do_v not_o prove_v there_o be_v so_o many_o several_a sort_n of_o write_v and_o so_o many_o several_a language_n in_o his_o empire_n but_o only_o that_o to_o each_o of_o they_o be_v direct_v a_o letter_n in_o that_o language_n which_o they_o speak_v after_o their_o family_n in_o their_o nation_n the_o particle_n in_o denote_v as_o mr._n mede_n observe_v family_n to_o be_v subordinate_a to_o nation_n as_o part_n to_o a_o whole_a family_n be_v part_n of_o a_o nation_n and_o a_o nation_n be_v a_o offspring_n contain_v many_o family_n so_o here_o be_v a_o twofold_a order_n in_o this_o division_n first_o they_o be_v range_v according_a to_o their_o nation_n and_o then_o every_o nation_n be_v rank_v by_o his_o family_n so_o that_o every_o nation_n have_v his_o lot_n by_o himself_o and_o in_o every_o nation_n the_o family_n belong_v to_o it_o have_v their_o portion_n by_o themselves_o the_o number_n of_o nation_n descend_v from_o japhet_n be_v seven_o according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o his_o son_n who_o be_v all_o founder_n of_o several_a nation_n but_o the_o number_n of_o family_n be_v not_o here_o entire_o set_v down_o for_o moses_n name_v only_o the_o family_n of_o gomer_n and_o javan_n who_o child_n perhaps_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o founder_n of_o nation_n and_o therefore_o mention_v by_o moses_n when_o the_o posterity_n of_o the_o rest_n be_v omit_v ver._n 6._o and_o the_o son_n of_o ham._n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o son_n and_o grandson_n of_o japhet_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o noah_n he_o next_o proceed_v to_o the_o son_n of_o ham_n the_o second_o son_n of_o noah_n which_o be_v four_o
thus_o part_n of_o galilee_n be_v inhabit_v by_o a_o mix_a people_n of_o divers_a country_n be_v thence_o call_v galilee_n of_o the_o nation_n or_o gentile_n matth._n iu._n 15._o there_o be_v also_o as_o sir_n w._n raleigh_n observe_v several_a petty_a country_n which_o adjoin_v to_o phoenicia_n viz._n palmyrena_n batanea_n apamena_n laodicene_n etc._n etc._n which_o lie_v towards_o mesopotamia_n on_o the_o north_n and_o arabia_n on_o the_o east_n over_o which_o we_o may_v suppose_v tidal_a reign_v eupolemus_n a_o ancient_a greek_a writer_n relate_v this_o story_n call_v they_o armenian_n who_o make_v this_o inroad_n upon_o the_o phoenician_n as_o eusebius_n tell_v we_o out_o of_o alexander_n polyhistor_n l._n ix_o praepar_fw-la evang._n c._n 17._o ver._n 2._o these_o make_a war_n with_o bera_n king_n of_o sodom_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v lord_n of_o the_o country_n call_v pentapolis_n or_o five_o city_n which_o be_v so_o small_a that_o there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o bring_v a_o great_a king_n from_o beyond_o tigris_n with_o such_o a_o mighty_a monarch_n as_o he_o of_o babylon_n be_v think_v now_o to_o have_v be_v and_o several_a other_o nation_n between_o these_o king_n and_o euphrates_n to_o subdue_v their_o petty_a province_n it_o have_v be_v madness_n also_o for_o these_o king_n to_o resist_v such_o powerful_a army_n as_o the_o eastern_a king_n be_v common_o suppose_v to_o have_v bring_v against_o they_o and_o therefore_o i_o think_v it_o reasonable_a by_o the_o king_n in_o the_o first_o verse_n to_o understand_v some_o such_o petty_a prince_n as_o these_o mention_v in_o the_o second_o ver._n 3._o valley_n of_o siddim_n the_o five_o city_n stand_v in_o this_o goodly_a valley_n which_o now_o be_v the_o salt-sea_n or_o lake_n since_o the_o overthrow_n of_o these_o city_n by_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o heaven_n some_o will_v not_o have_v siddim_n a_o proper_a name_n but_o translate_v it_o plough_v land_n in_o which_o this_o valley_n be_v very_o rich_a ver._n 4_o twelve_o year_n they_o serve_v chedorlaomer_n etc._n etc._n this_o show_v he_o be_v the_o principal_a in_o this_o war_n and_o if_o he_o have_v be_v king_n of_o all_o that_o country_n call_v elam_n we_o can_v think_v he_o will_v have_v pass_v through_o so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o assyria_n mesopotamia_n and_o part_n of_o arabia_n to_o conquer_v five_o to_n all_o who_o riches_n can_v not_o countervail_v the_o charge_n though_o he_o have_v send_v only_o one_o of_o his_o lieutenant_n with_o a_o small_a force_n to_o bring_v they_o under_o ver._n 5._o smite_v the_o rephaim_n in_o their_o way_n to_o sodom_n they_o subdue_v these_o warlike_a people_n who_o it_o be_v likely_a oppose_v their_o passage_n into_o pentapolis_n and_o these_o rephaim_n it_o appear_v by_o xv._o 20._o be_v a_o part_n of_o canaan_n posterity_n situate_v as_o one_o may_v gather_v from_o josh_n xii_o 4._o xiii_o 12._o on_o the_o other_o side_n jordan_n in_o bashan_n or_o batanea_n they_o be_v of_o a_o giantlike_a stature_n and_o therefore_o the_o lxx_o here_o and_o in_o other_o place_n instead_o of_o rephaim_n have_v giant_n ashtaroth-karnaim_a it_o be_v plain_a from_o the_o forenamed_a place_n and_o from_o deut._n i._n 4._o that_o ashtaroth_n be_v a_o place_n in_o bashan_n whether_o so_o call_v because_o the_o goddess_n astarte_n i._n e._n diana_n or_o juno_n be_v here_o worship_v no_o body_n can_v resolve_v they_o that_o be_v of_o this_o opinion_n fancy_n that_o karnaim_n which_o in_o hebrew_n signify_v two_o horn_a denote_v the_o new_a moon_n but_o this_o word_n may_v as_o well_o note_v that_o ashtaroth_n be_v a_o city_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o half_a moon_n and_o the_o zuzim_n another_o warlike_a people_n thereabouts_o who_o some_o think_v be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o zamzummims_n deut._n ii_o 10._o the_o emims_n it_o appear_v from_o deut._n ii_o 9_o 10_o etc._n etc._n that_o these_o be_v also_o a_o gigantic_a people_n and_o near_a neighbour_n to_o the_o horites_n mention_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n for_o the_o emims_n possess_v ar_n and_o the_o field_n of_o kirjath-jearim_a and_o the_o horites_n possess_v mount_n seir_n till_o the_o former_a be_v drive_v out_o by_o the_o moabite_n and_o the_o latter_a by_o the_o child_n of_o esau_n and_o then_o the_o country_n of_o the_o emims_n be_v call_v moab_n and_o the_o country_n of_o the_o horites_n be_v call_v edom._n ver._n 7._o and_o they_o return_v from_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o forenamed_a people_n and_o come_v to_o en-mishpat_a fall_v upon_o this_o country_n which_o be_v call_v afterward_o by_o this_o name_n because_o god_n here_o judge_v the_o israelite_n for_o their_o murmur_n and_o contention_n with_o moses_n from_o whence_o also_o it_o be_v call_v kadesh_n because_o here_o the_o lord_n be_v sanctify_v among_o they_o numb_a xx._n 13._o all_o the_o country_n of_o the_o amalekite_n the_o country_n which_o be_v afterward_o possess_v by_o the_o amalekite_n who_o be_v not_o yet_o in_o be_v for_o they_o be_v the_o descendant_n of_o esau_n as_o moses_n show_v gen._n xxxvi_o 16._o and_o also_o the_o amorites_n who_o dwell_v in_o hazezon-tamar_a which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o en-gaddi_a near_o the_o dead_a sea_n 2_o chron._n xx._n 2._o ver._n 10._o full_o of_o slime-pit_n into_o which_o they_o hope_v their_o enemy_n may_v fall_v and_o so_o be_v break_v which_o make_v they_o draw_v up_o their_o army_n and_o wait_v for_o they_o in_o this_o place_n and_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n flee_v be_v rout_v as_o we_o now_o speak_v of_o the_o word_n slime_n see_v xi_o 3._o and_o fall_v there_o i._n e._n a_o great_a slaughter_n be_v make_v of_o their_o army_n for_o they_o themselves_o escape_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o the_o story_n some_o will_v have_v it_o that_o many_o of_o they_o fall_v into_o those_o slime-pit_n in_o which_o they_o hope_v to_o have_v see_v their_o enemy_n plunge_v but_o the_o simple_a sense_n be_v many_o of_o they_o be_v slay_v and_o the_o rest_n as_o it_o follow_v escape_v to_o the_o mountain_n but_o make_v such_o ill_a use_n of_o their_o preservation_n from_o be_v kill_v with_o their_o fellow_n that_o they_o only_o live_v to_o suffer_v a_o great_a vengeance_n ver._n 11._o and_o they_o take_v all_o the_o good_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o further_a proof_n that_o chedorlaomer_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o confederate_n in_o this_o war_n be_v but_o petty_a prince_n like_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n for_o have_v break_v the_o army_n of_o the_o five_o king_n they_o rest_v content_v and_o march_v away_o with_o the_o prisoner_n and_o booty_n but_o take_v not_o one_o of_o their_o city_n which_o if_o they_o have_v be_v such_o great_a king_n as_o be_v imagine_v they_o will_v have_v certain_o sack_v and_o perhaps_o burn_v if_o they_o have_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o keep_v they_o but_o we_o read_v verse_n 17._o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n still_o reign_v after_o this_o victory_n and_o go_v out_o of_o his_o city_n to_o meet_v abram_n ver._n 12._o and_o they_o take_v lot_n etc._n etc._n who_o be_v here_o call_v his_o brother_n son_n and_o verse_n 14_o and_o 16._o abram_n brother_n this_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o abram_n quarrel_v with_o the_o four_o king_n who_o war_n be_v just_a against_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o his_o confederate_n but_o they_o unjust_o seize_v upon_o lot_n and_o his_o good_n who_o be_v but_o a_o sojourner_n in_o that_o country_n and_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o their_o revolt_n who_o dwell_v in_o sodom_n in_o the_o country_n of_o sodom_n where_o he_o hire_v some_o ground_n for_o his_o cattle_n but_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a he_o yet_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n for_o then_o he_o have_v not_o be_v take_v captive_a but_o afterward_o for_o more_o security_n betake_v himself_o thither_o ver._n 13._o tell_v abram_n the_o hebrew_n so_o call_v from_o his_o ancestor_n heber_n as_o be_v before_o observe_v to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v that_o if_o he_o have_v be_v call_v by_o this_o name_n as_o many_o think_v only_o from_o his_o pass_v over_o euphrates_n which_o the_o lxx_o take_v to_o be_v the_o reason_n when_o they_o translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o will_v not_o have_v descend_v to_o all_o his_o posterity_n who_o do_v not_o come_v from_o beyond_o the_o river_n so_o little_a a_o thing_n as_o that_o will_v not_o have_v give_v a_o name_n to_o a_o whole_a and_o eminent_a nation_n who_o be_v usual_o denominate_v from_o some_o eminent_a progenitor_n and_o these_o be_v confederate_a with_o abram_n the_o three_o forename_a family_n be_v near_a neighbour_n to_o abram_n who_o it_o be_v likely_a farm_a as_o we_o now_o speak_v some_o ground_n of_o they_o and_o so_o enter_v into_o a_o league_n of_o mutual_a defence_n have_v the_o
shall_v one_o day_n make_v discourse_n xxv_o where_o he_o observe_v that_o the_o more_o lively_a to_o express_v this_o god_n so_o dispose_v that_o the_o very_a place_n where_o the_o ram_n be_v offer_v instead_o of_o isaac_n shall_v be_v the_o place_n of_o sacrifice_n for_o israel_n for_o there_o it_o be_v where_o the_o lord_n answer_v david_n by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 26._o and_o so_o design_v it_o for_o the_o place_n he_o have_v choose_v for_o his_o altar_n there_o david_n pitch_v he_o a_o tabernacle_n 1_o chron._n xxii_o 1._o and_o there_o solomon_n build_v he_o a_o house_n 2_o chron._n iii_o 1._o ver._n 14._o jehovah-jireh_a the_o lord_z will_v see_v or_o provide_v that_o be_v take_v care_n of_o their_o safety_n who_o steadfast_o obey_v he_o as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o this_o day_n which_o be_v thus_o call_v to_o this_o day_n or_o as_o other_o interpret_v it_o now_o it_o be_v a_o proverbial_a speech_n when_o man_n be_v in_o great_a strait_n in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o shall_v be_v see_v where_o a_o double_a variation_n be_v observe_v from_o what_o be_v say_v before_o for_o here_o be_v jehovah_n instead_o of_o elohim_n verse_n 12._o and_o then_o jeraeh_n instead_o of_o jireh_n i._n e._n the_o passive_a instead_o of_o the_o active_a signify_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o only_o see_v or_o provide_v but_o make_v himself_o conspicuous_a by_o so_o provide_v that_o all_o shall_v behold_v the_o care_n he_o take_v of_o those_o that_o fear_v he_o ver._n 15._o and_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n call_v etc._n etc._n this_o confirm_v what_o be_v note_v on_o verse_n 12._o that_o it_o be_v god_n himself_o who_o call_v to_o abraham_n to_o stay_v his_o hand_n and_o now_o say_v by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v say_v the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n what_o can_v be_v clear_a as_o hackspan_a gloss_n disput_fw-la ii_o de_fw-la nominibus_fw-la divinis_fw-la n._n 16._o than_o that_o we_o be_v to_o turn_v away_o our_o eye_n from_o the_o angel_n and_o fix_v they_o upon_o god_n who_o bless_v abraham_n and_o be_v call_v the_o lord_n for_o who_o sake_n verse_n 12._o abraham_n spare_v not_o his_o only_a son_n in_o all_o like_a case_n therefore_o which_o exceed_v the_o angelical_a dignity_n we_o be_v always_o to_o understand_v some_o such_o word_n as_o these_o here_o mention_v neum_n jehovah_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n ver._n 16._o by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v etc._n etc._n i_o observe_v upon_o xii_o 7._o and_o xvii_o 6._o that_o god_n enlarge_v his_o mercy_n to_o abraham_n proportionable_a to_o his_o obedience_n which_o be_v apparent_a in_o this_o great_a and_o last_o trial_n of_o all_o the_o offering_z his_o son_n which_o be_v reward_v by_o the_o ratification_n of_o god_n former_a promise_n or_o covenant_n by_o a_o most_o solemn_a oath_n by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v i_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v promise_v before_o but_o not_o confirm_v by_o a_o oath_n and_o beside_o the_o very_a promise_n be_v now_o more_o affectionate_a if_o i_o may_v so_o style_v it_o in_o blessing_n i_o will_v bless_v thou_o and_o in_o multiply_v i_o will_v multiply_v thou_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o latter_a end_n also_o of_o the_o blessing_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v couch_v the_o high_a of_o all_o blessing_n that_o god_n will_v make_v his_o own_o only_a son_n such_o a_o sacrifice_n as_o abraham_n be_v ready_a to_o have_v make_v his_o son_n isaac_n that_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n verse_n 18._o may_v be_v bless_v in_o he_o i._n e._n all_o that_o will_v follow_v the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n so_o abarbinel_n himself_o interpret_v it_o upon_o xii_o 3._o ver._n 17._o possess_v the_o gate_n that_o be_v the_o city_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o consequent_o their_o country_n for_o the_o gate_n be_v take_v thereby_o they_o enter_v into_o their_o city_n and_o their_o city_n be_v surrender_v the_o country_n be_v conquer_v ver._n 18._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v god_n promise_v to_o make_v abraham_n seed_n as_o numerous_a as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xv._o 5._o which_o promise_v he_o assure_v he_o here_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v in_o isaac_n verse_n 17._o but_o moreover_o direct_v he_o to_o expect_v after_o the_o multiply_a of_o his_o posterity_n one_o particular_a seed_n who_o shall_v bring_v a_o blessing_n to_o all_o mankind_n this_o singularity_n st._n paul_n observe_v and_o press_v very_o much_o gal._n iii_o 16._o apply_v it_o to_o the_o messiah_n and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a that_o there_o be_v a_o increase_n of_o sense_n in_o these_o word_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o former_a for_o he_o do_v not_o simple_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v be_v bless_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v bless_v themselves_o or_o count_v themselves_o bless_v in_o he_o to_o show_v as_o jacobus_n altingius_n think_v that_o this_o person_n shall_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o any_o blessing_n himself_o as_o the_o rest_n of_o abraham_n seed_n do_v but_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o blessing_n unto_o other_o who_o shall_v derive_v they_o from_o he_o alone_o l._n ii_o schilo_n c._n 2._o because_o thou_o have_v obey_v etc._n etc._n as_o a_o reward_n the_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v for_o obey_v my_o voice_n ver._n 19_o go_v together_o to_o beer-sheba_a where_o he_o have_v for_o some_o time_n settle_v his_o abode_n xxi_o 33._o ver._n 20._o milcah_n have_v bear_v child_n etc._n etc._n the_o follow_a genealogy_n be_v set_v down_o to_o show_v whence_o rebekah_n the_o wife_n of_o isaac_n be_v descend_v for_o she_o alone_o of_o all_o bethuel_n daughter_n which_o be_v probable_a be_v many_o be_v mention_v verse_n 23._o ver._n 21._o huz_o his_o first-born_a there_o be_v two_o other_o of_o this_o name_n one_o the_o son_n of_o aram_n x._o 23._o another_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n xxxvi_o 28._o but_o this_o we_o here_o mention_v be_v be_v from_o who_o job_n descend_v who_o country_n be_v call_v ausitis_fw-la so_o the_o lxx_o translate_v we_o job_n i._n 1._o and_o his_o posterity_n call_v ausitae_n by_o ptolemy_n who_o be_v a_o people_n of_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la near_o chaldaea_n not_o far_o from_o euphrates_n buz._n from_o who_o come_v elihu_n the_o buzite_n job_n xxxii_o 2._o a_o people_n in_o some_o part_n of_o the_o same_o country_n or_o near_o it_o aram._n who_o inhabit_v perhaps_o some_o part_n of_o syria_n which_o have_v the_o name_n of_o aram_n from_o another_o mention_v x._o 23._o ver._n 22._o chesed_a he_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n who_o be_v call_v chasdim_n in_o scripture_n from_o this_o chesed_a or_o chasad_a as_o some_o read_v it_o where_o the_o rest_n that_o follow_v settle_v or_o whether_o they_o have_v any_o posterity_n or_o no_o i_o can_v find_v it_o be_v likely_a they_o never_o grow_v to_o make_v a_o nation_n or_o a_o family_n and_o so_o leave_v no_o name_n behind_o they_o ver._n 24._o and_o his_o concubine_n this_o be_v not_o a_o ill_a name_n in_o these_o ancient_a time_n but_o signify_v a_o wife_n who_o be_v not_o the_o mistress_n of_o the_o family_n but_o only_o take_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o it_o by_o procreation_n of_o child_n such_o wife_n be_v general_o servant_n whereas_o the_o prime_a wife_n be_v a_o freewoman_n or_o make_v so_o by_o be_v marry_v to_o govern_v the_o family_n and_o bring_v child_n to_o inherit_v the_o estate_n chap._n xxiii_o ver._n 1._o and_o sarah_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o and_o twenty_o etc._n etc._n the_o whole_a verse_n may_v be_v thus_o translate_v and_o the_o year_n of_o the_o life_n of_o sarah_n be_v in_o the_o whole_a a_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o seven_o year_n it_o be_v usual_a with_o the_o hebrew_n to_o repeat_v a_o word_n as_o life_n be_v here_o when_o they_o will_v signify_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v complete_a and_o sarah_n be_v the_o only_a woman_n who_o entire_a age_n be_v set_v down_o in_o scripture_n ver._n 2._o kirjath-arba_a i._n e._n the_o city_n of_o arba_n who_o be_v a_o famous_a man_n among_o the_o anakim_v as_o we_o read_v josh_n fourteen_o ult_n and_o either_o build_v this_o city_n or_o make_v it_o the_o place_n of_o his_o residence_n from_o whence_o it_o take_v his_o name_n it_o do_v not_o appear_v when_o abraham_n leave_v beer-sheba_a and_o remove_v to_o this_o place_n the_o same_o be_v hebron_n a_o very_a ancient_a city_n as_o appear_v from_o numb_a xiii_o 22._o when_o it_o assume_v this_o name_n instead_o of_o kirjath-arba_n be_v not_o certain_a but_o some_o conjecture_n it_o may_v be_v after_o abraham_n purchase_v a_o burial-place_n in_o this_o country_n see_v xiii_o 18._o abraham_n come_v some_o fancy_n he_o be_v in_o some_o other_o part_n of_o the_o country_n
sabaei_n in_o the_o furthermost_a part_n of_o arabia_n near_o the_o persian_a and_o the_o red-sea_n there_o be_v also_o a_o people_n of_o that_o name_n descend_v it_o be_v very_o probable_a from_o this_o son_n of_o jokshan_n in_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n as_o strabo_n tell_v we_o who_o say_v that_o they_o and_o the_o nabataei_n be_v the_o very_a next_o people_n to_o syria_n and_o be_v wont_a to_o make_v excursion_n upon_o their_o neighbour_n by_o which_o we_o may_v understand_v which_o otherwise_o can_v not_o be_v make_v out_o how_o the_o sabaean_n break_v into_o job_n country_n and_o carry_v away_o his_o cattle_n for_o it_o be_v not_o credible_a they_o can_v come_v so_o far_o as_o from_o the_o persian_a or_o arabian_a sea_n but_o from_o this_o country_n there_o be_v a_o easy_a passage_n through_o the_o desert_n of_o arabia_n into_o the_o land_n of_o we_o or_o ausitis_fw-la which_o lie_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o euphrates_n see_v bochart_n in_o his_o phaleg_n 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 their_o original_a from_o ashur_n one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o shem_n x._o 22._o ver._n 4._o and_o the_o son_n of_o midian_a ephah_n the_o name_n of_o ephah_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o midian_a continue_v a_o long_a time_n for_o these_o two_o be_v mention_v by_o isaiah_n as_o near_a neighbour_n lx._n 6._o and_o not_o only_a josephus_n eusebius_n and_o st._n hierom_n but_o the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n also_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o city_n call_v madian_n in_o the_o shoar_n of_o the_o red-sea_n near_o to_o which_o be_v ephah_n in_o the_o province_n of_o madian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epha_n or_o hipha_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o place_n the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ptolemy_n mention_n both_o a_o mountain_n and_o a_o village_n of_o this_o name_n on_o the_o same_o shoar_n a_o little_a below_o madiane_a which_o be_v the_o madian_a here_o mention_v as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n 2._o cap._n 3._o and_o epher_n i_o can_v 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
year_n to_o make_v up_o the_o sense_n which_o some_o think_v rather_o to_o be_v this_o that_o he_o be_v satisfy_v and_o have_v enough_o of_o this_o world_n desire_v to_o live_v no_o long_o like_o that_o expression_n in_o seneca_n epist_n lxi_o vixi_fw-la lucili_n charissime_fw-la quantum_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la mortem_fw-la plenus_fw-la expecto_fw-la gather_v to_o his_o people_n it_o do_v not_o relate_v to_o his_o body_n which_o be_v not_o bury_v with_o they_o and_o therefore_o must_v relate_v to_o his_o soul_n which_o be_v suppose_v by_o this_o still_a to_o live_v in_o that_o place_n where_o his_o pious_a forefather_n be_v go_v or_o else_o it_o be_v a_o hebrew_n idiotism_n signify_v no_o more_o but_o that_o he_o leave_v this_o world_n as_o all_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o ver._n 9_o his_o son_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n etc._n etc._n by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n be_v not_o stranger_n one_o to_o another_o nay_o some_o of_o the_o oriental_n tell_v we_o that_o abraham_n go_v to_o see_v ishmael_n at_o his_o house_n and_o that_o ishmael_n come_v to_o see_v he_o after_o he_o be_v send_v away_o which_o be_v not_o at_o all_o improbable_a for_o no_o doubt_n abraham_n provide_v for_o he_o suitable_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o birth_n and_o ishmael_n can_v not_o but_o be_v convince_v that_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o father_n belong_v of_o right_a to_o isaac_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o freewoman_n and_o he_o only_o of_o a_o bondwoman_n nor_o can_v he_o well_o be_v ignorant_a that_o isaac_n be_v to_o be_v heir_n of_o abraham_n estate_n by_o god_n designation_n in_o the_o field_n of_o ephron_n etc._n etc._n see_v xxiii_o 17._o ver._n 11._o isaac_n dwell_v by_o the_o well_o lahairoi_a he_o continue_v after_o abraham_n death_n his_o former_a habitation_n which_o he_o have_v when_o he_o marry_v xxiv_o 62._o ver._n 12._o now_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o ishmael_n etc._n etc._n have_v mention_v the_o blessing_n of_o god_n which_o go_v along_o with_o isaac_n after_o his_o father_n death_n in_o the_o forego_n verse_n he_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o show_v that_o god_n be_v not_o unmindful_a of_o his_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n concern_v ishmael_n also_o xvii_o 20._o ver._n 13._o nebaioth_n as_o he_o be_v the_o first-born_a of_o ishmael_n so_o his_o posterity_n give_v the_o denomination_n to_o the_o whole_a country_n of_o arabia_n petraea_n in_o the_o best_a part_n of_o which_o see_v verse_n 3._o they_o inhabit_v which_o pliny_n strabo_n and_o ptolemy_n call_v nabataea_n and_o sometime_o other_o author_n call_v nabathis_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v call_v nabataei_n who_o be_v mention_v also_o by_o dionysius_n periegetes_n in_o his_o description_n of_o the_o world_n and_o by_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o demetrius_n who_o he_o say_v be_v send_v to_o subdue_v the_o arab_n call_v nabataei_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o perish_v by_o fall_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o place_n where_o there_o be_v no_o water_n these_o be_v common_o call_v in_o scripture_n ishmaelites_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v the_o sole_a heir_n of_o their_o progenitor_n and_o they_o dwell_v near_o to_o the_o midianite_n their_o half_a brethren_n for_o in_o the_o story_n of_o joseph_n he_o be_v say_v in_o one_o place_n to_o be_v sell_v unto_o the_o ishmaelite_n in_o another_o to_o the_o midianite_n gen._n xxxvii_o 27_o 28_o 36._o they_o be_v neighbour_n and_o copartner_n in_o traffic_n the_o country_n of_o moab_n also_o be_v near_o to_o these_o nabataei_n as_o appear_v from_o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la liii_o where_o speak_v of_o the_o country_n that_o lay_v beyond_o the_o dead-sea_n he_o mention_n this_o which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o region_n of_o nebaioth_n ituraea_n and_o moabitis_fw-la see_v salmasius_n plin._n exercit._n p._n 615._o kedar_n his_o posterity_n call_v kedareni_n be_v also_o seat_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n together_o with_o their_o elder_a brother_n and_o their_o name_n also_o be_v so_o famous_a that_o some_o author_n call_v the_o whole_a country_n kedar_n for_o the_o language_n of_o kedar_n be_v the_o arabian_a language_n and_o when_o david_n complain_v that_o he_o have_v dwell_v long_o in_o the_o tent_n of_o kedar_n the_o chaldee_n expound_v it_o in_o the_o dwell_n of_o the_o arabian_n but_o those_o arabian_n call_v scenitae_n be_v proper_o the_o people_n of_o kedar_n and_o yet_o not_o all_o the_o scenitae_n i._n e._n all_o the_o arab_n who_o dwell_v in_o tent_n but_o those_o only_o who_o dwell_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n for_o there_o be_v divers_a kind_n of_o they_o all_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o near_a euphrates_n other_o in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o salmasius_n show_v in_o his_o plin._n exercit._n p._n 484._o some_o take_v they_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o those_o who_o ptolemy_n call_v pharanitae_n for_o what_o the_o psalmist_n call_v dwell_v among_o the_o tent_n of_o kedar_n be_v call_v 1_o sam._n xxvi_o 1._o dwelling_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o paran_n pliny_n only_o say_v pharanitis_n border_v upon_o the_o arab_n in_o or_o a_o contermina_fw-la gentis_fw-la arabiae_n and_o so_o late_a writer_n make_v pharan_n and_o arabia_n petraea_n to_o be_v near_a neighbour_n as_o the_o same_o salmasius_n show_v p._n 485._o ver._n 14._o dumah_n he_o seem_v by_o isaiah_n xxi_o 11._o to_o have_v be_v seat_v near_o idumaea_n ver._n 15._o hadar_n some_o think_v the_o athritae_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la come_v from_o he_o in_o which_o likewise_o there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v tema_n from_o the_o next_o son_n of_o ishmael_n and_o jetur_fw-la the_o next_o son_n to_o he_o may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o ituraei_n in_o coelo-syria_n and_o kedemah_n the_o last_o of_o his_o son_n to_o have_v dwell_v near_o his_o brother_n kedar_n for_o so_o jacobus_n capellus_n expound_v those_o word_n jer._n xlix_o 28._o go_v up_o to_o kedar_n and_o spoil_v the_o man_n of_o kedem_fw-la which_o we_o translate_v the_o man_n of_o the_o east_n and_o there_o be_v some_o other_o people_n in_o those_o country_n who_o name_n sound_v something_o like_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n but_o not_o so_o like_a as_o these_o i_o have_v mention_v which_o make_v i_o omit_v all_o further_a search_n after_o they_o enough_o have_v be_v say_v to_o show_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o account_n which_o moses_n give_v we_o of_o ishmael_n posterity_n ver._n 16._o these_o be_v their_o name_n by_o their_o to_n though_o some_o of_o they_o dwell_v in_o tent_n and_o thence_o be_v call_v scenitae_n arabe_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o live_v so_o scatter_o but_o pitch_v they_o together_o and_o make_v a_o town_n and_o their_o castle_n they_o have_v even_o then_o place_n of_o defence_n which_o may_v make_v it_o probable_a that_o they_o have_v also_o wall_a town_n to_o which_o they_o resort_v from_o their_o tent_n in_o the_o field_n when_o they_o be_v in_o any_o danger_n isai_n xlii_o 11._o for_o it_o must_v be_v here_o note_v that_o as_o there_o be_v divers_a people_n of_o this_o name_n of_o scenitae_n arabe_n so_o there_o be_v this_o difference_n among_o they_o as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o the_o forenamed_a place_n that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v nomades_n who_o wander_v from_o place_n to_o place_n other_o of_o they_o be_v not_o particular_o the_o sabaean_a scenitae_n and_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n dwell_v in_o tent_n but_o be_v fix_v in_o their_o habitation_n and_o do_v not_o remove_v from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o as_o those_o that_o dwell_v in_o mesopotamia_n do_v who_o be_v both_o scenitae_n and_o also_o nomades_n they_o therefore_o who_o be_v settle_v in_o tent_n as_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n be_v have_v reason_n to_o build_v fortress_n for_o the_o security_n of_o their_o slender_a habitation_n twelve_o prince_n according_a to_o their_o nation_n or_o rather_o as_o dr._n jackson_n well_o gloss_n book_n i._o on_o the_o creed_n c._n 25._o twelve_o head_n of_o so_o many_o several_a house_n tribe_n or_o clan_n which_o kind_n of_o government_n they_o continue_v till_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o be_v better_a express_v by_o heathen_a writer_n than_o by_o many_o christian_a interpreter_n when_o they_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n of_o their_o tribe_n as_o strabo_n speak_v l._n xvi_o in_o his_o description_n of_o syria_n and_o so_o the_o late_a writer_n speak_v of_o the_o saracen_n who_o be_v the_o same_o people_n former_o call_v scenitae_n arabe_n who_o governor_n they_o call_v phylarchi_fw-la saracenorum_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o sextus_n rufus_n and_o jornandes_n see_v salmas_n as_o before_o p._n 484_o 485._o ver._n 17._o gather_v unto_o his_o people_n the_o same_o
phrase_n be_v use_v here_o of_o the_o death_n of_o ishmael_n that_o be_v verse_n 8._o of_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n they_o show_v the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o that_o they_o leave_v the_o world_n as_o other_o have_v do_v before_o they_o we_o do_v not_o read_v where_o ishmael_n be_v bury_v it_o be_v likely_a in_o his_o own_o country_n not_o in_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n for_o that_o have_v be_v to_o give_v his_o posterity_n a_o claim_n to_o a_o share_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 18._o they_o dwell_v from_o havilah_n unto_o shur_n etc._n etc._n see_v gen._n x._o 7._o josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n cap._n 12._o make_v the_o ishmaelite_n to_o have_v possess_v the_o whole_a tract_n between_o euphrates_n and_o the_o red-sea_n which_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n not_o to_o be_v true_a for_o between_o they_o and_o euphrates_n be_v the_o amalekite_n and_o moabite_n who_o do_v not_o reach_v to_o euphrates_n neither_o the_o ishmaelite_n therefore_o possess_v the_o country_n which_o in_o that_o part_n eastward_o that_o be_v next_o to_o the_o amalekite_n be_v call_v the_o wilderness_n of_o havilah_n and_o in_o that_o part_n next_o to_o egypt_n be_v call_v the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n and_o in_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n be_v call_v kedar_n the_o wilderderness_n of_o paran_n and_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n all_o which_o be_v comprehend_v afterward_o under_o the_o name_n of_o arabia_n for_o stephanus_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v plin._n exerc._n p._n 488._o make_v but_o two_o arabia_n one_o which_o he_o call_v the_o spicy_a between_o the_o persian_a and_o the_o arabian_a sea_n the_o other_o on_o one_o end_n of_o it_o westward_o be_v next_o to_o egypt_n on_o the_o other_o end_n northward_o next_o to_o syria_n as_o thou_o go_v towards_o assyria_n the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n be_v over_o against_o egypt_n and_o touch_v it_o in_o that_o part_n by_o which_o the_o way_n lie_v from_o egypt_n to_o assyria_n or_o as_o some_o understand_v the_o whole_a verse_n the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n dwell_v from_o shur_n which_o be_v towards_o egypt_n unto_o havilah_n which_o be_v towards_o assyria_n in_o the_o way_n from_o egypt_n thither_o he_o die_v heb._n fall_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n of_o all_o his_o relation_n or_o kindred_n which_o be_v call_v brethren_n in_o scripture_n but_o his_o death_n have_v be_v speak_v of_o before_o and_o in_o this_o verse_n mention_n be_v make_v only_o of_o the_o situation_n of_o his_o country_n some_o interpret_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n his_o lot_n fall_v i._n e._n he_o have_v his_o portion_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n according_a to_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o his_o mother_n xvi_o 12._o the_o child_n of_o keturah_n lie_v on_o the_o east_n of_o his_o country_n and_o isaac_n seed_n on_o the_o west_n or_o if_o we_o take_v it_o to_o relate_v to_o his_o death_n it_o may_v have_v the_o same_o sense_n till_o death_n he_o dwell_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n and_o be_v in_o a_o flourish_a condition_n ver._n 19_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o isaac_n his_o principal_a design_n be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o those_o descend_v from_o abraham_n by_o isaac_n moses_n return_v to_o that_o after_o a_o short_a account_n of_o his_o other_o posterity_n ver._n 20._o the_o syrian_a of_o padan-aram_n etc._n etc._n bethuel_n and_o laban_n be_v call_v aramite_n or_o syrian_n not_o because_o they_o be_v of_o that_o nation_n but_o because_o they_o live_v in_o the_o country_n of_o aram_n or_o syria_n that_o be_v in_o padan-aram_n as_o it_o be_v here_o explain_v and_o appear_v more_o full_o from_o rebekah_n discourse_n with_o her_o son_n jacob_n when_o she_o send_v he_o thither_o xxviii_o 2_o 5._o where_o he_o live_v twenty_o year_n with_o his_o uncle_n laban_n be_v upon_o that_o account_n call_v a_o syrian_a though_o bear_v in_o canaan_n deut._n xxvi_o 5._o padan-aram_n be_v a_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n i_o say_v a_o part_n of_o it_o for_o mesopotamia_n itself_o be_v call_v aram-naharaim_a that_o part_n of_o syria_n for_o there_o be_v many_o other_o aram_n which_o lie_v between_o the_o two_o great_a river_n of_o euphratis_n and_o tigris_n which_o country_n have_v two_o part_n also_o one_o towards_o the_o north_n from_o the_o mountain_n of_o armenia_n to_o the_o river_n chaboras_n i._n e._n araxes_n from_o whence_o balaam_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v fetch_v numb_a xxiii_o 7._o which_o be_v exceed_v fruitful_a and_o upon_o that_o account_n call_v padan_n which_o signify_v in_o arabic_a the_o same_o that_o seed_n do_v in_o hebrew_a i._n e._n a_o field_n and_o therefore_o what_o moses_n call_v go_v to_o padan-aram_n gen._n xxviii_o 2._o the_o prophet_n hosea_n call_v flee_v to_o sede-aram_n into_o the_o country_n or_o field_n of_o syria_n hosea_n xii_o 12._o this_o be_v a_o cultivated_a country_n abound_v with_o all_o plenty_n the_o other_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n be_v southerly_a from_o the_o forenamed_a river_n unto_o babylon_n and_o be_v very_o stony_a and_o barren_a the_o syrian_n live_v in_o the_o former_a and_o the_o arabian_n in_o the_o latter_a as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n ii_o phaleg_n cap._n 6._o ver._n 21._o isaac_n entreat_v the_o lord_n for_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n word_n atar_n do_v not_o signify_v bare_o to_o entreat_v or_o pray_v but_o to_o beseech_v with_o earnestness_n vehemence_n and_o importunity_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a he_o continue_v these_o importunate_a prayer_n several_a year_n the_o desire_n of_o see_v the_o messiah_n make_v they_o very_o uneasy_a under_o barrenness_n and_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n fancy_n that_o she_o remain_v barren_a twenty_o year_n isaac_n at_o last_o carry_v she_o with_o he_o to_o mount_n moriah_n where_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v offer_v and_o there_o make_v most_o fervent_a supplication_n for_o a_o son_n as_o if_o he_o will_v remember_v god_n of_o the_o promise_n he_o have_v there_o make_v he_o that_o he_o will_v multiply_v abraham_n seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xxii_o 17._o ver._n 22._o and_o the_o child_n struggle_v together_o within_o she_o some_o time_n before_o her_o delivery_n verse_n 24._o she_o feel_v as_o if_o two_o be_v wrestle_v together_o in_o her_o womb_n and_o put_v she_o into_o pang_n by_o strive_v which_o shall_v get_v out_o first_o if_o it_o be_v so_o why_o be_o i_o thus_o if_o i_o can_v be_v deliver_v why_o do_v i_o conceive_v and_o she_o go_v the_o struggle_v and_o pang_n we_o must_v suppose_v cease_v for_o some_o time_n so_o that_o she_o be_v able_a to_o go_v and_o consult_v the_o divine_a majesty_n about_o this_o unusual_a contest_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v some_o place_n where_o the_o divine_a majesty_n use_v to_o appear_v which_o be_v the_o settle_a place_n of_o worship_n see_v iu_o 3._o maimonides_n will_v have_v it_o that_o she_o go_v to_o the_o school_n of_o sem_fw-mi or_o heber_n who_o be_v prophet_n to_o desire_v they_o to_o consult_v the_o divine_a majesty_n about_o her_o case_n more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o cap._n 41._o and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o there_o be_v some_o divinely-inspired_n person_n attend_v the_o schechinah_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v such_o as_o melchizedek_n be_v at_o salem_n who_o patricide_n take_v to_o have_v be_v the_o person_n to_o who_o rebekah_n resort_v for_o resolution_n of_o her_o doubt_n ver._n 23._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o she_o by_o melchizedek_n say_v the_o forenamed_a patricide_n by_o a_o angel_n say_v maimonides_n who_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o place_n now_o mention_v their_o master_n be_v so_o settle_v in_o their_o opinion_n that_o she_o go_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o forenamed_a prophet_n and_o that_o by_o the_o lord_n be_v mean_v his_o angel_n that_o they_o will_v have_v heber_n to_o be_v he_o that_o give_v the_o answer_n for_o prophet_n say_v they_o be_v sometime_o call_v angel_n or_o the_o angel_n that_o speak_v to_o heber_n in_o this_o prophecy_n but_o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o she_o by_o a_o angel_n from_o the_o schechinah_n two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb._n the_o head_n of_o two_o nation_n two_o manner_n of_o people_n shall_v be_v separate_v great_o differ_v in_o their_o disposition_n manner_n course_n of_o life_n and_o country_n which_o will_v make_v they_o perpetual_o disagree_v from_o thy_o bowel_n shall_v issue_n from_o thou_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a in_o his_o posterity_n not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n ver._n 24._o when_o her_o day_n to_o be_v deliver_v be_v fulfil_v this_o demonstrate_v the_o time_n of_o her_o delivery_n be_v not_o come_v when_o the_o struggle_a first_o begin_v ver._n 25._o red_a all_o over_o some_o will_v have_v it_o with_o red_a hair_n not_o only_o on_o his_o
moses_n can_v not_o have_v say_v there_o be_v no_o man_n to_o till_o the_o earth_n ver._n 6._o but_o there_o go_v up_o a_o mist_n etc._n etc._n many_o think_v this_o will_v best_o cohere_v with_o what_o go_v before_o by_o translate_n it_o nor_o do_v there_o take_v the_o particle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o from_o the_o forego_n verse_n as_o be_v usual_a a_o mist_n go_v up_o from_o the_o earth_n see_v drusius_n levit._n x._o 6._o and_o hottinger_n in_o hexapl._n paris_n p._n 89._o but_o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o this_o and_o think_v it_o more_o likely_a there_o do_v go_v up_o a_o vapour_n or_o steam_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n when_o it_o come_v reek_v out_o of_o the_o water_n as_o be_v say_v upon_o verse_n 9_o of_o the_o 1._o chap._n to_o moisten_v the_o superficies_n of_o it_o before_o any_o cloud_n be_v raise_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o sun_n to_o give_v rain_n ver._n 7._o out_o of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o ground_n not_o dry_a but_o moist_a dust_n as_o the_o lxx_o have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o whence_o the_o apostle_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o corinth_n xv._o 47._o which_o teach_v we_o this_o dust_n be_v mix_v with_o water_n for_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v lincus_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a have_v it_o which_o agree_v with_o the_o hebrew_n jatzar_n form_v which_o be_v use_v concern_v potter_n who_o make_v their_o vessel_n of_o clay_n not_o of_o dry_a earth_n diodorus_n siculus_n seem_v to_o have_v have_v some_o notion_n of_o this_o when_o he_o say_v man_n be_v make_v out_o of_o the_o slime_n or_o mud_n of_o nile_n upon_o which_o original_a of_o man_n body_n the_o ancient_a father_n make_v many_o pious_a reflection_n but_o none_o better_o or_o short_a than_o that_o of_o nazianzen_n who_o say_v it_o be_v to_o teach_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o when_o we_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v lift_v up_o because_o we_o be_v make_v after_o god_n image_n the_o thought_n of_o the_o dirt_n 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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 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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 hiddekel_n be_v tigris_n itself_o which_o as_o pliny_n say_v be_v call_v diglito_n in_o those_o part_n where_o its_o course_n be_v slow_a and_o where_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v rapid_a it_o take_v the_o name_n of_o tigris_n and_o so_o the_o arabian_n call_v this_o river_n deglat_a and_o degela_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n hiddekel_n which_o salmasius_n derive_v from_o hadda_n or_o chadda_n sharp_a point_a and_o kal_n swift_a because_o of_o its_o very_a quick_a and_o hasty_a motion_n and_o thence_o the_o greek_n he_o observe_v derive_v the_o name_n of_o tigris_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exerc._n in_o solin_n p._n 694._o rauwolff_n in_o his_o travel_n p._n ii_o c._n 9_o say_v that_o when_o he_o be_v at_o caruch_n on_o the_o confine_n of_o media_n which_o be_v about_o a_o hundred_o year_n ago_o tigris_n be_v still_o call_v in_o their_o language_n hidekel_n which_o go_v towards_o the_o east_n of_o assyria_n if_o it_o make_v a_o great_a bend_n northward_o as_o pliny_n say_v it_o do_v about_o apamia_n it_o must_v needs_o run_v towards_o the_o east_n of_o assyria_n for_o some_o time_n but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o course_n of_o the_o river_n and_o therefore_o the_o lxx_o translate_v the_o word_n kidmath_n which_o we_o english_a towards_o the_o east_n simple_o towards_o and_o it_o be_v certain_a tigris_n do_v run_v by_o assyria_n for_o nineveh_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o assyria_n stand_v upon_o the_o east_n side_n of_o this_o river_n as_o bochart_n have_v demonstrate_v in_o his_o phaleg_n l._n iu._n cap._n 20._o the_o four_o river_n be_v euphrates_n none_o doubt_v that_o the_o river_n call_v here_o in_o the_o hebrew_n perath_n or_o phrath_n be_v the_o same_o that_o have_v be_v call_v for_o many_o age_n euphrates_n the_o course_n of_o which_o be_v so_o well_o know_v in_o those_o day_n that_o moses_n
2._o their_o observation_n be_v more_o pertinent_a who_o take_v notice_n that_o god_n create_v and_o join_v together_o but_o one_o man_n and_o one_o woman_n in_o the_o beginning_n intend_a mankind_n shall_v be_v so_o propagate_v and_o not_o by_o polygamy_n which_o in_o process_n of_o time_n indeed_o become_v the_o general_a practice_n but_o from_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v not_o so_o as_o our_o saviour_n speak_v in_o the_o case_n of_o divorce_n which_o he_o conclude_v from_o these_o very_a word_n be_v against_o the_o divine_a institution_n which_o make_v two_o to_o be_v one_o flesh_n matth._n xix_o 5_o 6_o 8._o so_o he_o interpret_v these_o word_n and_o st._n paul_n do_v the_o same_o 1_o cor._n vi_o 16._o they_o shall_v be_v one_o flesh_n and_o so_o do_v jonathan_n paraphrase_n and_o the_o samaritan_n code_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v in_o the_o place_n now_o name_v ver._n 25._o and_o they_o be_v both_o naked_a the_o man_n and_o his_o wife_n they_o do_v not_o yet_o find_v any_o 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every_o man_n elbow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d envious_a a_o hater_n of_o those_o that_o be_v good_a and_o from_o the_o beginning_n a_o wily_a underminer_n of_o man_n salvation_n now_o this_o follow_v immediate_o after_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o formation_n of_o eve_n have_v make_v some_o fancy_n that_o our_o first_o parent_n fall_v the_o very_a same_o day_n they_o be_v make_v and_o thus_o much_o i_o think_v must_v be_v suppose_v that_o they_o do_v not_o continue_v very_o long_o in_o their_o happy_a state_n for_o if_o they_o have_v persist_v steadfast_o in_o their_o duty_n for_o a_o considerable_a time_n they_o will_v have_v acquire_v such_o a_o habit_n of_o well-doing_n as_o will_v not_o have_v be_v so_o easy_o lose_v but_o that_o they_o continue_v long_o than_o a_o day_n there_o be_v many_o circumstance_n to_o induce_v we_o to_o believe_v for_o it_o require_v some_o time_n for_o adam_n to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o all_o other_o creature_n and_o to_o impose_v name_n upon_o 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1._o now_o the_o serpent_n or_o that_o serpent_n as_o some_o think_v it_o shall_v be_v translate_v which_o the_o tempter_n make_v use_v of_o as_o his_o instrument_n to_o deceive_v be_v more_o subtle_a the_o whole_a species_n of_o serpent_n be_v note_v by_o aristotle_n l._n i._n histor_n animal_n c._n 1._o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extreme_o insidious_a but_o this_o be_v extraordinary_a wily_a what_o sort_n it_o be_v be_v not_o here_o express_v but_o all_o agree_v there_o be_v now_o none_o like_o it_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n have_v degrade_v it_o st._n basil_n in_o his_o book_n of_o paradise_n p._n 627._o say_v it_o be_v not_o a_o frightful_a creature_n as_o it_o be_v now_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o mild_a and_o gentle_a not_o crawl_v and_o wind_v about_o in_o a_o terrible_a manner_n upon_o the_o ground_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o lofty_a and_o go_v upright_o upon_o its_o foot_n several_a of_o the_o jew_n have_v be_v of_o this_o opinion_n and_o our_o famous_a mr._n mede_n incline_v to_o it_o discourse_v xxxviii_o p._n 291_o etc._n etc._n but_o i_o take_v the_o conjecture_n of_o another_o very_a learned_a person_n now_o a_o bishop_n of_o our_o church_n to_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a which_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o strengthen_v there_o be_v and_o still_o be_v in_o the_o eastern_a and_o southern_a part_n of_o the_o world_n serpent_n have_v wing_n and_o shine_v very_o bright_o like_v to_o fire_n so_o we_o read_v isai_n fourteen_o 29._o of_o a_o fly_a fiery_a serpent_n which_o fiery_a serpent_n be_v call_v seraphim_n in_o numb_a xxi_o 6_o 8._o and_o term_v fiery_a not_o mere_o with_o respect_n to_o their_o venom_n which_o make_v sore_a inflammation_n in_o the_o body_n of_o those_o who_o be_v bite_v by_o they_o but_o because_o they_o appear_v shine_v like_o fire_n when_o they_o fly_v in_o the_o air._n whence_o seraphim_n be_v the_o name_n also_o of_o the_o high_a sort_n of_o angel_n call_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o presence_n isai_n vi_o 2_o 6._o who_o appear_v i_o suppose_v in_o some_o such_o form_n with_o flame_a wing_n for_o otherwise_o i_o can_v think_v serpent_n will_v have_v be_v honour_v as_o sacred_a thing_n in_o so_o many_o country_n as_o we_o find_v they_o ancient_o be_v unless_o they_o have_v be_v the_o symbol_n of_o angel_n the_o devil_n therefore_o i_o conceive_v make_v use_v of_o some_o such_o serpent_n but_o of_o a_o more_o surpass_a brightness_n than_o any_o now_o extant_a that_o he_o may_v resemble_v one_o of_o the_o most_o illustrious_a angel_n who_o appear_v sometime_o in_o the_o like_a shape_n which_o move_v eve_n the_o more_o ready_o to_o hearken_v unto_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o serpent_n take_v it_o to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o heavenly_a seraphim_n which_o she_o have_v see_v sometime_o in_o such_o a_o splendid_a form_n attend_v upon_o the_o divine_a glory_n or_o majesty_n for_o the_o angel_n always_o make_v a_o part_n of_o the_o schechinah_n and_o thus_o one_o will_v think_v tertullian_n understand_v this_o matter_n when_o he_o say_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr prescript_n haeret._n c._n xlvii_o istum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la serpentem_fw-la cvi_fw-la eva_n ut_fw-la filio_fw-la dei_fw-la crediderat_fw-la this_o be_v the_o serpent_n to_o who_o eve_n give_v credit_n as_o to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n which_o if_o any_o one_o take_v to_o be_v the_o word_n of_o the_o heretic_n he_o be_v there_o speak_v of_o yet_o those_o be_v not_o which_o we_o find_v in_o his_o book_n against_o the_o valentinian_o cap._n ii_o where_o he_o say_v the_o serpent_n be_v a_o primordio_fw-la divinae_fw-la imaginis_fw-la praedo_fw-la a_o usurper_n of_o the_o divine_a image_n from_o the_o beginning_n see_v dr._n tenison_n of_o idolatry_n p._n 356._o to_o which_o that_o
rest_n and_o quiet_a because_o say_v he_o this_o same_o shall_v comfort_v we_o concern_v our_o work_n and_o toil_n of_o our_o hand_n he_o expect_v some_o think_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o bless_a seed_n promise_v iii_o 15._o or_o that_o it_o shall_v spring_v immediate_o from_o he_o but_o the_o last_o word_n toil_n of_o our_o hand_n seem_v to_o import_v some_o inferior_a consolation_n which_o he_o expect_v from_o noah_n and_o the_o hebrew_n interpreter_n general_o expound_v it_o thus_o he_o shall_v make_v our_o labour_n in_o till_v the_o earth_n more_o easy_a and_o less_o toilsome_a to_o we_o which_o agree_v to_o what_o follow_v because_o of_o the_o ground_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v curse_v there_o be_v a_o general_a curse_n upon_o it_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n and_o a_o particular_a upon_o some_o part_n of_o it_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o cain_n now_o god_n he_o foretell_v will_v take_v they_o both_o off_o in_o great_a measure_n and_o bless_v the_o earth_n to_o the_o posterity_n of_o this_o same_o man_n who_o perfect_v the_o art_n of_o husbandry_n and_o find_v out_o fit_a instrument_n for_o plough_v the_o earth_n than_o have_v be_v know_v before_o when_o man_n be_v chief_o employ_v in_o dig_v and_o throw_v up_o the_o earth_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n their_o labour_n be_v more_o difficult_a which_o now_o be_v much_o abate_v because_o the_o pain_n lie_v more_o upon_o beast_n than_o upon_o men._n and_o indeed_o noah_n be_v call_v ix_o 20._o isch_n haadamah_o a_o man_n of_o the_o ground_n which_o we_o translate_v a_o husbandman_n one_o that_o improve_v agriculture_n as_o other_o famous_a man_n have_v do_v pastorage_n and_o find_v out_o other_o art_n iu_o 20_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o same_o place_n also_o ix_o 20._o we_o read_v that_o noah_n plant_v a_o vineyard_n with_o respect_n to_o which_o if_o he_o be_v the_o first_o inventor_n of_o make_v wine_n he_o may_v well_o be_v say_v here_o to_o comfort_v they_o concern_v their_o work_n and_o toil_n of_o their_o hand_n wine_n cheer_v the_o heart_n and_o revive_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n that_o be_v spend_v with_o labour_n but_o if_o the_o last_o word_n of_o this_o verse_n be_v expound_v of_o the_o lord_n be_v curse_v the_o ground_n by_o send_v a_o flood_n upon_o it_o as_o enoch_n have_v foretell_v then_o noah_n be_v here_o call_v their_o comforter_n with_o respect_n to_o his_o be_v the_o restorer_n of_o the_o world_n after_o it_o have_v be_v dispeople_v by_o that_o inundation_n and_o so_o jacobus_n capellus_n not_o unreasonable_o interpret_v they_o to_o have_v relation_n to_o both_o curse_n a_o maledictione_n quam_fw-la terrae_fw-la inflixit_fw-la &_o inflicturus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la he_o shall_v give_v man_n rest_v from_o the_o curse_n which_o god_n have_v inflict_v and_o intend_v further_a to_o inflict_v upon_o the_o earth_n hist_o sacra_fw-la &_o exot._fw-la ad_fw-la a._n m._n 1053._o ver._n 32._o and_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a see_v verse_n 6._o where_o i_o have_v say_v enough_o to_o show_v it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a to_o think_v he_o have_v no_o child_n till_o this_o age_n of_o his_o life_n and_o noah_n beget_v shem_n ham_n and_o japhet_n here_o end_v the_o line_n of_o adam_n before_o the_o flood_n for_o though_o these_o three_o be_v marry_v it_o appear_v vii_o 13._o before_o the_o flood_n come_v yet_o they_o either_o have_v no_o child_n or_o they_o do_v not_o live_v for_o they_o carry_v none_o with_o they_o into_o the_o ark._n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o shem_n be_v the_o elder_a of_o these_o three_o because_o he_o be_v here_o and_o every_o where_o else_o in_o this_o book_n mention_v first_o for_o i_o shall_v show_v plain_o in_o its_o due_a place_n that_o japhet_n be_v the_o elder_a x._o 21._o scaliger_n indeed_o will_v have_v this_o a_o settle_a rule_n that_o hunc_fw-la ordinem_fw-la filii_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la habent_fw-la quem_fw-la illis_fw-la natura_fw-la dedit_fw-la that_o child_n be_v place_v in_o scripture_n according_a to_o the_o order_n which_o nature_n have_v give_v they_o but_o it_o be_v apparent_a from_o many_o instance_n that_o the_o scripture_n have_v regard_n to_o their_o dignity_n otherways_o and_o not_o to_o the_o order_n of_o their_o birth_n as_o abraham_n be_v mention_v before_o nahor_n and_o haran_n merit_n excellentiae_fw-la with_o respect_n to_o his_o excellence_n as_o st._n austin_n speak_v to_o which_o god_n raise_v he_o though_o he_o be_v not_o the_o elder_a son_n of_o terah_n gen._n xi_o 28._o thus_o jacob_n be_v mention_v before_o esau_n mal._n i._n 1._o and_o isaac_n before_o ishmael_n 1_o chron._n i._n 28._o thus_o shem'_v eminence_n in_o other_o respect_n place_v he_o before_o japhet_n to_o who_o he_o be_v inferior_a in_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n as_o appear_v even_o from_o their_o genealogy_n both_o in_o gen._n x._o and_o 1_o chron._n i._n where_o shem'_v posterity_n be_v place_v below_o those_o of_o both_o his_o other_o brother_n chap._n vi_o ver._n 1._o when_o man_n begin_v to_o multiply_v to_o increase_v exceed_v fast_o for_o they_o be_v multiply_v before_o but_o not_o so_o as_o to_o fill_v the_o earth_n or_o the_o word_n man_n may_v be_v limit_v to_o the_o child_n of_o cain_n see_v verse_n 2._o who_o now_o begin_v to_o be_v very_o numerous_a and_o daughter_n be_v bear_v to_o they_o in_o great_a number_n for_o daughter_n no_o doubt_n they_o have_v before_o but_o now_o so_o many_o more_o daughter_n than_o son_n that_o they_o have_v not_o match_n for_o all_o no_o though_o we_o shall_v suppose_v they_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o lamech_v iu_o 19_o and_o take_v more_o wife_n than_o one_o ver._n 2._o the_o son_n of_o god_n there_o be_v two_o famous_a interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n beside_o that_o of_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n who_o take_v they_o for_o angel_n some_o understand_v by_o the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o great_a man_n nobles_z ruler_n and_o judge_n whether_o they_o be_v of_o the_o family_n of_o seth_n or_o of_o cain_n and_o so_o indeed_o the_o word_n elohim_n signify_v in_o many_o place_n exod._n xxi_o 6._o xxii_o 28._o etc._n etc._n and_o the_o ancient_a greek_a version_n which_o philo_n and_o st._n austin_n use_v perhaps_o mean_v no_o more_o where_o these_o word_n be_v translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o angel_n of_o god_n his_o great_a minister_n in_o this_o world_n who_o in_o aftertime_n be_v mistake_v for_o angel_n in_o heaven_n these_o great_a person_n be_v take_v with_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o man_n i._n e._n of_o the_o mean_a sort_n for_o so_o sometime_o man_n signify_v psal_n xlix_o 2_o etc._n etc._n and_o take_v by_o force_n and_o violence_n as_o many_o as_o they_o please_v be_v so_o potent_a as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n with_o impunity_n for_o they_o that_o shall_v have_v give_v a_o good_a example_n and_o punish_v vice_n be_v the_o great_a promoter_n of_o it_o but_o there_o be_v other_o ancient_a interpreter_n and_o most_o of_o the_o late_a who_o by_o the_o son_n of_o god_n understand_v the_o posterity_n of_o seth_n who_o be_v the_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n iv_o vlt._n they_o see_v the_o daughter_n of_o men._n converse_v with_o the_o daughter_n of_o cain_n so_o tho._n aquinas_n himself_o interpret_v it_o pars_fw-la i._n q._n 51._o art_n 3._o ad_fw-la 6._o that_o they_o be_v fair._n be_v exceed_o take_v with_o their_o beauty_n and_o they_o take_v they_o wife_n make_a match_n with_o they_o and_o perhaps_o take_v more_o than_o one_o apiece_o of_o all_o that_o they_o choose_v whosoever_o they_o like_v so_o the_o word_n choose_v be_v use_v in_o many_o place_n psal_n xxv_o 12_o etc._n etc._n without_o regard_n to_o any_o thing_n else_o but_o their_o beauty_n some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n by_o daughter_n understand_v virgin_n which_o they_o distinguish_v from_o nasim_n wife_n or_o marry_a woman_n who_o they_o also_o take_v and_o abuse_v as_o they_o please_v but_o there_o be_v no_o evidence_n of_o this_o the_o plain_a sense_n be_v that_o they_o who_o have_v hitherto_o keep_v themselves_o unless_o it_o be_v some_o few_o see_v verse_n 15._o unmingled_a with_o the_o posterity_n of_o cain_n according_a to_o a_o solemn_a charge_n which_o their_o godly_a forefather_n have_v give_v they_o be_v now_o join_v to_o they_o in_o marriage_n and_o make_v one_o people_n with_o they_o which_o be_v the_o great_a crime_n if_o we_o can_v give_v any_o credit_n to_o what_o a_o arabic_a writer_n say_v mention_v first_o by_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr diis_fw-la syris_n cap._n 3._o prolegom_n &_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n l._n v._o cap._n 8._o f._n 578._o that_o the_o child_n of_o seth_n have_v swear_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o abel_n they_o will_v never_o leave_v the_o mountainous_a country_n which_o they_o inhabit_v to_o
country_n be_v drown_v by_o the_o flood_n no_o more_o of_o the_o earth_n be_v then_o inhabit_v for_o those_o country_n can_v not_o have_v hold_v the_o forty_o part_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n which_o be_v produce_v between_o the_o creation_n and_o the_o flood_n no_o all_o the_o earth_n be_v not_o more_o than_o sufficient_a to_o contain_v they_o as_o many_o have_v clear_o prove_v plato_n say_v there_o be_v in_o his_o day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ancient_a tradition_n which_o affirm_v there_o have_v be_v sundry_a destruction_n of_o mankind_n by_o flood_n as_o well_o as_o other_o way_n in_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o small_a parcel_n of_o mankind_n be_v leave_v and_o particular_o he_o say_v concern_v flood_n that_o they_o be_v so_o great_a that_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o very_a little_a spark_n of_o mankind_n be_v save_v and_o those_o upon_o the_o top_n of_o mountain_n and_o the_o like_a he_o say_v of_o beast_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d very_o few_o of_o they_o be_v leave_v to_o support_v the_o life_n of_o mankind_n l._n iii_o de_fw-fr legib_n p._n 677._o edit_fw-la seran_n but_o this_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v a_o imperfect_a tradition_n the_o high_a mountain_n have_v be_v cover_v with_o the_o water_n as_o well_o as_o the_o low_a country_n and_o that_o all_o the_o earth_n over_o which_o need_v not_o seem_v strange_a if_o we_o consider_v what_o be_v say_v before_o upon_o verse_n 11._o and_o withal_o observe_v that_o the_o diameter_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v seven_o thousand_o mile_n and_o consequent_o from_o the_o superficies_n to_o the_o centre_n no_o less_o than_o three_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o mile_n it_o be_v not_o incredible_a as_o sir_n w._n raleigh_n discourse_n l._n i._o c._n 7._o §_o 6._o that_o there_o be_v water_n enough_o in_o the_o great_a deep_a which_o be_v force_v up_o from_o thence_o may_v overflow_v the_o lofty_a mountain_n especial_o when_o water_n come_v pour_v down_o also_o from_o above_o so_o fast_o that_o no_o word_n can_v express_v it_o for_o there_o be_v no_o mountain_n above_o thirty_o mile_n high_a upright_o which_o thirty_o mile_n be_v find_v in_o the_o depth_n of_o the_o earth_n one_o hundred_o and_o sixteen_o time_n why_o shall_v we_o think_v it_o incredible_a that_o the_o water_n in_o the_o earth_n three_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o mile_n deep_a may_v be_v well_o able_a to_o cover_v the_o space_n of_o thirty_o mile_n in_o height_n it_o will_v help_v man_n unbelief_n if_o they_o will_v likewise_o consider_v the_o vast_a inundation_n which_o be_v make_v yearly_o in_o egypt_n only_o from_o the_o rain_n that_o fall_n in_o aethiopia_n and_o the_o like_a overflowing_n yearly_o in_o america_n of_o the_o great_a river_n orenoque_n whereby_o many_o island_n and_o plain_n at_o other_o time_n inhabit_v be_v lay_v twenty_o foot_n under_o water_n between_o may_n and_o september_n ver._n 20._o fifteen_o cubit_n upward_o do_v the_o water_n prevail_v etc._n etc._n moses_n 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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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the_o sea_n nephthun_n which_o may_v incline_v we_o to_o think_v that_o the_o naphtuhim_n be_v those_o people_n that_o live_v upon_o the_o shore_n of_o the_o mediterranean_a in_o marmarica_n for_o the_o people_n upon_o the_o red-sea_n belong_v to_o arabia_n not_o to_o egypt_n it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o from_o hence_o come_v the_o name_n of_o neptune_n who_o original_o be_v a_o lybian_a god_n and_o know_v to_o none_o but_o that_o people_n there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v nepata_n by_o pliny_n which_o grotius_n think_v may_v explain_v this_o name_n but_o it_o be_v in_o aethiopia_n and_o moses_n be_v speak_v of_o the_o son_n of_o mizraim_n ver._n 14._o and_o pathrusim_n who_o be_v the_o inhabitant_n it_o be_v likely_a of_o patros_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o egypt_n though_o represent_v sometime_o in_o scripture_n
as_o a_o country_n distinct_a from_o it_o just_o as_o thebais_n be_v in_o some_o author_n say_v to_o be_v whereas_o it_o be_v the_o upper_a egypt_n bochart_n have_v bring_v a_o great_a many_o argument_n to_o prove_v this_o particular_o from_o ezekiel_n xxix_o 14._o which_o show_v clear_o that_o pathros_n belong_v to_o egypt_n for_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v that_o god_n will_v bring_v again_o the_o captivity_n of_o egypt_n he_o say_v he_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o return_v into_o the_o land_n of_o pathros_n into_o the_o land_n of_o their_o habitation_n or_o nativity_n that_o be_v into_o thebais_n which_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v principal_o afflict_v carry_v most_o of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o thebes_n into_o captivity_n this_o seem_v a_o more_o probable_a account_n of_o the_o pathrusim_n than_o they_o who_o take_v they_o to_o be_v the_o pharusi_n as_o grotius_n do_v or_o phautusii_n who_o be_v a_o people_n of_o aethiopia_n casluhim_n or_o casluchim_n these_o be_v the_o colchi_n who_o 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who_o be_v say_v here_o to_o come_v from_o casluchim_n in_o other_o place_n be_v say_v to_o have_v come_v from_o caphtor_fw-mi jer._n xlvii_o 4._o amos_n ix_o 7._o and_o moses_n himself_o relate_v how_o the_o avim_v nigh_o to_o gaza_n a_o famous_a city_n of_o the_o philistim_a be_v drive_v out_o by_o the_o caphtorim_n deut._n ii_o 23._o all_o the_o ancient_n therefore_o be_v in_o the_o right_n who_o take_v the_o caphtorim_n for_o the_o cappadocian_o yet_o not_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o country_n part_n of_o which_o be_v possess_v by_o other_o people_n as_o be_v say_v before_o but_o that_o part_n of_o cappadocia_n which_o be_v next_o to_o colchis_n viz._n about_o trapezund_n where_o colchis_n end_v for_o there_o we_o find_v the_o city_n call_v side_n and_o the_o country_n sidene_n mention_v by_o strabo_n now_o side_n in_o greek_a as_o bochart_n ingenious_o observe_v signify_v the_o same_o with_o caphtor_n in_o hebrew_n viz._n malum_fw-la punicum_fw-la and_o therefore_o in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o same_o country_n be_v call_v by_o the_o hebrew_n caphtor_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n sidene_n what_o invite_v the_o caphtorim_n out_o of_o egypt_n into_o this_o country_n be_v hard_o to_o tell_v at_o this_o distance_n of_o time_n but_o strabo_n think_v it_o be_v the_o fame_n of_o the_o gold_n wherewith_o this_o country_n abound_v and_o as_o this_o draw_v they_o thither_o so_o perhaps_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o country_n very_o much_o different_a from_o that_o wherein_o they_o be_v bear_v or_o else_o their_o neighbour_n the_o scythian_n and_o mesech_n and_o tubal_n viz._n the_o moschi_n and_o tibareni_n who_o dwell_v near_o they_o and_o may_v be_v troublesome_a to_o they_o make_v they_o think_v of_o return_v back_o again_o and_o in_o their_o way_n through_o palestine_n they_o fall_v upon_o the_o avim_fw-la who_o they_o dispossess_v of_o their_o country_n and_o settle_v there_o deut._n ii_o 23._o by_o the_o name_n of_o philistim_n ver._n 15._o and_o canaan_n now_o follow_v a_o account_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o ham_n young_a son_n sidon_n be_v his_o first-born_a who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o famous_a city_n call_v by_o his_o name_n sidon_n which_o trogus_n say_v be_v so_o call_v from_o plenty_n of_o fish_n on_o that_o coast_n and_o so_o the_o present_a name_n of_o it_o say_a signify_v fish_v or_o fishery_n as_o the_o town_n in_o galilee_n call_v bethsaida_n be_v as_o much_o as_o the_o place_n of_o fish_v for_o that_o sea_n upon_o which_o it_o lie_v the_o hebrew_n say_v abound_v with_o fish_n however_o the_o sidonian_n come_v from_o this_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o some_o of_o they_o if_o he_o do_v not_o find_v it_o himself_o call_v the_o city_n by_o this_o name_n in_o memory_n of_o he_o it_o be_v far_o more_o ancient_a and_o famous_a than_o tyre_n for_o we_o read_v of_o it_o in_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o joshua_n and_o the_o judge_n but_o nothing_o of_o tyre_n till_o the_o day_n of_o david_n nor_o do_v homer_n mention_n tyre_n though_o he_o speak_v of_o sidon_n and_o the_o sidonian_n in_o many_o place_n heth._n his_o second_o son_n be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o hittite_n or_o the_o child_n of_o heth_n often_o mention_v in_o scripture_n who_o dwell_v about_o hebron_n and_o beersheba_n in_o the_o south_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n they_o be_v a_o very_a warlike_a people_n and_o strike_v a_o terror_n into_o their_o neighbour_n from_o whence_o the_o word_n hittha_n seem_v to_o be_v derive_v which_o signify_v fright_v and_o sudden_a consternation_n such_o as_o come_v upon_o the_o syrian_n when_o they_o think_v the_o king_n of_o the_o hittite_n be_v come_v against_o they_o 2_o king_n vii_o 6._o this_o be_v the_o country_n of_o the_o anakim_v for_o from_o arba_n who_o be_v a_o hittite_n descend_v anak_n and_o from_o he_o those_o three_o giant_n ahiman_n sheshai_n and_o talmai_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o anakim_v numb_a xiii_o 22_o 33._o josh_n xv._o 13_o 14._o ver._n 16._o the_o jebusite_n this_o people_n who_o be_v situate_v near_o to_o the_o former_a descend_v from_o jebus_n the_o three_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o be_v a_o very_a warlike_a people_n also_o for_o they_o keep_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o fortress_n of_o zion_n to_o the_o time_n of_o david_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o benjamite_n and_o when_o david_n besiege_v it_o they_o mock_v at_o his_o attempt_n 2_o sam_n v._o 8._o and_o the_o emorite_fw-la they_o come_v from_o emor_n the_o four_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o be_v common_o call_v amorites_n who_o possess_v the_o mountainous_a part_n of_o judaea_n and_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v over_o jordan_n and_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o moabite_n and_o ammonite_n seize_v upon_o bashan_n and_o heshbon_n and_o all_o the_o country_n between_o the_o river_n of_o jabbok_n and_o arnon_n numb_a xiii_o 29._o josh_n v._o 1._o in_o memory_n of_o which_o victory_n some_o canaanite_n poet_n make_v a_o triumph_v song_n which_o moses_n have_v record_v numb_a xxi_o 27._o what_o a_o mighty_a people_n these_o be_v we_o learn_v from_o amos_n ii_o 9_o gergasite_n there_o be_v a_o remnant_n of_o this_o people_n about_o gerasa_n or_o gadara_n beyond_o jordan_n in_o our_o saviour_n time_n matth._n viii_o 28._o mark_v v._o 1._o luke_n viii_o 26._o and_o they_o be_v call_v perhaps_o by_o this_o name_n from_o the_o fat_a clayie_a soil_n of_o the_o country_n where_o they_o live_v for_o garge_n in_o hebrew_n be_v white_a clay_n ver._n 17._o and_o the_o hivite_n or_o hevite_n they_o live_v in_o and_o about_o mount_n hermon_n as_o we_o read_v josh_n xi_o 3._o which_o be_v towards_o the_o east_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n they_o be_v call_v radmonites_n i._n e._n oriental_n or_o easterling_n gen._n xv._o 19_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o sichemite_n be_v colony_n from_o they_o josh_n xi_o 19_o gen._n xxxiv_o 2._o who_o dwell_v more_o westward_o the_o former_a of_o they_o neighbour_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o latter_a to_o samaria_n arkite_n this_o people_n bochart_n think_v inhabit_v mount_n libanus_n where_o ptolemy_n and_o josephus_n mention_v a_o city_n call_v arca_n or_o arce_n in_o which_o he_o think_v be_v the_o temple_n veneris_fw-la architidis_fw-la worship_v by_o the_o phoenician_n as_o macrobius_n tell_v we_o l._n i._o saturn_n c._n 27._o pliny_n also_o mention_n arca_n among_o the_o city_n of_o the_o decapolitan_a syria_n and_o say_v it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o which_o have_v a_o royal_a jurisdiction_n under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o tetrarchy_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o his_o exerc._n in_o solin_n p._n 576._o sinite_fw-la st._n hierom_n say_v that_o not_o far_o from_o arca_n there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v sin_n where_o we_o may_v suppose_v these_o people_n to_o have_v dwell_v but_o bochart_n rather_o by_o the_o sinites_n understand_v the_o peleusiot_n who_o city_n be_v call_v
sin_n which_o be_v of_o the_o very_a same_o signification_n with_o pelusium_n ver._n 18._o and_o the_o arvadite_n these_o people_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o aradii_fw-la who_o possess_v the_o island_n call_v aradus_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o phoenicia_n and_o part_n of_o the_o neighbour_a continent_n where_o a_o place_n call_v antaradus_n opposite_a to_o the_o island_n be_v seat_v strabo_n and_o other_o speak_v of_o this_o island_n and_o mention_v another_o of_o the_o same_o name_n in_o the_o persian_a gulf_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v upon_o solinus_n p._n 1023._o who_o inhabitant_n say_v they_o be_v a_o colony_n from_o this_o island_n i_o now_o speak_v of_o and_o have_v the_o same_o religious_a rite_n with_o these_o arcadian_n who_o be_v very_o skilful_a in_o navigation_n and_o therefore_o join_v by_o ezekiel_n with_o zidon_n xxvii_o 8._o where_o he_o make_v they_o also_o a_o warlike_a people_n verse_n 11._o zemarite_n they_o who_o make_v these_o the_o same_o with_o the_o samaritan_n do_v not_o observe_v that_o these_o name_n be_v write_v quite_o different_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o that_o the_o samaritan_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n have_v their_o name_n from_o somron_n and_o therefore_o bochart_n think_v these_o be_v the_o samarite_n mention_v by_o st._n hierom_n who_o say_v they_o inhabit_v the_o noble_a city_n of_o edessa_n in_o coelosyria_n it_o shall_v be_v the_o city_n of_o emesa_n or_o emisa_n which_o be_v in_o that_o country_n but_o edessa_n in_o mesopotamia_n beyond_o euphrates_n and_o so_o both_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n have_v here_o for_o zemarite_n emisaei_n but_o i_o do_v not_o see_v why_o we_o shall_v not_o rather_o think_v this_o son_n of_o canaan_n zemarus_n from_o who_o the_o zemarite_n come_v be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n of_o zemaraim_n josh_n xviii_o 22._o which_o fall_v to_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n hamathite_n these_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o the_o last_o son_n of_o canaan_n 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 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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 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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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that_o his_o posterity_n possess_v the_o country_n call_v cholobetene_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o armenia_n for_o the_o armenian_n and_o arabian_n and_o syrian_n be_v much_o alike_o as_o strabo_n say_v in_o their_o shape_n of_o body_n speech_n and_o manner_n of_o life_n and_o there_o be_v divers_a city_n which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o this_o country_n that_o begin_v with_o haul_v or_o chol_n as_o cholus_n choluata_n cholana_n and_o cholobetene_n the_o name_n of_o the_o country_n which_o in_o their_o language_n be_v gholbeth_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o the_o house_n or_o seat_n of_o chol._n gether_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o give_v any_o account_n of_o the_o country_n where_o his_o posterity-setled_n unless_o they_o give_v the_o river_n getri_n its_o name_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o run_v between_o the_o carduchi_n and_o the_o armenian_n as_o xenophon_n tell_v we_o this_o be_v bochart_n conjecture_n which_o be_v a_o little_a near_o than_o that_o 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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 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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
as_o he_o do_v xv._o 21._o or_o in_o general_a all_o the_o nation_n which_o the_o israelite_n afterward_o destroy_v it_o seem_v to_o i_o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v mean_v and_o that_o by_o land_n he_o mean_v only_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o sichem_n lie_v which_o be_v then_o possess_v by_o this_o particular_a people_n for_o in_o the_o next_o place_n that_o abram_n go_v to_o it_o be_v say_v the_o canaanite_n and_o the_o perizzite_n dwell_v then_o in_o the_o land_n fourteen_o 7._o i._n e._n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o we_o do_v not_o read_v what_o entertainment_n abram_n meet_v withal_o but_o i_o take_v it_o as_o a_o argument_n of_o abram_n great_a faith_n that_o he_o will_v adventure_v among_o such_o a_o rough_a and_o fierce_a people_n who_o have_v no_o kindness_n for_o the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n upon_o a_o old_a score_n and_o if_o the_o ancient_a tradition_n in_o epiphanius_n be_v true_a upon_o a_o fresh_a account_n for_o he_o say_v haeres_fw-la lxvi_o n._n 84._o that_o this_o country_n call_v canaan_n do_v real_o belong_v to_o the_o child_n of_o shem_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o division_n make_v among_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n but_o the_o child_n of_o canaan_n have_v dispossess_v they_o so_o that_o these_o word_n the_o canaanite_n be_v then_o in_o the_o land_n signify_v they_o have_v already_o invade_v this_o country_n before_o abram_n come_v thither_o to_o who_o god_n promise_v to_o give_v it_o he_o only_o restore_v the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n from_o who_o abram_n descend_v unto_o that_o which_o the_o child_n of_o ham_n have_v wrongful_o seize_v by_o all_o which_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o see_v how_o frivolous_a their_o reason_n be_v who_o from_o this_o place_n conclude_v moses_n do_v not_o write_v this_o book_n because_o these_o word_n seem_v to_o signify_v the_o writer_n of_o they_o live_v after_o the_o canaanite_n be_v throw_v out_o of_o this_o land_n which_o be_v after_o moses_n his_o death_n if_o these_o man_n have_v not_o a_o great_a inclination_n to_o cavil_v than_o to_o find_v out_o the_o truth_n they_o will_v rather_o have_v say_v the_o meaning_n be_v the_o canaanite_n be_v possess_v of_o this_o part_n of_o the_o country_n in_o abraham_n time_n though_o throw_v out_o of_o it_o by_o jacob_n son_n gen._n xxxiv_o before_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n which_o be_v another_o way_n of_o explain_v these_o word_n against_o which_o i_o see_v no_o objection_n but_o this_o that_o their_o prince_n be_v call_v a_o hivite_n xxxiv_o 2._o to_o which_o there_o be_v a_o answer_n verse_n 30._o which_o show_v the_o people_n be_v partly_o canaanites_n ver._n 7._o and_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o abram_n as_o he_o have_v do_v before_o verse_n 1_o but_o now_o it_o be_v likely_a in_o a_o more_o glorious_a manner_n to_o establish_v he_o in_o faith_n and_o obedience_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o voice_n come_v from_o the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a glory_n which_o now_o appear_v to_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o this_o be_v the_o country_n he_o intend_v to_o bestow_v upon_o his_o posterity_n it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a that_o he_o no_o soon_o enter_v canaan_n but_o god_n renew_v his_o promise_n to_o he_o make_v before_o he_o come_v out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a as_o we_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o follow_a story_n that_o abram_n obedience_n be_v constant_o reward_v in_o kind_n according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o service_n he_o perform_v though_o in_o quantity_n the_o reward_n far_o exceed_v the_o service_n thus_o have_v leave_v his_o own_o country_n and_o father_n house_n which_o be_v the_o first_o trial_n of_o his_o obedience_n god_n promise_v to_o give_v he_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o canaan_n and_o to_o make_v his_o posterity_n a_o mighty_a nation_n see_v xvii_o 6._o xxii_o 16._o and_o there_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v so_o glorious_a a_o appearance_n that_o it_o move_v he_o to_o offer_v up_o a_o solemn_a sacrifice_n to_o god_n for_o which_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n here_o in_o sichem_n and_o it_o be_v the_o first_o that_o he_o build_v in_o this_o country_n it_o make_v this_o become_v the_o first_o place_n that_o be_v establish_v for_o public_a worship_n after_o the_o israelite_n conquer_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o here_o be_v the_o sanctuary_n of_o god_n in_o joshua_n time_n near_o this_o very_a grove_n where_o abram_n first_o pitch_v his_o tent_n and_o build_v a_o altar_n josh_n xxiv_o 1_o 25_o 26._o it_o continue_v famous_a also_o in_o aftertime_n as_o appear_v from_o judg._n ix_o 6._o ver._n 8._o and_o he_o remove_v from_o thence_o unto_o a_o mountain_n etc._n etc._n though_o the_o lord_n here_o appear_v to_o he_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o trust_v himself_o among_o the_o canaanite_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o wicked_a nation_n that_o possess_v this_o land_n or_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o see_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o country_n which_o god_n promise_v to_o give_v he_o and_o therefore_o come_v hither_o which_o be_v about_o twenty_o mile_n further_a southward_o and_o there_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n upon_o the_o mountain_n where_o they_o ancient_o choose_v to_o sacrifice_v rather_o than_o in_o other_o place_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a god_n again_o appear_v to_o he_o here_o to_o encourage_v and_o strengthen_v he_o against_o all_o his_o fear_n which_o make_v he_o build_v a_o new_a altar_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n of_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n to_o implore_v his_o continue_a favour_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o promise_n which_o god_n make_v in_o the_o former_a place_n verse_n 7._o he_o renew_v again_o in_o this_o and_o more_o at_o large_a after_o he_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n xiii_o 3_o 4_o 14_o 15_o 16._o on_o the_o east_n of_o bethel_n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o aftertime_n ver._n 9_o and_o abram_n journey_v etc._n etc._n he_o do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o fix_v yet_o in_o the_o forenamed_a place_n but_o make_v a_o further_a progress_n into_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o the_o country_n yet_o after_o he_o have_v be_v in_o egypt_n the_o story_n of_o which_o follow_v he_o return_v to_o this_o place_n ver._n 10._o a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n he_o go_v down_o egypt_n lay_v low_a in_o comparison_n with_o canaan_n to_o sojourn_v not_o to_o dwell_v there_o for_o he_o doubt_v not_o of_o god_n promise_n to_o he_o of_o possess_v the_o land_n which_o he_o have_v leave_v ver._n 11._o thou_o be_v a_o fair_a woman_n etc._n etc._n she_o be_v now_o threescore_o year_n old_a but_o have_v comely_a feature_n and_o be_v of_o a_o fair_a complexion_n in_o comparison_n with_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v sallow_a she_o seem_v to_o be_v young_a than_o she_o be_v ver._n 12._o they_o will_v kill_v i_o know_v they_o to_o be_v a_o libidinous_a people_n he_o be_v afraid_a they_o may_v be_v tempt_v to_o make_v he_o away_o that_o they_o may_v have_v his_o wife_n ver._n 13._o say_v thou_o be_v my_o sister_n he_o himself_o upon_o another_o occasion_n explain_v in_o what_o sense_n she_o be_v so_o xx._n 12._o therefore_o he_o teach_v she_o not_o to_o tell_v a_o lie_n but_o to_o conceal_v the_o truth_n ver._n 15._o pharaoh_n the_o egyptian_a kingdom_n begin_v about_o three_o hundred_o year_n before_o this_o in_o the_o day_n of_o ragau_n xi_o 18._o if_o the_o arabian_a writer_n say_v true_a and_o now_o be_v grow_v to_o be_v very_o powerful_a by_o the_o mean_n of_o some_o king_n of_o this_o name_n which_o it_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n be_v very_o ancient_a and_o continue_v to_o be_v the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n till_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n and_o we_o know_v not_o how_o much_o long_o just_o as_o ptolemy_n be_v their_o name_n after_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n and_o caesar_n and_o augustus_n be_v the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n and_o candace_n of_o all_o the_o queen_n of_o aethiopia_n and_o the_o like_a may_v be_v observe_v in_o several_a other_o country_n ludolphus_n take_v pharaoh_n to_o be_v a_o compound_n word_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o father_n of_o the_o country_n for_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o phar-ot_a in_o the_o aethiopic_a language_n as_o pharmut_n be_v mother_n of_o the_o country_n the_o prince_n also_o etc._n etc._n the_o courtier_n who_o study_v to_o gratify_v their_o prince_n pleasure_n be_v take_v into_o pharaoh_n house_n into_o the_o house_n of_o the_o woman_n it_o be_v probable_a for_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v now_o as_o i_o say_v very_o great_a like_o those_o of_o persia_n in_o aftertime_n intend_v to_o make_v she_o one_o of_o his_o concubine_n ver._n 16._o and_o he_o have_v sheep_n and_o ox_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o
the_o mountain_n which_o be_v on_o the_o east_n of_o bethel_n where_o he_o pitch_v his_o tent_n before_o he_o go_v into_o egypt_n xii_o 8._o and_o return_v to_o it_o when_o he_o come_v from_o thence_o verse_n 3_o 4._o of_o this_o chapter_n which_o give_v he_o the_o advantage_n of_o a_o fair_a and_o long_a prospect_n of_o the_o country_n every_o way_n ver._n 15._o for_o all_o the_o land_n thou_o see_v etc._n etc._n that_o whole_a country_n some_o part_n of_o which_o he_o see_v a_o great_a way_n in_o every_o quarter_n of_o it_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n contiguous_a to_o they_o be_v hereby_o assure_v to_o he_o for_o ever_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v strict_o time_n without_o end_n but_o a_o very_a long_a period_n the_o jew_n indeed_o say_v that_o this_o word_n olam_n when_o it_o be_v write_v full_a as_o they_o speak_v that_o be_v with_o vaughan_n denote_v eternity_n though_o without_o vaughan_n they_o confess_v it_o signify_v only_o a_o long_a time_n but_o this_o small_a observation_n be_v quite_o overthrow_v by_o many_o example_n to_o the_o contrary_n for_o exod._n xv._o 18._o where_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v to_o reign_v for_o ever_o this_o word_n olam_n be_v without_o a_o vau_fw-fr and_o yet_o denote_v eternity_n and_o deut._n xv._o 17._o where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o shall_v be_v thy_o servant_n for_o ever_o it_o be_v write_v with_o a_o vau_fw-fr and_o yet_o denote_v only_o a_o term_n of_o fifty_o year_n at_o the_o most_o ver._n 16._o i_o will_v make_v thy_o seed_n as_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n more_o than_o can_v be_v contain_v in_o that_o land_n ver._n 17._o arise_v walk_v through_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n he_o will_v have_v he_o for_o his_o satisfaction_n go_v and_o view_v it_o all_o more_o near_o in_o every_o part_n of_o it_o or_o he_o give_v he_o leave_v if_o he_o desire_v to_o understand_v more_o full_o both_o the_o quality_n and_o quantity_n of_o the_o inheritance_n he_o bestow_v on_o he_o to_o go_v and_o survey_v it_o promise_v he_o will_v protect_v and_o preserve_v he_o in_o his_o perambulation_n nay_o some_o look_n upon_o this_o as_o give_v he_o a_o warrant_n to_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o country_n though_o he_o shall_v not_o yet_o enjoy_v it_o ver._n 18._o then_o abram_n remove_v his_o tent._n to_o a_o place_n about_o twenty_o four_o mile_n from_o bethel_n where_o he_o be_v before_o and_o dwell_v in_o the_o plain_a here_o the_o word_n we_o have_v before_o xii_o 6_o be_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n and_o be_v take_v by_o many_o for_o oak_n i._n e._n for_o a_o oaken_a grove_n so_o the_o arabic_a interpreter_n the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o oak_n in_o the_o singular_a number_n for_o there_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v one_o oak_n more_o eminent_a than_o the_o rest_n under_o which_o abram_n pitch_v his_o tent_n and_o build_v a_o altar_n unto_o the_o lord_n this_o be_v confirm_v by_o xviii_o 1._o compare_v with_o verse_n 8._o and_o indeed_o the_o ancient_n very_o much_o reverence_v a_o oak_n and_o therefore_o plant_v this_o tree_n very_o frequent_o jacob_n bury_v the_o idolatrous_a trumpery_n of_o his_o family_n under_o a_o oak_n xxxv_o 4._o which_o be_v by_o schechem_n where_o the_o place_n of_o public_a worship_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v fix_v in_o joshua_n time_n josh_n xxiv_o 1_o 26._o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n also_o appear_v to_o gideon_n under_o a_o oak_n judg._n vi_o 11_o 19_o 25._o ix_o 6._o and_o of_o all_o other_o tree_n a_o oak_n be_v hold_v most_o sacred_a by_o the_o heathen_a particular_o by_o the_o druid_n see_v pliny_n l._n xvi_o c._n 44._o max._n tyrius_n dissert_n 34._o and_o pausanias_n in_o his_o account_n of_o arcadia_n say_v the_o ancient_n make_v the_o image_n of_o their_o god_n of_o oak_n be_v the_o most_o durable_a wood._n this_o oak_n some_o fancy_n be_v in_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n and_o there_o be_v great_a resort_n to_o it_o see_v sozomen_n l._n ii_o cap._n 4._o here_o abram_n dwell_v a_o long_a time_n and_o many_o great_a thing_n pass_v here_o before_o he_o remove_v to_o any_o other_o place_n mamre_n be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n among_o the_o amorites_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o next_o chapter_n verse_n 13._o which_o be_v in_o hebron_n or_o rather_o by_o or_o near_o hebron_n for_o so_o the_o particle_n beth_n be_v often_o use_v which_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a city_n build_v seven_o year_n before_o zoar_n i._n e._n the_o famous_a city_n of_o tanis_n in_o egypt_n numb_a xiii_o 22._o it_o be_v call_v arba_n or_o kirjath-arba_n at_o the_o first_o xxiii_o 2._o but_o in_o moses_n his_o time_n hebron_n there_o be_v those_o indeed_o who_o say_v it_o be_v not_o call_v hebron_n till_o the_o time_n of_o joshua_n who_o give_v it_o to_o caleb_n for_o his_o portion_n josh_n xv._o 13_o 15._o and_o thence_o conclude_v this_o passage_n be_v not_o write_v by_o moses_n but_o put_v in_o by_o some_o other_o hand_n after_o his_o time_n but_o i_o see_v not_o the_o least_o proof_n of_o this_o assertion_n that_o caleb_n be_v the_o first_o who_o give_v it_o this_o name_n his_o grandson_n mention_v 1_o chron._n ii_o 42_o 43._o may_v rather_o be_v think_v to_o have_v take_v his_o name_n from_o this_o place_n than_o to_o have_v give_v a_o name_n to_o it_o beside_o there_o have_v be_v two_o occasion_n of_o give_v one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n as_o appear_v by_o what_o be_v say_v of_o beersheba_n xxi_o 31._o xxvi_o 33._o and_o therefore_o this_o city_n may_v have_v the_o name_n of_o hebron_n in_o moses_n his_o time_n and_o it_o may_v be_v confirm_v in_o joshua_n chap._n fourteen_o ver._n 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v very_o easy_a to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o this_o war_n which_o the_o king_n of_o the_o east_n make_v upon_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n if_o what_o be_v say_v before_o xii_o 6._o be_v admit_v that_o the_o canaanite_n have_v invade_v the_o right_n of_o the_o child_n of_o shem_n and_o get_v possession_n of_o a_o country_n belong_v to_o they_o which_o they_o now_o endeavour_v to_o recover_v as_o they_o have_v attempt_v before_o verse_n 4._o for_o elam_n of_o which_o chedorlaomer_n be_v king_n descend_v from_o shem_n gen._n x._o 22._o amraphel_n king_n of_o shinar_n i._n e._n king_n of_o babylon_n as_o it_o be_v common_o understand_v but_o it_o can_v well_o be_v think_v that_o so_o potent_a a_o king_n as_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v in_o those_o day_n shall_v need_v any_o associate_n in_o a_o war_n against_o such_o petty_a prince_n as_o those_o mention_a verse_n 2._o or_o that_o the_o king_n of_o elam_n who_o quarrel_n this_o be_v as_o appear_v from_o verse_n 4._o shall_v not_o be_v able_a of_o himself_o to_o grapple_v with_o they_o or_o that_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n dare_v have_v adventure_v with_o a_o handful_n of_o people_n in_o comparison_n to_o rebel_v against_o he_o after_o he_o have_v bring_v they_o under_o his_o subjection_n therefore_o we_o must_v either_o take_v amraphel_n to_o have_v be_v some_o small_a prince_n in_o the_o country_n of_o shinar_n i._n e._n assyria_n or_o if_o he_o be_v king_n of_o babylon_n that_o monarchy_n be_v not_o very_o great_a in_o the_o day_n of_o abram_n and_o we_o must_v also_o look_v upon_o the_o rest_n as_o name_n of_o some_o particular_a place_n like_a sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n over_o which_o arioch_n and_o chedorlaomer_n reign_v who_o be_v such_o king_n as_o those_o in_o canaan_n when_o joshua_n conquer_v it_o or_o else_o commander_n of_o colony_n which_o they_o have_v lead_v out_o of_o assyria_n and_o persia_n and_o settle_v thereabouts_o endeavour_v to_o enlarge_v their_o plantation_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v in_o those_o and_o in_o succeed_a time_n when_o the_o captain_n of_o a_o troop_n and_o leader_n of_o a_o small_a body_n of_o man_n be_v call_v prince_n or_o king_n arioch_n king_n of_o ellasar_n there_o be_v a_o city_n mention_v by_o stephanus_n de_fw-fr urbibus_fw-la call_v ellas_n in_o coelo-syria_n on_o the_o border_n of_o arabia_n where_o arioch_n perhaps_o command_v chedorlaomer_n king_n of_o elam_n concern_v this_o country_n see_v x._o 22._o where_o chedorlaomer_n be_v either_o governor_n of_o some_o little_a province_n or_o city_n or_o a_o commander_n of_o some_o troop_n of_o that_o nation_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n some_o take_v gojim_a in_o this_o place_n which_o we_o translate_v nation_n for_o a_o country_n or_o city_n but_o it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o common_a use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o scripture_n to_o take_v it_o to_o signify_v a_o people_n who_o either_o want_v a_o fix_a habitation_n or_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o sundry_a region_n
same_o interest_n i_o shall_v think_v also_o that_o have_v the_o priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n not_o far_o from_o they_o verse_n 18._o they_o be_v good_a pious_a people_n rather_o than_o conclude_v as_o i_o find_v some_o do_v that_o they_o be_v utter_a stranger_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n which_o make_v abram_n more_o forward_o to_o embrace_v if_o not_o to_o court_v their_o friendship_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o amorites_n be_v not_o yet_o full_a xv._o 16._o there_o may_v be_v some_o remainder_n of_o true_a piety_n among_o they_o and_o it_o be_v no_o argument_n that_o because_o these_o three_o family_n be_v of_o that_o nation_n they_o be_v wicked_a idolater_n ver._n 14._o arm_a his_o train_a servant_n draw_v forth_o a_o select_a number_n of_o his_o servant_n who_o he_o have_v instruct_v to_o handle_v arm_n in_o case_n of_o any_o assault_n by_o robber_n or_o injurious_a neighbour_n we_o read_v before_o xii_o 5._o of_o the_o servant_n they_o bring_v with_o they_o from_o haran_n and_o now_o they_o be_v more_o increase_v as_o their_o cattle_n be_v xii_o 16._o xiii_o 2_o 6._o so_o that_o he_o may_v well_o make_v a_o little_a army_n out_o of_o they_o and_o pursue_v they_o to_o dan._n as_o far_o as_o that_o place_n where_o one_o of_o the_o head_n or_o spring_n of_o jordan_n break_v forth_o call_v dan_n as_o josephus_n relate_v where_o he_o speak_v of_o this_o very_a history_n l._n i._o antiq._n c._n 10._o this_o plain_a and_o short_a account_n of_o this_o word_n dan_n overthrow_v the_o argument_n which_o caviller_n draw_v from_o hence_o to_o prove_v that_o moses_n do_v not_o write_v this_o book_n ver._n 15._o and_o he_o divide_v himself_o against_o they_o he_o and_o his_o servant_n by_o night_n the_o vulgar_a latin_a here_o read_v his_o companion_n be_v divide_v he_o fall_v upon_o they_o by_o night_n mind_v rather_o the_o sense_n than_o the_o word_n for_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o but_o abram_n and_o his_o servant_n though_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o the_o chapter_n that_o his_o confederate_n beforementioned_a verse_n 13._o aner_n eshcol_n and_o mamre_o join_v with_o he_o in_o this_o expedition_n which_o they_o manage_v with_o great_a judgement_n for_o stratagem_n in_o war_n be_v never_o want_v from_o the_o beginning_n abram_n and_o his_o servant_n make_v one_o troop_n or_o battalion_n as_o they_o now_o speak_v and_o the_o confederate_n make_v three_o more_o who_o divide_v themselves_o fall_v upon_o the_o four_o king_n in_o the_o four_o quarter_n of_o their_o camp_n that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o distract_v they_o and_o make_v they_o apprehend_v their_o force_n to_o be_v more_o numerous_a than_o indeed_o they_o be_v they_o be_v put_v also_o into_o the_o great_a confusion_n because_o this_o assault_n be_v make_v in_o the_o night_n when_o perhaps_o they_o be_v bury_v both_o in_o wine_n and_o in_o sleep_n ver._n 15._o unto_o hobah_n which_o lie_v in_o the_o vale_n between_o libanus_n and_o antilibanus_n call_v by_o amos_n i._n 5._o the_o valley_n of_o aven_n and_o beth-eden_n or_o the_o seat_n of_o pleasure_n in_o this_o vale_n be_v damascus_n seat_v ver._n 16._o he_o bring_v back_o all_o the_o good_n etc._n etc._n all_o the_o prey_n whether_o in_o money_n cattle_n or_o other_o thing_n which_o the_o four_o king_n have_v carry_v away_o the_o woman_n also_o and_o the_o people_n it_o seem_v they_o have_v carry_v away_o all_o the_o people_n of_o pentapolis_n who_o do_v not_o flee_v to_o the_o mountain_n or_o fence_v city_n and_o woman_n in_o those_o day_n be_v a_o special_a part_n of_o their_o booty_n ver._n 17._o go_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o to_o congratulate_v his_o victory_n and_o to_o desire_v his_o people_n may_v be_v restore_v to_o he_o at_o the_o valley_n of_o shaveh_n this_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v a_o pleasant_a place_n wherein_o the_o king_n that_o be_v melchizedeck_v i_o guess_v by_o what_o follow_v take_v delight_n whence_o it_o be_v call_v the_o king's-dale_n in_o which_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n meet_v abram_n and_o melchizedeck_v entertain_v he_o with_o bread_n and_o wine_n ver._n 18._o and_o melchizedeck_v the_o jew_n general_o say_v this_o be_v shem_n the_o son_n of_o noah_n but_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o look_v upon_o this_o opinion_n as_o proceed_v from_o their_o pride_n and_o vanity_n which_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o think_v the_o father_n of_o their_o nation_n have_v any_o superior_a in_o another_o nation_n especial_o among_o the_o canaanite_n and_o therefore_o they_o will_v have_v abram_n to_o have_v be_v bless_v by_o his_o great_a ancestor_n shem_o to_o who_o also_o he_o pay_v tithe_n which_o be_v a_o fancy_n so_o plain_o confute_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n that_o it_o be_v strange_a any_o christian_n shall_v follow_v it_o for_o he_o say_v express_o that_o melchizedeck_v be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vii_o 6._o his_o descent_n or_o pedigree_n be_v not_o count_v from_o they_o which_o be_v not_o true_a of_o shem._n nor_n can_v shem_n be_v say_v to_o be_v without_o father_n or_o mother_n who_o genealogy_n be_v evident_a from_o adam_n nor_o be_v shem_n priesthood_n if_o he_o have_v any_o of_o a_o different_a order_n from_o levi's_fw-la who_o be_v in_o his_o loin_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o loin_n of_o abram_n and_o therefore_o it_o can_v not_o be_v say_v that_o levi_n pay_v he_o tithe_n in_o the_o loin_n of_o abram_n but_o it_o will_v be_v as_o true_a that_o he_o receive_v tithe_n in_o the_o loin_n of_o shem_n for_o according_a to_o this_o interpretation_n he_o be_v in_o the_o loin_n both_o of_o he_o that_o receive_v tithe_n and_o of_o he_o that_o pay_v they_o and_o so_o the_o whole_a argumentation_n of_o the_o apostle_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n but_o set_v aside_o these_o and_o other_o christian_a reason_n which_o be_v strong_o urge_v by_o bochartus_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 1._o there_o be_v no_o cause_n that_o we_o can_v discern_v why_o moses_n shall_v call_v shem_n who_o he_o so_o often_o mention_n by_o any_o other_o name_n than_o his_o own_o nor_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o shem_n reign_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o now_o be_v in_o the_o possession_n of_o his_o brother_n son_n nor_o can_v abram_n be_v say_v to_o sojourn_v there_o as_o in_o a_o strange_a country_n if_o his_o noble_a ancestor_n shem_o have_v be_v a_o king_n there_o nor_o be_v this_o a_o ancient_a opinion_n among_o the_o jew_n at_o least_o not_o constant_o believe_v for_o josephus_n say_v express_o that_o melchizedeck_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o potentate_n of_o the_o canaanite_n l._n vii_o de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n c._n 18._o and_o yet_o it_o be_v so_o common_a that_o it_o go_v to_o the_o samaritan_n as_o epiphanius_n tell_v we_o haeres_fw-la lv._o n._n 6._o though_o not_o to_o the_o arabian_n who_o say_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o peleg_n see_v hotting_n smegma_fw-la orient_n 256_o 269_o 306._o and_o many_o christian_n have_v embrace_v it_o mere_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v discern_v because_o they_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v any_o good_a man_n to_o have_v be_v then_o among_o the_o canaanite_n some_o heretic_n hold_v he_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o epiphanius_n tell_v we_o in_o the_o place_n forementioned_a num._n i._n which_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o hieracas_n a_o great_a scholar_n and_o famous_a physician_n in_o egypt_n haeres_fw-la lxvii_o n._n 3._o and_o some_o of_o the_o church_n take_v he_o to_o have_v be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n himself_o who_o then_o appear_v to_o abram_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o man._n haeres_fw-la lv._o n._n 7._o but_o the_o plain_a truth_n be_v he_o be_v a_o king_n and_o priest_n for_o those_o two_o office_n ancient_o be_v in_o the_o same_o person_n in_o that_o country_n where_o man_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o whole_o degenerate_v and_o fall_v from_o the_o true_a religion_n king_n of_o salem_n it_o be_v a_o great_a error_n to_o think_v that_o this_o salem_n be_v the_o same_o with_o jerusalem_n for_o it_o be_v plain_a as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 4._o that_o salem_n be_v in_o the_o way_n which_o lead_v from_o the_o valley_n of_o damascus_n unto_o sodom_n which_o we_o learn_v from_o this_o very_a place_n of_o scripture_n and_o so_o st._n hierom_n say_v that_o he_o learn_v from_o the_o jew_n in_o his_o time_n that_o it_o be_v seat_v on_o this_o side_n of_o jordan_n and_o it_o retain_v its_o name_n in_o our_o saviour_n day_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o story_n of_o john_n baptise_v near_o salim_n joh._n iii_o 23._o several_a of_o the_o father_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n quote_v by_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o review_n of_o the_o history_n of_o tithe_n p._n 452._o bring_v forth_o
heinous_a iniquity_n be_v abominable_a idolatry_n cruelty_n beastly_a filthiness_n to_o a_o prodigious_a excess_n levit._n xviii_o 22_o 23_o etc._n etc._n see_v theodoret_n upon_o psalm_n cv_o 44._o and_o p._n fagius_n upon_o levit._n v._n 1._o but_o in_o abram_n time_n their_o iniquity_n be_v not_o full_a i._n e._n there_o be_v several_a good_a man_n still_o remain_v among_o they_o as_o mamre_o eshcol_n and_o aner_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v who_o be_v confederate_a with_o abram_n and_o melchizedek_n certain_o be_v who_o be_v priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n have_v some_o people_n sure_o worship_v together_o with_o he_o and_o therefore_o god_n stay_v till_o there_o be_v a_o universal_a corruption_n and_o they_o be_v all_o ripe_a for_o destruction_n for_o we_o read_v of_o none_o but_o rahab_n who_o faith_n save_v she_o and_o her_o family_n when_o the_o time_n of_o their_o destruction_n come_v ver._n 17._o behold_v a_o smoke_a furnace_n if_o the_o great_a horror_n verse_n 12_o represent_v the_o extreme_a misery_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n then_o this_o seem_v to_o signify_v god_n vengeance_n upon_o the_o egyptian_n for_o oppress_v they_o in_o the_o furnace_n wherein_o they_o wrought_v exod._n ix_o 8._o a_o burn_a lamp_n or_o a_o lamp_n of_o fire_n i._n e._n the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a majesty_n appear_v in_o great_a splendour_n so_o maimonides_n right_o explain_v it_o p._n i._n more_o nev._n cap._n 21._o like_o to_o a_o flame_a fire_n so_o it_o appear_v to_o moses_n when_o god_n come_v to_o deliver_v they_o from_o the_o egyptian_a bondage_n exod._n iii_o 2_o 6_o etc._n etc._n pass_v between_o the_o piece_n in_o token_n as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 18._o that_o he_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n with_o abram_n and_o with_o his_o posterity_n for_o pass_v between_o the_o piece_n he_o consume_v they_o as_o st._n chrysostom_n right_o understand_v it_o and_o thereby_o testify_v his_o acceptance_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o abram_n offer_v i_o note_v before_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o rite_n we_o read_v of_o any_o where_n in_o scripture_n but_o in_o jeremiah_n of_o make_v a_o covenant_n in_o this_o manner_n but_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v they_o find_v this_o custom_n in_o other_o nation_n for_o if_o dictys_n cretensis_n do_v not_o lie_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o cretan_n as_o bochart_n speak_v both_o the_o greek_n and_o trojan_n from_o the_o time_n of_o homer_n do_v make_v covenant_n in_o this_o fashion_n certain_a it_o be_v the_o boeotian_o and_o macedonian_n pass_v on_o some_o occasion_n through_o the_o part_n of_o a_o beast_n dissect_v but_o it_o be_v for_o lustration_n not_o for_o covenant_v as_o the_o same_o bochart_n observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n ii_o cap._n 46._o ver._n 18._o unto_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v this_o land_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o the_o donation_n make_v to_o abram_n which_o begin_v to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o david_n 2_o sam._n viii_o 3_o etc._n etc._n for_o till_o then_o they_o do_v not_o enlarge_v their_o border_n as_o far_o as_o euphrates_n the_o river_n of_o egypt_n so_o nile_n be_v common_o call_v but_o can_v be_v here_o mean_v because_o the_o israelite_n never_o enjoy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n on_o this_o side_n nile_n therefore_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v by_o it_o that_o little_a river_n which_o come_v out_o of_o that_o branch_n of_o nile_n call_v pelusiacum_n brachium_fw-la from_o whence_o a_o small_a river_n not_o navigable_a run_v towards_o judaea_n fall_v into_o the_o egyptian_a or_o phoenician_n sea_n for_o this_o river_n be_v the_o bound_n of_o palestine_n and_o be_v mention_v by_o strabo_n and_o other_o who_o g._n vossius_fw-la cite_v l._n ii_o de_fw-fr idolol_fw-la c._n 74._o it_o be_v call_v amos_n vi_o 14._o the_o river_n of_o the_o wilderness_n because_o it_o run_v through_o the_o wilderness_n which_o be_v between_o egypt_n and_o palestine_n into_o the_o sea_n ver._n 19_o the_o kenites_n and_o kenizzites_n these_o be_v put_v into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o nation_n who_o country_n god_n give_v to_o abram_n but_o whether_o they_o be_v descend_v from_o any_o of_o the_o son_n of_o canaan_n we_o can_v tell_v nor_o be_v we_o certain_a where_o they_o dwell_v only_o eustathius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n say_v the_o kenites_n dwell_v about_o libanus_n and_o amanus_n and_o the_o kenizzites_n it_o be_v likely_a be_v their_o neighbour_n but_o the_o name_n of_o these_o people_n be_v quite_o extinct_a between_o the_o time_n of_o abram_n and_o moses_n for_o we_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o by_o joshua_n in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n nor_o in_o the_o account_n he_o give_v of_o the_o nation_n he_o conquer_v we_o read_v indeed_o of_o the_o kenezites_n numb_a xxxii_o 12._o josh_n fourteen_o 6_o 14._o but_o they_o be_v of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o the_o kenites_n judg._n i._n 16._o iv_o 11_o 17._o but_o they_o descend_v from_o the_o father-in-law_n of_o moses_n and_o therefore_o those_o who_o moses_n here_o speak_v of_o it_o be_v probable_a lose_v their_o name_n be_v incorporate_v into_o some_o of_o the_o seven_o nation_n who_o inhabit_v this_o country_n when_o joshua_n subdue_v it_o the_o kadmonites_n these_o be_v not_o where_o else_o mention_v but_o be_v think_v by_o bochartus_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o hivites_n who_o live_v about_o mount_n hermon_n towards_o the_o east_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v thence_o call_v kadmonites_n i._n e._n oriental_n see_v x._o 17._o ver._n 20._o hittites_n see_v x._o 15._o perizzites_n they_o be_v a_o people_n inhabit_v the_o mountainous_a and_o woody_a country_n of_o canaan_n as_o appear_v from_o josh_n xi_o 3._o xvii_o 13._o from_o whence_o we_o may_v gather_v they_o be_v a_o wild_a sort_n of_o people_n who_o live_v far_o from_o city_n in_o little_a village_n and_o thence_o perhaps_o have_v their_o name_n for_o pherazoth_v in_o hebrew_n signify_v pagi_n village_n but_o from_o which_o of_o the_o son_n of_o canaan_n they_o descend_v there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o signification_n in_o holy_a scripture_n rephaim_n they_o dwell_v in_o bashan_n and_o perhaps_o in_o other_o country_n thereabouts_o see_v fourteen_o 5._o ver._n 21._o amorites_n these_o be_v the_o mighty_a people_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n see_v x._o 16._o canaanites_n these_o be_v some_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o canaan_n who_o peculiar_o inherit_v his_o name_n live_v upon_o the_o sea-coast_n and_o upon_o the_o bank_n of_o jordan_n num._n xiii_o 30._o deut._n i._n 7._o xi_o 30._o and_o it_o be_v a_o reasonable_a conjecture_n that_o they_o spring_v from_o such_o of_o canaan_n son_n as_o have_v for_o a_o time_n the_o great_a power_n and_o authority_n in_o that_o country_n and_o therefore_o have_v the_o prerogative_n of_o be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n or_o else_o they_o be_v so_o call_v because_o they_o be_v merchant_n and_o great_a trader_n by_o sea_n for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v use_v in_o scripture_n gergasite_n see_v x._o 16._o jebusite_n see_v there_o also_o chap._n xvi_o ver._n 1._o sarai_n bear_v he_o no_o child_n still_o the_o fulfil_n of_o god_n promise_n be_v defer_v for_o the_o great_a trial_n of_o abram_n faith_n which_o now_o have_v hold_v out_o ten_o year_n verse_n 3_o without_o see_v any_o fruit_n of_o it_o she_o have_v a_o handmaid_n a_o egyptian_a a_o egyptian_a by_o nation_n but_o a_o proselyte_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n st._n chrysostom_n think_v pharaoh_n bestow_v she_o upon_o sarai_n when_o he_o take_v she_o into_o his_o house_n or_o when_o he_o send_v she_o away_o xii_o 15_o 20._o which_o he_o learn_v from_o the_o jew_n who_o say_v the_o same_o as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o pirke_n elieser_n c._n 26._o who_o say_v also_o as_o r._n solomon_n jarchi_n do_v that_o she_o be_v pharaoh_n daughter_n by_o his_o concubine_n but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a she_o be_v such_o a_o servant_n to_o sarai_n as_o eliezer_n be_v to_o abram_n bear_v in_o his_o house_n of_o a_o egyptian_a as_o he_o be_v of_o a_o syrian_a woman_n ver._n 2._o and_o sarai_n say_v unto_o abram_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v likely_a he_o have_v acquaint_v she_o with_o the_o promise_n she_o grow_v impatient_a to_o have_v it_o fulfil_v some_o way_n or_o other_o go_v in_o unto_o my_o maid_n i._n e._n take_v she_o to_o wife_n verse_n 3_o it_o may_v be_v i_o may_v obtain_v child_n by_o she_o be_v bear_v of_o her_o bondslave_n they_o will_v be_v sarai'_v child_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o those_o time_n xxx_o 3._o exod._n xxi_o 4._o and_o abram_n hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o sarai_n think_v perhaps_o that_o god_n may_v fulfil_v his_o promise_n this_o way_n because_o he_o have_v only_o tell_v he_o he_o shall_v have_v seed_n but_o have_v not_o as_o
the_o more_o reasonable_a because_o he_o may_v think_v though_o god_n have_v spare_v they_o for_o the_o present_a yet_o they_o take_v no_o warning_n by_o the_o calamity_n of_o their_o country_n will_v short_o perish_v as_o the_o rest_n have_v do_v and_o so_o theodoret_n and_o other_o think_v this_o city_n be_v afterward_o destroy_v of_o which_o there_o be_v no_o certain_a record_n and_o if_o the_o tradition_n be_v true_a it_o be_v not_o speedy_o swallow_v up_o as_o they_o report_v but_o retain_v for_o some_o time_n the_o name_n of_o zoar_n be_v before_o call_v bela_n fourteen_o 2._o dwell_v in_o the_o mountain_n it_o be_v not_o say_v what_o mountain_n but_o it_o be_v probable_a one_o of_o the_o mountain_n in_o the_o country_n afterward_o call_v moab_n from_o one_o of_o his_o child_n which_o he_o here_o beget_v for_o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la liii_o describe_v the_o country_n of_o moab_n as_o lie_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n beyond_o the_o salt_n or_o dead_a sea_n see_v salmas_n exerc._n plin._n p._n 615._o ver._n 31._o there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n in_o all_o the_o earth_n not_o one_o remain_v of_o their_o kindred_n that_o they_o know_v for_o they_o be_v not_o much_o acquaint_v we_o may_v suppose_v beyond_o that_o country_n which_o be_v destroy_v and_o those_o of_o zoar_n be_v so_o wicked_a that_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o beast_n rather_o than_o men._n ver._n 32._o let_v we_o make_v he_o drink_v wine_n which_o they_o bring_v with_o they_o out_o of_o sodom_n to_o support_v their_o spirit_n in_o their_o flight_n or_o else_o get_v at_o zoar_n of_o which_o they_o invite_v their_o father_n to_o drink_v liberal_o and_o cheer_v himself_o under_o his_o extreme_a great_a sorrow_n that_o we_o may_v preserve_v seed_n of_o our_o father_n this_o fact_n of_o they_o be_v object_v by_o celsus_n against_o our_o religion_n origen_n give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o lib._n iu._n contra_fw-la cell_n that_o these_o two_o maid_n have_v learn_v something_o of_o the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n and_o see_v their_o own_o city_n and_o country_n destroy_v by_o fire_n imagine_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o seminary_n of_o mankind_n remain_v only_o in_o their_o father_n and_o they_o and_o if_o what_o they_o do_v be_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o restore_v the_o world_n they_o do_v no_o worse_a than_o the_o stoic_n think_v their_o wise_a man_n may_v do_v if_o the_o race_n of_o mankind_n be_v extinct_a so_o that_o none_o but_o he_o and_o his_o daughter_n be_v leave_v alive_a irenaeus_n make_v the_o same_o excuse_n for_o they_o and_o say_v they_o do_v this_o innocent_o and_o in_o their_o simplicity_n believe_v all_o mankind_n be_v destroy_v l._n iu._n cap._n 51._o but_o i_o take_v their_o conjecture_n to_o be_v high_o probable_a who_o conceive_v that_o the_o eager_a desire_n which_o then_o possess_v the_o heart_n of_o good_a people_n to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v that_o which_o put_v they_o upon_o this_o otherwise_o monstrous_a crime_n for_o which_o there_o be_v these_o reason_n first_o that_o they_o have_v live_v so_o chaste_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o impurity_n of_o sodom_n that_o one_o can_v think_v a_o spirit_n of_o uncleanness_n now_o enter_v into_o they_o and_o carry_v they_o to_o this_o action_n and_o indeed_o second_o their_o join_v together_o in_o this_o contrivance_n whereas_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n use_v to_o be_v careful_o conceal_v from_o the_o near_a friend_n or_o make_v they_o fall_v out_o if_o they_o find_v themselves_o engage_v in_o the_o same_o intrigue_n show_v that_o they_o be_v act_v by_o counsel_n and_o design_n and_o not_o by_o brutish_a lust_n and_o three_o their_o perpetuate_n the_o memory_n of_o this_o fact_n in_o the_o name_n of_o their_o child_n be_v a_o demonstration_n there_o be_v something_o extraordinary_a in_o it_o and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o it_o but_o rather_o glory_v in_o it_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v remember_v that_o these_o child_n be_v descend_v from_o lot_n who_o they_o think_v perhaps_o may_v pretend_v to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n as_o well_o as_o abraham_n be_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n elder_a brother_n and_o call_v out_o of_o sodom_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n as_o abraham_n be_v call_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n ver._n 23._o he_o perceive_v not_o when_o she_o lay_v down_o etc._n etc._n this_o seem_v hard_a to_o be_v understand_v but_o it_o must_v be_v note_v that_o moses_n only_o say_v he_o do_v not_o perceive_v when_o she_o come_v to_o bed_n to_o he_o and_o when_o she_o get_v up_o again_o not_o that_o he_o do_v not_o perceive_v when_o he_o lie_v with_o she_o of_o which_o he_o can_v not_o but_o have_v some_o perception_n though_o m._n montaigne_n in_o his_o essay_n relate_v a_o story_n of_o a_o widow_n who_o be_v drink_v be_v abuse_v by_o a_o hind_n in_o her_o house_n and_o afterward_o find_v herself_o with_o child_n can_v not_o remember_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o the_o fellow_n at_o last_o confess_v his_o fact_n of_o which_o whatsoever_o sense_n she_o have_v then_o she_o have_v perfect_o forget_v it_o when_o she_o awake_v ver._n 34._o go_v thou_o in_o etc._n etc._n if_o he_o have_v retain_v any_o remembrance_n of_o what_o he_o have_v do_v the_o night_n before_o one_o can_v think_v he_o will_v have_v fall_v into_o the_o same_o snare_n so_o soon_o again_o for_o which_o reason_n it_o be_v probable_a he_o do_v not_o think_v he_o have_v be_v intoxicate_v but_o only_o drink_v so_o free_o as_o to_o make_v he_o sleep_v sound_o and_o forget_v his_o sorrow_n ver._n 37._o moab_n most_o will_v have_v this_o word_n to_o signify_v from_o my_o father_n but_o drusius_n in_o deut._n ii_o 8._o take_v the_o import_n of_o it_o to_o be_v aqua_fw-la patris_fw-la ver._n 38._o ben-ammi_a this_o signify_v as_o much_o as_o the_o son_n of_o my_o people_n which_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v so_o plain_o as_o the_o other_o that_o this_o son_n be_v beget_v by_o her_o father_n but_o only_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o one_o of_o she_o own_o nation_n or_o kindred_n not_o by_o a_o stranger_n chap._n xx._n ver._n 1._o journey_v from_o thence_o i._n e._n from_o mamre_n where_o he_o have_v dwell_v a_o great_a while_n and_o where_o many_o remarkable_a passage_n have_v happen_v xiii_o 18._o xviii_o 1._o towards_o the_o south_n country_n towards_o egypt_n for_o some_o fancy_n the_o very_a stench_n of_o the_o lake_n of_o sodom_n be_v offensive_a to_o he_o in_o mamre_n sojourn_v in_o gerar._n the_o metropolis_n of_o palestine_n and_o as_o some_o compute_v it_o not_o much_o above_o six_o mile_n from_o mamre_n ver._n 2._o abraham_n say_v of_o sarah_n etc._n etc._n just_o as_o he_o have_v do_v in_o egypt_n xii_o 13._o when_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n for_o it_o she_o be_v then_o thirty_o year_n young_a than_o now_o when_o she_o be_v no_o less_o than_o ninety_o year_n old_a but_o it_o seem_v her_o beauty_n remain_v 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no_o unwillingness_n not_o be_v in_o a_o condition_n to_o deny_v he_o ver._n 3._o and_o god_n come_v to_o abimelech_n in_o a_o dream_n by_o night_n two_o difference_n be_v observe_v by_o maimonides_n between_o this_o manifestation_n which_o god_n make_v of_o his_o mind_n to_o abimelech_n and_o that_o which_o he_o make_v to_o the_o prophet_n for_o it_o be_v only_o say_v here_o god_n come_v to_o abimelech_n and_o that_o he_o come_v in_o a_o dream_n by_o night_n the_o very_a same_o be_v say_v of_o laban_n the_o syrian_a who_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v so_o good_a a_o man_n as_o abimelech_n xxxi_o 24._o but_o of_o jacob_n it_o be_v say_v god_n speak_v unto_o israel_n and_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o in_o the_o vision_n of_o
the_o night_n not_o in_o a_o dream_n and_o say_v jacob_n jacob_n xlvi_o 2._o see_v more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o c._n 41._o god_n be_v not_o a_o stranger_n to_o other_o nation_n when_o he_o be_v peculiar_o kind_a to_o abraham_n but_o speak_v to_o they_o in_o dream_n and_o sometime_o in_o vision_n as_o appear_v in_o eliphaz_n and_o elihu_n job_n iu._n 13._o xxxiii_o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man._n viz._n if_o thou_o do_v not_o restore_v abraham_n his_o wife_n verse_n 7._o she_o be_v a_o man_n wife_n or_o marry_v to_o a_o husband_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n so_o complete_o that_o he_o have_v enjoy_v she_o as_o his_o wife_n for_o from_o this_o place_n the_o jewish_a doctor_n prove_v that_o the_o marriage_n contract_n be_v not_o perfect_v in_o these_o day_n till_o the_o party_n have_v lie_v together_o after_o which_o if_o any_o other_o person_n lie_v with_o the_o woman_n he_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o a_o adulterer_n but_o not_o if_o he_o lie_v with_o she_o after_o the_o contract_n before_o it_o be_v consummate_v by_o actual_a enjoyment_n see_v mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n l._n v._o c._n 4._o p._n 551._o ver._n 4._o but_o abimelech_n have_v not_o come_v near_o she_o to_o use_v she_o as_o his_o wife_n will_v thou_o slay_v also_o a_o righteous_a nation_n he_o be_v afraid_a as_o become_v a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o good_a king_n lest_o his_o people_n shall_v suffer_v upon_o his_o account_n who_o in_o this_o particular_a have_v no_o gild_n upon_o they_o ver._n 5._o say_v he_o not_o unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n the_o fault_n be_v in_o they_o not_o in_o i_o for_o i_o have_v both_o their_o word_n for_o it_o that_o he_o be_v her_o brother_n and_o he_o say_v nothing_o of_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n in_o the_o integrity_n of_o my_o heart_n not_o with_o any_o intention_n to_o defile_v she_o but_o to_o make_v she_o my_o wife_n and_o innocence_n of_o my_o hand_n i_o do_v not_o take_v she_o by_o violence_n from_o abraham_n but_o he_o and_o she_o consent_v to_o it_o ver._n 6._o and_o god_n say_v unto_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n the_o same_o expression_n be_v still_o retain_v which_o we_o have_v verse_n 3._o to_o show_n that_o this_o be_v a_o low_a degree_n of_o divine_a manifestation_n than_o be_v in_o abraham_n family_n i_o know_v thou_o do_v this_o in_o the_o integrity_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n that_o thou_o do_v not_o design_n any_o evil._n for_o i_o also_o etc._n etc._n or_o rather_o and_o i_o also_o withhold_v thou_o i_o deal_v well_o with_o thou_o because_o of_o thy_o integrity_n some_o think_v he_o be_v withhold_v by_o a_o disease_n in_o the_o secret_a part_n verse_n 17._o from_o sin_v against_o i_o from_o commit_v adultery_n ver._n 7._o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n nabi_n a_o prophet_n and_o abraham_n be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v honour_v with_o this_o name_n which_o signify_v one_o familiar_a with_o god_n who_o may_v come_v to_o he_o to_o consult_v he_o upon_o all_o occasion_n and_o be_v authorize_v to_o declare_v god_n mind_n and_o will_n to_o other_o and_o also_o prevail_v with_o he_o by_o his_o prayer_n for_o a_o blessing_n upon_o they_o so_o it_o here_o follow_v he_o shall_v pray_v for_o thou_o obtain_v life_n and_o health_n to_o thou_o the_o great_a any_o prophet_n be_v the_o more_o powerful_a he_o be_v in_o prayer_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o story_n of_o moses_n elias_n and_o samuel_n see_v psalm_n xcix_o 6._o it_o appear_v by_o this_o whole_a history_n of_o abimelech_n that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a virtue_n in_o those_o day_n and_o not_o a_o idolater_n but_o a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n as_o melchizedeck_v the_o highpriest_n of_o that_o country_n be_v yet_o not_o so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o divine_a revelation_n as_o abraham_n be_v ver._n 8._o abimelech_n rise_v up_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n this_o be_v a_o further_a token_n of_o his_o goodness_n that_o he_o delay_v not_o to_o obey_v the_o divine_a command_n call_v all_o his_o servant_n his_o privy_a council_n as_o we_o speak_v who_o be_v all_o of_o the_o same_o mind_n with_o he_o that_o this_o be_v a_o divine_a admonition_n which_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o disobey_v from_o whence_o we_o may_v probable_o gather_v his_o court_n be_v not_o so_o corrupt_v as_o abraham_n suspect_v ver._n 9_o what_o have_v thou_o do_v unto_o we_o into_o what_o danger_n have_v thou_o bring_v we_o thou_o have_v bring_v on_o i_o and_o my_o kingdom_n a_o great_a sin_n run_v i_o into_o the_o hazard_n of_o commit_v a_o great_a sin_n or_o suffer_v a_o heavy_a punishment_n for_o so_o sin_n be_v sometime_o take_v in_v not_o tell_v i_o the_o truth_n thou_o have_v do_v deed_n unto_o i_o that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v this_o be_v not_o fair_a deal_n such_o as_o i_o may_v have_v expect_v from_o thou_o ver._n 10._o what_o see_v thou_o etc._n etc._n what_o do_v thou_o observe_v in_o my_o country_n that_o make_v thou_o think_v we_o will_v meddle_v with_o thy_o wife_n what_o token_n of_o injustice_n or_o impurity_n do_v thou_o see_v among_o we_o ver._n 11._o because_o i_o think_v sure_o etc._n etc._n the_o word_n rak_n which_o we_o translate_v sure_o signify_v only_o and_o may_v be_v thus_o well_o translate_v here_o this_o only_a i_o see_v want_v in_o your_o country_n the_o fear_n of_o god_n i._n e._n a_o sense_n of_o religion_n which_o restrain_v man_n from_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n it_o seem_v the_o people_n be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o their_o king_n ver._n 12._o and_o yet_o indeed_o she_o be_v my_o sister_n do_v not_o condemn_v i_o of_o tell_v a_o lie_n for_o she_o be_v true_o my_o sister_n such_o be_v the_o language_n of_o those_o day_n to_o call_v their_o wife_n sister_n and_o their_o nephew_n brother_n as_o he_o call_v lot_n xiii_o 8._o who_o be_v his_o nephew_n and_o the_o brother_n of_o sarah_n as_o be_v observe_v upon_o xi_o 29._o she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o my_o father_n i._n e._n his_o father_n granddaughter_n who_o be_v frequent_o in_o scripture_n call_v the_o child_n of_o their_o grandfather_n for_o she_o be_v daughter_n to_o haran_n elder_a brother_n of_o abraham_n but_o not_o the_o daughter_n of_o my_o mother_n it_o seem_v terah_n have_v two_o wife_n by_o one_o of_o which_o he_o have_v haran_n the_o father_n of_o lot_n and_o sarah_n and_o by_o the_o other_o he_o have_v abraham_n so_o sarah_n be_v daughter_n to_o one_o who_o be_v his_o brother_n by_o his_o father_n side_n but_o not_o by_o his_o mother_n and_o with_o such_o a_o niece_n they_o think_v it_o not_o unlawful_a then_o to_o marry_v no_o regard_n be_v have_v to_o consanguinity_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v r._n solomon_n jarchi_n by_o the_o father_n side_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n but_o only_o by_o the_o mother_n the_o more_o receive_a opinion_n indeed_o of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n be_v as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 2._o that_o sarah_n be_v indeed_o the_o daughter_n of_o terah_n by_o his_o second_o wife_n and_o so_o abraham_n half_a sister_n and_o say_a batricide_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n above_o seven_o hundred_o year_n ago_o in_o his_o arabic_a history_n tell_v we_o the_o name_n of_o terah_n first_o wife_n be_v jona_n and_o the_o name_n of_o his_o second_o tevitha_n by_o who_o he_o have_v sarah_n but_o there_o be_v no_o other_o authority_n for_o this_o ver._n 13._o when_o god_n cause_v i_o to_o wander_v the_o hebrew_n word_n which_o we_o translate_v wander_v be_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n the_o lxx_o render_v the_o word_n elohim_n god_n the_o angel_n who_o by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n lead_v he_o from_o his_o father_n house_n through_o divers_a country_n but_o the_o chaldee_n translate_v it_o when_o because_o of_o the_o idol_n of_o chaldaea_n i_o be_v call_v away_o from_o my_o own_o country_n etc._n etc._n for_o so_o the_o god_n that_o be_v the_o idol_n god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o cause_v he_o to_o wander_v because_o it_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o they_o that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v he_o stay_v any_o long_o in_o his_o own_o country_n but_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o these_o device_n nothing_o be_v more_o usual_a in_o the_o hebrew_n language_n than_o for_o the_o plural_a number_n to_o be_v put_v instead_o of_o the_o singular_a especial_o when_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o many_o place_n gen._n xxxv_o 7._o exod._n xxxii_o 4._o psalm_n cxlix_o 2._o eccles_n xii_o 1._o see_v hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o c._n 34._o nay_o hackspan_n have_v right_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v noun_n of_o the_o plural_a
descend_v from_o isaac_n and_o not_o they_o that_o descend_v from_o ishmael_n shall_v be_v own_v by_o i_o for_o the_o child_n of_o abraham_n particular_o the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v one_o of_o his_o seed_n ver._n 13._o also_o of_o the_o son_n of_o thy_o handmaid_n etc._n etc._n he_o renew_v the_o promise_n he_o have_v make_v he_o before_o xvii_o 20._o that_o ishmael_n shall_v have_v a_o numerous_a posterity_n because_o he_o be_v descend_v from_o abraham_n ver._n 14._o rise_v up_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n delay_v not_o to_o fulfil_v the_o divine_a will._n take_v bread_n and_o a_o bottle_n of_o water_n which_o include_v all_o sort_n of_o provision_n for_o their_o present_a necessity_n till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o place_n unto_o which_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o direct_v they_o to_o bend_v their_o course_n for_o it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o he_o send_v they_o to_o seek_v their_o fortune_n as_o we_o speak_v without_o any_o care_n what_o become_v of_o they_o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a rather_o that_o he_o do_v not_o send_v a_o servant_n to_o attend_v they_o but_o let_v hagar_n carry_v the_o provision_n herself_o which_o i_o suppose_v be_v do_v to_o humble_v she_o and_o to_o show_v that_o her_o son_n be_v to_o have_v no_o portion_n of_o abraham_n inheritance_n nor_o of_o his_o good_n of_o which_o servant_n be_v a_o part_n doctor_n jackson_n book_n i._o on_o the_o creed_n chap._n 25._o think_v that_o abraham_n will_v scarce_o have_v suffer_v they_o to_o go_v into_o a_o wilderness_n so_o poor_o provide_v when_o he_o have_v store_n of_o all_o thing_n unless_o he_o have_v be_v direct_v by_o some_o secret_a instinct_n presage_v the_o rude_a and_o shark_a kind_n of_o life_n unto_o which_o his_o progeny_n be_v ordain_v yet_o it_o be_v probable_a he_o be_v as_o kind_a to_o he_o as_o he_o be_v to_o the_o son_n he_o have_v by_o keturah_n and_o send_v he_o some_o token_n of_o his_o love_n afterward_o see_v xxv_o 6._o ver._n 15._o she_o cast_v the_o child_n under_o one_o of_o the_o shrub_n he_o be_v faint_a and_o ready_a to_o die_v with_o thirst_n a_o presage_v say_v the_o great_a man_n beforenamed_n that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v pinch_v with_o the_o like_a penury_n scantness_n of_o water_n which_o be_v their_o best_a drink_n streightning_n their_o territory_n in_o arabia_n as_o strabo_n observe_v l._n xvi_o and_o after_o they_o have_v enlarge_v their_o bound_n even_o in_o mesopotamia_n itself_o they_o be_v still_o confine_v to_o the_o dry_a and_o barren_a place_n of_o it_o ver._n 16._o and_o she_o go_v and_o sit_v she_o down_o etc._n etc._n her_o strength_n carry_v she_o further_o than_o he_o can_v go_v but_o her_o affection_n still_o keep_v she_o within_o sight_n of_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v ver._n 17._o and_o god_n hear_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o lad._n who_o cry_v it_o seem_v as_o well_o as_o his_o mother_n and_o it_o move_v the_o divine_a pity_n to_o send_v a_o angel_n to_o their_o relief_n fear_v not_o do_v not_o think_v i_o come_v to_o terrify_v thou_o or_o do_v not_o fear_v the_o death_n of_o thy_o child_n ver._n 18._o lift_v up_o the_o lad_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v he_o be_v so_o faint_a that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o stand_v without_o support_n ver._n 19_o open_v her_o eye_n make_a she_o see_v what_o she_o do_v not_o observe_v before_o by_o reason_n of_o her_o tear_n or_o the_o great_a disturbance_n of_o her_o mind_n ver._n 20._o and_o god_n be_v with_o the_o lad._n preserve_v and_o prosper_v he_o so_o that_o he_o grow_v to_o be_v a_o man._n become_v a_o archer_n a_o skilful_a hunter_n and_o warrior_n also_o with_o bow_n and_o arrow_n am._n marcellinus_n l._n fourteen_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o saracen_n who_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o ishmael_n never_o set_v their_o hand_n to_o the_o plough_n but_o get_v their_o live_n for_o the_o most_o part_n by_o their_o bow_n for_o such_o as_o they_o be_v themselves_o such_o be_v their_o food_n victus_fw-la universis_fw-la caro_fw-la ferina_fw-la etc._n etc._n they_o all_o live_v upon_o wild_a flesh_n or_o venison_n and_o such_o wild_a fowl_n as_o the_o wilderness_n afford_v with_o herb_n and_o milk_n dr._n jackson_n observe_v that_o he_o compare_v they_o to_o kite_n ready_a to_o spy_v a_o prey_n but_o so_o wild_a withal_o that_o they_o will_v not_o stay_v by_o it_o as_o crow_n or_o other_o ravenous_a bird_n do_v by_o carrion_n but_o present_o flee_v with_o what_o they_o catch_v into_o their_o nest_n ver._n 21._o he_o dwell_v in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o paran_n which_o be_v near_o to_o arabia_n in_o which_o country_n all_o the_o oriental_a writer_n say_v the_o posterity_n of_o ishmael_n live_v particular_o patricide_n who_o say_v he_o go_v into_o the_o land_n of_o jathreb_n which_o be_v that_o part_n of_o arabia_n in_o which_o be_v the_o city_n of_o medina_n a_o wife_n out_o of_o egypt_n out_o of_o her_o own_o country_n where_o she_o be_v best_o acquaint_v the_o jewish_a doctor_n say_v he_o have_v two_o wife_n who_o name_n they_o tell_v we_o be_v aischah_n and_o phatimah_n the_o first_o of_o which_o receive_v abraham_n churlish_o when_o he_o go_v to_o visit_v his_o son_n and_o therefore_o he_o put_v she_o away_o and_o take_v the_o other_o who_o prove_v more_o civil_a when_o he_o make_v a_o second_o journey_n thither_o which_o though_o it_o look_v like_o a_o fable_n yet_o i_o think_v it_o not_o improbable_a that_o abraham_n may_v go_v to_o see_v how_o his_o son_n live_v and_o that_o ishmael_n may_v sometime_o wait_v upon_o he_o as_o the_o author_n of_o schalscall_n hakab_n and_o pirke_n elieser_n affirm_v for_o we_o can_v think_v they_o be_v so_o unnatural_a as_o never_o to_o have_v any_o correspondence_n especial_o since_o we_o read_v that_o ishmael_n as_o well_o as_o isaac_n take_v care_n of_o abraham_n funeral_n xxv_o 9_o after_o which_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a hagar_n may_v have_v another_o husband_n which_o be_v the_o account_n aben_n ezra_n upon_o psalm_n lxxxiii_o 6._o give_v of_o the_o people_n call_v hagarenes_n who_o be_v there_o mention_v as_o distinct_a from_o the_o ishmaelite_n they_o be_v say_v he_o descend_v from_o hagar_n by_o another_o husband_n not_o by_o abraham_n ver._n 22._o abimelech_n and_o pichol_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o that_o abraham_n still_o live_v if_o not_o in_o the_o country_n of_o gerar_n yet_o very_a near_o it_o god_n be_v with_o thou_o in_o all_o that_o thou_o do_v they_o see_v he_o so_o thrive_a and_o prosperous_a that_o they_o be_v afraid_a he_o may_v grow_v too_o strong_a for_o they_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o mind_n to_o disturb_v they_o ver._n 23._o swear_v that_o thou_o will_v not_o deal_v false_o etc._n etc._n that_o as_o there_o have_v be_v a_o long_a friendship_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o so_o thou_o will_v not_o violate_v it_o but_o always_o preserve_v it_o even_o when_o i_o be_o dead_a according_a to_o thy_o frequent_a profession_n and_o perhaps_o promise_v according_a to_o the_o kindness_n etc._n etc._n abimelech_n think_v he_o may_v claim_v this_o oath_n from_o abraham_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o obligation_n he_o have_v lay_v upon_o he_o ver._n 24._o i_o will_v swear_v he_o be_v as_o forward_o to_o confirm_v his_o promise_n as_o to_o make_v they_o ver._n 25._o and_o abraham_n reprove_v abimelech_n but_o before_o he_o swear_v he_o think_v it_o necessary_a to_o settle_v a_o right_a understanding_n between_o they_o and_o therefore_o argue_v with_o abimelech_n as_o it_o may_v be_v render_v about_o a_o well_o of_o water_n dig_v by_o abraham_n servant_n which_o abimelech_n have_v injurious_o take_v from_o he_o this_o be_v wisdom_n to_o complain_v of_o wrong_n now_o before_o they_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n that_o they_o be_v redress_v there_o may_v remain_v no_o occasion_n of_o quarrel_n afterward_o ver._n 26._o abimelech_n say_v i_o wot_v not_o etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n i_o hear_v of_o it_o if_o thou_o have_v complain_v before_o i_o will_v have_v do_v thou_o right_n ver._n 27._o and_o abraham_n take_v sheep_n etc._n etc._n some_o think_v they_o be_v a_o present_a he_o make_v to_o abimelech_n in_o gratitude_n for_o what_o he_o have_v bestow_v on_o he_o xx._n 14._o or_o in_o token_n of_o friendship_n with_o he_o but_o other_o think_v they_o be_v design_v for_o sacrifice_n by_o which_o they_o make_v a_o covenant_n one_o with_o another_o at_o least_o some_o of_o they_o serve_v for_o that_o use_n ver._n 28._o and_o he_o set_v seven_o ewe-lamb_n by_o themselves_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o be_v afterward_o explain_v verse_n 30._o that_o though_o they_o be_v part_n of_o the_o present_a he_o make_v he_o yet_o they_o shall_v be_v understand_v also_o be_v set_v apart_o from_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v a_o purchase_n
of_o a_o quiet_a possession_n of_o that_o well_o ver._n 30._o a_o witness_n unto_o i_o that_o i_o have_v dig_v this_o well_o by_o this_o token_n it_o shall_v be_v remember_v hereafter_o that_o i_o dig_v this_o well_o and_o that_o thou_o do_v grant_v i_o quiet_a possession_n of_o it_o ver._n 31._o call_v the_o place_n beer-sheba_a the_o hebrew_n word_n sheba_n signify_v both_o a_o oath_n and_o also_o seven_o perhaps_o for_o both_o reason_n this_o place_n have_v this_o name_n we_o be_v sure_a for_o the_o first_o which_o be_v here_o mention_v because_o they_o swear_v to_o each_o other_o ver._n 32._o thus_o they_o make_v a_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n by_o give_v and_o accept_v those_o sheep_n and_o ox_n mention_v verse_n 27._o and_o perhaps_o by_o offer_v sacrifice_n or_o at_o least_o by_o eat_v and_o drink_v together_o as_o isaac_n and_o abimelech_n do_v in_o aftertime_n xxvi_o 30._o here_o some_o observe_v it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o make_v covenant_n with_o infidel_n and_o idolater_n for_o mutual_a defence_n and_o commerce_n or_o such_o like_a reason_n but_o i_o see_v no_o proof_n that_o abimelech_n be_v such_o a_o person_n in_o future_a age_n the_o people_n of_o canaan_n be_v so_o corrupt_v by_o this_o as_o well_o as_o other_o sin_n that_o god_n command_v they_o to_o be_v exterminate_v and_o make_v it_o unlawful_a to_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n with_o they_o exod._n xxxiv_o 15._o but_o as_o the_o philistine_n be_v none_o of_o they_o so_o it_o still_o remain_v lawful_a to_o make_v league_n with_o other_o gentile_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o seven_o nation_n of_o canaan_n as_o we_o see_v by_o the_o example_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n and_o other_o they_o return_v into_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n into_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o they_o dwell_v for_o both_o abimelech_n and_o abraham_n be_v now_o in_o that_o land_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n ver._n 33._o abraham_n plant_v a_o grove_n for_o a_o solemn_a and_o retire_a place_n wherein_o to_o worship_v god_n for_o as_o servius_n say_v upon_o the_o ix_o aeneid_n nunquam_fw-la est_fw-la lucus_n sine_fw-la religione_fw-la there_o never_o be_v a_o grove_n in_o ancient_a time_n without_o religion_n and_o therefore_o here_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n which_o be_v fence_v and_o bound_v with_o a_o enclosure_n and_o shade_v with_o tree_n as_o mr._n mede_n discourse_n xix_o observe_v their_o proseucha_n or_o place_n of_o prayer_n to_o have_v be_v in_o aftertime_n for_o that_o this_o be_v intend_v for_o a_o place_n of_o prayer_n appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n and_o call_v there_o on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n from_o hence_o some_o think_v the_o custom_n of_o plant_v grove_n be_v derive_v into_o all_o the_o gentile_a world_n who_o so_o profane_v they_o by_o image_n and_o filthiness_n and_o sacrifice_n to_o daemon_n that_o god_n command_v they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o but_o abraham_n make_v use_v of_o a_o grove_n before_o this_o xii_o 6_o 8._o where_o we_o find_v he_o build_v a_o altar_n on_o a_o mountain_n which_o i_o question_v not_o be_v compass_v with_o tree_n see_v xiii_o 18._o therefore_o i_o take_v this_o only_a to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o grove_n that_o he_o plant_v himself_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o everlasting_a god_n i_o find_v that_o maimonides_n in_o several_a place_n of_o his_o more_n nevochim_n translate_v the_o last_o word_n the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o world_n or_o the_o lord_z the_o almighty_a creator_n of_o the_o world_n for_o this_o be_v the_o great_a article_n of_o faith_n in_o those_o day_n that_o god_n make_v the_o world_n par._n ii_o cap._n 30._o &_o par._n iii_o c._n 29._o ver._n 34._o sojourn_v many_o day_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n days_n often_o signify_v year_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a signify_v so_o in_o this_o place_n for_o here_o isaac_n be_v bear_v and_o here_o he_o be_v wean_v and_o after_o that_o abraham_n find_v so_o much_o friendship_n from_o abimelech_n and_o so_o many_o conveniency_n of_o life_n that_o they_o invite_v he_o to_o stay_v a_o long_a time_n in_o this_o country_n chap._n xxii_o ver._n 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o these_o thing_n that_o which_o follow_v fall_v out_o while_n abraham_n dwell_v at_o beer-sheba_a or_o near_o it_o verse_n 19_o god_n do_v tempt_v abraham_n prove_v or_o try_v his_o faith_n in_o a_o very_a difficult_a instance_n the_o hebrew_n take_v great_a notice_n that_o the_o name_n of_o elohim_n which_o they_o call_v nomen_fw-la judicii_fw-la be_v here_o use_v as_o it_o be_v in_o several_a of_o the_o follow_a verse_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o abraham_n i_o suppose_v there_o be_v such_o a_o visible_a appearance_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n to_o he_o as_o he_o have_v often_o see_v xv._o 1._o xvii_o 1._o xviii_o 1._o here_o i_o be_o a_o phrase_n express_v readiness_n to_o hearken_v and_o to_o give_v answer_n verse_n 7_o 12._o ver._n 2._o take_v now_o immediate_o thy_o son_n a_o hard_a thing_n have_v it_o be_v ishmael_n thy_o only_a son_n isaac_n his_o only_a son_n by_o sarah_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n xxi_o 12._o who_o thou_o love_v who_o be_v far_o dear_a to_o he_o than_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o world_n dear_a than_o his_o own_o life_n for_o man_n will_v venture_v that_o to_o preserve_v their_o child_n according_a to_o a_o old_a say_n in_o euripides_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d child_n be_v to_o all_o mankind_n their_o very_a life_n or_o soul_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o pacatus_n drepanius_n say_v in_o his_o panegyric_n to_o theodosius_n the_o great_a instituente_fw-la natura_fw-la plus_fw-la ferè_fw-la filios_fw-la quam_fw-la nosmetipsos_fw-la diligimus_fw-la we_o be_v teach_v by_o nature_n to_o love_v our_o son_n in_o a_o manner_n more_o than_o ourselves_o but_o the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o abraham_n be_v strong_a than_o either_o get_v thou_o into_o the_o land_n of_o moriah_n so_o it_o be_v call_v afterward_o from_o god_n appear_v there_o verse_n 14._o for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o isaac_n as_o many_o think_v certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o temple_n of_o solomon_n be_v build_v upon_o mount_n moriah_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 1._o but_o this_o name_n belong_v not_o only_o to_o that_o mountain_n but_o to_o all_o the_o mountainous_a country_n thereabouts_o which_o be_v here_o call_v the_o land_n of_o moriah_n which_o aquila_n translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conspicuous_a for_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o word_n raah_o to_o see_v and_o the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o not_o amiss_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d high_a country_n which_o be_v very_o conspicuous_a but_o mount_v zion_n and_o acra_n and_o other_o neighbour_a mountain_n be_v also_o very_o high_a this_o name_n of_o moriah_n belong_v to_o they_o because_o they_o be_v very_o conspicuous_a in_o so_o much_o that_o mount_n zion_n be_v often_o use_v in_o scripture_n for_o mount_n moriah_n for_o all_o that_o mountainous_a country_n go_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n and_o offer_v he_o there_o the_o hebrew_n observe_v the_o word_n be_v ambiguous_a and_o may_v be_v translate_v make_v he_o to_o go_v up_o but_o abraham_n understand_v it_o in_o the_o usual_a sense_n that_o he_o shall_v kill_v he_o as_o they_o do_v the_o beast_n for_o sacrifice_n a_o very_a hard_a injunction_n which_o some_o think_v god_n will_v not_o have_v lay_v upon_o abraham_n if_o he_o have_v not_o have_v a_o power_n thus_o to_o dispose_v of_o isaac_n inherent_a in_o he_o as_o his_o father_n see_v dr._n taylor_n dust_n dubit_fw-la l._n iii_o c._n v._o rule_n 2._o n._n 1._o upon_o one_o of_o the_o mountain_n there_o be_v more_o hill_n than_o one_o thereabouts_o psalm_n cxxv_o 2._o as_o i_o observe_v on_o the_o forego_n verse_n and_o it_o may_v be_v further_o here_o note_v that_o in_o ancient_a time_n they_o choose_v mountain_n or_o high_a place_n whereon_o to_o worship_n god_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n xii_o 8._o which_o god_n himself_o approve_v of_o till_o they_o be_v profane_v as_o the_o grove_n be_v see_v xxi_o 33._o and_o then_o he_o command_v abraham_n posterity_n not_o to_o worship_v in_o high_a place_n but_o only_o in_o one_o certain_a mountain_n where_o he_o order_v his_o temple_n to_o be_v seat_v nothing_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o gentile_a writer_n than_o that_o they_o choose_v mountain_n for_o place_n of_o worship_n and_o herein_o celsus_n the_o epicurean_a compare_v they_o with_o the_o jew_n observe_v particular_o out_o of_o herodotus_n that_o the_o persian_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o jupiter_n go_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o high_a mountain_n as_o his_o word_n be_v in_o origen_n l._n v._o
when_o his_o wife_n die_v and_o several_a of_o the_o jew_n have_v a_o conceit_n that_o he_o come_v from_o mount_n moriah_n which_o be_v confute_v by_o what_o we_o read_v xxii_o 19_o where_o sarah_n hear_v he_o be_v go_v to_o sacrifice_v her_o son_n die_v with_o grief_n but_o maimonides_n speak_v better_a sense_n when_o he_o say_v abraham_n come_v from_o his_o own_o tent_n which_o be_v separate_v as_o i_o note_v before_o xviii_o 9_o from_o his_o wife_n be_v as_o appear_v further_a from_o xxiv_o 67._o to_o mourn_v for_o sarah_n and_o to_o weep_v for_o she_o the_o first_o relate_v to_o private_a sorrow_n the_o other_o to_o the_o public_a especial_o at_o the_o funeral_n solemnity_n when_o they_o make_v great_a lamentation_n after_o abraham_n have_v perform_v the_o former_a he_o make_v preparation_n for_o the_o latter_a but_o what_o the_o rite_n of_o mourn_v be_v in_o those_o day_n we_o do_v not_o know_v it_o be_v likely_a they_o shut_v themselves_o up_o from_o company_n neglect_v the_o 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his_o father_n house_n with_o which_o also_o we_o may_v reasonable_o think_v he_o still_o hold_v some_o correspondence_n ver._n 40._o thus_o be_v i_o in_o the_o day_n the_o drought_n etc._n etc._n while_o i_o serve_v thou_o the_o heat_v consume_v i_o in_o the_o daytime_n and_o the_o frost_n nip_v i_o by_o night_n for_o in_o those_o country_n shepherd_n be_v wont_a to_o watch_v their_o flock_n especial_o about_o the_o time_n that_o ewe_n be_v likely_a to_o yean_v as_o we_o read_v luke_n ii_o 8._o see_v bochart_n in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 44._o my_o sleep_n depart_v from_o my_o eye_n many_o time_n he_o take_v no_o rest_n be_v awake_v by_o wild_a beast_n or_o by_o thief_n or_o keep_v awake_a by_o his_o great_a solicitude_n for_o his_o flock_n ver._n 41._o thus_o have_v i_o be_v twenty_o year_n in_o thy_o house_n this_o have_v be_v my_o manner_n of_o life_n for_o no_o less_o than_o twenty_o year_n that_o i_o have_v be_v a_o servant_n in_o thy_o family_n ver._n 42._o the_o fear_n of_o isaac_n the_o god_n who_o isaac_n fear_v that_o be_v worship_v as_o the_o chaldee_n interpret_v it_o thou_o have_v send_v we_o away_o now_o empty_a without_o good_n wife_n or_o child_n for_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v so_o barbarous_a that_o if_o he_o have_v be_v leave_v to_o himself_o he_o will_v have_v make_v they_o all_o his_o slave_n god_n have_v see_v my_o affliction_n how_o ill_o thou_o have_v treat_v i_o and_o take_v care_n to_o relieve_v i_o for_o so_o the_o word_n see_v signify_v in_o many_o place_n particular_o xvi_o 13._o ver._n 43._o these_o cattle_n be_v my_o cattle_n etc._n etc._n because_o they_o belong_v to_o his_o daughter_n and_o their_o child_n therefore_o he_o call_v they_o he_o that_o be_v now_o he_o be_v in_o a_o good_a mood_n and_o pretend_v the_o same_o care_n of_o every_o thing_n that_o jacob_n have_v as_o if_o it_o be_v his_o own_o so_o it_o follow_v and_o what_o can_v i_o do_v this_o day_n unto_o these_o my_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n how_o 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ver._n 52._o this_o heap_n be_v witness_n and_o this_o pillar_n be_v witness_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v that_o laban_n and_o his_o company_n set_v up_o a_o heap_n make_v of_o the_o stone_n which_o every_o one_o brought_z and_o jacob_n set_v up_o one_o single_a large_a stone_n verse_n 45._o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o pillar_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a his_o pillar_n look_v towards_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o their_o heap_n towards_o haran_n that_o i_o will_v not_o pass_v over_o this_o heap_n etc._n etc._n as_o stone_n be_v set_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o field_n to_o be_v boundary_n and_o landmark_n as_o we_o call_v they_o to_o distinguish_v man_n possession_n and_o limit_v they_o from_o encroach_a one_o upon_o another_o so_o be_v this_o heap_n and_o this_o pillar_n intend_v to_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o such_o boundary_n beyond_o which_o neither_o of_o they_o shall_v pass_v arm_v to_o offend_v the_o other_o ver._n 53._o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o god_n of_o nahor_n these_o two_o be_v brethren_n for_o he_o do_v not_o mean_a sure_a their_o grandfather_n the_o father_n of_o terah_n xi_o 24._o and_o before_o abraham_n be_v call_v out_o of_o ur_fw-la they_o both_o worship_v other_o god_n josh_n xxiv_o 2._o but_o then_o abraham_n renounce_v those_o god_n and_o worship_v only_o the_o creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n as_o nahor_v i_o have_v former_o conjecture_v also_o do_v when_o he_o follow_v he_o to_o haran_n therefore_o i_o think_v we_o need_v not_o make_v a_o question_n by_o which_o of_o abraham_n god_n laban_n now_o swear_v for_o i_o take_v he_o to_o have_v be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o true_a religion_n which_o make_v abraham_n desire_v his_o son_n shall_v have_v a_o wife_n out_o of_o this_o family_n for_o which_o reason_n isaac_n also_o send_v jacob_n hither_o the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v by_o the_o god_n of_o our_o ancestor_n who_o after_o god_n appear_v to_o abraham_n and_o call_v he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n become_v the_o worshipper_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n alone_o see_v xi_o 31._o jacob_n swear_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n by_o he_o who_o isaac_n worship_v verse_n 42._o he_o mention_n the_o fear_n of_o isaac_n rather_o than_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n to_o declare_v more_o plain_o and_o undoubted_o by_o what_o god_n he_o swear_v for_o abraham_n have_v be_v a_o idolater_n but_o isaac_n never_o be_v ver._n 54._o jacob_n offer_v sacrifice_v peace-offering_n as_o they_o be_v afterward_o call_v part_n of_o which_o be_v eat_v by_o he_o that_o offer_v they_o and_o by_o his_o friend_n this_o further_a show_v they_o be_v of_o the_o
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
which_o be_v fulfil_v when_o they_o come_v for_o corn_n into_o egypt_n of_o which_o these_o sheaf_n some_o think_v be_v a_o apt_a representation_n ver._n 8._o shall_v thou_o indeed_o reign_v over_o we_o it_o seem_v they_o can_v ready_o interpret_v the_o meaning_n of_o a_o dream_n which_o show_v how_o common_a they_o be_v in_o those_o day_n for_o his_o dream_n and_o for_o his_o word_n this_o seem_v to_o import_v that_o he_o have_v more_o dream_n of_o like_a nature_n and_o be_v wont_a to_o talk_v of_o they_o which_o they_o think_v savour_v of_o arrogance_n ver._n 9_o he_o dream_v yet_o another_o dream_n which_o confirm_v the_o former_a by_o repeat_v the_o same_o thing_n under_o different_a figure_n for_o as_o the_o former_a be_v take_v from_o the_o earth_n so_o this_o from_o heaven_n and_o be_v more_o comprehensive_a than_o the_o former_a for_o it_o concern_v his_o father_n as_o well_o as_o his_o brethren_n behold_v the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n etc._n etc._n they_o seem_v to_o descend_v to_o he_o or_o he_o to_o be_v carry_v up_o to_o they_o where_o they_o bow_v and_o lay_v at_o his_o foot_n ver._n 10._o his_o father_n rebuke_v he_o give_v he_o a_o check_n that_o joseph_n may_v not_o grow_v conceit_v of_o himself_o and_o his_o brethren_n may_v not_o be_v provoke_v to_o hate_v he_o what_o be_v this_o dream_n that_o thou_o have_v dream_v what_o a_o idle_a dream_n be_v this_o shall_v i_o and_o thy_o mother_n and_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n who_o can_v believe_v this_o thy_o mother_n be_v dead_a which_o be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o vanity_n of_o this_o dream_n and_o thy_o father_n sure_o be_v not_o to_o truckle_n unto_o thou_o no_o nor_o thy_o elder_a brethren_n ver._n 11._o his_o brethren_n envy_v he_o though_o jacob_n seem_v to_o slight_v what_o he_o say_v it_o incense_v his_o brethren_n against_o he_o but_o his_o father_n observe_v the_o say_v he_o do_v not_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o mere_a fancy_n but_o think_v there_o may_v be_v something_o in_o it_o and_o therefore_o though_o he_o think_v fit_a public_o to_o slight_v it_o yet_o he_o take_v such_o notice_n of_o it_o private_o that_o he_o preserve_v it_o in_o mind_n and_o lay_v it_o up_o in_o his_o heart_n as_o the_o scripture_n elsewhere_o speak_v and_o it_o real_o be_v fulfil_v when_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n and_o no_o doubt_n show_v that_o respect_n which_o be_v due_a to_o the_o viceroy_n of_o the_o country_n and_o so_o do_v his_o mother_n bilhah_n and_o all_o his_o brethren_n ver._n 12._o his_o brethren_n go_v to_o feed_v their_o father_n flock_n in_o shechem_n as_o their_o flock_n increase_v so_o they_o enlarge_v their_o pasture_n and_o they_o often_o remove_v to_o find_v fresh_a pasture_n beside_o he_o have_v make_v a_o purchase_n in_o this_o place_n where_o they_o feed_v his_o flock_n in_o his_o own_o ground_n ver._n 13._o come_v i_o will_v send_v thou_o unto_o they_o make_v thyself_o ready_a that_o i_o may_v send_v thou_o to_o inquire_v of_o thy_o brethren_n welfare_n about_o which_o he_o be_v now_o the_o more_o solicitous_a because_o they_o be_v go_v to_o a_o place_n where_o they_o have_v some_o year_n ago_o give_v great_a provocation_n to_o the_o country_n by_o their_o barbarous_a cruelty_n ver._n 15._o a_o certain_a man_n find_v he_o some_o take_v this_o to_o have_v be_v a_o angel_n who_o take_v care_n of_o he_o when_o he_o be_v at_o a_o loss_n which_o way_n to_o go_v so_o maimonides_n p._n ii_o more_o nevochim_n cap._n 42_o where_o he_o make_v this_o passage_n the_o very_a same_o with_o that_o xvi_o 7._o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n find_v she_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 18._o they_o conspire_v against_o he_o the_o hebrew_n word_n signify_v they_o take_v subtle_a and_o crafty_a counsel_n against_o he_o to_o slay_v he_o lay_v their_o head_n together_o as_o we_o now_o speak_v to_o kill_v he_o so_o that_o the_o murder_n may_v be_v conceal_v from_o their_o father_n ver._n 19_o behold_v this_o dreamer_n come_v in_o the_o hebrew_n this_o master_n of_o dream_n or_o a_o frequent_a dreamer_n one_o that_o have_v dream_n at_o command_n ver._n 20._o cast_v he_o into_o some_o pit_n which_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o dig_v frequent_o in_o those_o country_n to_o hold_v rain-water_n for_o their_o cattle_n when_o they_o can_v not_o find_v a_o spring_n or_o be_v near_o no_o river_n ver._n 21._o he_o deliver_v he_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n preserve_v he_o from_o be_v murder_v by_o they_o as_o they_o intend_v which_o he_o do_v by_o the_o follow_a counsel_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v something_o of_o humanity_n in_o it_o and_o yet_o will_v effect_v what_o they_o resolve_v ver._n 22._o cast_v he_o into_o this_o pit_n that_o he_o may_v perish_v with_o hunger_n and_o lay_v no_o hand_n upon_o he_o etc._n etc._n let_v not_o we_o kill_v he_o this_o he_o say_v that_o he_o may_v save_v his_o life_n intend_v secret_o to_o draw_v he_o out_o of_o the_o pit_n and_o restore_v he_o safe_a to_o his_o father_n by_o which_o piece_n of_o good_a service_n reuben_n perhaps_o hope_v to_o reconcile_v his_o father_n to_o he_o who_o be_v just_o angry_a with_o he_o for_o defile_v his_o bed_n xxxv_o 22._o ver._n 23._o his_o coat_n of_o many_o colour_n by_o this_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n be_v not_o yet_o grow_v up_o to_o such_o laborious_a employment_n as_o they_o follow_v abroad_o and_o therefore_o indulge_v to_o wear_v a_o rich_a sort_n of_o garment_n with_o his_o father_n at_o home_n for_o according_a to_o the_o common_a notion_n it_o be_v wrought_v or_o embroider_v with_o flower_n which_o be_v account_v noble_a as_o well_o as_o beautiful_a in_o ancient_a time_n as_o appear_v by_o plato_n who_o commend_v the_o government_n then_o admire_v in_o greece_n compare_v it_o to_o such_o a_o garment_n that_o have_v variety_n of_o colour_n in_o it_o l._n viii_o de_fw-fr republ._n p._n 557._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ver._n 24._o the_o pit_n be_v empty_a there_o be_v no_o water_n in_o it_o this_o show_n the_o use_n of_o such_o pit_n be_v to_o hold_v water_n which_o at_o this_o time_n be_v dry_v up_o for_o want_v of_o rain_n ver._n 25._o a_o company_n of_o ishmaelite_n in_o the_o language_n of_o these_o time_n it_o be_v call_v a_o caravan_n merchant_n not_o dare_v to_o travel_v alone_o or_o in_o small_a number_n in_o those_o eastern_a country_n through_o the_o desert_n for_o fear_n of_o robber_n or_o of_o wild_a beast_n from_o mount_n gilead_n they_o come_v from_o part_n beyond_o that_o but_o pass_v that_o way_n to_o traffic_n there_o with_o there_o camel_n which_o be_v and_o still_o be_v the_o most_o proper_a beast_n for_o carriage_n in_o those_o country_n be_v able_a to_o travel_v a_o great_a way_n in_o the_o desert_n without_o drink_n and_o the_o midianite_n who_o be_v here_o the_o same_o with_o the_o ishmaelite_n ver_fw-la 28._o have_v as_o great_a a_o breed_n of_o they_o as_o any_o other_o country_n as_o bochart_n observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n ii_o cap._n 3._o bear_v spicery_n the_o word_n necoth_n which_o we_o and_o a_o great_a many_o other_o translate_v spicery_n in_o general_n seem_v to_o signify_v some_o particular_a sort_n of_o spicery_n as_o the_o follow_a word_n do_v a_o great_a many_o conjecture_n there_o be_v what_o sort_n and_o bochart_n most_o probable_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v storax_n see_v the_o forenamed_a book_n p._n ii_o lib._n iu_o cap._n 12._o balm_n so_o kimchi_n who_o the_o modern_a interpreter_n general_o follow_v expound_v the_o hebrew_n word_n tzeri_n which_o the_o ancient_n interpret_v resin_n and_o bochart_n justify_v they_o by_o such_o reason_n as_o these_o that_o there_o be_v no_o balm_n in_o gilead_n in_o these_o day_n but_o it_o be_v bring_v thither_o out_o of_o arabia_n foelix_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n solomon_n and_o then_o it_o grow_v on_o this_o side_n jordan_n about_o engaddi_n and_o hiericho_n not_o beyond_o jordan_n in_o the_o land_n of_o gilead_n ib._n par._n i._o lib._n ii_o cap._n 51._o ver._n 26._o what_o profit_n be_v it_o if_o we_o slay_v our_o brother_n etc._n etc._n we_o shall_v get_v nothing_o by_o let_v he_o die_v in_o the_o pit_n have_v we_o not_o better_o make_v money_n of_o he_o and_o conceal_v his_o blood_n though_o we_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o conceal_v his_o murder_n which_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o do_v ver._n 27._o for_o he_o be_v our_o brother_n and_o our_o flesh_n natural_a affection_n persuade_v to_o this_o rather_o than_o to_o the_o other_o and_o his_o brethren_n be_v content_a as_o many_o of_o they_o as_o be_v then_o present_a for_o reuben_n be_v not_o among_o they_o at_o this_o consultation_n ver._n 28._o then_o pass_v by_o midianites_n they_o be_v call_v ishmaelites_n just_a
esau_n do_v isaac_n by_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o heth._n who_o name_n be_v shuah_n her_o father_n name_n be_v shuah_n verse_n 12._o he_o take_v she_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n verse_n 12._o ver._n 5._o and_o he_o be_v at_o chezib_n when_o she_o bear_v he_o some_o think_v this_o town_n the_o same_o with_o achzib_n belong_v to_o judah_n josh_n xv._o 44._o but_o why_o moses_n mention_n his_o absence_n when_o this_o child_n be_v bear_v and_o why_o he_o set_v down_o the_o place_n where_o he_o than_o be_v we_o can_v give_v a_o account_n though_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n some_o special_a reason_n for_o it_o perhaps_o it_o be_v to_o show_v why_o she_o give_v the_o name_n to_o this_o and_o to_o her_o former_a son_n whereas_o he_o himself_o name_v the_o first_o verse_n 3_o because_o he_o be_v not_o at_o home_n when_o they_o be_v bear_v ver._n 6._o who_o name_n be_v tamar_n she_o seem_v also_o to_o have_v be_v a_o woman_n of_o canaan_n but_o not_o a_o idolater_n ver._n 7._o be_v wicked_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n i._n e._n exceed_o impious_a and_o that_o notorious_o see_v gen._n x._o 9_o what_o particular_a sin_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o be_v but_o conjecture_v some_o fancy_n they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o his_o next_o brother_n see_v bonfrere_n or_o menochius_fw-la out_o of_o he_o and_o the_o lord_n slay_v he_o cut_v he_o off_o sudden_o by_o some_o unusual_a stroke_n ver._n 8._o go_v in_o unto_o thy_o brother_n wife_n etc._n etc._n this_o say_v the_o hebrew_n doctor_n be_v a_o ancient_a custom_n in_o force_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n which_o only_o enact_v what_o have_v be_v former_o practise_v maimon_n p._n iii_o cap._n 49._o more_n nevoch_n that_o when_o a_o man_n die_v without_o issue_n his_o next_o brother_n shall_v marry_v his_o wife_n deut._n xxv_o 5._o which_o custom_n afterward_o extend_v to_o the_o next_o cousin_n if_o no_o brother_n remain_v and_o raise_v up_o seed_n unto_o thy_o brother_n preserve_v thy_o brother_n name_n and_o 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he_o act_v against_o the_o divine_a promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n concern_v the_o multiply_a of_o his_o seed_n especial_o against_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n that_o seed_n for_o which_o all_o good_a man_n long_v ver._n 11._o remain_v a_o widow_n in_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v the_o contract_n of_o marriage_n at_o first_o be_v so_o understand_v in_o those_o day_n that_o if_o the_o husband_n die_v without_o issue_n the_o woman_n must_v marry_v his_o next_o brother_n and_o as_o long_o as_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n remain_v they_o be_v bind_v to_o marry_v his_o wife_n and_o preserve_v their_o brother_n memory_n or_o else_o solemn_o renounce_v she_o to_o their_o great_a infamy_n and_o disgrace_n this_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o law_n that_o enjoin_v any_o new_a solemn_a contract_n in_o such_o a_o case_n because_o the_o first_o husband_n be_v dead_a she_o and_o the_o next_o brother_n be_v man_n 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day_n he_o can_v not_o refuse_v it_o and_o therefore_o he_o think_v it_o be_v their_o youthful_a folly_n which_o make_v his_o two_o other_o son_n perish_v which_o make_v he_o resolve_v to_o keep_v this_o till_o he_o have_v more_o discretion_n and_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o his_o duty_n or_o if_o we_o imagine_v their_o sin_n be_v know_v to_o none_o but_o tamar_n the_o meaning_n may_v be_v that_o he_o think_v their_o marry_v too_o young_a be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o death_n and_o therefore_o he_o determine_v to_o keep_v this_o only_a remain_a son_n till_o he_o be_v of_o a_o ripe_a age._n ver._n 12._o in_o process_n of_o time_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v the_o day_n be_v multiply_v i._n e._n after_o some_o year_n to_o timnath_n a_o town_n not_o far_o from_o adullam_n it_o be_v probable_a for_o it_o be_v also_o within_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh_n xv._o 57_o he_o go_v up_o to_o timnath_n some_o have_v make_v a_o difficulty_n about_o this_o 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the_o other_o and_o seem_v to_o import_v a_o great_a change_n in_o their_o condition_n which_o make_v such_o a_o deep_a impression_n upon_o they_o that_o they_o be_v solicitous_a to_o know_v the_o meaning_n ver._n 8._o we_o have_v dream_v a_o dream_n and_o there_o be_v no_o interpreter_n of_o it_o i._n e._n here_o in_o prison_n we_o have_v not_o the_o opportunity_n of_o get_v they_o interpret_v if_o they_o have_v be_v at_o liberty_n there_o be_v man_n in_o those_o country_n who_o pretend_v to_o the_o skill_n of_o interpret_n dream_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v not_o to_o be_v regard_v but_o some_o dream_n carry_v such_o lively_a representation_n in_o they_o and_o so_o suitable_a to_o their_o present_a condition_n and_o make_v likewise_o so_o great_a a_o commotion_n in_o their_o spirit_n that_o they_o can_v not_o but_o attend_v to_o they_o nay_o think_v god_n have_v send_v they_o and_o therefore_o desire_v to_o know_v the_o meaning_n of_o they_o thus_o we_o find_v achilles_n 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to_o give_v their_o attendance_n and_o then_o such_o as_o the_o king_n be_v offend_v withal_o be_v strike_v out_o and_o punish_v according_a to_o their_o desert_n or_o pardon_v and_o gracious_o restore_v to_o their_o place_n this_o exposition_n best_o agree_v with_o the_o event_n verse_n 20._o where_o the_o head_n of_o both_o these_o officer_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lift_v up_o though_o one_o of_o they_o only_o be_v advance_v to_o his_o former_a station_n ver._n 14._o but_o think_v on_o i_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v well_o with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n when_o my_o prediction_n be_v come_v to_o pass_v i_o ask_v no_o other_o reward_n of_o thou_o but_o that_o thou_o will_v be_v a_o instrument_n of_o deliver_v i_o from_o my_o imprisonment_n joseph_n be_v not_o only_o grow_v expert_a in_o interpret_n dream_n which_o he_o be_v not_o before_o he_o come_v into_o egypt_n xxxvii_o 6_o etc._n etc._n but_o full_o assure_v he_o know_v the_o right_a meaning_n of_o they_o as_o appear_v by_o this_o 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the_o hebrew_n some_o man_n will_v have_v it_o think_v that_o these_o word_n be_v add_v by_o joshua_n or_o some_o other_o after_o moses_n his_o time_n because_o canaan_n be_v not_o call_v the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n in_o his_o day_n much_o less_o in_o joseph_n but_o they_o shall_v have_v consider_v that_o joseph_n do_v not_o call_v all_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n by_o this_o name_n but_o only_o that_o part_n of_o it_o where_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n have_v very_o long_o live_v viz._n about_o hebron_n there_o abraham_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v call_v a_o hebrew_n settle_v with_o his_o family_n when_o he_o come_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n xiii_o 17_o 18._o there_o isaac_n dwell_v also_o xxxv_o 27._o and_o jacob_n xxxvii_o 1_o 14._o where_o it_o be_v say_v indeed_o they_o be_v stranger_n or_o sojourner_n in_o this_o country_n but_o they_o be_v stranger_n of_o great_a note_n and_o name_n as_o jacobus_n altingius_n have_v well_o observe_v who_o be_v treat_v as_o prince_n xxiii_o 6._o live_v by_o their_o own_o law_n make_v league_n not_o only_o with_o private_a man_n but_o with_o city_n and_o with_o king_n xxi_o 22_o 23._o xxvi_o 28._o xxxiv_o 6._o and_o the_o fame_n of_o they_o can_v not_o but_o be_v spread_v abroad_o both_o by_o the_o victory_n which_o abraham_n get_v in_o a_o battle_n over_o several_a king_n and_o by_o the_o sack_n of_o shechem_n which_o the_o neighbour_n dare_v not_o revenge_v all_o which_o may_v well_o make_v that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n wherein_o they_o have_v reside_v for_o three_o generation_n be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o the_o hebrew_n where_o they_o be_v at_o first_o plant_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o native_n who_o be_v confederate_a with_o abraham_n fourteen_o 13._o that_o they_o shall_v put_v i_o into_o the_o dungeon_n into_o which_o he_o be_v throw_v at_o the_o first_o as_o a_o great_a malefactor_n for_o this_o be_v the_o low_a and_o dark_a place_n in_o the_o prison_n be_v under_o ground_n so_o the_o hebrew_n word_n common_o signify_v a_o pit_n either_o with_o or_o without_o water_n in_o it_o and_o thence_o this_o part_n of_o a_o prison_n which_o bochartus_n well_o translate_v cryptam_fw-la subterraneam_fw-la and_o sometime_o signify_v a_o grave_a psalm_n xxviii_o 1._o hierozoic_n p._n i._o lib._n iii_o cap._n 4._o ver._n 16._o the_o chief_a baker_n see_v the_o interpretation_n be_v good_a it_o be_v well_o the_o chief_a butler_n propound_v his_o dream_n first_o which_o have_v a_o good_a signification_n for_o if_o this_o man_n have_v speak_v first_o the_o other_o it_o be_v likely_a will_v not_o have_v propose_v his_o dream_n three_o white_a basket_n or_o as_o we_o now_o speak_v three_o wicker_n basket_n and_o as_o the_o margin_n have_v it_o the_o twig_n so_o twist_v that_o they_o be_v full_a of_o hole_n as_o we_o many_o time_n be_v wrought_v ver._n 17._o in_o the_o uppermost_a basket_n they_o be_v set_v one_o upon_o another_o in_o the_o lowermost_a of_o which_o we_o may_v suppose_v be_v bread_n in_o the_o middlemost_a pie_n and_o in_o the_o high_a the_o fine_a sort_n of_o paste_n of_o all_o sort_n biscuit_n tart_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 19_o lift_v up_o thy_o head_n the_o same_o phrase_n which_o be_v use_v of_o the_o other_o verse_n 13._o but_o with_o this_o addition_n from_o off_o thou_o to_o signify_v that_o his_o name_n shall_v be_v call_v for_o another_o purpose_n that_o he_o may_v not_o only_o have_v his_o name_n strike_v out_o of_o the_o roll_n but_o his_o head_n strike_v off_o from_o his_o body_n though_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n so_o to_o understand_v it_o but_o only_o simple_o that_o he_o shall_v lose_v his_o life_n and_o shall_v hang_v thou_o on_o a_o tree_n they_o that_o fancy_n his_o head_n be_v first_o cut_v off_o will_v have_v
our_o ass_n ver._n 19_o they_o come_v near_o to_o the_o steward_n etc._n etc._n they_o desire_v to_o speak_v with_o he_o before_o they_o enter_v into_o the_o house_n that_o they_o may_v set_v themselves_o right_a in_o his_o opinion_n ver._n 20._o we_o come_v at_o the_o first_o time_n to_o buy_v food_n and_o we_o pay_v for_o it_o what_o be_v demand_v ver._n 21._o when_o we_o come_v to_o the_o inn_n etc._n etc._n there_o we_o find_v that_o very_a money_n to_o a_o farthing_n in_o our_o sack_n be_v mouth_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 22._o we_o can_v tell_v who_o put_v our_o money_n etc._n etc._n we_o be_v ignorant_a how_o it_o come_v there_o but_o suppose_v it_o be_v by_o some_o mistake_n and_o therefore_o have_v bring_v it_o again_o with_o new_a money_n for_o another_o purchase_n ver._n 23._o peace_n be_v to_o you_o trouble_v not_o yourselves_o about_o that_o matter_n your_o god_n and_o the_o god_n of_o your_o father_n etc._n etc._n this_o steward_n have_v learn_v of_o joseph_n the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n to_o who_o kindness_n he_o bid_v they_o ascribe_v this_o event_n and_o he_o bring_v simeon_n out_o unto_o they_o unbind_v as_o free_a as_o themselves_o ver._n 24._o give_v they_o water_n order_v water_n to_o be_v bring_v as_o the_o custom_n be_v to_o wash_v their_o foot_n see_v xviii_o 4._o ver._n 26._o bow_v themselves_o to_o the_o ground_n here_o again_o be_v joseph_n dream_n fulfil_v see_v xlii_o 6._o ver._n 28._o thy_o servant_n our_o father_n etc._n etc._n here_o they_o make_v a_o reverence_n to_o he_o in_o the_o name_n of_o their_o father_n whereby_o that_o part_n of_o the_o dream_n xxxvii_o 9_o 10._o which_o concern_v he_o be_v also_o fulfil_v and_o they_o speak_v likewise_o of_o he_o in_o a_o humble_a style_n signify_v his_o inferiority_n to_o joseph_n ver._n 29._o see_v his_o brother_n benjamin_n he_o have_v see_v he_o before_o verse_n 16._o but_z do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o he_o at_o the_o first_o or_o perhaps_o be_v then_o full_a of_o business_n when_o they_o present_v themselves_o at_o their_o first_o appearance_n and_o have_v not_o leisure_n to_o speak_v with_o they_o till_o dinnertime_n god_n be_v gracious_a unto_o thou_o my_o son_n he_o bless_v he_o as_o superior_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v those_o below_o they_o who_o they_o call_v their_o son_n with_o respect_n to_o themselves_o as_o father_n of_o the_o country_n ver._n 30._o his_o bowel_n do_v yern_v he_o feel_v a_o great_a commotion_n within_o himself_o which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o keep_v from_o break_v out_o and_o therefore_o he_o make_v haste_n out_o of_o the_o room_n where_o they_o be_v as_o if_o some_o other_o business_n call_v he_o away_o ver._n 31._o set_a on_o bread_n set_a the_o dinner_n upon_o the_o table_n ver._n 32._o and_o they_o set_v on_o for_o he_o by_o himself_o etc._n etc._n there_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v three_o table_n one_o where_o he_o sit_v alone_o in_o state_n another_o where_o his_o brethren_n sit_v and_o a_o three_o where_o the_o great_a man_n of_o egypt_n be_v entertain_v for_o the_o egyptian_n may_v not_o eat_v bread_n with_o the_o hebrew_n etc._n etc._n because_o the_o hebrew_n say_v jonathan_n do_v eat_v those_o beast_n which_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n write_v onkelos_n in_o which_o regard_n the_o egyptian_n be_v as_o scrupulous_a to_o eat_v with_o a_o grecian_a in_o aftertime_n as_o now_o with_o a_o hebrew_n so_o bochart_n observe_v out_o of_o athenaeus_n l._n vii_o deipnos_n where_o anaxandrides_n a_o comedian_n jeer_v the_o egyptian_n for_o worship_v a_o eel_n as_o a_o great_a god_n who_o we_o say_v he_o think_v to_o be_v most_o excellent_a meat_n and_o out_o of_o herodotus_n who_o in_o his_o euterpe_n cap._n 41._o say_v no_o egyptian_a man_n or_o woman_n will_v kiss_v the_o mouth_n of_o a_o greek_a nor_o make_v use_n of_o a_o knife_n a_o spit_n or_o a_o pot_n belong_v to_o they_o nor_o take_v a_o bit_n of_o beef_n cut_v with_o a_o greek_n knife_n see_v bochart_n hierozoic_a p._n i._o lib._n ii_o cap._n 53._o and_o dr._n spencer_n de_fw-fr rit_fw-fr hebr._n p._n 125._o but_o though_o it_o appear_v by_o such_o passage_n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o herodotus_n and_o other_o forenamed_a writer_n several_a animal_n be_v hold_v so_o sacred_a among_o the_o egyptian_n that_o they_o will_v not_o eat_v they_o yet_o it_o may_v well_o be_v question_v whether_o it_o be_v so_o in_o the_o day_n of_o joseph_n for_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o sign_n of_o it_o in_o this_o story_n much_o less_o of_o their_o worship_v such_o creature_n the_o worship_n of_o the_o famous_a ox_n call_v apis_n be_v a_o much_o late_a invention_n as_o many_o learned_a man_n have_v demonstrate_v and_o some_o of_o they_o have_v give_v probable_a reason_n that_o joseph_n himself_o be_v the_o person_n at_o first_o represent_v by_o that_o figure_n under_o the_o name_n of_o ab_n i._n e._n father_n of_o his_o country_n see_v ger._n vossius_fw-la l._n i._n de_fw-fr idol_n cap._n 29._o therefore_o it_o be_v most_o likely_a that_o this_o abhorrence_n be_v to_o be_v resolve_v only_o into_o the_o very_a different_a manner_n of_o the_o hebrew_n from_o the_o egyptian_n particular_o at_o their_o meal_n in_o the_o way_n of_o dress_v their_o meat_n or_o in_o their_o eat_n for_o we_o know_v some_o of_o the_o jew_n themselves_o afterward_o scruple_v to_o eat_v with_o those_o who_o have_v unwashen_v hand_n and_o several_a nation_n have_v avoid_v such_o familiarity_n with_o other_o mere_o on_o the_o account_n of_o their_o different_a custom_n of_o which_o the_o egyptian_n be_v exceed_v tenacious_a as_o herodotus_n himself_o inform_v we_o particular_o in_o their_o eat_n for_o he_o conclude_v his_o discourse_n about_o their_o feast_n with_o this_o observation_n in_o his_o book_n beforementioned_a cap._n 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v their_o own_o country_n custom_n they_o receive_v no_o other_o and_o in_o the_o ninety_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o say_v that_o as_o they_o will_v use_v no_o greek_a custom_n so_o to_o speak_v all_o in_o a_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n neither_o will_v they_o use_v the_o custom_n of_o any_o other_o man_n in_o the_o world_n whatsoever_o nay_o one_o part_n of_o egypt_n differ_v extreme_o from_o another_o for_o in_o the_o theban_a province_n they_o abstain_v from_o sheep_n and_o sacrifice_v goat_n but_o in_o the_o mendesian_n quite_o contrary_a they_o abstain_v from_o goat_n and_o sacrifice_a sheep_n as_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o his_o euterpe_n cap._n 42._o and_o the_o wise_a of_o they_o be_v so_o nice_o superstitious_a that_o some_o of_o they_o think_v it_o unlawful_a to_o eat_v of_o the_o head_n of_o any_o live_a creature_n other_o of_o the_o shoulderblade_n other_o of_o the_o foot_n other_o of_o some_o like_a part_n so_o sextus_n empiricus_n tell_v we_o lib._n iii_o pyrrh_n hypot_n cap._n 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o score_n i_o do_v not_o know_v but_o such_o kind_n of_o people_n may_v be_v so_o whimsical_a as_o to_o refuse_v to_o eat_v with_o one_o another_o ver._n 33._o they_o sit_v before_o he_o for_o that_o be_v the_o custom_n before_o the_o way_n of_o lie_v upon_o bed_n be_v invent_v see_v xxvii_o 19_o xxxvii_o 25._o and_o the_o man_n marvel_v one_o at_o another_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o exact_o dispose_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o their_o birth_n and_o so_o kind_o treat_v by_o one_o that_o have_v late_o use_v they_o very_o rough_o ver._n 34._o and_o he_o take_v and_o send_v mess_n etc._n etc._n order_v those_o that_o wait_v to_o take_v and_o carry_v mess_n from_o his_o own_o table_n unto_o they_o for_o such_o be_v the_o ancient_a custom_n for_o great_a man_n to_o honour_v such_o as_o be_v in_o their_o favour_n by_o send_v dish_n to_o they_o which_o be_v first_o serve_v up_o to_o themselves_o from_o whence_o they_o be_v call_v missa_fw-la mess_n thing_n send_v the_o ancient_a 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this_o a_o three_o time_n that_o they_o may_v see_v he_o do_v not_o think_v so_o much_o on_o their_o unkindness_n as_o on_o god_n great_a goodness_n and_o therefore_o be_v confident_a he_o will_v not_o remember_v what_o they_o have_v do_v to_o he_o but_o what_o god_n have_v do_v for_o they_o all_o have_v make_v a_o father_n unto_o pharaoh_n give_v i_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o father_n with_o he_o so_o that_o he_o honour_n i_o and_o do_v nothing_o without_o my_o advice_n and_o counsel_n and_o there_o be_v very_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o his_o wisdom_n be_v so_o great_a and_o experience_a ut_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la responsa_fw-la dari_fw-la viderentur_fw-la as_o trogus_n a_o ancient_a historian_n among_o the_o heathen_a observe_v that_o his_o answer_n seem_v not_o to_o be_v give_v by_o a_o man_n but_o by_o god_n which_o make_v he_o regi_fw-la percharum_fw-la very_o dear_a to_o the_o king_n as_o the_o same_o author_n relate_v who_o tell_v also_o the_o story_n of_o his_o be_v sell_v by_o his_o brethren_n who_o envy_v his_o excellent_a wit._n see_v justin_n lib._n xxxvi_o cap._n 2._o lord_n of_o all_o his_o house_n the_o principal_a person_n in_o his_o court._n and_o ruler_n throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n chief_a governor_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n in_o which_o be_v several_a province_n which_o have_v distinct_a governor_n who_o be_v all_o under_o the_o government_n of_o joseph_n ver._n 10._o thou_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n this_o be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o low_a egypt_n which_o lie_v next_o to_o arabia_n and_o palestine_n abound_v with_o fair_a pasture_n be_v water_v by_o many_o stream_n from_o the_o nile_n certain_a it_o be_v it_o lie_v next_o to_o canaan_n for_o jacob_n go_v direct_o thither_o when_o he_o come_v into_o egypt_n and_o stay_v there_o till_o joseph_n come_v to_o he_o xlvi_o 28._o and_o thou_o shall_v be_v near_o unto_o i_o therefore_o the_o royal_a city_n where_o joseph_n reside_v that_o he_o may_v be_v always_o near_o to_o pharaoh_n be_v at_o this_o time_n in_o the_o low_a egypt_n at_o zoan_n psalm_n lxxviii_o 43._o which_o other_o author_n call_v tanis_n which_o be_v situate_v not_o far_o from_o that_o mouth_n of_o nile_n which_o plutarch_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o part_n of_o egypt_n be_v call_v the_o high_a where_o nile_n run_v only_o in_o one_o stream_n that_o the_o low_a where_o it_o divide_v into_o many_o and_o from_o its_o triangular_a form_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o eastern_a part_n of_o which_o or_o very_o near_o it_o towards_o the_o red_a sea_n be_v this_o country_n call_v the_o land_n of_o goshen_n this_o argue_v the_o great_a authority_n of_o joseph_n that_o he_o make_v such_o promise_n as_o these_o before_o he_o have_v ask_v the_o consent_n of_o pharaoh_n ver._n 12._o and_o behold_v your_o eye_n see_v etc._n etc._n you_o can_v but_o be_v convince_v by_o the_o lineament_n you_o see_v in_o my_o face_n and_o by_o the_o language_n which_o i_o speak_v and_o by_o all_o the_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v relate_v concern_v the_o state_n of_o our_o family_n that_o indeed_o it_o be_v your_o brother_n joseph_n who_o speak_v to_o you_o or_o more_o simple_o you_o have_v it_o not_o by_o hear-say_n which_o may_v deceive_v you_o but_o be_v eye-witness_n that_o i_o be_o alive_a and_o say_v these_o thing_n to_o you_o ver._n 13._o tell_v my_o father_n of_o all_o my_o glory_n of_o the_o great_a honour_n which_o be_v do_v i_o in_o egypt_n ver._n 15._o his_o brethren_n talk_v with_o he_o after_o their_o fright_n be_v over_o and_o he_o have_v so_o affectionate_o embrace_v they_o they_o converse_v free_o and_o familiar_o with_o he_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v likely_a their_o crime_n and_o acquaint_v he_o with_o what_o have_v pass_v in_o their_o family_n since_o they_o commit_v it_o ver._n 16._o and_o the_o fame_n thereof_o etc._n etc._n all_o the_o court_n ring_v as_o we_o speak_v with_o the_o news_n of_o joseph_n brethren_n be_v come_v and_o that_o they_o be_v to_o fetch_v their_o father_n and_o settle_v in_o egypt_n for_o joseph_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o next_o verse_n go_v and_o acquaint_v pharaoh_n with_o his_o desire_n and_o it_o please_v pharaoh_n well_o and_o his_o servant_n no_o wonder_n that_o pharaoh_n who_o have_v raise_v joseph_n so_o high_a be_v please_v to_o be_v kind_a to_o his_o father_n and_o family_n and_o the_o court_n follow_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o king_n ver._n 17._o pharaoh_n say_v unto_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n this_o no_o doubt_n be_v the_o answer_n pharaoh_n make_v to_o joseph_n petition_n wherein_o he_o grant_v he_o not_o only_o what_o he_o ask_v but_o all_o conduce_v to_o it_o ver._n 18._o i_o will_v give_v you_o the_o good_a of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n the_o rich_a part_n of_o the_o country_n which_o produce_v the_o noble_a fruit_n ver._n 19_o now_o thou_o be_v command_v now_o that_o thou_o have_v my_o warrant_n for_o it_o go_v about_o it_o present_o ver._n 20._o regard_v not_o your_o stuff_n if_o there_o be_v not_o wagon_n enough_o to_o bring_v all_o your_o stuff_n do_v not_o matter_n it_o you_o shall_v have_v better_o here_o but_o the_o vulgar_a seem_v to_o take_v it_o in_o a_o quite_o contrary_a sense_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v leave_v nothing_o behind_o you_o but_o bring_v all_o you_o have_v with_o you_o if_o you_o think_v good_a though_o whatsoever_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n afford_v be_v all_o you_o all_o the_o good_a of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v not_o want_v when_o you_o come_v hither_o if_o it_o be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o egypt_n ver._n 21._o give_v they_o wagon_n and_o horse_n no_o doubt_n to_o draw_v they_o with_o which_o egypt_n abound_v ver._n 22._o to_o each_o man_n change_v of_o raiment_n two_o vest_n or_o robe_n as_o st._n hierom_n translate_v it_o otherwise_o there_o will_v not_o have_v be_v a_o change_n these_o be_v part_n of_o the_o ancient_a riches_n as_o much_o as_o money_n ver._n 23._o after_o this_o manner_n the_o hebrew_n word_n cezoth_v signify_v according_a to_o that_o which_o he_o have_v give_v to_o benjamin_n i._n e._n money_n and_o several_a change_n of_o raiment_n beside_o what_o follow_v ten_o ass_n lade_v with_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n bread_n and_o meat_n i._n e._n all_o manner_n of_o provision_n ver._n 24._o see_v that_o you_o fall_v not_o out_o etc._n etc._n about_o what_o you_o have_v former_o do_v to_o i_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o i_o have_v say_v to_o you_o but_o when_o you_o reflect_v upon_o your_o sell_v i_o adore_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n which_o by_o that_o mean_v bring_v about_o your_o happiness_n and_o i_o ver._n 26._o his_o heart_n faint_v at_o the_o mention_n of_o joseph_n name_n he_o fall_v into_o a_o swoon_n be_v full_o persuade_v he_o be_v dead_a and_o give_v no_o credit_n to_o what_o they_o say_v of_o his_o be_v alive_a ver._n 27._o and_o they_o tell_v he_o all_o the_o word_n of_o joseph_n when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o himself_o they_o relate_v all_o that_o have_v pass_v between_o they_o and_o joseph_n how_o great_a a_o man_n he_o be_v and_o how_o desirous_a to_o see_v he_o etc._n etc._n verse_n 13._o and_o when_o he_o see_v the_o wagon_n have_v not_o only_o hear_v their_o relation_n but_o see_v also_o those_o carriage_n which_o no_o doubt_n be_v splendid_a and_o suitable_a to_o joseph_n quality_n that_o be_v come_v to_o bring_v he_o into_o egypt_n he_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o a_o sufficient_a confirmation_n of_o the_o good_a news_n the_o spirit_n of_o jacob_n revive_v which_o bochart_n translate_v pristino_fw-la vigori_fw-la restutus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o former_a vigour_n not_o only_o recover_v perfect_o from_o his_o faint_a fit_a but_o raise_v to_o a_o great_a liveliness_n than_o he_o have_v feel_v since_o the_o loss_n of_o joseph_n ver._n 28._o it_o be_v enough_o etc._n etc._n i_o wish_v for_o no_o more_o but_o to_o live_v to_o see_v he_o and_o then_o i_o shall_v be_v content_a to_o die_v chap._n xlvi_o ver._n 1._o come_v to_o beersheba_n which_o be_v in_o his_o way_n from_o hebron_n where_o he_o now_o live_v xxxv_o 27._o into_o egypt_n lie_v in_o the_o most_o southerly_a part_n of_o canaan_n near_o that_o wilderness_n through_o which_o the_o israelite_n go_v when_o they_o come_v from_o egypt_n and_o offer_a sacrifice_n recommend_v himself_o and_o his_o family_n unto_o god_n protection_n in_o his_o journey_n to_o egypt_n and_o unto_o his_o preservation_n when_o he_o come_v there_o and_o he_o the_o rather_o call_v upon_o god_n in_o this_o place_n because_o both_o his_o father_n and_o grandfather_n have_v find_v favour_n with_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 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lay_v his_o hand_n across_o so_o that_o the_o right_a hand_n lay_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o ephraim_n who_o be_v next_o to_o his_o left_a etc._n etc._n ver._n 15._o he_o bless_a joseph_n in_o the_o blessing_n he_o bestow_v on_o his_o child_n all_o my_o life_n long_o the_o hebrew_n word_n mehodi_n signify_v à _fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la as_o bochart_n interpret_v it_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o lib._n ii_o c._n 14._o ever_o since_o i_o have_v a_o be_v ver._n 16._o the_o angel_n which_o redeem_v i_o who_o by_o god_n order_n and_o as_o his_o minister_n preserve_v i_o in_o all_o the_o danger_n wherein_o i_o have_v be_v many_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n as_o athanasius_n l._n iu_o contra_fw-la arianos_fw-la cyril_n upon_o this_o place_n procopius_n gazaeus_n etc._n etc._n understand_v hereby_o a_o increated_a angel_n viz._n the_o second_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n but_o the_o discourse_n be_v not_o concern_v the_o send_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o our_o 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shall_v all_o be_v obedient_a unto_o the_o messiah_n and_o after_o that_o the_o posterity_n of_o judah_n shall_v have_v neither_o king_n nor_o ruler_n of_o their_o own_o but_o the_o whole_a commonwealth_n of_o judah_n shall_v quite_o lose_v all_o form_n and_o never_o recover_v it_o again_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o exposition_n appear_v exact_o from_o their_o history_n of_o which_o it_o will_v be_v useful_a here_o to_o give_v a_o account_n for_o from_o david_n to_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n they_o hold_v the_o sceptre_n for_o five_o whole_a age_n and_o more_o as_o i_o observe_v above_o after_o which_o when_o seventy_o year_n be_v finish_v in_o that_o captivity_n they_o live_v by_o their_o own_o law_n in_o their_o own_o country_n but_o have_v no_o absolute_a authority_n of_o their_o own_o independent_a upon_o other_o nor_o ever_o enjoy_v a_o full_a liberty_n for_o they_o be_v at_o first_o under_o the_o persian_a monarch_n afterward_o upon_o the_o conquest_n make_v by_o 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call_v they_o it_o begin_v in_o mattathias_n and_o be_v continue_v in_o his_o son_n the_o three_o of_o which_o simon_n raise_v it_o to_o such_o a_o splendour_n that_o he_o look_v like_o a_o prince_n as_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v it_o describe_v in_o 1_o maccab._n fourteen_o from_o whence_o his_o grandchild_n aristobulus_n seem_v to_o have_v take_v occasion_n to_o affect_v the_o name_n of_o king_n though_o he_o have_v but_o the_o shadow_n of_o that_o power_n yet_o his_o posterity_n keep_v that_o name_n to_o the_o time_n of_o herod_n who_o strip_v they_o of_o all_o their_o power_n and_o destroy_v their_o family_n after_o his_o death_n the_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v by_o augustus_n into_o tetrarchy_n archelaus_n be_v make_v tetrarch_n of_o judaea_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o country_n divide_v between_o philip_n and_o antipas_n but_o archelaus_n misbehave_v himself_o he_o
by_o chance_n their_o forefather_n have_v so_o long_o before_o predict_v the_o very_a portion_n they_o shall_v inherit_v ver._n 14._o issachar_n be_v a_o strong_a ass_n as_o he_o compare_v judah_n to_o a_o lion_n because_o of_o his_o valour_n so_o he_o compare_v issachar_n to_o a_o ass_n and_o a_o strong_a ass_n because_o he_o foresee_v they_o will_v be_v very_o patient_a and_o unwearied_a in_o rustical_a labour_n in_o which_o ass_n be_v principal_o employ_v in_o those_o country_n couch_v down_o between_o two_o burden_n there_o be_v various_a opinion_n about_o the_o signification_n of_o that_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v burden_n but_o none_o seem_v to_o i_o so_o apt_a as_o that_o to_o express_v the_o great_a strength_n of_o a_o ass_n which_o lie_v down_o with_o its_o load_n hang_v down_o on_o both_o side_n whence_o a_o she_o ass_n be_v call_v athon_n as_o bochart_n observe_v from_o the_o word_n ethan_n which_o signify_v strength_n because_o no_o beast_n of_o that_o bigness_n can_v carry_v such_o heavy_a burden_n ver._n 15._o and_o he_o see_v that_o rest_n be_v good_a or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o their_o rest_a place_n the_o country_n that_o fall_v to_o their_o share_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n no_o part_n of_o which_o be_v more_o fruitful_a than_o some_o part_n of_o issachar_n portion_n which_o way_n soever_o we_o take_v it_o he_o seem_v to_o foretell_v they_o will_v choose_v to_o follow_v husbandry_n rather_o than_o merchandise_n as_o zebulon_n do_v and_o love_v quiet_a and_o peace_n as_o husbandman_n do_v especial_o when_o they_o live_v in_o a_o rich_a soil_n as_o this_o tribe_n do_v for_o so_o it_o follow_v and_o the_o land_n that_o it_o be_v pleasant_a the_o famous_a valley_n of_o jezreel_n be_v in_o this_o tribe_n who_o border_n extend_v as_o far_o as_o jordan_n where_o there_o be_v a_o very_a pleasant_a country_n josh_n xix_o 18_o 22._o bow_v his_o shoulder_n to_o bear_v take_v any_o pain_n to_o till_o the_o land_n and_o to_o carry_v in_o the_o corn_n with_o other_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o become_v a_o servant_n unto_o tribute_n submit_v to_o the_o heavy_a tax_n rather_o than_o lose_v their_o repose_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o which_o they_o be_v content_a to_o give_v any_o money_n that_o they_o may_v redeem_v their_o service_n in_o the_o war_n or_o otherways_o by_o large_a contribution_n ver._n 16._o dan_fw-mi shall_v judge_v his_o people_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o word_n judge_v he_o allude_v to_o the_o name_n of_o dan_n which_o signify_v judge_v i._n e._n ruling_n and_o govern_v a_o great_a many_o follow_n onkelos_n who_o expound_v it_o thus_o a_o man_n shall_v arise_v out_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n in_o who_o day_n the_o people_n shall_v be_v deliver_v etc._n etc._n and_o according_o we_o read_v that_o samson_n who_o be_v of_o this_o tribe_n judge_v israel_n twenty_o year_n so_o the_o meaning_n be_v the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n shall_v have_v the_o honour_n to_o produce_v a_o judge_n as_o well_o as_o 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some_o take_v for_o a_o basilisk_n other_o for_o a_o asp_n or_o a_o viper_n other_o a_o snake_n or_o adder_n etc._n etc._n the_o vulgar_a translate_v it_o cerastes_n which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o viper_n and_o bochartus_fw-la in_o his_o hierozoicon_n p._n ii_o l._n iii_o c._n 12._o have_v confirm_v this_o translation_n by_o show_v how_o well_o it_o agree_v to_o the_o character_n which_o author_n give_v of_o it_o that_o it_o lie_v in_o sand_n and_o in_o the_o rut_n which_o cart-wheel_n make_v in_o the_o highway_n and_o so_o be_v ready_a to_o bite_v traveller_n or_o their_o horse_n which_o be_v the_o hard_a to_o be_v avoid_v because_o it_o be_v of_o a_o sandy_a colour_n so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o tread_n upon_o it_o unaware_o and_o nicander_n say_v the_o poison_n of_o these_o serpent_n be_v chief_o feel_v in_o the_o thigh_n and_o ham_n of_o those_o they_o bite_v which_o perfect_o agree_v with_o what_o jacob_n say_v in_o the_o follow_a word_n that_o bit_v the_o horse-heel_n so_o that_o his_o rider_n shall_v fall_v backward_o the_o horse_n not_o be_v able_a to_o stand_v when_o the_o venom_n work_v in_o his_o leg_n the_o rider_n must_v needs_o fall_v with_o he_o all_o this_o some_o make_v to_o be_v a_o description_n of_o samson_n who_o lead_v no_o army_n against_o his_o enemy_n but_o overthrow_v they_o by_o subtlety_n and_o craft_n but_o it_o rather_o belong_v to_o all_o the_o danite_n as_o what_o be_v say_v before_o to_o all_o the_o zebulonite_n and_o issacharians_n who_o jacob_n foresee_v will_v astu_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la aperto_fw-la marte_fw-la rem_fw-la gerere_fw-la manage_v their_o war_n rather_o by_o cunning_a and_o craft_n than_o by_o open_a hostility_n as_o bochart_n speak_v a_o example_n of_o which_o we_o have_v in_o judg._n xviii_o 27._o ver._n 18._o i_o have_v wait_v for_o thy_o salvation_n o_o lord_n they_o that_o refer_v the_o forego_n word_n to_o samson_n make_v a_o easy_a interpretation_n of_o this_o verse_n which_o be_v that_o jacob_n foresee_v his_o great_a achievement_n for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o his_o child_n pray_v that_o god_n will_v upon_o all_o occasion_n vouchsafe_v to_o send_v such_o deliverer_n unto_o they_o from_o their_o oppressor_n and_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v make_v he_o look_v beyond_o such_o deliverer_n unto_o christ_n the_o great_a saviour_n of_o the_o world_n for_o these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o onkelos_n in_o the_o complutensian_a edition_n for_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o buxtorf_n or_o bomberg_n i_o do_v not_o wait_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o gideon_n the_o son_n of_o joash_n which_o be_v temporal_a salvation_n or_o of_o samson_n the_o son_n of_o manoah_n which_o be_v also_o a_o transitory_a salvation_n but_o i_o expect_v the_o redemption_n of_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o david_n etc._n etc._n jonathan_n and_o the_o jerusalem_n targum_fw-la say_v the_o same_o and_o if_o we_o take_v all_o this_o porphecy_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o whole_a tribe_n as_o i_o 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not_o have_v they_o mistake_v it_o when_o they_o go_v to_o bury_v he_o and_o that_o he_o may_v show_v his_o title_n to_o it_o if_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o canaan_n from_o which_o he_o have_v be_v absent_a some_o year_n shall_v dispute_v the_o lay_v his_o body_n there_o ver._n 33._o when_o jacob_n have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o command_v his_o son_n concern_v his_o burial_n which_o he_o brief_o add_v to_o his_o prophecy_n he_o gather_v up_o his_o foot_n into_o the_o bed_n the_o hebrew_n think_v that_o out_o of_o reverence_n to_o god_n he_o sit_v up_o when_o he_o pronounce_v a_o blessing_n on_o his_o son_n his_o foot_n hang_v down_o upon_o the_o ground_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o endeavour_v to_o put_v himself_o into_o a_o posture_n of_o authority_n at_o least_o and_o therefore_o sit_v on_o his_o bedside_n while_o he_o speak_v and_o now_o the_o prophetic_a spirit_n which_o have_v raise_v his_o natural_a spirit_n above_o their_o ordinary_a pitch_n depart_v from_o he_o they_o present_o sink_v so_o much_o the_o low_a and_o in_o a_o short_a time_n he_o expire_v yield_v up_o the_o ghost_n the_o hebrew_n will_v have_v it_o to_o express_v a_o easy_a death_n and_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o people_n to_o his_o ancestor_n from_o whence_o there_o be_v some_o particular_o theodoret_n who_o infer_v the_o belief_n they_o have_v in_o those_o day_n of_o another_o life_n in_o society_n with_o those_o who_o be_v depart_v out_o of_o this_o life_n for_o brute_n be_v never_o say_v to_o be_v gather_v to_o those_o of_o their_o kind_a that_o die_v before_o they_o chap._n l._n ver._n 1._o joseph_n fall_v on_o his_o father_n face_n he_o be_v transport_v by_o his_o affection_n to_o the_o tender_a expression_n of_o it_o though_o he_o be_v a_o man_n in_o great_a dignity_n and_o authority_n and_o kiss_v he_o it_o be_v likely_a he_o first_o close_v his_o eye_n as_o god_n promise_v he_o shall_v do_v xlvi_o 4._o and_o as_o the_o custom_n be_v and_o then_o part_v from_o his_o body_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n both_o he_o himself_o kiss_v the_o dead_a person_n and_o after_o he_o all_o that_o be_v present_a do_v the_o same_o so_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v their_o take_v a_o solemn_a leave_n of_o the_o dead_a till_o they_o meet_v in_o another_o world_n ver._n 2._o his_o servant_n the_o physician_n great_a man_n ancient_o among_o other_o servant_n that_o wait_v on_o they_o have_v a_o physician_n and_o joseph_n be_v viceroy_n of_o egypt_n may_v well_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v keep_v more_o than_o one_o in_o his_o retinue_n to_o embalm_v his_o father_n of_o which_o there_o be_v now_o the_o great_a necessity_n because_o his_o body_n be_v to_o be_v carry_v a_o great_a way_n to_o its_o sepulchre_n and_o both_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n siculus_n tell_v we_o there_o be_v those_o in_o egypt_n who_o profess_v the_o art_n of_o preserve_v body_n from_o corruption_n which_o it_o be_v likely_a be_v part_n of_o their_o physician_n employment_n for_o the_o word_n ropheim_n 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