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 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11._o out_o of_o that_o land_n go_v forth_o ashur_n this_o translation_n be_v not_o so_o likely_a as_o that_o in_o the_o margin_n he_o go_v out_o into_o assyria_n for_o moses_n be_v speak_v of_o what_o nimrod_n the_o son_n of_o cush_n do_v and_o not_o of_o the_o son_n of_o shem_n among_o who_o ashur_n be_v one_o nor_o be_v it_o agreeable_a to_o the_o order_n of_o history_n to_o tell_v we_o here_o what_o ashur_n do_v before_o there_o be_v any_o mention_n of_o his_o birth_n which_o follow_v verse_n 22._o beside_o it_o be_v not_o peculiar_a to_o ashur_n the_o son_n of_o shem_n that_o he_o go_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o shinar_n for_o so_o do_v almost_o all_o man_n who_o be_v disperse_v from_o thence_o add_v to_o this_o that_o assyria_n be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o nimrod_n by_o micah_n v._o 6._o they_o shall_v waste_v the_o land_n of_o assyria_n with_o the_o sword_n and_o the_o land_n of_o nimrod_n with_o their_o lance_n or_o in_o the_o entrance_n thereof_o as_o we_o translate_v it_o 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infect_v with_o idolatry_n see_v xi_o 18_o 22._o some_o of_o shem_n posterity_n forget_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o and_o worship_v the_o sun_n as_o the_o great_a god_n and_o the_o star_n as_o less_o go_n so_o maimonides_n in_o his_o more_n nevoch_n p_o iii_o c._n 29._o where_o he_o say_v the_o zabii_n relate_v in_o one_o of_o their_o book_n which_o he_o there_o name_n that_o abram_n contradict_v their_o worship_n the_o king_n of_o the_o country_n imprison_v he_o and_o afterward_o banish_v he_o into_o the_o utmost_a part_n of_o the_o east_n and_o confiscate_v all_o his_o estate_n a_o tale_n invent_v to_o take_v away_o from_o he_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o voluntary_a leave_v his_o country_n and_o to_o discredit_v this_o sacred_a history_n which_o tell_v we_o he_o direct_v his_o course_n quite_o another_o way_n towards_o the_o west_n abarbinel_n and_o other_o will_v not_o have_v this_o call_v of_o god_n to_o abram_n to_o have_v be_v when_o he_o be_v in_o ur_fw-la but_o after_o they_o come_v to_o haran_n to_o which_o he_o fancy_n terah_n come_v because_o of_o some_o misfortune_n he_o have_v in_o ur_fw-la but_o this_o be_v invent_v to_o contradict_v st._n stephen_n act_v vii_o 2._o with_o who_o aben_n ezra_n agree_v who_o expound_v these_o word_n of_o his_o call_n out_o of_o ur_fw-la for_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o find_v any_o other_o reason_n why_o he_o design_v to_o go_v to_o canaan_n xi_o 31._o the_o place_n whither_o he_o go_v after_o terah_n be_v dead_a into_o a_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o he_o have_v the_o divine_a direction_n it_o seem_v all_o along_o to_o conduct_v he_o in_o his_o journey_n but_o it_o argue_v as_o the_o apostle_n observe_v a_o great_a faith_n in_o god_n that_o he_o will_v follow_v he_o not_o know_v the_o country_n to_o which_o he_o will_v lead_v he_o ver._n 2._o and_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n first_o by_o multiply_v his_o posterity_n and_o then_o by_o make_v they_o a_o select_a peculiar_a people_n who_o 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particular_a friendship_n which_o he_o here_o contract_v with_o abram_n who_o be_v call_v the_o friend_n of_o god_n in_o promise_v to_o espouse_v his_o interest_n so_o far_o as_o to_o have_v the_o same_o friend_n and_o enemy_n that_o he_o have_v which_o be_v the_o form_n wherein_o king_n and_o prince_n make_v the_o strict_a league_n one_o with_o another_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o maimonides_n will_v have_v it_o in_o the_o place_n beforenamed_n that_o the_o zabaean_n load_v abram_n with_o all_o manner_n of_o curse_n and_o reproach_n when_o he_o be_v send_v out_o of_o their_o country_n which_o he_o bear_v patient_o god_n turn_v upon_o themselves_o and_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v which_o be_v most_o eminent_o fulfil_v in_o christ_n and_o here_o it_o must_v be_v remark_v that_o this_o promise_n of_o bless_v all_o the_o world_n in_o abram_n be_v make_v to_o he_o before_o he_o receive_v circumcision_n while_o he_o be_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n and_o before_o he_o have_v any_o issue_n for_o sarai_n be_v barren_a and_o have_v no_o child_n xi_o 30._o and_o therefore_o before_o any_o preference_n of_o isaac_n to_o ishmael_n or_o any_o distinction_n make_v between_o his_o posterity_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n in_o token_n that_o they_o be_v all_o concern_v in_o this_o promise_n whether_o descend_v from_o abraham_n or_o not_o in_o short_a this_o promise_v only_a limit_n the_o birth_n of_o the_o messiah_n to_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n but_o declare_v that_o his_o benefit_n shall_v be_v common_a to_o all_o other_o nation_n ver._n 4._o so_o abram_n depart_v etc._n etc._n have_v stay_v some_o time_n in_o haran_n where_o his_o father_n fall_v sick_a and_o die_v he_o prosecute_v his_o journey_n from_o thence_o to_o canaan_n after_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a so_o st._n stephen_n tell_v we_o express_o act_v vii_o 4._o from_o thence_o i._n e._n from_o charran_n when_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a he_o remove_v he_o into_o this_o land_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a effect_n of_o abraham_n faith_n i_o observe_v before_o to_o move_v he_o to_o leave_v his_o own_o native_a country_n and_o go_v to_o haran_n but_o it_o be_v still_o a_o great_a after_o he_o have_v travel_v a_o long_a way_n from_o ur_fw-la hither_o to_o go_v three_o hundred_o mile_n more_o from_o hence_o to_o canaan_n a_o country_n of_o which_o he_o have_v no_o knowledge_n nor_o have_v send_v any_o body_n before_o he_o to_o discover_v it_o take_v his_o journey_n through_o the_o dangerous_a and_o barren_a desert_n of_o palmyrena_n and_o have_v nothing_o to_o support_v he_o but_o only_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n which_o make_v he_o climb_v over_o the_o high_a mountain_n either_o of_o libanus_n hermon_n or_o gilead_n for_o in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n he_o enter_v as_o sir_n w._n raleigh_n have_v observe_v see_v verse_n 5._o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o he_o may_v conclude_v perhaps_o that_o abram_n be_v call_v in_o a_o special_a manner_n out_o of_o chaldaea_n be_v thereby_o distinguish_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o shem_n posterity_n and_o that_o he_o join_v with_o he_o in_o obey_v the_o same_o call_v may_v claim_v the_o privilege_n of_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n no_o less_o than_o abram_n and_o abram_n be_v seventy_o and_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o depart_v out_o of_o haran_n see_v xi_o ult_n ver._n 5._o all_o the_o soul_n they_o have_v get_v hebr._n have_v make_v in_o haran_n i._n e._n all_o the_o slave_n bear_v in_o their_o house_n or_o buy_v with_o their_o money_n the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v interpret_v this_o of_o the_o proselyte_n they_o have_v win_v to_o god_n for_o such_o only_a will_v abram_n carry_v with_o he_o and_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n be_v so_o nice_a as_o to_o say_v that_o abram_n instruct_v the_o man_n and_o sarai_n the_o woman_n in_o the_o true_a religion_n concern_v which_o he_o write_v a_o book_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v maimonides_n de_fw-fr idolol_n c._n 1._o and_o leave_v it_o to_o his_o son_n isaac_n we_o read_v also_o in_o pirke_n elieser_n c._n 25._o that_o he_o take_v a_o house_n which_o front_v charran_n where_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a piety_n he_o keep_v great_a hospitality_n and_o invite_v those_o that_o go_v in_o or_o come_v out_o of_o the_o town_n to_o refresh_v themselves_o if_o they_o please_v set_a meat_n and_o drink_n before_o they_o say_v there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n in_o the_o world_n and_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n they_o come_v we_o be_v tell_v before_o xi_o 31._o that_o terah_n go_v forth_o to_o go_v to_o this_o country_n but_o can_v not_o reach_v it_o as_o abram_n do_v who_o enter_v into_o it_o at_o the_o north_n part_n of_o it_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o the_o story_n where_o we_o read_v he_o go_v to_o sichem_n etc._n etc._n and_o verse_n 9_o go_v on_o still_o towards_o the_o south_n ver._n 6._o sichem_n and_o the_o plain_a of_o moreh_n or_o as_o mr._n mede_n follow_v the_o lxx_o will_v have_v it_o the_o oak_n of_o moreh_n understanding_n by_o oak_n not_o only_o one_o single_a oak_n but_o a_o holt_n or_o grove_n of_o oakes_n see_v xiii_o 18._o where_o i_o suppose_v he_o intend_v to_o have_v fix_v his_o dwell_n have_v not_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o people_n who_o inhabit_v that_o country_n make_v it_o inconvenient_a and_o the_o canaanite_n be_v then_o in_o the_o land_n it_o be_v very_o pertinent_a to_o moses_n his_o design_n speak_v of_o abram_n passage_n through_o this_o country_n to_o tell_v who_o be_v at_o that_o time_n possess_v of_o it_o but_o it_o be_v dubious_a whether_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o canaanite_n a_o particular_a people_n descend_v from_o canaan_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
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
spend_v so_o much_o as_o they_o do_v in_o better_a time_n and_o three_o that_o even_o in_o those_o year_n of_o great_a famine_n something_o may_v be_v sow_o at_o least_o near_o the_o bank_n of_o nile_n but_o the_o plain_a answer_n be_v that_o ten_o part_n be_v the_o tribute_n due_a to_o king_n in_o many_o country_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a here_o as_o i_o observe_v upon_o xxviii_o ult_n pharaoh_n be_v advise_v to_o double_v this_o charge_n in_o the_o year_n of_o extraordinary_a plenty_n when_o the_o five_o part_n be_v not_o more_o than_o the_o ten_o in_o other_o year_n or_o which_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v suppose_v from_o a_o good_a king_n and_o a_o good_a counsellor_n to_o buy_v as_o much_o more_o as_o be_v his_o tribute_n which_o he_o may_v do_v at_o a_o easy_a rate_n when_o vast_a plenty_n make_v corn_n very_o cheap_a ver._n 35._o gather_v all_o the_o food_n of_o those_o good_a year_n that_o come_v the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o growth_n of_o the_o next_o seven_o year_n and_o lay_v up_o corn._n in_o place_n provide_v for_o that_o purpose_n under_o the_o hand_n of_o pharaoh_n not_o to_o be_v meddle_v withal_o but_o keep_v by_o pharaoh_n order_n to_o be_v dispense_v hereafter_o as_o need_n shall_v require_v and_o let_v they_o keep_v food_n in_o the_o city_n let_v this_o food_n be_v reserve_v in_o the_o several_a city_n of_o the_o kingdom_n ver._n 36._o and_o that_o food_n shall_v be_v for_o store_n shall_v not_o be_v spend_v but_o lay_v up_o and_o preserve_v against_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n that_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n do_v not_o perish_v ver._n 37._o and_o the_o thing_n be_v good_a in_o the_o eye_n etc._n etc._n the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o court_n be_v please_v with_o this_o advice_n but_o some_o may_v wonder_v that_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o minister_n shall_v so_o ready_o believe_v a_o young_a man_n and_o a_o stranger_n of_o a_o nation_n who_o they_o do_v not_o converse_v withal_o and_o late_o accuse_v of_o a_o great_a crime_n but_o they_o may_v be_v satisfy_v by_o consider_v that_o joseph_n have_v clear_v himself_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o prison_n where_o he_o have_v be_v know_v already_o to_o have_v interpret_v dream_n exact_o according_a to_o the_o event_n in_o two_o notorious_a case_n which_o the_o chief_a butler_n have_v report_v verse_n 12_o 13._o and_o beside_o his_o exposition_n of_o the_o figure_n which_o pharaoh_n see_v in_o his_o dream_n be_v so_o natural_a that_o it_o be_v apt_a to_o beget_v belief_n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v a_o expounder_n of_o dream_n before_o and_o above_o all_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o god_n who_o send_v the_o dream_n and_o make_v they_o stick_v in_o pharaoh_n thought_n dispose_v his_o mind_n also_o to_o receive_v the_o interpretation_n with_o a_o deep_a sense_n of_o its_o truth_n ver._n 38._o pharaoh_n say_v to_o his_o servant_n the_o great_a minister_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o officer_n of_o the_o court_n who_o stand_v about_o he_o in_o who_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n without_o which_o he_o can_v not_o foresee_v and_o foretell_v such_o thing_n ver._n 39_o and_o pharaoh_n say_v unto_o joseph_n it_o seem_v all_o his_o servant_n be_v of_o pharaoh_n mind_n and_o consent_v to_o what_o he_o say_v be_v amaze_v at_o the_o wisdom_n which_o appear_v in_o joseph_n forasmuch_o as_o god_n have_v show_v thou_o all_o this_o god_n wrought_v in_o he_o the_o high_a opinion_n of_o joseph_n as_o a_o man_n divine_o inspire_v there_o be_v none_o so_o discreet_a and_o wise_a as_o thou_o be_v thou_o thyself_o be_v the_o only_a person_n who_o thou_o advise_v i_o to_o set_v over_o the_o land_n verse_n 33._o ver._n 40._o thou_o shall_v be_v over_o my_o house_n be_v the_o chief_a minister_n in_o my_o court_n for_o that_o be_v mean_v by_o his_o house_n and_o according_a to_o thy_o word_n as_o thou_o shall_v give_v order_n shall_v all_o my_o people_n be_v rule_v the_o margin_n translate_v it_o arm_v as_o if_o he_o put_v the_o whole_a militia_n of_o the_o kingdom_n into_o his_o hand_n but_o this_o seem_v too_o narrow_a a_o sense_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o thought_n of_o war_n at_o this_o time_n but_o of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o kingdom_n in_o time_n of_o peace_n and_o therefore_o we_o also_o translate_v it_o kiss_v i._n e._n obey_v as_o the_o lxx_o and_o vulgar_a well_o translate_v it_o and_o as_o it_o signify_v in_o psalm_n ii_o ult_n kiss_v the_o son_n i._n e._n submit_v to_o he_o and_o obey_v he_o only_o in_o the_o throne_n will_v i_o be_v great_a than_o thou_o thou_o shall_v have_v no_o superior_a but_o only_o myself_o ver._n 41._o see_v i_o have_v set_v thou_o over_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n he_o have_v advise_v pharaoh_n only_o to_o set_v a_o man_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a inspector_n of_o the_o store_n of_o corn_n verse_n 33._o for_o which_o pharaoh_n think_v none_o so_o fit_a as_o joseph_n himself_o verse_n 39_o but_o he_o now_o constitute_v he_o chief_a governor_n under_o he_o in_o all_o affair_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n ver._n 42._o take_v off_o his_o ring_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v well_o explain_v by_o vossius_fw-la lib._n i._n de_fw-fr orig._n &_o progr_n idolol_n cap._n 9_o in_o these_o word_n tùm_fw-la ut_fw-la symbolum_n dignitatis_fw-la tùm_fw-la ad_fw-la literas_fw-la &_o diplomata_fw-la publico_fw-la nomine_fw-la signandas_fw-la both_o in_o token_n of_o the_o dignity_n to_o which_o he_o be_v prefer_v and_o that_o he_o may_v seal_v letter_n and_o patent_n in_o the_o king_n name_n vesture_n of_o fine_a linen_n so_o the_o hebrew_n word_n schesch_n signify_v rather_o than_o silk_n as_o it_o be_v translate_v in_o the_o margin_n though_o not_o the_o common_a linen_n but_o that_o which_o the_o ancient_n call_v byssus_n which_o pollux_n say_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sort_n of_o linen_n very_o pure_a and_o soft_a and_o very_o dear_a because_o it_o do_v not_o grow_v every_o where_n linum_fw-la tenuissimum_fw-la &_o pretiosissimum_fw-la as_o braunius_n show_v lib._n i._n de_fw-fr vestib_n sacerdot_n hebr._n cap._n 6._o in_o garment_n make_v of_o this_o great_a man_n only_o not_o the_o vulgar_a people_n be_v clothe_v king_n themselves_o it_o appear_v by_o solomon_n be_v array_v in_o such_o vesture_n put_v a_o gold_n chain_n about_o his_o neck_n another_o token_n of_o the_o high_a dignity_n ver._n 43._o make_a he_o ride_v in_o the_o second_o chariot_n which_o he_o have_v in_o the_o best_a of_o the_o king_n coach_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v except_o one_o which_o pharaoh_n reserve_v for_o himself_o and_o attend_v no_o doubt_n with_o a_o suitable_a equipage_n of_o footman_n and_o horseman_n perhaps_o for_o a_o guard_n to_o his_o person_n cry_v before_o he_o bow_v the_o knee_n they_o that_o go_v before_o his_o chariot_n to_o make_v way_n for_o he_o require_v all_o to_o do_v he_o such_o reverence_n as_o they_o do_v to_o the_o king_n himself_o when_o he_o appear_v which_o be_v by_o bow_v their_o knee_n or_o their_o body_n the_o word_n they_o use_v to_o this_o purpose_n as_o they_o go_v along_o be_v abrech_n which_o we_o translate_v bow_v the_o knee_n derive_v it_o from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n barach_n which_o have_v that_o signification_n though_o other_o will_v have_v it_o to_o signify_v the_o father_n of_o the_o king_n for_o rach_n in_o the_o syrian_a language_n signify_v a_o king_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v r._n solomon_n other_o translate_v it_o a_o tender_a father_n viz._n of_o the_o country_n which_o he_o have_v preserve_v see_v vossius_fw-la l._n i._n de_fw-fr idol_n c._n 29._o and_o hottinger_n will_v have_v it_o as_o much_o as_o god_n save_o the_o king_n or_o a_o blessing_n light_n on_o you_o see_v smegma_fw-la orient_n p._n 131._o but_o unless_o we_o understand_v the_o old_a egyptian_a language_n i_o think_v we_o have_v as_o good_a rest_n in_o the_o hebrew_n derivation_n as_o in_o any_o other_o according_a to_o our_o own_o translation_n and_o he_o make_v he_o ruler_n over_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n after_o this_o manner_n he_o constitute_v he_o supreme_a governor_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n under_o himself_o according_a to_o his_o resolution_n verse_n 41._o ver._n 44._o i_o be_o pharaoh_n this_o be_v my_o will_n and_o pleasure_n who_o be_o king_n of_o egypt_n without_o thou_o shall_v no_o man_n lift_v up_o his_o hand_n or_o foot_n etc._n etc._n a_o proverbial_a speech_n let_v no_o man_n presume_v to_o do_v the_o small_a thing_n in_o public_a affair_n without_o thy_o order_n ver._n 45._o and_o pharaoh_n call_v joseph_n name_n he_o give_v he_o a_o new_a name_n partly_o because_o he_o be_v a_o foreigner_n and_o partly_o to_o honour_v he_o and_o yet_o to_o denote_v he_o to_o be_v his_o subject_n though_o ruler_n of_o every_o
body_n else_o we_o find_v nabuchadnezzar_n do_v the_o same_o in_o babylon_n dan._n i._n 7._o and_o it_o be_v still_o the_o custom_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n where_o the_o mogul_n never_o advance_v any_o man_n but_o he_o give_v he_o a_o new_a name_n and_o that_o significant_a of_o something_o belong_v to_o he_o as_o not_o long_o ago_o he_o call_v his_o brother-in-law_n asaph_n chán_n the_o gather_n or_o the_o rich_a lord_n and_o his_o physician_n macrobius_n chan_n the_o lord_n of_o my_o health_n etc._n etc._n as_o peter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr valle_n relate_v in_o his_o travel_n p._n 465._o where_o he_o observe_v the_o same_o of_o his_o wife_n p._n 470._o zaphnath_a paaneah_n which_o st._n hierom_n interpret_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n but_o the_o whole_a stream_n of_o interpreter_n carry_v it_o for_o another_o signification_n which_o be_v the_o interpreter_n of_o secret_n or_o the_o revealer_n of_o future_a thing_n see_v sixt._n amama_n and_o athan._n kirker_n his_o prodromus_n cap._n v._o and_o our_o countryman_n j._n gregory_n chap._n xvi_o of_o his_o observation_n who_o with_o mr._n calvin_n think_v it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o attempt_v to_o make_v this_o sense_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n language_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v they_o have_v do_v it_o with_o success_n tzaphan_n be_v to_o hide_v or_o cover_v whence_o tzaphnath_n that_o which_o be_v hide_v or_o secret_a and_o panah_n signify_v to_o look_v into_o or_o contemplate_v so_o that_o campeg_n vitrigna_fw-la think_v josephus_n and_o philo_n not_o to_o have_v ill_o interpret_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d observe_v sacr._n lib._n i._o cap._n 5._o a_o interpreter_n of_o dream_n and_o a_o finder_n out_o of_o thing_n hide_v but_o as_o jacchiade_n observe_v upon_o dan._n i._n 7._o that_o the_o egyptian_a and_o persian_a king_n give_v name_n for_o honour_n and_o glory_n in_o token_n of_o their_o supreme_a greatness_n and_o authority_n so_o it_o be_v most_o for_o their_o glory_n to_o give_v they_o out_o of_o their_o own_o language_n and_o therefore_o if_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o zaphnath_a paaneah_n the_o egyptian_a tongue_n and_o the_o hebrew_n have_v a_o great_a affinity_n one_o to_o the_o other_o and_o he_o give_v he_o to_o wife_n either_o the_o king_n then_o dispose_v of_o the_o great_a nobleman_n daughter_n when_o their_o parent_n be_v dead_a as_o our_o king_n late_o do_v of_o their_o ward_n or_o asenath_n be_v of_o pharaoh_n kindred_n and_o so_o he_o provide_v she_o a_o husband_n and_o give_v she_o a_o portion_n or_o the_o meaning_n simple_o be_v he_o make_v this_o match_n for_o he_o the_o daughter_n of_o potipherah_n this_o be_v a_o different_a name_n from_o he_o who_o be_v captain_n of_o the_o guard_n and_o be_v of_o a_o different_a quality_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n from_o some_o likeness_n in_o their_o name_n to_o think_v that_o joseph_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o he_o who_o have_v be_v his_o master_n for_o he_o will_v have_v abhor_v to_o match_v with_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o so_o lewd_a a_o woman_n as_o his_o mistress_n as_o vossius_fw-la well_o observe_v in_o the_o place_n forenamed_a priest_n of_o on._n or_o prince_n of_o on._n as_o the_o margin_n have_v it_o for_o the_o word_n cohen_n signify_v both_o priest_n and_o prince_n see_v 2_o sam._n viii_o ult_n priest_n be_v ancient_o the_o prime_a man_n of_o the_o kingdom_n for_o king_n themselves_o be_v priest_n on_o be_v a_o famous_a city_n in_o egypt_n call_v afterward_o heliopolis_n which_o give_v name_n to_o one_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n province_n of_o egypt_n whereof_o this_o potipherah_a be_v governor_n or_o lieutenant_n concern_v which_o province_n and_o asenath_n and_o potipherah_a see_v mr._n selden_n l._n iii_o de_fw-la synedriis_fw-la p._n 406._o and_o joseph_n go_v out_o over_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n to_o see_v what_o place_n be_v fit_a for_o store_n ver._n 46._o joseph_n be_v thirty_o year_n old_a so_o he_o have_v be_v out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n thirteen_o year_n for_o he_o be_v but_o seventeen_o year_n old_a xxxvii_o 2._o when_o he_o be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n in_o which_o time_n we_o may_v well_o think_v he_o have_v learn_v the_o language_n of_o that_o country_n and_o gain_v much_o experience_n but_o never_o send_v to_o his_o father_n in_o which_o there_o be_v visible_o a_o special_a providence_n of_o god_n for_o his_o father_n may_v have_v use_v mean_n for_o his_o deliverance_n and_o then_o he_o have_v never_o come_v to_o this_o greatness_n when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n when_o pharaoh_n make_v he_o his_o prime_a minister_n for_o the_o great_a counsellor_n and_o minister_n alone_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o king_n presence_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n and_o it_o be_v like_a the_o same_o state_n be_v keep_v here_o and_o be_v say_v to_o stand_v before_o the_o king_n dan._n i._n 19_o and_o to_o see_v the_o king_n face_n esther_n i._n 14._o and_o go_v throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v only_o take_v a_o general_a view_n of_o the_o country_n before_o verse_n 45._o but_o now_o a_o more_o particular_a to_o give_v order_n for_o the_o build_n of_o storehouse_n against_o the_o plenteous_a year_n come_v ver._n 47._o bring_v forth_o by_o handful_n such_o large_a ear_n that_o a_o few_o of_o they_o will_v make_v a_o sheaf_n which_o our_o translation_n seem_v here_o to_o mean_v by_o handful_n for_o sheaf_n be_v bind_v up_o with_o man_n hand_n and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v interpret_v it_o bring_v forth_o sheaf_n or_o heap_n or_o more_o literal_o handful_n upon_o one_o stalk_v i._n e._n vast_a abundance_n some_o conceive_v the_o corn_n be_v lay_v up_o in_o sheaf_n heap_v up_o very_o high_a and_o not_o thrash_v out_o for_o so_o it_o will_v keep_v the_o long_o ver._n 48._o and_o he_o gather_v up_o all_o the_o food_n the_o five_o part_n as_o he_o have_v propose_v verse_n 34._o i_o e._n he_o buy_v it_o which_o he_o may_v do_v at_o a_o small_a price_n when_o there_o be_v unusual_a plenty_n and_o lay_v up_o the_o food_n in_o the_o city_n it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o lay_v it_o up_o as_o it_o be_v gather_v unthrash_v that_o there_o may_v be_v food_n for_o the_o cattle_n also_o so_o the_o vulgar_a in_o manipulos_fw-la reductae_fw-la segetes_fw-la congregatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o horrea_fw-la and_o what_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o plenty_n it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o think_v be_v dispense_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o famine_n etc._n etc._n round_o every_o city_n this_o be_v very_o wise_o order_v for_o it_o be_v less_o charge_n to_o pharaoh_n for_o the_o present_a and_o more_o easy_a to_o the_o country_n when_o they_o want_v provision_n ver._n 49._o gather_v corn_n as_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o follow_a word_n explain_v this_o hyperbolical_a expression_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o heap_v up_o so_o much_o be_v that_o there_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o supply_v the_o necessity_n of_o other_o country_n as_o well_o as_o of_o egypt_n ver._n 51._o god_n have_v make_v i_o forget_v all_o my_o toil_n the_o great_a affliction_n and_o hard_a labour_n he_o endure_v in_o prison_n and_o all_o my_o father_n house_n the_o unkindness_n of_o his_o brethren_n who_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o his_o trouble_n by_o impose_v this_o name_n on_o his_o first-born_a he_o admonish_v himself_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o prosperity_n of_o his_o former_a adversity_n which_o he_o now_o think_v of_o with_o pleasure_n ver._n 52._o in_o the_o land_n of_o my_o affliction_n in_o the_o country_n where_o i_o have_v suffer_v much_o affliction_n ver._n 53._o and_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o plenteousness_n be_v end_v it_o be_v beside_o the_o intention_n of_o moses_n to_o relate_v any_o of_o the_o affair_n of_o that_o country_n but_o what_o belong_v to_o this_o matter_n and_o therefore_o he_o pass_v over_o all_o other_o transaction_n of_o these_o seven_o year_n as_o he_o do_v all_o the_o thing_n that_o happen_v in_o jacob_n family_n ever_o since_o joseph_n come_v from_o it_o ver._n 54._o the_o dearth_n be_v in_o all_o land_n in_o all_o the_o country_n thereabouts_o canaan_n syria_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v there_o be_v a_o general_a want_n of_o rain_n but_o in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n there_o be_v bread_n they_o do_v not_o feel_v the_o famine_n present_o because_o they_o have_v much_o to_o spare_v from_o the_o former_a year_n of_o plenty_n ver._n 55._o and_o when_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v famish_v when_o they_o have_v eat_v up_o all_o their_o own_o store_n which_o we_o may_v suppose_v fail_v in_o two_o year_n time_n the_o people_n cry_v to_o pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n
make_a earnest_a petition_n to_o the_o king_n for_o relief_n of_o their_o necessity_n ver._n 56._o and_o the_o famine_n be_v over_o all_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n grow_v still_o great_a in_o all_o the_o neighbour_a country_n and_o the_o famine_n wax_v sore_o in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o the_o egyptian_n themselves_o have_v spend_v all_o their_o own_o store_n be_v sore_o pinch_v ver._n 57_o and_o all_o country_n come_v to_o buy_v corn_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n the_o neighbour_a country_n as_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 54_o for_o if_o the_o most_o distant_a have_v come_v the_o storehouse_n have_v be_v soon_o empty_v because_o the_o famine_n be_v sore_o in_o all_o land_n it_o increase_v more_o and_o more_o in_o those_o country_n beforenamed_n which_o be_v grievous_o afflict_v by_o it_o chap._n xlii_o ver._n 1._o and_o when_o jacob_n see_v that_o there_o be_v corn_n in_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n he_o see_v perhaps_o some_o pass_n by_o lade_v with_o corn_n which_o they_o 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to_o buy_v corn_n among_o those_o that_o come_v people_n come_v from_o all_o part_n thereabouts_o upon_o the_o same_o business_n and_o jacob_n son_n among_o other_o who_o perhaps_o they_o meet_v withal_o upon_o the_o road._n ver._n 6._o and_o joseph_n be_v the_o governor_n etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n word_n schallit_fw-la signify_v sometime_o one_o that_o have_v absolute_a power_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v use_v here_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o high_a authority_n which_o joseph_n exercise_v under_o pharaoh_n he_o it_o be_v that_o sell_v to_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n appoint_a at_o what_o rate_n corn_n shall_v be_v sell_v in_o every_o part_n of_o the_o country_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o he_o in_o person_n can_v treat_v with_o every_o man_n that_o come_v to_o buy_v but_o he_o by_o his_o deputy_n who_o observe_v his_o order_n and_o joseph_n brethren_n come_v it_o shall_v seem_v by_o this_o that_o all_o foreigner_n be_v order_v to_o come_v to_o he_o in_o 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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
from_o who_o come_v the_o hebrew_n nation_n as_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 21._o abraham_n be_v descend_v from_o he_o in_o the_o six_o generation_n all_o other_o derivation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o hebrew_n have_v great_a objection_n lie_v against_o they_o but_o this_o have_v none_o that_o i_o can_v see_v and_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o grammar_n of_o that_o language_n in_o which_o all_o such_o name_n end_v in_o jod_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v be_v note_v to_o come_v either_o from_o a_o place_n or_o country_n or_o people_n or_o author_n therefore_o since_o there_o be_v no_o country_n or_o place_n from_o which_o the_o name_n of_o hebrew_n can_v be_v derive_v it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o deduce_v it_o from_o the_o author_n of_o this_o people_n heber_n and_o it_o be_v authorize_v by_o that_o speech_n of_o balaam_n numb_a xxiv_o 24._o where_o as_o by_o ashur_n be_v mean_v the_o assyrian_n so_o by_o heber_n in_o all_o reason_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o hebrew_n ver._n 25._o peleg_n either_o he_o or_o some_o of_o his_o posterity_n in_o memory_n of_o he_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a give_v name_n to_o a_o town_n upon_o euphrates_n call_v phalga_n not_o far_o from_o the_o place_n where_o the_o river_n chaboras_n run_v into_o it_o upon_o which_o charrah_n stand_v build_v by_o charan_n the_o brother_n of_o abraham_n for_o in_o his_o day_n be_v the_o earth_n divide_v the_o great_a dispersion_n which_o we_o read_v of_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n fall_v out_o just_a when_o he_o be_v bear_v which_o make_v his_o father_n call_v he_o by_o this_o name_n signify_v division_n and_o separation_n which_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o account_n give_v of_o his_o ancestor_n xi_o from_o verse_n 10_o to_o 16._o happen_v in_o the_o hundred_o and_o first_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n in_o that_o year_n the_o tower_n of_o babel_n and_o their_o language_n be_v confound_v upon_o which_o necessary_o follow_v the_o separation_n here_o mention_v the_o age_n that_o precede_v from_o the_o deluge_n to_o this_o division_n be_v call_v by_o the_o ancient_a poet_n the_o golden_a age_n as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n i._o phaleg_n c._n 9_o because_o the_o earth_n not_o be_v divide_v they_o enjoy_v all_o thing_n in_o common_a and_o noah_n who_o they_o call_v saturn_n govern_v they_o not_o as_o king_n do_v their_o subject_n but_o as_o parent_n their_o child_n not_o so_o much_o with_o fear_n and_o dread_a as_o with_o love_n and_o reverence_n to_o his_o fatherly_a authority_n it_o make_v the_o world_n so_o happy_a as_o it_o have_v not_o be_v since_o joktan_n or_o jektan_n the_o brother_n of_o peleg_n have_v a_o numerous_a offspring_n of_o thirteen_o son_n all_o seat_v in_o the_o inmost_a part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n so_o the_o arabian_n it_o be_v certain_a derive_v their_o own_o original_a who_o in_o this_o may_v as_o well_o be_v credit_v as_o the_o europaean_n who_o derive_v themselves_o from_o japetus_n or_o japhet_n and_o the_o african_n from_o cham_n or_o hammon_n they_o call_v he_o cahtan_n as_o our_o mr._n pocock_n as_o well_o as_o other_o observe_v by_o which_o name_n the_o arabic_a paraphra_v upon_o this_o place_n explain_v that_o of_o jektan_n and_o this_o cahtan_a they_o say_v express_o be_v the_o son_n of_o eber_n the_o son_n of_o salah_n etc._n etc._n from_o whence_o the_o name_n of_o catanitae_n a_o people_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la mention_v by_o ptolemy_n and_o a_o city_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o mecha_n still_o retain_v the_o very_a name_n of_o jektan_n be_v call_v baisath-jektan_a i._n e._n the_o seat_n or_o habitation_n of_o jektan_n in_o the_o arabian_a geographer_n see_v mr._n pocock_n note_n upon_o abulfarajus_a concern_v the_o original_a of_o the_o arabian_n p._n 38_o 39_o ver._n 26._o almodad_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o joktan_n seem_v to_o have_v give_v name_n to_o the_o people_n who_o ptolemy_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o middle_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n near_o the_o original_a of_o the_o river_n lar_n which_o run_v into_o the_o persian_a gulf_n the_o greek_n who_o know_v little_a of_o this_o people_n who_o live_v a_o great_a way_n from_o the_o sea_n may_v easy_o mispronounce_v their_o name_n call_v they_o allumaeotae_n instead_o of_o almodaei_n sheleph_n or_o saleph_n be_v it_o be_v likely_a the_o father_n of_o the_o salapeni_n for_o such_o a_o people_n there_o be_v mention_v by_o ptolemy_n who_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o be_v remote_a from_o the_o rest_n about_o the_o neck_n of_o arabia_n not_o far_o from_o the_o spring_n of_o the_o river_n betius_n hatzermave_v though_o the_o arabian_n write_v this_o name_n with_o the_o very_a same_o letter_n yet_o it_o sound_v among_o they_o thus_o hadramuth_n or_o chadramuth_n which_o the_o greek_n pronounce_v divers_a way_n because_o of_o the_o ambiguous_a sound_n of_o the_o two_o letter_n tzadi_n and_o ch_v for_o sometime_o he_o be_v call_v asarmoth_n sometime_o without_o a_o a._n sarmoth_n and_o armoth_n and_o atermoth_n as_o bochartus_n have_v observe_v who_o think_v the_o country_n call_v chatramitis_n or_o atramitis_n chatramotis_n or_o atramotis_n to_o have_v be_v people_v by_o the_o child_n of_o this_o hadramuth_n as_o the_o arabian_n pronounce_v this_o name_n hatazmave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salmasius_n show_v be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o city_n or_o place_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o people_n or_o nation_n exercit._n in_o solin_n p._n 489._o and_o the_o same_o people_n he_o observe_v p._n 490._o be_v call_v by_o artemidorus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o country_n be_v that_o part_n of_o arabia_n which_o abound_v with_o frankincense_n myrrh_n cassia_n and_o cinnamon_n as_o theophrastus_n tell_v we_o and_o strabo_n call_v they_o as_o he_o there_o note_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o vranius_n in_o stephanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o different_o be_v this_o hard_a word_n pronounce_v who_o be_v so_o famous_a that_o eustathius_n antioch_n eusebius_n and_o other_o make_v this_o hatzermave_v the_o father_n of_o the_o arabian_n and_o epiphanius_n derive_v their_o language_n from_o he_o which_o they_o as_o be_v say_v before_o derive_v from_o jektan_n himself_o look_v upon_o the_o dialect_n of_o chadramitis_n as_o barbarous_a see_v bochartus_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 16._o where_o he_o observe_v that_o hatzermave_v in_o hebrew_a signify_v the_o entrance_n of_o death_n and_o hadhramauth_v in_o arabic_a the_o region_n of_o death_n because_o the_o air_n of_o that_o country_n be_v very_o thick_a and_o foggy_a and_o consequent_o unwholesome_a as_o arrianus_n relate_v who_o say_v that_o the_o frankincense_n and_o myrrh_n be_v therefore_o gather_v only_o by_o the_o king_n slave_n and_o by_o condemn_a person_n jerah_n or_o jerach_n from_o who_o come_v the_o people_n call_v jerachaei_n who_o live_v near_o the_o red-sea_n call_v by_o agatharcides_n and_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alilaei_n which_o be_v the_o very_a same_o in_o arabic_a with_o the_o other_o in_o hebrew_n for_o hilal_n be_v the_o moon_n in_o that_o language_n as_o jerach_n be_v in_o hebrew_n and_o the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n mention_n a_o people_n about_o mecha_n who_o at_o this_o day_n be_v call_v bene-hilal_a the_o child_n of_o jerach_n as_o the_o hebrew_n will_v have_v express_v it_o it_o seem_v they_o be_v come_v more_o towards_o the_o east_n when_o ancient_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o south_n ptolemy_n mention_n also_o a_o island_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o alilaei_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v the_o isle_n of_o hawk_n as_o the_o greek_n fancy_v who_o imagine_v all_o these_o old_a word_n to_o come_v from_o their_o tongue_n but_o of_o the_o jerachaei_n ver._n 27._o hadoram_fw-la he_o seem_v to_o have_v fix_v his_o seat_n in_o the_o utmost_a corner_n of_o arabia_n towards_o the_o east_n where_o there_o be_v a_o people_n who_o pliny_n call_v drimati_n a_o name_n easy_o make_v from_o hadoramus_n and_o the_o extreme_a promontory_n of_o that_o country_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n corodamon_n by_o transpose_v the_o letter_n d_o and_o r_o from_o hadoramus_n i_o can_v find_v nothing_o more_o likely_a than_o this_o conjecture_n of_o that_o great_a man_n bochartus_n who_o have_v outdo_v all_o that_o go_v before_o he_o in_o this_o argument_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 20._o vzal_n abraham_n zachut_v as_o he_o also_o observe_v say_v the_o jew_n who_o in_o his_o time_n dwell_v there_o call_v the_o chief_a city_n of_o aljeman_n by_o the_o name_n of_o vzal_n now_o the_o kingdom_n of_o aljeman_n or_o jeman_n be_v the_o south-part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n as_o the_o very_a name_n of_o jeman_n import_v which_o signify_v both_o the_o right-hand_a and_o the_o south_n diklah_n both_o in_o the_o chaldee_n and_o
syriack_n language_n dicla_n signify_v a_o palm_n or_o a_o grove_n of_o palm_n which_o lead_v bochartus_n to_o conclude_v that_o the_o minaei_n a_o people_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n who_o country_n abound_v with_o such_o tree_n be_v the_o posterity_n of_o this_o diklah_n both_o pliny_n and_o strabo_n mention_v they_o and_o this_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a than_o the_o conjecture_n of_o ludovicus_n capellus_n that_o the_o country_n of_o dangala_n in_o aethiopia_n near_o egypt_n may_v have_v its_o name_n from_o this_o man_n for_o that_o be_v too_o remote_a from_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o man_n posterity_n and_o so_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mention_v as_o he_o observe_v by_o herodotus_n chronolog_n sacra_fw-la p._n 108._o ver._n 28._o and_o obal_n which_o in_o the_o arabic_a pronunciation_n be_v aubal_n as_o cocab_n a_o star_n in_o hebrew_n be_v in_o arabic_a caucab_n etc._n etc._n the_o posterity_n of_o this_o aubal_n or_o obal_n bochart_n think_v pass_v over_o the_o strait_n of_o the_o sinus_n arabicus_n out_o of_o arabia_n foelix_n into_o arabia_n troglodytica_fw-la where_o we_o meet_v with_o this_o name_n in_o the_o sinus_n abalites_n which_o other_o call_v analites_n and_o in_o a_o great_a trade_n town_n call_v by_o arrianus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o a_o people_n who_o live_v in_o that_o sinus_n call_v by_o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o believe_v it_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o this_o obal_n abimael_n which_o the_o arabian_n pronounce_v abimâl_a i._n e._n the_o father_n of_o mali_n or_o the_o malitae_n a_o people_n in_o arabia_n next_o to_o the_o minaei_n beforementioned_a theophrastus_n say_v mali_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o a_o country_n in_o arabia_n the_o spicy_a from_o whence_o the_o people_n call_v malitae_n who_o ptolemy_n call_v manitae_n by_o a_o usual_a change_n of_o the_o letter_n l_o into_o n_n as_o nabonidus_n be_v the_o same_o with_o labonidus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o mali_n be_v the_o contraction_n of_o abimali_fw-la nothing_n be_v more_o common_a than_o in_o compound_a name_n to_o omit_v the_o first_o part_n as_o sittim_n numb_a xxv_o 1._o for_o abel-sittim_a xxx_o 49._o hermon_n very_o often_o for_o baal-hermon_n judg._n iii_o 3._o nimrim_a for_o beth-nimrim_a and_o salem_n for_o jerusalem_n sheba_n from_o who_o come_v the_o sabaean_n who_o sometime_o comprehend_v a_o great_a many_o people_n but_o here_o be_v to_o be_v take_v strict_o for_o those_o upon_o the_o red-sea_n between_o the_o minaei_n and_o the_o catabanes_n who_o metropolis_n which_o stand_v upon_o a_o high_a mountain_n full_a of_o tree_n be_v call_v by_o ancient_a author_n saba_n and_o sabai_n sabo_n and_o sabas_n as_o salmasius_n show_v out_o of_o stephanus_n agatharcides_n and_o other_o who_o say_v that_o this_o city_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d much_o the_o fair_a of_o all_o in_o arabia_n excerc_n in_o solin_n p._n 491_o 492_o etc._n etc._n in_o latter_a time_n this_o name_n be_v change_v into_o mariaba_n the_o ancient_a name_n be_v lose_v as_o the_o same_o salmasius_n there_o observe_v p._n 497_o &_o 1118._o which_o pliny_n say_v signify_v as_o much_o as_o dominos_fw-la omnium_fw-la the_o lord_n of_o all_o for_o from_o rabath_n to_o rule_v come_v marab_n which_o signify_v in_o their_o language_n as_o bochart_n observe_v the_o seat_n of_o those_o that_o rule_n that_o be_v the_o royal_a city_n where_o their_o king_n live_v the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n say_v the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n come_v from_o hence_o to_o hear_v the_o wisdom_n of_o solomon_n ver._n 29._o and_o ophir_n which_o the_o arabian_n pronounce_v auphir_n signify_v abundance_n gold_n be_v find_v there_o in_o such_o plenty_n that_o they_o exchange_v it_o for_o brass_n and_o iron_n give_v a_o double_a or_o triple_a proportion_n of_o gold_n for_o they_o bochart_n think_v he_o give_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o a_o island_n in_o the_o red-sea_n mention_v by_o eupolemus_n in_o eusebius_n and_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v two_o ophir_n one_o belong_v to_o india_n whither_o solomon_n ship_n go_v once_o in_o three_o year_n which_o he_o take_v for_o taprobana_n now_o zeilan_n and_o the_o other_o belong_v to_o arabia_n where_o the_o posterity_n of_o this_o ophir_n here_o mention_v settle_a who_o country_n he_o take_v to_o have_v be_v near_o to_o the_o sabaean_n their_o brethren_n which_o stephanus_n and_o ptolemy_n call_v cassanitis_n the_o same_o in_o sense_n with_o ophir_n for_o chosan_n be_v a_o treasure_n which_o the_o arabian_n write_v chazan_n from_o which_o come_v the_o word_n gaza_n for_o abundance_n of_o riches_n havilah_n or_o chavilah_n see_v verse_n 7._o where_o we_o have_v this_o name_n before_o among_o the_o son_n of_o cush_n from_o who_o the_o havilah_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v very_o different_a give_v name_n it_o be_v probable_a to_o the_o country_n which_o the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n call_v chaulan_n and_o say_v it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n nigh_o also_o to_o the_o sabaean_n which_o he_o accurate_o describe_v see_v phaleg_n l._n ii_o cap._n 28._o jobab_n the_o father_n of_o the_o jobabite_n near_o to_o the_o sachalite_n as_o ptolemy_n express_o say_v if_o instead_o of_o jobaritae_n in_o he_o we_o read_v jobabitae_n as_o bochartus_n correct_v the_o passage_n with_o great_a reason_n and_o think_v also_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o name_n to_o be_v plain_a for_o jebab_v in_o arabic_a signify_v a_o desert_n and_o there_o be_v many_o such_o in_o the_o country_n of_o the_o jobabite_n above_o the_o sinus_n of_o sachalites_n ver._n 30._o and_o their_o dwell_n be_v from_o mesha_n etc._n etc._n this_o conclusion_n confirm_v what_o have_v be_v say_v that_o all_o the_o thirteen_o son_n of_o joktan_n be_v seat_v in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la except_o obal_n who_o go_v its_o likely_a after_o moses_n time_n over_o into_o abalites_n the_o passage_n be_v short_a cross_n that_o straight_a beforementioned_a verse_n 28._o which_o be_v not_o above_o four_o or_o five_o mile_n broad_a for_o arabia_n foelix_n lie_v between_o the_o red-sea_n and_o the_o persian_a gulf_n now_o mesa_n or_o musa_n or_o muza_n be_v a_o famous_a port-town_n in_o the_o red-sea_n which_o the_o egyptian_n and_o aethiopian_n frequent_v in_o their_o way_n to_o the_o country_n of_o the_o sapharites_n in_o the_o east_n from_o who_o they_o bring_v myrrh_n frankincense_n and_o such_o like_a thing_n ptolomy_n table_n plain_o snow_v this_o that_o from_o musa_n the_o sapharitae_n lie_v direct_o eastward_o and_o saphar_n be_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o country_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o mountain_n climax_n which_o ancient_o it_o be_v likely_a be_v call_v saphar_n from_o the_o city_n at_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o and_o thus_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v moses_n when_o he_o say_v here_o that_o sepher_n be_v a_o mountain_n of_o the_o east_n not_o eastward_o from_o judaea_n but_o from_o mesha_n which_o be_v in_o the_o west_n see_v bochart_n l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 30._o where_o he_o observe_v that_o the_o arabic_a paraphra_v of_o the_o paris_n edition_n take_v mesha_n to_o be_v meccha_n and_o instead_o of_o from_o mesha_n to_o sephar_n say_v from_o meccha_n to_o medina_n which_o be_v near_a truth_n than_o their_o opinion_n who_o place_n the_o child_n of_o joktan_n about_o cophete_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o india_n but_o he_o show_v that_o some_o of_o the_o child_n of_o cush_n settle_v between_o meccha_n and_o medina_n and_o it_o sufficient_o appear_v that_o joktan_n child_n dwell_v in_o the_o inmost_a part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n and_o be_v the_o genuine_a arabian_n ver._n 31._o this_o be_v explain_v verse_n 5._o ver._n 32._o by_o these_o be_v the_o nation_n divide_v after_o the_o flood_n they_o and_o their_o descendant_n share_v the_o whole_a earth_n among_o they_o as_o it_o be_v say_v express_o ix_o 18._o of_o they_o be_v the_o whole_a earth_n overspread_v but_o according_a to_o the_o forego_n account_v we_o find_v only_o three_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n europe_n asia_n and_o africa_n possess_v by_o the_o three_o son_n of_o noah_n and_o their_o child_n which_o have_v make_v some_o so_o bold_a as_o to_o say_v there_o be_v other_o people_n in_o america_n who_o be_v not_o drown_v by_o the_o flood_n and_o one_o of_o their_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v not_o people_v from_o any_o of_o the_o other_o three_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v that_o we_o can_v give_v no_o account_n how_o lion_n bear_n wolf_n fox_n and_o suchlike_a creature_n shall_v get_v thither_o for_o none_o sure_a will_v carry_v they_o by_o ship_n though_o man_n themselves_o may_v by_o that_o mean_n pass_v over_o into_o those_o region_n but_o this_o difficulty_n be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o they_o make_v it_o for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o though_o the_o
continent_n of_o america_n be_v find_v full_a of_o such_o beast_n when_o the_o spaniard_n first_o come_v thither_o yet_o none_o of_o the_o island_n though_o very_o large_a which_o lie_v remote_a from_o the_o land_n have_v any_o lion_n tiger_n or_o suchlike_a creature_n in_o they_o which_o be_v a_o demonstration_n that_o these_o creature_n be_v not_o original_o from_o that_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o then_o the_o island_n will_v have_v be_v furnish_v with_o they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o continent_n just_a as_o they_o be_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o vegetable_n and_o consequent_o the_o continent_n itself_o be_v store_v with_o these_o creature_n from_o some_o other_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o may_v be_v do_v by_o some_o neck_n of_o land_n not_o yet_o discover_v which_o join_v some_o part_n of_o europe_n or_o asia_n to_o the_o continent_n of_o america_n or_o if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o neck_n of_o land_n now_o extant_a yet_o there_o may_v have_v be_v such_o a_o bridge_n as_o we_o may_v call_v it_o between_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o asia_n or_o europe_n and_o some_o northern_a part_n of_o america_n or_o between_o the_o southeast_n part_n of_o china_n or_o the_o philippine_n island_n and_o the_o southern_a continent_n of_o that_o other_o part_n of_o this_o world_n though_o now_o break_v of_o as_o many_o suppose_n england_n to_o have_v be_v from_o france_n by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o sea_n or_o by_o earthquake_n which_o have_v make_v great_a alteration_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o true_o he_o that_o observe_v as_o that_o great_a man_n the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n hales_n speak_v in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o origin_n of_o mankind_n §_o ii_o c._n 7._o the_o infinite_a number_n of_o island_n lie_v between_o the_o continent_n of_o china_n and_o nova_n guinea_n the_o most_o contiguous_a to_o each_o other_o have_v probable_a reason_n to_o believe_v that_o these_o be_v all_o former_o one_o continent_n join_v china_n and_o nova_n guinea_n together_o though_o now_o by_o the_o irruption_n of_o the_o sea_n crumble_v into_o many_o small_a island_n chap._n xi_o ver._n 1._o and_o all_o the_o earth_n i._o e._n the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o earth_n as_o 1_o king_n x._o 24._o all_o the_o earth_n be_v explain_v 2_o chron._n ix_o 23._o all_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v of_o one_o language_n in_o the_o hebrew_n of_o one_o lip_n which_o be_v one_o instrument_n of_o speech_n comprehend_v the_o rest_n their_o mouth_n find_v the_o same_o word_n so_o it_o follow_v and_o of_o one_o speech_n or_o word_n as_o the_o hebrew_n have_v it_o some_o distinguish_v these_o two_o so_o subtle_o as_o to_o say_v they_o have_v not_o only_o the_o same_o language_n but_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o pronunciation_n which_o be_v often_o very_o different_a in_o the_o same_o language_n the_o heathen_n themselves_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v but_o one_o language_n ancient_o see_v josephus_n and_o out_o of_o he_o eusebius_n l._n ix_o praep._n evang._n c._n 14_o 15._o 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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
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
yet_o say_v by_o sarai_n ver._n 3._o give_v she_o to_o her_o husband_n abram_n to_o be_v his_o wife_n a_o secondary_a wife_n which_o be_v a_o liberty_n they_o take_v in_o those_o day_n who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v mistress_n of_o the_o house_n but_o only_o to_o bear_v child_n for_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o family_n now_o i_o can_v see_v no_o good_a reason_n why_o sarai_n herself_o shall_v persuade_v her_o husband_n contrary_a to_o the_o inclination_n of_o all_o woman_n to_o take_v another_o wife_n which_o she_o herself_o also_o give_v he_o but_o only_o the_o eager_a desire_n she_o be_v possess_v withal_o of_o have_v the_o promise_a seed_n which_o give_v a_o good_a account_n also_o of_o jacob_n wife_n contend_v so_o earnest_o as_o they_o do_v for_o his_o company_n ver._n 4._o her_o mistress_n be_v despise_v in_o her_o eye_n hagar_n begin_v to_o take_v upon_o she_o as_o if_o she_o have_v be_v mistress_n of_o the_o house_n at_o least_o much_o more_o favour_v by_o god_n who_o have_v 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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 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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 at_o this_o age_n be_v healthful_a and_o have_v bear_v and_o suckle_v no_o child_n and_o woman_n in_o those_o day_n live_v so_o long_o that_o they_o be_v as_o fresh_a at_o ninety_o as_o they_o be_v now_o at_o forty_o or_o fifty_o when_o many_o that_o be_v of_o excellent_a constitution_n and_o natural_o handsome_a continue_v very_o lovely_a abimelech_n the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o palestine_n as_o pharaoh_n be_v of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n it_o be_v not_o improbable_a as_o the_o author_n of_o tzemath_n david_n conjecture_n that_o the_o succeed_a king_n take_v the_o name_n of_o he_o who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o country_n ad_fw-la a._n m._n 2600._o send_v and_o take_v sarah_n by_o violence_n some_o think_v but_o i_o see_v no_o ground_n for_o it_o he_o desire_v to_o have_v she_o and_o may_v think_v abraham_n will_v look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o great_a honour_n to_o have_v his_o sister_n become_v wife_n to_o a_o king_n and_o abraham_n it_o be_v likely_a show_v 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 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mind_v josephus_n say_v he_o be_v twenty_o five_o year_n old_a l._n i._o antiq._n 14._o and_o bochartus_n make_v he_o twenty_o eight_o the_o word_n naar_n which_o we_o translate_v lad_n be_v use_v for_o one_o of_o that_o age_n nay_o joseph_n be_v call_v so_o when_o he_o be_v thirty_o year_n old_a hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n iii_o c._n 9_o this_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o be_v old_a enough_o to_o carry_v such_o a_o load_n of_o wood_n verse_n 6._o as_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o fire_n to_o offer_v up_o a_o burnt-offering_a there_o be_v those_o also_o who_o think_v isaac_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n to_o be_v offer_v in_o that_o very_a place_n where_o christ_n be_v crucify_v and_o thus_o much_o be_v true_a that_o though_o mount_v calvary_n be_v without_o jerusalem_n and_o therefore_o different_a from_o mount_n moriah_n on_o which_o the_o temple_n stand_v yet_o they_o be_v so_o near_o and_o it_o be_v likely_a only_a part_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o mountain_n that_o they_o be_v ancient_o both_o comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o moriah_n ver._n 10._o abraham_n stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n etc._n etc._n his_o obedience_n proceed_v so_o far_o that_o it_o evident_o appear_v he_o be_v full_o resolve_v to_o do_v as_o he_o be_v bid_v for_o the_o knife_n be_v just_a at_o isaac_n throat_n ready_a to_o do_v the_o execution_n insomuch_o that_o god_n make_v account_n of_o it_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v actual_o do_v and_o accept_v his_o obedience_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o entire_o perfect_a and_o absolute_o complete_v as_o philo_n speak_v and_o yet_o there_o have_v be_v those_o who_o disparage_v this_o obedience_n by_o endeavour_v to_o make_v the_o world_n believe_v that_o the_o sacrifice_a of_o child_n be_v in_o use_n before_o abraham_n time_n and_o the_o very_a first_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v allege_v as_o a_o proof_n of_o it_o be_v the_o very_a objection_n in_o philo_n make_v by_o cavil_v calumniator_n as_o he_o call_v they_o who_o say_v why_o shall_v such_o praise_n be_v bestow_v on_o abraham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o he_o have_v attempt_v a_o thing_n altogether_o new_a which_o private_a man_n and_o king_n and_o whole_a nation_n do_v upon_o occasion_n the_o learned_a reader_n can_v but_o know_v that_o one_o of_o our_o own_o countryman_n sir_n j._n marsham_n in_o canon_n chronic._n §_o v._o have_v set_v this_o in_o the_o front_n of_o all_o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o abraham_n be_v not_o the_o first_o who_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n without_o acquaint_v the_o reader_n with_o philo_n answer_n to_o this_o which_o quite_o overthrow_v all_o his_o pretension_n for_o he_o say_v lib._n de_fw-la abrahamo_fw-la p._n 375_o 376._o edit_fw-la paris_n that_o some_o barbarian_n have_v do_v this_o follow_v the_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n or_o be_v in_o great_a distress_n etc._n etc._n but_o nothing_o of_o this_o nature_n can_v move_v abraham_n to_o it_o for_o the_o custom_n of_o sacrifice_a child_n be_v neither_o in_o babylon_n nor_o mesopotamia_n nor_o chaldaea_n where_o he_o have_v live_v a_o long_a time_n no_o nor_o as_o it_o follow_v a_o little_a after_o in_o that_o country_n where_o he_o than_o live_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o beginner_n of_o a_o perfect_o new_a and_o unusual_a example_n what_o plain_a confutation_n can_v there_o be_v of_o what_o the_o forenamed_a author_n pretend_v than_o this_o which_o he_o most_o disingenuous_o conceal_v nor_o be_v there_o more_o strength_n in_o what_o follow_v in_o he_o out_o of_o sanchuniathon_n who_o say_v that_o saturn_n offer_v his_o only_a son_n for_o by_o saturn_n it_o be_v evident_a he_o mean_v abraham_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o
yet_o he_o see_v they_o degenerate_v apace_o into_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n especial_o into_o idolatry_n which_o will_v bring_v they_o he_o know_v to_o utter_v desolation_n when_o they_o have_v fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o iniquity_n xv._o 16._o ver._n 4._o but_o go_v into_o my_o country_n i._n e._n into_o mesopotamia_n where_o he_o live_v for_o some_o time_n in_o haran_n after_o he_o come_v from_o ur_fw-la which_o be_v also_o in_o that_o country_n as_o i_o observe_v upon_o xi_o 31._o it_o seem_v also_o his_o brother_n have_v remove_v hither_o follow_v his_o father_n terah_n and_o abraham_n example_n see_v xi_o 31._o and_o my_o kindred_n the_o family_n of_o his_o brother_n nahor_n which_o he_o hear_v late_o be_v increase_v xxii_o 20._o who_o though_o they_o have_v some_o superstition_n among_o they_o retain_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n as_o appear_v from_o this_o very_a chapter_n verse_n 31_o 50._o and_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n isaac_n which_o no_o doubt_n be_v by_o isaac_n consent_n as_o well_o as_o his_o father_n command_n ver._n 5._o must_v i_o needs_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o into_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o thou_o come_v he_o desire_v like_o a_o conscientious_a man_n to_o understand_v the_o full_a obligation_n of_o his_o oath_n before_o he_o take_v it_o and_o his_o doubt_n be_v whether_o if_o a_o woman_n will_v not_o come_v with_o he_o into_o canaan_n he_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o go_v again_o a_o second_o time_n and_o carry_v isaac_n to_o she_o ver._n 6._o beware_v that_o thou_o bring_v not_o my_o son_n thither_o again_o he_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n his_o son_n shall_v go_v to_o that_o country_n which_o god_n command_v he_o to_o forsake_v that_o command_n oblige_v not_o only_a himself_o but_o his_o posterity_n see_v verse_n 8._o ver._n 7._o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n he_o who_o rule_v all_o thing_n above_o as_o well_o as_o below_o who_o bring_v i_o from_o my_o own_o into_o this_o 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family_n xii_o 5._o who_o if_o isaac_n go_v to_o settle_v there_o must_v have_v go_v with_o he_o as_o part_v of_o his_o substance_n ver._n 10._o and_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o camel_n etc._n etc._n camel_n be_v of_o great_a use_n in_o those_o country_n as_o they_o be_v at_o this_o day_n some_o of_o they_o be_v make_v for_o carriage_n of_o burden_n and_o other_o for_o swift_a travel_n which_o latter_a sort_n be_v call_v by_o a_o peculiar_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dromedary_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o his_o plinian_n exercit_fw-la p._n 987._o these_o perhaps_o be_v of_o that_o kind_n for_o the_o great_a expedition_n like_o those_o we_o read_v of_o 1_o sam._n xxx_o 17._o for_o all_o the_o good_n of_o his_o master_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n he_o may_v choose_v what_o accommodation_n he_o please_v for_o his_o journey_n have_v every_o thing_n belong_v to_o his_o master_n at_o his_o command_n who_o be_v a_o great_a person_n it_o be_v fit_v his_o principal_a servant_n shall_v be_v well_o attend_v as_o it_o appear_v he_o be_v verse_n 32._o especial_o when_o he_o go_v upon_o such_o a_o â—…rand_n as_o to_o court_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o master_n son_n most_n refer_v this_o to_o the_o present_v he_o carry_v along_o with_o he_o and_o r._n solomon_n will_v have_v it_o that_o he_o carry_v a_o write_n with_o he_o under_o his_o master_n hand_n a_o inventory_n we_o call_v it_o specify_v all_o his_o good_n and_o riches_n that_o they_o may_v know_v what_o a_o great_a match_n his_o son_n be_v city_n of_o nahor_n which_o be_v haran_n from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v xi_o 31._o and_o to_o which_o jacob_n go_v to_o find_v his_o kindred_n xxviii_o 10._o how_o far_o it_o be_v thither_o we_o be_v not_o tell_v nor_o how_o long_o they_o be_v go_v to_o it_o and_o moses_n omit_v also_o whatsoever_o pass_v in_o the_o way_n as_o not_o pertinent_a to_o his_o story_n ver._n 11._o camel_n kneel_v down_o the_o posture_n wherein_o they_o rest_v themselves_o ver._n 12._o o_o lord_n god_n of_o my_o master_n abraham_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v observe_v the_o kindness_n of_o god_n to_o have_v be_v so_o great_a to_o abraham_n and_o abraham_n to_o have_v such_o a_o peculiar_a interest_n in_o his_o favour_n that_o in_o confidence_n he_o will_v make_v good_a abraham_n word_n verse_n 7._o &_o 40._o he_o not_o only_o beg_v he_o may_v have_v good_a success_n in_o his_o journey_n but_o desire_v a_o sign_n of_o it_o to_o confirm_v his_o faith_n and_o such_o a_o sign_n as_o be_v most_o apposite_a to_o denote_v the_o person_n that_o will_v make_v a_o good_a wife_n by_o her_o courtesy_n humility_n condescension_n hospitality_n prompt_a and_o laborious_a charity_n all_o which_o be_v include_v in_o what_o he_o desire_v and_o she_o do_v ver._n 14._o thereby_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o thou_o have_v show_v kindness_n to_o my_o master_n he_o have_v no_o confidence_n that_o god_n will_v do_v any_o thing_n for_o his_o own_o sake_n but_o for_o his_o master_n be_v who_o god_n have_v most_o wonderful_o bless_v ver._n 15._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v before_o he_o have_v do_v speak_v etc._n etc._n this_o show_v it_o be_v by_o a_o divine_a suggestion_n that_o he_o make_v this_o prayer_n which_o be_v answer_v immediate_o such_o be_v the_o divine_a goodness_n or_o rather_o to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o sam._n bochartus_fw-la upon_o occasion_n of_o many_o such_o instance_n sic_fw-la enim_fw-la parata_fw-la &_o obvia_fw-la esse_fw-la solent_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la preces_fw-la nostras_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la sequantur_fw-la quam_fw-la occupent_fw-la alque_fw-la antecedant_fw-la p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n 2._o cap._n 49._o so_o forward_o be_v god_n to_o bestow_v his_o benefit_n upon_o we_o that_o they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o follow_v our_o prayer_n as_o prevent_v and_o go_v before_o they_o see_v verse_n 45._o with_o her_o pitcher_n upon_o her_o shoulder_n behold_v the_o simplicity_n frugality_n and_o industry_n of_o that_o age._n ver._n 20._o draw_v for_o all_o his_o camel_n there_o be_v ten_o of_o they_o verse_n 10._o and_o they_o be_v a_o very_a thirsty_a sort_n of_o creature_n and_o therefore_o she_o take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o serve_v he_o who_o be_v but_o a_o stranger_n in_o this_o manner_n which_o show_v extraordinary_a goodness_n and_o a_o most_o oblige_a disposition_n at_o which_o he_o may_v well_o be_v amaze_v as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 21._o wonder_v at_o she_o hold_v his_o peace_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v so_o astonish_v at_o her_o kindness_n readiness_n to_o do_v good_a and_o laborious_a diligence_n etc._n etc._n and_o also_o at_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o make_v thing_n fall_v out_o so_o pat_o to_o his_o desire_n that_o for_o the_o present_a he_o can_v not_o speak_v have_v his_o mind_n employ_v in_o mark_v and_o observe_v every_o passage_n whereby_o he_o may_v judge_v how_o to_o conclude_v whether_o this_o be_v the_o woman_n or_o no_o who_o god_n design_v for_o his_o master_n son_n ver._n 22._o the_o man_n take_v give_v she_o as_o the_o phrase_n be_v often_o use_v but_o he_o first_o ask_v she_o who_o daughter_n she_o be_v as_o appear_v from_o verse_n 47._o a_o golden_a ear-ring_n or_o rather_o as_o the_o margin_n have_v it_o a_o jewel_n for_o the_o forehead_n and_o so_o we_o translate_v the_o hebrew_n word_n ezek._n xvi_o 12._o and_o this_o person_n himself_o expound_v it_o verse_n 47._o i_o put_v the_o ear-ring_n or_o jewel_n upon_o her_o face_n i._n e._n her_o forehead_n for_o such_o ornament_n be_v use_v in_o those_o time_n and_o country_n hang_v down_o between_o the_o eyebrow_n over_o the_o nose_n two_o bracelet_n for_o her_o hand_n i._n e._n wrist_n ver._n 26._o bow_v his_o head_n and_o worship_v the_o lord_n
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
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 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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
bless_v in_o this_o be_v contain_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o high_a blessing_n god_n can_v bestow_v which_o he_o assure_a abraham_n shall_v spring_v out_o of_o his_o family_n xxii_o 18._o and_o now_o assure_v the_o same_o to_o isaac_n ver._n 5._o because_o that_o abraham_n obey_v my_o voice_n in_o go_v out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n when_o god_n call_v he_o in_o circumcise_n himself_o and_o his_o family_n but_o especial_o xxii_o 18._o in_o offer_v his_o son_n isaac_n and_o keep_v my_o charge_n i._n e._n observe_v the_o sabbath-day_n say_v menasseh_n ben-israel_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n l._n de_fw-fr create_v problem_n viii_o but_o it_o seem_v more_o rational_a to_o understand_v by_o this_o word_n which_o we_o translate_v charge_n all_o that_o he_o command_v he_o to_o observe_v the_o particular_n of_o which_o follow_v my_o commandment_n my_o statute_n and_o my_o law_n these_o be_v nice_o distinguish_v by_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n especial_o abarbinel_n who_o by_o commandment_n understand_v not_o only_o that_o of_o circumcision_n but_o of_o expelling_a ishmael_n and_o by_o statute_n hebr._n chukkothai_n which_o always_o relate_v to_o ceremonial_a thing_n not_o only_o bind_v his_o son_n isaac_n to_o offer_v he_o in_o sacrifice_n but_o his_o offering_n a_o ram_n afterward_o in_o his_o stead_n and_o by_o law_n which_o include_v the_o judicial_a part_n of_o moses_n his_o write_n his_o take_v a_o wife_n for_o isaac_n out_o of_o another_o country_n and_o bestow_v gift_n upon_o the_o child_n of_o his_o concubine_n reserve_v the_o land_n for_o isaac_n but_o this_o may_v seem_v too_o curious_a and_o so_o many_o word_n may_v be_v think_v rather_o to_o be_v use_v only_o to_o express_v his_o exact_a obedience_n to_o god_n in_o every_o thing_n whether_o belong_v to_o religion_n or_o to_o justice_n mercy_n or_o any_o other_o duty_n according_a to_o what_o he_o require_v of_o he_o xvii_o 1._o walk_v before_o i_o and_o be_v thou_o perfect_a ver._n 6._o and_o isaac_n dwell_v in_o gerar._n this_o be_v a_o fresh_a instance_n of_o his_o constant_a obedience_n in_o trust_v to_o god_n providence_n here_o and_o not_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n as_o he_o be_v incline_v ver._n 7._o she_o be_v my_o sister_n or_o cousin_n for_o so_o she_o be_v he_o tell_v part_n of_o the_o truth_n but_o not_o all_o for_o he_o fear_v to_o say_v etc._n etc._n he_o imitate_v his_o father_n as_o child_n be_v apt_a to_o do_v ver._n 8._o sport_v with_o rebekah_n his_o wife_n use_v such_o familiarity_n with_o she_o and_o blandishment_n as_o be_v not_o allowable_a between_o brethren_n and_o sister_n but_o common_a between_o man_n and_o wife_n even_o open_o as_o embrace_v she_o in_o his_o arm_n and_o kiss_v she_o perhaps_o very_o often_o he_o have_v a_o exceed_a great_a love_n to_o she_o xxiv_o 67._o ver._n 9_o of_o a_o surety_n she_o be_v thy_o wife_n it_o seem_v he_o take_v isaac_n to_o be_v so_o good_a a_o man_n that_o he_o look_v upon_o the_o liberty_n he_o take_v with_o rebekah_n as_o token_n of_o conjugal_a love_n not_o of_o incestuous_a desire_n ver._n 10._o bring_v guiltiness_n upon_o we_o it_o be_v likely_a the_o punishment_n inflict_v upon_o his_o father_n and_o family_n xx._n 17._o only_o for_o take_v sarah_n into_o his_o house_n with_o a_o intention_n to_o make_v she_o his_o wife_n be_v yet_o in_o memory_n among_o they_o ver._n 11._o he_o that_o touch_v this_o man_n or_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n this_o look_n like_o a_o modest_a word_n as_o it_o be_v use_v xx._n 6._o and_o 1_o cor._n vii_o 1._o but_o the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v and_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n interpret_v it_o of_o not_o do_v they_o any_o injury_n because_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o man_n as_o well_o as_o his_o wife_n and_o so_o it_o be_v explain_v verse_n 29._o ver._n 12._o then_o isaac_n sow_v in_o that_o land_n most_o take_v this_o to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o famine_n which_o make_v it_o the_o great_a wonder_n that_o the_o ground_n shall_v then_o bring_v forth_o so_o plentiful_o but_o it_o seem_v more_o likely_a to_o i_o that_o the_o dearth_n be_v at_o a_o end_n for_o it_o be_v say_v verse_n 8._o that_o he_o have_v be_v in_o that_o country_n a_o long_a time_n when_o abimelech_n see_v he_o sport_v with_o his_o wife_n a_o hundred_o fold_n this_o in_o itself_o be_v not_o wonderful_a though_o at_o this_o time_n it_o be_v a_o singular_a blessing_n of_o god_n after_o there_o have_v be_v some_o time_n ago_o a_o dearth_n and_o perhaps_o the_o soil_v not_o rich_a which_o afford_v so_o large_a a_o crop_n otherwise_o varro_n say_v l._n i._n de_fw-fr re_fw-mi rustica_fw-la c._n 44._o that_o in_o syria_n about_o gadera_n and_o in_o africa_n about_o byzacium_n they_o reap_v a_o hundred_o bushel_n for_o one_o ex_fw-la modio_fw-la nasci_fw-la centum_fw-la pliny_n and_o solinus_n say_v the_o same_o of_o that_o country_n byzacium_n in_o so_o much_o that_o bochartus_fw-la fancy_n the_o metropolis_n of_o that_o rich_a country_n viz._n adrumetum_n have_v its_o name_n from_o hence_o signify_v in_o the_o phoenician_n language_n as_o much_o as_o the_o region_n of_o a_o hundred_o fold_n lib._n i._o canaan_n cap._n 24._o nay_o some_o place_n in_o africa_n be_v so_o rich_a that_o they_o produce_v two_o hundred_o yea_o three_o hundred_o fold_n as_o he_o show_v out_o of_o several_a good_a author_n in_o the_o 25_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n whence_o he_o think_v africa_n have_v its_o name_n be_v as_o much_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d terra_fw-la spicarum_fw-la a_o land_n of_o ear_n of_o corn._n all_o which_o i_o have_v note_v that_o this_o passage_n may_v not_o seem_v incredible_a to_o any_o reader_n and_o the_o lord_n bless_v he_o or_o for_o the_o lord_n bless_v he_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o that_o soil_n which_o natural_o will_v not_o have_v yield_v so_o much_o ver._n 13._o and_o the_o man_n wax_v great_a etc._n etc._n i_o suppose_v he_o have_v many_o such_o friutful_a year_n so_o that_o his_o riches_n increase_v till_o he_o grow_v very_o great_a and_o buy_v more_o cattle_n than_o he_o have_v before_o for_o in_o they_o consist_v the_o ancient_a riches_n as_o servius_n tell_v we_o on_o the_o first_o of_o virgil_n eclogue_n omne_fw-la patrimonium_fw-la apud_fw-la majores_fw-la peculium_fw-la dicebatur_fw-la a_o pecoribus_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la universa_fw-la eorum_fw-la substantia_fw-la constabat_fw-la vnde_fw-la etiam_fw-la pecunia_fw-la dicta_fw-la fuit_fw-la à _fw-la peculio_n the_o same_o also_o we_o find_v say_v by_o columella_n ver._n 14._o great_a store_n of_o servant_n the_o margin_n have_v store_n of_o husbandry_n which_o be_v very_o likely_a because_o he_o be_v encourage_v in_o it_o by_o his_o great_a crop_n which_o can_v not_o likewise_o but_o increase_n the_o number_n of_o his_o servant_n the_o arabic_a set_v forth_o by_o erpenius_n have_v only_o a_o great_a revenue_n or_o vast_a increase_n which_o among_o the_o eastern_a people_n as_o i_o say_v be_v principal_o from_o their_o cattle_n but_o god_n bless_v he_o with_o abundance_n of_o corn_n also_o ver._n 16._o thou_o be_v much_o mighty_a than_o we_o as_o the_o people_n envy_v he_o verse_n 14._o so_o the_o king_n himself_o it_o seem_v begin_v to_o fear_v he_o and_o therefore_o desire_v he_o in_o a_o friendly_a manner_n to_o leave_v his_o country_n for_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o grow_v so_o wicked_a as_o to_o attempt_v to_o destroy_v those_o who_o live_v quiet_o among_o they_o when_o they_o apprehend_v they_o will_v become_v rich_a and_o strong_a than_o themselves_o ver._n 17._o the_o valley_n of_o gerar._n where_o that_o be_v be_v uncertain_a but_o at_o some_o distance_n from_o the_o city_n where_o abimelech_n dwell_v and_o near_o to_o which_o isaac_n have_v inhabit_v before_o ver._n 18._o which_o they_o have_v dig_v in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n he_o choose_v to_o open_v the_o old_a one_o rather_o than_o dig_v new_a both_o because_o he_o be_v certain_a there_o to_o find_v a_o spring_n of_o water_n and_o because_o it_o be_v most_o easy_a and_o less_o obnoxious_a to_o censure_n or_o envy_n and_o because_o he_o will_v preserve_v his_o father_n memory_n for_o which_o reason_n he_o do_v not_o give_v they_o new_a name_n but_o those_o they_o have_v in_o his_o father_n day_n ver._n 19_o they_o dig_v in_o the_o valley_n etc._n etc._n in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o find_v a_o necessity_n of_o more_o water_n and_o so_o dig_v till_o they_o meet_v with_o a_o new_a spring_n in_o the_o valley_n ver._n 20._o the_o water_n be_v we_o because_o it_o be_v find_v in_o their_o soil_n as_o menochius_fw-la observe_v but_o they_o have_v let_v the_o ground_n to_o isaac_n the_o water_n be_v true_o he_o as_o long_o as_o the_o contract_n last_v ver._n 21._o and_o they_o dig_v another_o well_o i_o suppose_v in_o
ver._n 13._o upon_o i_o be_v thy_o curse_n i._n e._n there_o be_v no_o danger_n i_o will_v warrant_v the_o success_n ver._n 15._o take_v goodly_a raiment_n etc._n etc._n his_o best_a clothes_n which_o most_o suppose_v be_v lay_v up_o in_o a_o chest_n among_o odoriferous_a flower_n or_o other_o perfume_v both_o to_o preserve_v they_o from_o moth_n and_o to_o comfort_v the_o brain_n when_o they_o be_v wear_v for_o their_o smell_n be_v mention_v verse_n 27._o it_o be_v a_o groundless_a fancy_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o these_o be_v sacerdotal_a garment_n and_o the_o very_a same_o that_o adam_n wear_v which_o descend_v to_o noah_n etc._n etc._n for_o as_o there_o be_v no_o sacrifice_n now_o to_o be_v make_v so_o the_o primogeniture_n do_v not_o make_v he_o a_o priest_n more_o than_o jacob_n as_o be_v note_v before_o one_o may_v rather_o say_v these_o be_v garment_n belong_v to_o he_o as_o heir_n of_o the_o family_n between_o who_o and_o the_o other_o son_n it_o be_v very_o probable_a the_o affection_n of_o parent_n be_v wont_a to_o make_v some_o difference_n in_o their_o apparel_n ver._n 16._o put_v the_o skin_n of_o the_o kid_n of_o the_o goat_n it_o be_v observe_v by_o bochartus_fw-la that_o in_o the_o eastern_a country_n goatshair_n be_v very_o like_a to_o that_o of_o men._n p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n 2._o c._n 51._o so_o that_o isaac_n may_v easy_o be_v deceive_v when_o his_o eye_n be_v dim_a and_o his_o feel_n no_o less_o decay_v than_o his_o sight_n ver._n 18._o who_o be_v thou_o my_o son_n he_o suspect_v he_o from_o his_o voice_n and_o return_v so_o soon_o from_o hunt_v ver._n 19_o i_o be_o esau_n thy_o first-born_a etc._n etc._n here_o be_v many_o untruth_n tell_v by_o jacob_n beside_o this_o for_o his_o father_n do_v not_o bid_v he_o go_v get_v he_o some_o venison_n nor_o do_v god_n bring_v this_o meat_n to_o he_o which_o he_o have_v prepare_v etc._n etc._n which_o can_v be_v whole_o excuse_v but_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v he_o and_o his_o mother_n be_v possess_v with_o a_o false_a opinion_n that_o they_o may_v deceive_v isaac_n for_o the_o good_a of_o his_o family_n arise_v i_o pray_v thou_o and_o sit_v and_o eat_v etc._n etc._n he_o be_v lie_v upon_o his_o bed_n one_o will_v guess_v by_o this_o be_v age_a and_o infirm_a and_o he_o entreat_v he_o to_o raise_v up_o himself_o and_o sit_v for_o so_o they_o do_v in_o those_o day_n as_o we_o do_v now_o at_o their_o meal_n this_o appear_v afterward_o when_o joseph_n brethren_n sit_v down_o to_o eat_v bread_n xxxvii_o 25._o and_o sit_v when_o they_o eat_v with_o joseph_n in_o egypt_n xliii_o 33._o and_o so_o homer_n make_v all_o his_o hero_n sit_v at_o their_o feast_n as_o athenaeus_n observe_v which_o custom_n continue_v among_o the_o macedonian_n in_o the_o day_n of_o alexander_n as_o bochartus_n observe_v in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o c._n 50._o ver._n 21._o come_v near_o etc._n etc._n isaac_n still_o suspect_v by_o this_o long_a discourse_n with_o he_o wherein_o he_o observe_v his_o voice_n that_o it_o be_v not_o esau_n and_o the_o hebrew_n in_o bereschith_fw-mi rabath_n say_v that_o he_o fall_v into_o a_o great_a sweat_n and_o his_o heart_n melt_v in_o he_o like_o wax_n while_o he_o talk_v with_o he_o so_o that_o a_o angel_n come_v to_o support_v he_o from_o fall_v down_o ver._n 23._o so_o he_o bless_v he_o after_o he_o have_v once_o more_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o be_v his_o very_a son_n esau_n which_o jacob_n affirm_v verse_n 24._o who_o be_v punish_v for_o this_o deceit_n when_o he_o be_v cheat_v himself_o by_o laban_n in_o the_o business_n of_o his_o wife_n as_o well_o as_o in_o other_o thing_n and_o as_o the_o hebrew_n observe_v he_o that_o deceive_v his_o father_n by_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o kid_n of_o goat_n be_v deceive_v himself_o into_o a_o false_a opinion_n that_o joseph_n be_v kill_v by_o his_o brethren_n dip_v his_o coat_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o a_o kid_n of_o the_o goat_n gen._n xxxvii_o 31._o ver._n 26._o come_v now_o and_o kiss_v i_o some_o think_v he_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o be_v satisfy_v that_o way_n whether_o he_o be_v esau_n or_o not_o but_o i_o take_v it_o rather_o to_o be_v a_o token_n of_o his_o great_a love_n and_o affection_n wherewith_o he_o bestow_v his_o blessing_n upon_o he_o ver._n 27._o he_o smell_v the_o smell_n of_o his_o raiment_n as_o he_o embrace_v he_o he_o perceive_v the_o fragrancy_n of_o his_o garment_n which_o he_o can_v not_o before_o while_o he_o stand_v remote_a his_o sense_n be_v weak_a and_o dull_a the_o jew_n who_o fancy_n these_o to_o have_v be_v the_o garment_n wherein_o adam_n minister_v imagine_v also_o that_o they_o retain_v the_o scent_n which_o they_o have_v in_o paradise_n so_o bereschith_n rabath_n and_o r._n sol._n jarchi_n as_o braunius_n observe_v l._n i._n de_fw-fr vestib_n hebr._fw-la sacerd._n c._n 4._o see_v the_o smell_n of_o my_o son_n the_o apprehension_n of_o one_o sense_n be_v in_o this_o language_n often_o use_v for_o the_o apprehension_n of_o another_o as_o maimonides_n speak_v p._n i._o more_n nevoch_n cap._n 46._o as_o see_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n jer._n ii_o 31._o i_o e._n hear_v his_o word_n and_o so_o in_o this_o place_n see_v the_o smell_n be_v as_o much_o as_o smell_v the_o odour_n of_o my_o son_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o may_v simple_o signify_v behold_v or_o observe_v no_o field_n that_o god_n have_v adorn_v with_o the_o great_a variety_n of_o the_o most_o fragrant_a flower_n smell_v sweet_a than_o my_o son_n ver._n 28._o therefore_o god_n give_v thou_o etc._n etc._n i_o take_v it_o for_o a_o sign_n that_o god_n will_v give_v thou_o for_o so_o it_o may_v be_v translate_v as_o a_o prophecy_n as_o well_o as_o a_o prayer_n the_o great_a abundance_n which_o proceed_v from_o a_o rich_a soil_n well_o water_v from_o heaven_n these_o two_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o plenty_n the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n rain_n fall_v only_o at_o certain_a season_n in_o that_o country_n but_o there_o be_v a_o recompense_n for_o it_o by_o large_a dew_n which_o very_o much_o refresh_v the_o earth_n and_o be_v represent_v in_o scripture_n as_o a_o divine_a gift_n job_n xxxviii_o 28._o micah_n v._n 7._o which_o god_n threaten_v sometime_o to_o withhold_v because_o of_o man_n offence_n 1_o king_n xvii_o 1._o ver._n 29._o let_v people_n serve_v thou_o etc._n etc._n as_o the_o former_a part_n of_o the_o blessing_n relate_v to_o wealth_n so_o this_o to_o dominion_n and_o empire_n which_o be_v signal_o fulfil_v in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n when_o the_o moabite_n ammonite_n syrian_n philistine_n and_o edomite_n also_o be_v subdue_v under_o he_o let_v thy_o mother_n son_n bow_v down_o to_o thou_o this_o be_v a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o blessing_n give_v he_o a_o prerogative_n in_o his_o own_o family_n and_o in_o the_o next_o word_n he_o pronounce_v a_o blessing_n upon_o all_o that_o shall_v be_v friend_n to_o he_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_a a_o curse_n upon_o his_o enemy_n ver._n 33._o isaac_n tremble_v very_o exceed_o what_o the_o hebrew_n say_v upon_o verse_n 21._o see_v there_o have_v be_v more_o proper_a here_o that_o his_o heart_n melt_v and_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o swoon_v away_o who_o a_o break_a form_n of_o speech_n yea_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v bless_v he_o have_v bless_v he_o so_o serious_o and_o with_o such_o affection_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a extraordinary_a confidence_n of_o god_n approbation_n that_o he_o will_v not_o revoke_v it_o for_o he_o feel_v as_o i_o take_v it_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n upon_o he_o when_o he_o pronounce_v this_o blessing_n and_o it_o enlighten_v he_o to_o understand_v the_o oracle_n former_o deliver_v xxv_o 23._o ver._n 35._o take_v away_o thy_o blessing_n which_o i_o intend_v to_o have_v bestow_v on_o thou_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o thou_o by_o the_o right_n of_o be_v my_o first-born_a ver._n 37._o all_o his_o brethren_n his_o kindred_n what_o shall_v i_o now_o do_v unto_o thou_o my_o son_n have_v give_v jacob_n so_o much_o it_o be_v but_o a_o small_a matter_n he_o can_v do_v for_o he_o ver._n 39_o behold_v thy_o dwell_n shall_v be_v the_o fatness_n etc._n etc._n some_o have_v translate_v it_o thy_o dwell_n shall_v be_v without_o the_o fatness_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o dew_n from_o above_o but_o by_o thy_o sword_n shall_v thou_o live_v etc._n etc._n i._n e._n he_o prophecy_v that_o he_o shall_v inhabit_v a_o poor_a country_n but_o maintain_v himself_o plentiful_o by_o his_o sword_n for_o otherwise_o they_o think_v his_o blessing_n will_v be_v the_o same_o with_o jacob_n verse_n 28._o but_o if_o we_o retain_v our_o translation_n there_o be_v a_o manifest_a difference_n between_o this_o and_o jacob_n benediction_n for_o here_o he_o make_v no_o
as_o true_a god_n animate_v by_o some_o heavenly_a power_n of_o which_o worship_n see_v photius_n in_o his_o bibliotheca_fw-la ccxlii_o but_o especial_o bochartus_n l._n ii_o canaan_n cap._n 1._o where_o he_o show_v the_o phoenician_n at_o least_o as_o the_o jew_n think_v first_o worship_v this_o very_a stone_n which_o jacob_n anoint_v and_o afterward_o consecrate_v other_o which_o they_o call_v baetylia_n and_o baetyli_n in_o memory_n of_o this_o stone_n anoint_v at_o bethel_n see_v p._n 785_o 786._o certain_a it_o be_v this_o idolatrous_a practice_n come_v very_o early_o into_o the_o world_n which_o make_v moses_n forbid_v the_o erect_n of_o such_o pillar_n they_o be_v in_o his_o time_n convert_v to_o a_o profane_a use_n leu._n xxvi_o 1._o deut._n xii_o 3._o xvi_o 22._o but_o the_o name_n of_o that_o city_n which_o be_v near_o to_o the_o place_n where_o this_o pillar_n be_v set_v up_o be_v luz_n at_o the_o first_o so_o call_v perhaps_o from_o the_o many_o almond-tree_n which_o grow_v there_o for_o luz_n signify_v a_o almond_n see_v xxx_o 37._o among_o which_o it_o be_v probable_a jacob_n take_v up_o his_o lodging_n because_o they_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o cover_v to_o he_o both_o this_o luz_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n and_o the_o other_o among_o the_o hittite_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n judg._n i._n 26._o bochart_n doubt_v not_o have_v there_o name_n from_o this_o original_a l._n i._o canaan_n cap._n 35._o ver._n 20._o jacob_n vow_v a_o vow_n this_o be_v the_o first_o vow_n that_o we_o read_v of_o in_o scripture_n which_o all_o man_n allow_v be_v a_o part_n of_o religion_n and_o so_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n deut._n xxiii_o 21._o psalm_n l._n 12._o psalm_n lxv_o 2_o etc._n etc._n perhaps_o jacob_n be_v the_o first_o that_o in_o this_o manner_n express_v his_o devout_a affection_n towards_o god_n if_o god_n will_v be_v with_o i_o etc._n etc._n perform_v his_o promise_n to_o i_o verse_n 15._o give_v i_o bread_n to_o eat_v etc._n etc._n support_v and_o maintain_v i_o which_o be_v the_o explication_n of_o the_o promise_n ver._n 21._o then_o shall_v the_o lord_n be_v my_o god_n i_o will_v most_o religious_o worship_v and_o serve_v he_o which_o do_v not_o imply_v that_o he_o will_v not_o worship_v he_o if_o he_o do_v not_o bring_v he_o home_o in_o peace_n but_o that_o if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v perform_v some_o special_a service_n to_o he_o and_o worship_v he_o with_o extraordinary_a devotion_n consecrate_v as_o it_o follow_v this_o place_n to_o his_o honour_n offer_v he_o sacrifice_n and_o give_v he_o the_o ten_o of_o all_o he_o have_v to_o maintain_v his_o worship_n ver._n 22._o and_o this_o stone_n which_o i_o have_v set_v for_o a_o pillar_n all_o pillar_n be_v not_o unlawful_a but_o such_o only_a as_o be_v for_o idolatrous_a use_n as_o maimonides_n resolve_v l._n the_o idol_n cap._n vi_o §_o 8._o and_o therefore_o the_o jew_n so_o expound_v those_o word_n beforementioned_a thou_o shall_v not_o set_v thou_o up_o any_o statue_n or_o pillar_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n hate_v deut._n xvi_o 22._o concern_v pillar_n set_v up_o for_o worship_n not_o of_o those_o for_o memorial_n shall_v be_v god_n house_n here_o will_v i_o set_v apart_o a_o place_n for_o god_n solemn_a worship_n and_o service_n build_v a_o altar_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n etc._n etc._n see_v xxxv_o 3._o give_v the_o ten_o unto_o thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v josephus_n the_o tithe_n of_o all_o his_o income_a for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o burnt-sacrifice_n and_o such_o like_a pious_a uses_n and_o perhaps_o for_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o poor_a as_o for_o the_o priest_n we_o do_v not_o yet_o read_v of_o any_o tithe_n give_v to_o they_o though_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o history_n of_o tithe_n p._n 4_o etc._n etc._n and_o review_n p._n 451._o think_v they_o be_v pay_v to_o isaac_n who_o be_v then_o priest_n of_o the_o family_n and_o so_o bishop_n montacute_n in_o his_o book_n against_o he_o p._n 199._o who_o observe_v that_o we_o read_v only_o of_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n pay_v tithe_n not_o of_o isaac_n because_o isaac_n be_v a_o more_o special_a type_n of_o christ_n than_o either_o of_o these_o and_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n be_v type_n of_o those_o two_o people_n who_o be_v to_o have_v part_n in_o the_o true_a isaac_n for_o abraham_n be_v father_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a and_o jacob_n be_v the_o type_n of_o the_o synagogue_n as_o st._n ambrose_n handle_v these_o matter_n in_o the_o life_n of_o abraham_n yet_o the_o same_o bishop_n confess_v that_o many_o doubt_n whether_o jacob_n pay_v the_o ten_o of_o all_o to_o isaac_n or_o immediate_o to_o god_n because_o jacob_n also_o be_v a_o priest_n himself_o see_v p._n 205_o etc._n etc._n this_o i_o think_v we_o may_v certain_o conclude_v from_o this_o place_n that_o jacob_n the_o grandchild_n of_o abraham_n vow_v the_o ten_o of_o all_o as_o abraham_n have_v give_v the_o ten_o of_o the_o spoil_n he_o be_v induce_v to_o it_o by_o the_o custom_n which_o be_v then_o among_o religious_a people_n how_o they_o come_v to_o pitch_v upon_o this_o portion_n rather_o than_o a_o five_o sixth_z or_o any_o other_o be_v not_o so_o easy_a to_o be_v resolve_v but_o they_o seem_v to_o speak_v with_o much_o reason_n who_o observe_v that_o in_o this_o number_n ten_o all_o nation_n in_o a_o manner_n end_v their_o account_n aristotle_n in_o his_o problem_n §_o xv._o l._n 3._o and_o then_o begin_v again_o with_o compound_a number_n or_o as_o other_o phrase_v it_o this_o be_v the_o end_n of_o less_o number_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o great_a so_o that_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o most_o perfect_a of_o all_o other_o and_z according_o have_v in_o great_a regard_n but_o after_o all_o it_o seem_v most_o likely_a to_o i_o that_o they_o have_v some_o divine_a direction_n for_o it_o as_o they_o have_v for_o sacrifice_v and_o it_o may_v be_v further_o note_v that_o what_o they_o give_v to_o their_o king_n be_v the_o ten_o part_n as_o well_o as_o what_o they_o give_v to_o god_n and_o nothing_o more_o common_a among_o the_o gentile_n than_o ten_o pay_v to_o their_o king_n and_o that_o very_o ancient_o for_o it_o appear_v from_o 1_o sam._n viii_o 14_o 15_o 17._o that_o it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o jus_fw-la regium_fw-la among_o the_o eastern_a people_n aristotle_n himself_n mention_n it_o under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ancient_a law_n in_o babylon_n and_o it_o be_v also_o use_v in_o athens_n which_o be_v a_o commonwealth_n as_o dr._n spencer_n show_v in_o his_o learned_a work_n de_fw-fr leg._n hebr._fw-la ritual_fw-la l._n iii_o cap._n x._o §_o 1._o and_o bishop_n montague_n show_v they_o be_v pay_v among_o the_o roman_n p._n 248_o etc._n etc._n chap._n xxix_o ver._n 1._o and_o jacob_n go_v on_o his_o journey_n because_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n for_o go_v on_o be_v lift_v up_o his_o foot_n some_o will_v have_v it_o that_o he_o proceed_v most_o cheerful_o in_o his_o journey_n after_o this_o glorious_a vision_n which_o we_o may_v believe_v to_o be_v true_a though_o not_o signify_v by_o this_o manner_n of_o speak_v to_o the_o people_n of_o the_o east_n to_o mesopotamia_n which_o lie_v eastward_o from_o canaan_n ver._n 2._o a_o great_a stone_n upon_o the_o well_n mouth_n to_o keep_v the_o water_n clean_a and_o cool_v ver._n 5._o laban_n the_o son_n of_o nahor_n grandson_n of_o nahor_n who_o be_v mention_v rather_o than_o bethuel_n because_o he_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o family_n ver._n 6._o rachel_n his_o daughter_n her_o name_n in_o hebrew_n signify_v a_o sheep_n for_o it_o be_v ancient_o the_o manner_n to_o give_v name_n even_o unto_o family_n from_o cattle_n both_o great_a and_o small_a so_o varro_n tell_v we_o lib._n ii_o de_fw-mi re_fw-mi rustica_fw-la c._n 1._o multa_fw-la nomina_fw-la habemus_fw-la ab_fw-la utroque_fw-la pecore_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o minore_fw-la porcius_n ovilius_n caprilius_n a_o majore_fw-la eqvitius_n taurus_n etc._n etc._n see_v bochart_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 43._o ver._n 7._o it_o be_v yet_o high_a day_n etc._n etc._n a_o great_a deal_n of_o the_o afternoon_n yet_o remain_v it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o those_o eastern_a country_n where_o the_o sun_n have_v great_a power_n in_o summer_n time_n to_o bring_v their_o flock_n towards_o noon_n into_o shady_a place_n where_o there_o be_v water_n to_o refresh_v they_o otherwise_o the_o extreme_a heat_n will_v have_v kill_v they_o there_o they_o rest_v it_o appear_v by_o many_o place_n of_o scripture_n particular_o cantic_a i._o 7._o till_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o day_n be_v over_o and_o then_o have_v water_v they_o again_o they_o carry_v they_o out_o to_o feed_v till_o sun_n set_v ver._n 9_o for_o she_o keep_v they_o it_o
same_o religion_n by_o their_o partake_n of_o the_o same_o sacrifice_n which_o jacob_n no_o doubt_n offer_v to_o the_o true_a god_n call_v his_o brethren_n to_o eat_v bread_n invite_v they_o to_o feast_n with_o he_o upon_o that_o sacrifice_n whereby_o they_o confirm_v the_o covenant_n late_o make_v between_o they_o ver._n 55._o laban_n bless_a they_o pray_v god_n to_o preserve_v and_o prosper_v they_o return_v to_o his_o place_n viz._n haran_n chap._n xxxii_o ver._n 1._o the_o angel_n of_o god_n meet_v he_o to_o encourage_v and_o comfort_v he_o with_o the_o assurance_n that_o god_n be_v with_o he_o this_o be_v a_o remarkable_a passage_n show_v the_o singular_a care_n god_n have_v of_o he_o who_o as_o he_o appear_v to_o he_o when_o he_o go_v from_o canaan_n so_o now_o appear_v to_o he_o again_o in_o his_o return_n thither_o that_o he_o may_v depend_v upon_o the_o promise_n he_o then_o make_v he_o xxviii_o 13_o 14_o 15._o ver._n 2._o this_o be_v god_n host_n which_o attend_v upon_o the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a majesty_n to_o execute_v his_o command_n mahanaim_n i._n e._n two_o host_n or_o camp_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o margin_n either_o because_o there_o be_v several_a squadron_n as_o we_o speak_v of_o the_o angel_n draw_v up_o like_o a_o army_n ready_a for_o his_o defence_n or_o because_o beside_o his_o own_o family_n which_o be_v pitch_v here_o in_o order_n like_o a_o camp_n there_o be_v that_o of_o the_o angel_n also_o the_o former_a seem_v most_o probable_a because_o this_o name_n relate_v to_o god_n host_n mention_v before_o which_o consist_v of_o several_a troop_n of_o angel_n ver._n 3._o and_o jacob_n send_v messenger_n before_o he_o etc._n etc._n as_o he_o be_v about_o to_o pass_v over_o jordan_n verse_n 10._o he_o send_v some_o to_o wait_v upon_o his_o brother_n unto_o the_o land_n of_o seir._n which_o esau_n it_o seem_v have_v conquer_v in_o jacob_n absence_n according_a to_o the_o blessing_n of_o his_o father_n xxvii_o 40._o by_o thy_o sword_n shall_v thou_o live_v this_o jacob_n think_v fit_a to_o congratulate_v to_o he_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o try_v how_o he_o stand_v affect_v towards_o himself_o the_o country_n of_o edom._n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o moses_n his_o time_n ver._n 4._o thus_o shall_v you_o speak_v to_o my_o lord_n esau_n he_o call_v he_o his_o lord_n that_o he_o may_v mollify_v his_o anger_n if_o any_o remain_v by_o humble_a language_n which_o sound_v as_o if_o he_o have_v no_o thought_n of_o the_o birthright_n he_o have_v purchase_v of_o he_o this_o also_o be_v the_o style_n wherein_o other_o address_v themselves_o to_o esau_n after_o he_o have_v win_v the_o principality_n of_o seir._n thy_o servant_n jacob._n these_o be_v submissive_a word_n also_o import_v his_o inferiority_n i_o have_v sojourn_v with_o laban_n etc._n etc._n this_o have_v the_o same_o design_n with_o the_o forego_n word_n to_o insinuate_v that_o he_o be_v much_o inferior_a to_o esau_n have_v be_v a_o servant_n a_o long_a time_n to_o laban_n ver._n 5._o and_o i_o have_v ox_n etc._n etc._n yet_o he_o add_v this_o that_o he_o be_v plentiful_o provide_v for_o lest_o esau_n shall_v think_v he_o come_v a_o beg_n and_o may_v prove_v a_o burden_n to_o he_o so_o the_o hebrew_n understand_v it_o and_o maimonides_n observe_v that_o he_o mention_n only_a ox_n ass_n and_o flock_n i._n e._n of_o sheep_n and_o goat_n because_o these_o be_v the_o common_a possession_n of_o all_o man_n and_o in_o all_o country_n that_o have_v any_o thing_n but_o horse_n and_o camel_n be_v not_o ordinary_a good_n but_o the_o possession_n of_o a_o few_o great_a person_n and_o in_o some_o country_n only_o more_n nevochim_n par._n iii_o cap._n 39_o jacob_n indeed_o have_v camel_n verse_n 7_o 15._o and_o xxxi_o 17._o but_o it_o be_v likely_a they_o be_v not_o many_o and_o he_o have_v no_o great_a breed_n of_o they_o men-servant_n and_o maid-servant_n these_o be_v a_o part_n of_o their_o possession_n as_o ox_n and_o sheep_n be_v which_o they_o buy_v and_o sell_v and_o be_v no_o where_n more_o plentiful_a than_o in_o syria_n from_o whence_o jacob_n come_v if_o it_o be_v then_o such_o a_o country_n as_o it_o be_v in_o aftertime_n when_o the_o roman_a writer_n say_v they_o be_v servituti_fw-la nati_fw-la bear_v to_o slavery_n that_o i_o may_v find_v grace_n in_o thy_o sight_n he_o court_v his_o friendship_n and_o desire_v he_o will_v favour_v he_o and_o not_o hinder_v he_o in_o his_o passage_n to_o their_o old_a father_n ver._n 6._o we_o come_v to_o thy_o brother_n esau_n and_o also_o he_o come_v to_o meet_v thou_o they_o report_v no_o doubt_n what_o he_o reply_v to_o jacob_n message_n and_o this_o come_n to_o meet_v he_o signify_v that_o he_o give_v they_o a_o civil_a reception_n and_o pretend_v at_o least_o to_o be_v glad_a to_o hear_v of_o his_o brother_n return_n and_o therefore_o prepare_v to_o come_v and_o welcome_v he_o into_o his_o own_o country_n four_o hundred_o man_n with_o he_o noble_o attend_v partly_o to_o show_v his_o greatness_n and_o partly_o to_o do_v honour_n to_o jacob_n by_o a_o public_a salutation_n ver._n 7._o then_o jacob_n be_v great_o afraid_a etc._n etc._n be_v conscious_a to_o himself_o what_o cause_n esau_n have_v not_o to_o love_v he_o he_o interpret_v his_o come_n to_o meet_v he_o with_o such_o a_o number_n otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v represent_v the_o vision_n of_o angel_n indeed_o who_o meet_v he_o verse_n 1_o may_v have_v fortify_v he_o against_o all_o fear_n of_o esau_n meeting_n he_o but_o the_o first_o motion_n of_o such_o passion_n can_v always_o be_v prevent_v he_o divide_v the_o people_n that_o be_v with_o he_o etc._n etc._n put_v his_o family_n and_o all_o belong_v to_o he_o in_o as_o good_a a_o posture_n as_o he_o be_v able_a ver._n 9_o o_o god_n of_o my_o father_n abraham_n etc._n etc._n as_o he_o have_v prudent_o dispose_v all_o thing_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o his_o family_n at_o least_o of_o some_o of_o they_o so_o he_o address_v himself_o to_o god_n of_o who_o goodness_n both_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n have_v have_v very_o long_a experience_n without_o who_o favour_n he_o know_v the_o angel_n themselves_o can_v do_v nothing_o for_o he_o for_o they_o be_v his_o host_n verse_n 2._o and_o act_v only_o by_o his_o command_n return_v unto_o thy_o country_n he_o represent_v to_o god_n that_o he_o be_v in_o the_o way_n of_o obedience_n to_o his_o order_n and_o then_o remember_v he_o of_o his_o gracious_a promise_n i_o will_v deal_v well_o with_o thou_o ver._n 10._o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a etc._n etc._n next_o he_o acknowledge_v what_o god_n have_v do_v for_o he_o already_o and_o how_o unworthy_a he_o be_v of_o the_o small_a part_n of_o it_o with_o my_o staff_n as_o a_o poor_a traveller_n have_v no_o more_o than_o i_o can_v carry_v about_o i_o traveller_n use_v staff_n then_o as_o they_o do_v now_o for_o their_o ease_n and_o for_o their_o defence_n ver._n 11._o the_o mother_n with_o the_o child_n i._n e._n my_o whole_a family_n which_o can_v not_o consist_v with_o god_n promise_n mention_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 12._o as_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o word_n of_o god_n promise_n be_v as_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o earth_n xxviii_o 14._o but_o that_o signify_v the_o same_o with_o what_o god_n have_v say_v to_o abraham_n xxii_o 17._o which_o this_o promise_v authorize_v he_o to_o apply_v to_o himself_o as_o the_o seed_n who_o he_o intend_v to_o bless_v ver._n 13._o he_o lodge_v there_o i._n e._n in_o mahanaim_n or_o thereabouts_o where_o he_o hope_v god_n will_v command_v the_o angel_n which_o he_o have_v see_v to_o protect_v he_o and_o take_v of_o that_o which_o come_v to_o his_o hand_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o this_o translation_n he_o take_v what_o he_o first_o light_n upon_o without_o any_o choice_n be_v still_o in_o a_o passion_n of_o fear_n but_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v in_o his_o hand_n signify_v what_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o present_v he_o withal_o viz._n such_o cattle_n as_o be_v after_o mention_v though_o he_o have_v no_o jewel_n or_o precious_a raiment_n and_o it_o appear_v that_o he_o choose_v they_o with_o great_a consideration_n in_o exact_a proportion_n for_o have_v commend_v himself_o upon_o such_o good_a ground_n to_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o almighty_a his_o fear_n vanish_v ver._n 14._o two_o hundred_o she-goat_n and_o twenty_o he-goat_n etc._n etc._n the_o male_n bear_v the_o proportion_n of_o one_o to_o ten_o female_n and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o ram_n and_o bull_n which_o be_v the_o proportion_n varro_n say_v be_v observe_v in_o his_o day_n and_o country_n see_v bochart_n in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 54._o
only_o in_o the_o land_n of_o seir_n or_o bare_o in_o seir_n to_o which_o he_o invite_v jacob_n at_o his_o return_n xxxii_o 3._o xxxiii_o 14_o 16._o this_o mountainous_a country_n which_o be_v rich_a than_o the_o other_o he_o get_v into_o his_o possession_n after_o that_o time_n esau_n be_v edom._n the_o father_n of_o the_o edomite_n as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 9_o ver._n 12._o she_o bear_v to_o eliphaz_n amalek_n this_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v set_v down_o as_o i_o observe_v on_o verse_n 1_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o amalekite_n who_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n concern_v who_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o abhor_v a_o edomite_n because_o he_o be_v thy_o brother_n deut._n xxiii_o 7._o thus_o joseph_n albo._n for_o though_o they_o make_v a_o distinct_a people_n from_o the_o edomite_n and_o live_v in_o a_o neighbour_a country_n yet_o they_o possess_v that_o part_n of_o mount_n seir_n which_o be_v near_o kadesh_n barnea_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o numb_a xiii_o 29._o and_o fourteen_o 43._o ver._n 15._o these_o be_v duke_n the_o word_n allouphe_fw-mi if_o we_o may_v believe_v r._n solomon_n jarchi_n signify_v head_n chief_n or_o ruler_n of_o family_n who_o may_v be_v call_v prince_n though_o their_o government_n be_v not_o yet_o regal_a but_o a_o kind_n of_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o beginning_n ver._n 16._o duke_n korah_n he_o be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n verse_n 11._o but_o call_v the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n verse_n 14._o and_o according_o say_v to_o rule_v over_o a_o family_n descend_v from_o she_o verse_n 18._o we_o must_v suppose_v therefore_o there_o be_v two_o korah_n one_o the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n the_o other_o a_o nephew_n of_o eliphaz_n by_o some_o of_o his_o son_n or_o grandson_n who_o come_v to_o be_v a_o great_a ruler_n and_o to_o get_v the_o government_n of_o some_o of_o these_o family_n and_o according_a to_o the_o style_n of_o scripture_n be_v reckon_v for_o eliphaz_n his_o son_n ver._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o seir_n the_o horite_n from_o this_o seir_n the_o country_n have_v its_o name_n but_o from_o who_o he_o descend_v be_v not_o record_v who_o inhabit_v the_o land_n who_o be_v the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o this_o country_n before_o esau_n conquer_v it_o and_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o that_o possess_v it_o after_o the_o flood_n who_o genealogy_n i_o suppose_v be_v here_o mention_v because_o esau_n posterity_n marry_v with_o some_o of_o they_o particular_o his_o elder_a son_n eliphaz_n take_v timna_n sister_n of_o lotan_n one_o of_o seir_n son_n for_o his_o concubine_n verse_n 22._o yea_o esau_n himself_o seem_v to_o have_v marry_v one_o of_o this_o family_n viz._n aholibamah_n who_o father_n and_o uncle_n be_v say_v to_o be_v hivites_n verse_n 2._o but_o here_o plain_o call_v horites_n be_v descend_v from_o seir_n the_o horite_n though_o dwell_v then_o among_o the_o hivites_n ver._n 21._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n of_o the_o horites_n the_o head_n of_o their_o family_n who_o govern_v the_o country_n before_o esau_n and_o his_o posterity_n dispossess_v they_o and_o settle_v themselves_o in_o the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n which_o they_o find_v among_o these_o horites_n in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n ver._n 24._o this_o be_v that_o anah_n who_o find_v the_o mule_n in_o the_o wilderness_n not_o by_o accident_n but_o by_o his_o art_n and_o industry_n he_o invent_v as_o we_o speak_v this_o mixture_n and_o produce_v this_o new_a kind_n of_o creature_n so_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v but_o the_o word_n find_v though_o use_v four_o hundred_o time_n in_o scripture_n never_o signify_v as_o bochart_n have_v observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 21._o the_o invention_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o before_o but_o the_o find_v that_o which_o already_o be_v in_o be_v nor_o do_v jemim_n signify_v ass_n in_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o other_o have_v read_v the_o hebrew_n word_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v write_v jamim_a as_o st._n hierom_n observe_v imagine_v that_o as_o anah_n feed_v his_o father_n ass_n he_o find_v a_o great_a collection_n of_o water_n see_v vossius_fw-la l._n iii_o the_o idolol_n cap._n 75._o which_o some_o fancy_n to_o have_v be_v hot_a water_n or_o bath_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpret_v it_o but_o then_o we_o must_v read_v the_o hebrew_n quite_o otherwise_o than_o we_o do_v now_o and_o bochart_n give_v other_o reason_n against_o this_o interpretation_n and_o endeavour_n to_o establish_v another_o opinion_n that_o by_o jemim_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v emim_a a_o gigantic_a sort_n of_o people_n mention_v in_o scripture_n and_o next_o neighbour_n to_o the_o horites_n these_o anah_n be_v say_v to_o find_v i._n e._n to_o meet_v withal_o and_o encounter_v or_o rather_o to_o have_v fall_v upon_o on_o a_o sudden_a and_o unexpected_o as_o this_o phrase_n he_o show_v signify_v in_o scripture_n this_o opinion_n he_o have_v confirm_v with_o a_o great_a many_o reason_n to_o which_o another_o late_a learned_a writer_n wagenseil_n think_v a_o answer_n may_v be_v give_v though_o he_o incline_v to_o it_o if_o one_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o the_o way_n which_o make_v he_o think_v here_o be_v rather_o mean_v some_o herb_n or_o plant_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n the_o lxx_o retain_v not_o know_v how_o to_o translate_v it_o and_o thus_o aben-ezra_n affirm_v many_o interpreter_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v understand_v it_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o probable_a conjecture_n of_o all_o other_o see_v wagenseil_n in_o his_o annot._n upon_o that_o title_n of_o the_o talmud_n call_v sota_n p._n 217_o 218_o etc._n etc._n as_o he_o feed_v the_o ass_n of_o zibeon_n his_o father_n the_o son_n of_o prince_n be_v wont_a to_o follow_v this_o employment_n in_o ancient_a time_n as_o bochart_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n particular_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o homer_n odyssey_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 44._o ver._n 28._o the_o child_n of_o dishan_n be_v these_o us_o etc._n etc._n from_o this_o man_n the_o whole_a country_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o we_o lament_n iv_o 21._o which_o be_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n in_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 30._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n that_o come_v of_o hori_n this_o hori_n be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o seir_n by_o who_o this_o country_n be_v first_o plant_v among_o their_o duke_n or_o according_a to_o their_o family_n or_o principality_n ver._n 31._o and_o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o after_o several_a duke_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o have_v rule_v the_o country_n the_o edomite_n change_v their_o government_n into_o a_o monarchy_n and_o here_o follow_v a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n for_o i_o can_v find_v no_o ground_n for_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n that_o alluph_n a_o duke_n differ_v in_o nothing_o from_o melech_n a_o king_n but_o that_o the_o latter_a be_v crown_v the_o former_a not_o crown_v before_o there_o reign_v any_o king_n over_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n moses_n have_v a_o little_a before_o this_o xxxv_o 11._o mention_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n to_o jacob_n that_o king_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n observe_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n remarkable_a be_v a_o great_a exercise_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o esau_n posterity_n shall_v have_v so_o many_o king_n and_o there_o be_v as_o yet_o no_o king_n in_o israel_n when_o he_o write_v this_o book_n nor_o as_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v a_o long_a time_n after_o this_o moses_n may_v well_o write_v without_o a_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n to_o say_v this_o passage_n be_v insert_v by_o some_o body_n else_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n we_o may_v rather_o affirm_v if_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o moses_n his_o meaning_n be_v all_z these_o be_v king_n in_o edom_n before_o his_o own_o time_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n in_o israel_n deut._n xxxiii_o 5._o for_o he_o true_o exercise_v royal_a authority_n over_o they_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n ii_o de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 1_o 2._o ver._n 32._o the_o name_n of_o his_o city_n be_v dinhabah_n of_o which_o he_o be_v governor_n perhaps_o before_o he_o be_v make_v king_n and_o wherein_o he_o reign_v ver._n 33._o of_o bozrah_n which_o be_v afterward_o the_o principal_a city_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n xxxiv_o 6._o and_o jeremiah_n xlix_o 3._o and_o amos_n i._n 12._o it_o seem_v by_o
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
before_o verse_n 25_o and_o so_o they_o be_v immediate_o in_o this_o very_a verse_n sold_n joseph_n to_o the_o ishmaelite_n for_o they_o be_v very_o near_a neighbour_n and_o join_v together_o in_o trade_n make_v now_o one_o caravan_n with_o a_o joint_a stock_n as_o this_o story_n intimate_v read_v judg._n viii_o 1_o 3_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 26._o and_o it_o will_v appear_v the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o one_o and_o the_o same_o people_n in_o aftertime_n for_o twenty_o piece_n of_o silver_n most_o understand_v so_o many_o shekel_n which_o be_v a_o very_a small_a price_n but_o therefore_o demand_v and_o no_o more_o that_o the_o bargain_n may_v be_v clap_v up_o the_o soon_o ver._n 29._o reuben_n return_v to_o the_o pit_n he_o pretend_v some_o business_n have_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o company_n with_o a_o intention_n when_o his_o brethren_n be_v go_v from_o the_o pit_n to_o come_v private_o and_o take_v joseph_n out_o and_o carry_v he_o to_o his_o father_n upon_o that_o design_n he_o now_o come_v thither_o rend_a his_o clothes_n as_o they_o use_v to_o do_v when_o they_o mourn_v for_o the_o dead_a whereby_o he_o express_v his_o real_a grief_n for_o his_o brother_n ver._n 30._o the_o child_n be_v not_o he_o be_v dead_a as_o this_o phrase_n common_o signify_v whither_o shall_v i_o go_v i_o know_v not_o whither_o to_o flee_v to_o hide_v myself_o from_o my_o father_n anger_n who_o may_v just_o expect_v the_o elder_a son_n shall_v take_v the_o great_a care_n of_o he_o ver._n 31._o and_o they_o take_v joseph_n coat_n etc._n etc._n his_o brethren_n it_o seem_v persuade_v reuben_n also_o to_o join_v with_o they_o in_o conceal_v the_o sale_n of_o joseph_n and_o make_v their_o old_a father_n believe_v he_o be_v devour_v by_o some_o wild_a beast_n ver._n 32._o they_o send_v the_o coat_n etc._n etc._n they_o first_o send_v it_o by_o a_o messenger_n and_o immediate_o follow_v themselves_o with_o the_o tale_n which_o be_v here_o relate_v ver._n 33._o a_o evil_a beast_n some_o wild_a beast_n of_o which_o there_o be_v great_a store_n in_o those_o country_n such_o as_o lion_n and_o bear_n for_o he_o can_v not_o suspect_v his_o brethren_n will_v kill_v he_o ver._n 34._o rend_a his_o clothes_n and_o put_v sackcloth_n on_o his_o loin_n this_o be_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o mourn_v in_o those_o day_n we_o read_v often_o of_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n in_o future_a age_n upon_o such_o sad_a occasion_n but_o this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o it_o which_o show_v the_o great_a antiquity_n of_o such_o custom_n mourn_v for_o his_o son_n many_o day_n beyond_o the_o ordinary_a time_n of_o mourn_v many_o year_n as_o the_o word_n day_n sometime_o signify_v perhaps_o till_o he_o hear_v he_o be_v alive_a so_o the_o follow_a verse_n seem_v to_o denote_v that_o he_o resolve_v not_o to_o cease_v mourn_v for_o he_o as_o long_o as_o he_o live_v ver._n 35._o all_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n he_o have_v but_o one_o daughter_n therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v his_o son_n wife_n or_o their_o daughter_n i_o will_v go_v down_o into_o the_o grave_a etc._n etc._n if_o scheol_n here_o be_v expound_v grave_a than_o the_o next_o word_n must_v be_v thus_o translate_v mourn_v for_o my_o son_n as_o r._n solomon_n interpret_v they_o for_o joseph_n be_v not_o bury_v in_o a_o grave_a and_o therefore_o he_o can_v not_o think_v of_o go_v down_o to_o he_o thither_o and_o thus_o christophorus_n à _fw-fr castro_n upon_o the_o second_o of_o baruch_n acknowledge_v scheol_n signify_v in_o this_o place_n and_o interpret_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n lugere_fw-la non_fw-la desinam_fw-la donec_fw-la i_o sepulturae_fw-la demandetis_fw-la i_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o mourn_v till_o you_o lay_v i_o in_o my_o grave_n but_o if_o we_o follow_v our_o translation_n which_o be_v most_o common_a i_o will_v go_v down_o to_o my_o son_n than_o scheol_n must_v signify_v the_o state_n or_o place_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o it_o often_o do_v and_o particular_o isaiah_n fourteen_o where_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n be_v express_o deny_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o grave_a verse_n 19_o 20._o scheol_n be_v say_v to_o be_v move_v for_o he_o and_o to_o meet_v he_o and_o to_o stir_v up_o the_o dead_a for_o he_o verse_n 9_o thus_o his_o father_n weep_v for_o he_o continue_a his_o mourn_a not_o only_o by_o wear_v sackcloth_n but_o in_o such_o passionate_a expression_n as_o these_o ver._n 36._o and_o the_o midianite_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v medanim_fw-la a_o distinct_a name_n from_o those_o verse_n 38._o who_o be_v a_o people_n derive_v from_o medan_n one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o keturah_n and_o brother_n to_o midian_a xxv_o 2._o they_o and_o the_o midianite_n live_v near_o together_o in_o arabia_n not_o far_o from_o the_o ishmaelite_n who_o all_o join_v together_o in_o this_o caravan_n and_o make_v one_o society_n of_o merchant_n consist_v of_o medanites_n midianites_n and_o ishmaelite_n a_o officer_n the_o hebrew_n word_n saris_n oftentimes_o signify_v a_o eunuch_n by_o who_o the_o eastern_a queen_n be_v attend_v but_o it_o likewise_o signify_v all_o the_o great_a courtier_n as_o the_o chaldee_n here_o translate_v it_o such_o as_o the_o bed-chamber-man_n the_o lord-chamberlain_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v and_o such_o like_a officer_n of_o state_n and_o therefore_o be_v right_o translate_v here_o for_o potiphar_n have_v a_o wife_n the_o truth_n be_v this_o be_v the_o prime_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n till_o in_o after_o time_n the_o depravation_n of_o manner_n and_o the_o jealousy_n of_o the_o eastern_a king_n make_v they_o set_v none_o but_o slave_n who_o be_v castrate_v to_o attend_v their_o queen_n by_o who_o they_o be_v prefer_v to_o great_a office_n and_o so_o come_v to_o enjoy_v this_o name_n pharaoh_n this_o be_v a_o common_a name_n to_o all_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n see_v xii_o 15._o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o master_n cook_n and_o so_o epiphanius_n call_v his_o wife_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haeres_fw-la xxvi_o n._n 17._o our_o margin_n have_v it_o chief_z of_o the_o slaughterman_n or_o executioner_n but_o the_o word_n tabachim_n may_v better_o be_v translate_v soldier_n than_o butcher_n or_o executioner_n and_o here_o some_o think_v may_v denote_v he_o who_o we_o call_v the_o provost-marshal_n other_o will_v have_v it_o the_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n but_o i_o see_v no_o more_o proper_a translation_n than_o we_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n or_o rather_o chief_a commander_n of_o the_o king_n guard_n such_o a_o one_o as_o nebuzaradan_n be_v 2_o king_n xxv_o 20._o for_o schar_n be_v more_o than_o one_o who_o we_o now_o call_v a_o captain_n see_v xl._n 3._o this_o phrase_n schar-hatabachim_a be_v explain_v by_o hottinger_n out_o of_o the_o ethiopic_a tongue_n see_v smegma_fw-la orient_n p._n 85._o chap._n xxxviii_o ver._n 1._o at_o that_o time_n it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o mean_v at_o the_o time_n joseph_n be_v sell_v which_o be_v just_a before_o mention_v or_o at_o the_o time_n jacob_n return_v from_o mesopotamia_n to_o live_v in_o canaan_n xxxiii_o 18._o or_o when_o he_o go_v to_o settle_v with_o his_o father_n at_o mamre_n xxxv_o 27._o but_o take_v it_o any_o of_o these_o way_n there_o be_v time_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o event_n follow_v before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n suppose_v judah_n child_n to_o have_v marry_v very_o young_a as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o most_o interpreter_n judah_n go_v down_o from_o his_o brethren_n either_o upon_o some_o business_n or_o in_o some_o discontent_n adullamite_n a_o citizen_n of_o adullam_n which_o be_v a_o famous_a town_n or_o city_n that_o fall_v afterward_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n who_o king_n be_v slay_v by_o joshua_n xii_o 19_o and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o famous_a cave_n in_o which_o david_n hide_v himself_o 1_o sam._n xxii_o 1._o ver._n 2._o judah_n see_v there_o so_o as_o to_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o she_o for_o according_a to_o the_o old_a say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o daughter_n of_o a_o certain_a canaanite_n it_o be_v not_o so_o bad_a for_o a_o man_n circumcise_a to_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o one_o uncircumcised_a as_o it_o be_v to_o give_v their_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n to_o a_o uncircumcised_a husband_n xxxiv_o 14._o for_o a_o uncircumcised_a man_n be_v account_v unclean_a though_o he_o have_v renounce_v idolatry_n but_o a_o woman_n bear_v of_o uncircumcised_a parent_n be_v not_o so_o account_v if_o she_o embrace_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n whence_o salmon_n a_o great_a man_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n marry_v rahab_n who_o be_v a_o canaanite_n such_o a_o one_o we_o must_v suppose_v this_o woman_n who_o judah_n marry_v to_o have_v be_v or_o else_o he_o have_v offend_v his_o father_n as_o much_o as_o
the_o body_n only_o hang_v on_o a_o gibbet_n but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a he_o be_v hang_v by_o the_o neck_n as_o malefactor_n be_v now_o among_o we_o upon_o a_o gallow_n and_o the_o bird_n shall_v eat_v thy_o flesh_n he_o be_v leave_v there_o to_o be_v devour_v by_o bird_n of_o prey_n ver._n 20._o pharaoh_n birthday_n either_o the_o day_n on_o which_o he_o be_v bear_v or_o the_o day_n on_o which_o he_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n which_o be_v natalis_n imperii_fw-la the_o birthday_n of_o his_o empire_n both_o of_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v celebrate_v with_o rejoice_v and_o great_a feast_n in_o ancient_a time_n as_o well_o as_o now_o see_v the_o commentator_n upon_o matth._n fourteen_o 6._o ver._n 21._o and_o he_o give_v the_o cup._n his_o fault_n we_o may_v suppose_v be_v of_o a_o small_a nature_n or_o there_o be_v not_o evident_a proof_n against_o he_o or_o he_o have_v better_a friend_n who_o intercee_v for_o he_o so_o that_o he_o be_v not_o only_o pardon_v but_o restore_v to_o his_o office_n ver._n 22._o but_o he_o hang_v the_o chief_a baker_n order_v he_o to_o be_v hang_v be_v find_v guilty_a of_o what_o he_o be_v accuse_v etc._n etc._n ver._n 23._o yet_o do_v not_o the_o chief_a butler_n remember_v joseph_n but_o forget_v he_o he_o repeat_v it_o to_o show_v how_o very_o unmindful_a he_o be_v of_o he_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o vain_a courtier_n who_o have_v no_o value_n for_o wisdom_n or_o virtue_n but_o be_v whole_o give_v up_o to_o their_o pleasure_n it_o will_v have_v cost_v he_o nothing_o to_o mention_v joseph_n to_o pharaoh_n but_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o those_o who_o will_v spend_v their_o interest_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v for_o no_o body_n but_o themselves_o or_o as_o it_o may_v be_v interpret_v he_o do_v not_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o come_v to_o his_o place_n call_v he_o to_o mind_n who_o foretell_v his_o good_a fortune_n and_o so_o in_o process_n of_o time_n he_o quite_o forget_v he_o chap._n xli_o ver._n 1._o at_o the_o end_n of_o two_o full_a year_n it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o two_o year_n after_o joseph_n be_v first_o put_v in_o prison_n or_o after_o the_o chief_a butler_n be_v take_v out_o of_o prison_n it_o seem_v to_o relate_v to_o the_o latter_a be_v connect_v immediate_o with_o that_o history_n pharaoh_n dream_v have_v a_o extraordinary_a dream_n send_v from_o god_n he_o stand_v by_o the_o river_n where_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o recreate_v themselves_o especial_o in_o hot_a wether_n and_o when_o they_o expect_v its_o rise_n to_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o to_o give_v hope_n of_o a_o plentiful_a year_n ver._n 2._o behold_v there_o come_v up_o out_o of_o the_o river_n this_o be_v a_o most_o apt_a and_o lively_a figure_n represent_v thing_n exact_o conformable_a to_o the_o state_n of_o that_o country_n which_o be_v enrich_v by_o the_o yearly_a overflow_n of_o the_o river_n nilus_n without_o which_o the_o beast_n will_v have_v have_v no_o grass_n to_o feed_v they_o much_o less_o to_o fatten_v they_o but_o bochart_n think_v the_o hebrew_n word_n jeor_n which_o we_o translate_v river_n proper_o signify_v a_o cut_n as_o we_o speak_v or_o a_o canal_n out_o of_o nile_n of_o which_o there_o be_v many_o for_o the_o draw_v its_o water_n into_o several_a part_n of_o the_o country_n hierozoic_n p._n i._o lib._n ii_o cap._n 42._o wellfavoured_n kine_n etc._n etc._n or_o oxen._n by_o which_o the_o field_n be_v plough_v and_o all_o the_o business_n of_o husbandry_n manage_v their_o fatness_n be_v a_o proper_a token_n of_o fertility_n as_o their_o leanness_n be_v of_o famine_n so_o bochart_n observe_v and_o see_v vossius_fw-la de_fw-la idolol_fw-la lib._n i._o cap._n 29._o and_o they_o feed_v in_o a_o meadow_n this_o represent_a nile_n as_o have_v over-flowed_n a_o great_a way_n to_o the_o enrich_n of_o a_o pasture_n at_o a_o distance_n from_o the_o river_n ver._n 3._o stand_v by_o the_o other_o kine_n this_o signify_v the_o event_n denote_v hereby_o to_o be_v near_o one_o to_o the_o other_o upon_o the_o brink_n of_o the_o river_n not_o feed_v in_o a_o meadow_n as_o the_o former_a do_v but_o pick_v up_o grass_n here_o and_o there_o near_o the_o river_n for_o this_o be_v a_o sign_n it_o have_v not_o overflowed_a at_o all_o or_o very_o little_a there_o be_v no_o food_n for_o the_o cattle_n but_o on_o the_o river_n bank_n where_o perhaps_o he_o see_v they_o eat_v the_o flag_n ver._n 5._o come_v up_o upon_o one_o stalk_v a_o token_n of_o great_a plenty_n ver._n 6._o blast_v with_o the_o east-wind_n to_o this_o wind_n which_o the_o hebrew_n call_v kadim_n be_v ascribe_v in_o scripture_n all_o the_o mischief_n that_o be_v do_v to_o corn_n or_o fruit_n by_o blast_v smut_a mildew_n locust_n etc._n etc._n and_o be_v more_o pernicious_a in_o egypt_n than_o other_o place_n because_o it_o come_v through_o the_o vast_a desert_n of_o arabia_n ver._n 7._o and_o behold_v it_o be_v a_o dream_n or_o behold_v the_o dream_n continue_v to_o run_v in_o his_o mind_n when_o he_o be_v awake_a he_o can_v not_o put_v it_o out_o of_o his_o thought_n but_o it_o perpetual_o present_v itself_o to_o he_o as_o it_o have_v do_v when_o he_o be_v asleep_a this_o show_v it_o to_o be_v one_o of_o those_o dream_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d send_v from_o god_n as_o the_o interpretation_n and_o the_o event_n show_v afterward_o more_o evident_o bochart_n note_v out_o of_o josephus_n l._n xvii_o a_o dream_n of_o archelaus_n mention_v matth._n ii_o 22._o compose_v of_o both_o these_o figure_n for_o he_o see_v ten_o ear_n of_o corn_n very_o plump_a and_o ripe_a devour_v by_o oxen._n which_o simon_n essaeus_n interpret_v to_o signify_v that_o he_o shall_v live_v ten_o year_n and_o then_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o great_a turn_n of_o affair_n because_o ox_n turn_v up_o the_o ground_n by_o the_o plough_n and_o according_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 41._o ver._n 8._o his_o spirit_n be_v trouble_v he_o can_v not_o rest_v satisfy_v till_o he_o understand_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o dream_n which_o he_o think_v import_v some_o great_a alteration_n in_o the_o state_n of_o his_o country_n call_v for_o all_o the_o magician_n of_o egypt_n the_o word_n in_o hebrew_n or_o rather_o chaldee_n for_o magician_n have_v a_o bad_a signification_n in_o aftertime_n but_o what_o kind_n of_o man_n they_o be_v now_o we_o do_v not_o know_v whether_o they_o profess_v to_o interpret_v dream_n and_o expound_v thing_n secret_a by_o natural_a observation_n or_o such_o rule_n as_o be_v now_o find_v in_o the_o book_n of_o oneirocritick_n or_o by_o consult_v daemon_n or_o only_o by_o the_o foolish_a art_n of_o astrology_n to_o which_o they_o be_v much_o addict_v in_o future_a age_n our_o learned_a nic._n fuller_n lib._n v._o miscell_n sacr._n cap._n 11._o think_v the_o hebrew_n word_n chartummim_n import_v such_o as_o divine_v by_o certain_a superstitious_a character_n picture_n image_n and_o figure_n which_o they_o engrave_v with_o magical_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n all_o the_o wise_a man_n thereof_o these_o be_v the_o same_o i_o suppose_v with_o those_o who_o be_v call_v philosopher_n in_o greece_n from_o whence_o several_a great_a man_n go_v to_o learn_v of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o be_v famous_a for_o wisdom_n before_o it_o come_v into_o greece_n tell_v they_o his_o dream_n he_o tell_v they_o both_o his_o dream_n as_o appear_v from_o what_o follow_v but_o moses_n speak_v in_o the_o singular_a number_n because_o they_o be_v in_o effect_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o dream_n but_o there_o be_v none_o that_o can_v interpret_v they_o either_o they_o be_v amaze_v and_o do_v not_o attempt_v a_o exposition_n as_o beyond_o their_o skill_n or_o what_o they_o say_v give_v no_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o king_n the_o seven_o kine_n and_o the_o seven_o ear_n it_o be_v likely_a they_o think_v have_v a_o great_a mystery_n in_o they_o if_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o planet_n be_v then_o among_o they_o which_o they_o invoke_v with_o secret_a or_o inutterable_a invocation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o oracle_n mention_v by_o porphyry_n speak_v which_o be_v invent_v by_o that_o most_o excellent_a of_o all_o magician_n say_v the_o same_o oracle_n the_o king_n of_o the_o seven_o sound_n who_o all_o man_n know_v i._n e._n ostanes_n or_o hostanes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o seven_o sound_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o inventor_n and_o governor_n mr._n selden_n think_v be_v mean_v the_o harmony_n which_o the_o ancient_n suppose_v the_o seven_o planet_n to_o make_v who_o these_o magician_n call_v upon_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o seven_o invocation_n to_o each_o planet_n
upon_o its_o proper_a day_n as_o he_o show_v lib._n iii_o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 19_o but_o the_o more_o they_o labour_v to_o find_v out_o this_o mystery_n the_o more_o they_o be_v puzzle_v and_o perplex_v in_o their_o thought_n nor_o can_v their_o prayer_n if_o they_o go_v that_o way_n to_o work_v help_v they_o to_o disclose_v the_o secret_n ver._n 9_o i_o do_v remember_v my_o fault_n this_o day_n call_v to_o mind_n the_o offence_n i_o commit_v against_o pharaoh_n or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o my_o ingratitude_n to_o one_o who_o be_v in_o prison_n with_o i_o ver._n 11._o each_o man_n according_a to_o the_o interpretation_n of_o his_o dream_n just_o according_a to_o the_o event_n be_v each_o of_o our_o dream_n ver._n 13._o as_o he_o interpret_v to_o we_o so_o it_o be_v he_o repeat_v the_o thing_n often_o to_o show_v how_o exact_o joseph_n hit_v the_o truth_n in_o his_o interpretation_n i_o he_o restore_v to_o my_o office_n etc._n etc._n he_o tell_v i_o that_o on_o such_o a_o day_n i_o shall_v be_v restore_v to_o my_o office_n and_o he_o tell_v the_o other_o he_o shall_v be_v hang_v ver._n 14._o bring_v he_o hasty_o with_o all_o speed_n that_o pharaoh_n may_v not_o continue_v in_o suspense_n out_o of_o the_o dungeon_n it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o though_o he_o be_v throw_v into_o the_o dungeon_n at_o the_o first_o xl._n 15._o he_o do_v not_o continue_v there_o when_o he_o look_v after_o all_o the_o prisoner_n and_o do_v the_o whole_a business_n of_o a_o keeper_n thirty-nine_o 22_o 23._o therefore_o this_o part_n as_o be_v usual_a be_v put_v for_o the_o whole_a signify_v no_o more_o than_o that_o they_o bring_v he_o out_o of_o prison_n where_o he_o have_v be_v in_o the_o dungeon_n and_o he_o shave_v himself_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o custom_n in_o most_o country_n when_o man_n be_v in_o a_o mournful_a condition_n to_o neglect_v their_o hair_n both_o of_o the_o head_n and_o the_o beard_n and_o not_o to_o shift_v their_o clothes_n as_o in_o prosperity_n but_o to_o continue_v in_o a_o rueful_a dress_n whereby_o they_o express_v the_o sense_n they_o have_v of_o their_o calamity_n ver._n 16._o it_o be_v not_o in_o i_o a_o modest_a answer_n i_o do_v not_o pretend_v to_o more_o wisdom_n than_o those_o thou_o have_v already_o consult_v god_n shall_v give_v pharaoh_n a_o answer_n of_o peace_n but_o god_n i_o doubt_v not_o will_v direct_v i_o to_o give_v the_o king_n a_o satisfactory_a answer_n nay_o a_o answer_n that_o shall_v be_v serviceable_a to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o kingdom_n ver._n 17._o and_o pharaoh_n say_v unto_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n we_o may_v well_o suppose_v that_o joseph_n desire_v to_o know_v the_o dream_n which_o pharaoh_n repeat_v in_o this_o and_o the_o follow_a verse_n something_o more_o full_o than_o it_o be_v set_v down_o before_o ver._n 21._o when_o they_o have_v eat_v they_o up_o it_o can_v not_o be_v know_v that_o they_o have_v eat_v they_o etc._n etc._n a_o emblem_n of_o a_o very_a grievous_a famine_n which_o be_v represent_v not_o only_o by_o the_o lean_a kine_n devour_v the_o fat_a as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v the_o barren_a year_n consume_v all_o the_o growth_n of_o the_o fertile_a but_o by_o their_o remain_v lean_a as_o if_o they_o have_v eat_v nothing_o which_o represent_v what_o often_o happen_v in_o famine_n that_o man_n eat_v greedy_o but_o be_v not_o satisfy_v because_o god_n break_v the_o staff_n of_o bread_n levit._n xxvi_o 26._o i._n e._n take_v away_o its_o nourish_a virtue_n as_o bochart_n expound_v it_o hierozoic_n p._n i._o lib._n ii_o cap._n 41._o but_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o strain_n of_o that_o phrase_n break_v the_o staff_n of_o bread_n which_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o want_v of_o bread_n to_o support_v man_n life_n and_o all_o that_o can_v be_v gather_v from_o this_o part_n of_o the_o dream_n be_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v such_o exceed_a great_a scarcity_n that_o man_n shall_v have_v but_o just_a enough_o to_o keep_v they_o alive_a ver._n 25._o the_o dream_n of_o pharaoh_n be_v one_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v represent_v by_o two_o several_a figure_n god_n have_v show_v pharaoh_n what_o he_o be_v about_o to_o do_v god_n have_v in_o these_o dream_n reveal_v to_o pharaoh_n what_o he_o intend_v short_o to_o bring_v to_o pass_v ver._n 26._o the_o seven_o good_a kine_n etc._n etc._n he_o represent_v in_o this_o and_o in_o the_o follow_a verse_n how_o one_o thing_n be_v signify_v by_o two_o dream_n seven_o good_a kine_n and_o seven_o good_a ear_n represent_v seven_o year_n of_o plenty_n and_o seven_o lean_a kine_n and_o seven_o empty_a ear_n as_o many_o year_n of_o scarcity_n ver._n 28._o this_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v speak_v etc._n etc._n i_o have_v tell_v the_o king_n in_o short_a what_o the_o divine_a providence_n be_v about_o to_o effect_v ver._n 29._o behold_v there_o come_v seven_o year_n etc._n etc._n i_o will_v repeat_v it_o more_o at_o large_a take_v notice_n then_o that_o in_o the_o next_o seven_o year_n to_o this_o there_o shall_v be_v very_o great_a crop_n of_o corn_n every_o where_o throughout_o the_o whole_a country_n ver._n 30._o and_o there_o shall_v arise_v after_o they_o etc._n etc._n and_o immediate_o after_o they_o be_v end_v shall_v follow_v seven_o year_n as_o barren_a as_o the_o former_a be_v fruitful_a the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o little_a or_o no_o corn._n which_o will_v make_v so_o great_a a_o famine_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o memory_n of_o the_o forego_n plenty_n for_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o corn_n leave_v but_o all_o eat_v up_o throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n ver._n 31._o and_o the_o plenty_n shall_v not_o be_v know_v etc._n etc._n i_o say_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o mark_n remain_v of_o the_o forego_n plenty_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o extreme_a scarcity_n in_o the_o follow_a year_n which_o will_v be_v very_o heavy_a ver._n 32._o and_o for_o that_o the_o dream_n be_v double_v etc._n etc._n the_o repetition_n of_o the_o dream_n signify_v the_o certainty_n of_o what_o i_o say_v god_n have_v so_o determine_v who_o will_v short_o justify_v the_o truth_n of_o my_o prediction_n both_o here_o and_o in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n verse_n 25_o 28._o he_o direct_v pharaoh_n to_o look_v up_o unto_o god_n as_o the_o author_n of_o all_o these_o event_n and_o that_o not_o in_o a_o ordinary_a but_o extraordinary_a manner_n for_o such_o fertility_n and_o such_o famine_n do_v not_o proceed_v from_o mere_a natural_a cause_n but_o from_o a_o overrule_v providence_n it_o be_v observe_v by_o pliny_n l._n v._o nat._n hist_o cap._n 9_o that_o when_o nile_n rise_v only_o twelve_o cubit_n a_o famine_n follow_v when_o thirteen_o great_a scarcity_n when_o fourteen_o they_o have_v a_o good_a year_n when_o fifteen_o a_o very_a good_a and_o if_o it_o rise_v sixteen_o it_o make_v delicias_fw-la luxuriant_a plenty_n and_o the_o great_a increase_n they_o ever_o know_v be_v to_o eighteen_o cubit_n now_o that_o this_o river_n shall_v overflow_v so_o large_o for_o seven_o year_n together_o as_o to_o make_v vast_a plenty_n and_o then_o for_o the_o next_o seven_o year_n not_o to_o overflow_v its_o bank_n at_o all_o or_o very_o little_a and_o so_o make_v a_o sore_a and_o long_a famine_n can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o nothing_o but_o a_o extraordinary_a hand_n of_o god_n it_o be_v quite_o out_o of_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n and_o indeed_o the_o dream_n seem_v to_o signify_v something_o beyond_o that_o for_o it_o be_v unnatural_a for_o ox_n to_o devour_v one_o another_o ver._n 33._o look_v out_o a_o man_n discreet_a and_o wise_a one_o fit_a to_o manage_v so_o great_a a_o affair_n he_o that_o can_v foretell_v such_o event_n be_v fit_a to_o advise_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o foresight_n of_o they_o but_o it_o be_v probable_a he_o do_v not_o presume_v to_o give_v such_o direction_n till_o he_o be_v ask_v his_o opinion_n ver._n 34._o let_v pharaoh_n do_v this_o when_o this_o be_v do_v let_v he_o appoint_v officer_n let_v that_o chief_a ruler_n appoint_v officer_n under_o he_o in_o the_o several_a province_n of_o the_o kingdom_n such_o as_o the_o roman_n call_v praefectos_fw-la annonae_fw-la take_v up_o a_o five_o part_n some_o have_v ask_v why_o not_o the_o half_a since_o there_o be_v to_o be_v as_o many_o year_n of_o famine_n as_o of_o plenty_n to_o which_o such_o answer_n as_o these_o have_v be_v give_v by_o interpreter_n that_o the_o great_a and_o rich_a sort_n be_v wont_v in_o time_n of_o plenty_n to_o fill_v their_o storehouse_n as_o a_o provision_n against_o a_o scarce_a year_n which_o sometime_o happen_v and_o second_o that_o in_o time_n of_o famine_n man_n be_v wont_a to_o live_v more_o frugal_o and_o not_o
set_v down_o to_o express_v the_o fear_n which_o jacob_n himself_o be_v in_o at_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o money_n though_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v their_o fear_n be_v increase_v when_o they_o perceive_v he_o to_o have_v the_o same_o apprehension_n which_o they_o have_v of_o some_o design_n that_o may_v be_v lay_v against_o their_o life_n when_o they_o return_v to_o egypt_n though_o they_o bring_v their_o young_a brother_n with_o they_o ver._n 36._o simeon_n be_v not_o he_o look_v upon_o he_o as_o dead_a be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o so_o rough_a a_o man_n as_o they_o describe_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o land_n to_o be_v especial_o if_o he_o do_v not_o send_v benjamin_n thither_o as_o for_o the_o present_a he_o be_v resolve_v not_o to_o do_v all_o these_o thing_n be_v against_o i_o or_o upon_o i_o as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n carry_v it_o these_o be_v heavy_a burden_n which_o lie_v upon_o i_o not_o upon_o you_o who_o can_v be_v content_a to_o have_v benjamin_n go_v after_o i_o have_v lose_v two_o of_o my_o son_n already_o ver._n 37._o slay_v my_o two_o son_n if_o i_o bring_v he_o not_o to_o thou_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o foolish_o say_v for_o what_o good_a will_v it_o do_v jacob_n nay_o what_o a_o increase_n of_o his_o affliction_n will_v it_o have_v be_v to_o lose_v two_o grandchild_n after_o he_o have_v lose_v another_o son_n but_o it_o be_v speak_v out_o of_o a_o passionate_a desire_n to_o redeem_v simeon_n and_o to_o make_v more_o provision_n for_o their_o family_n be_v confident_a that_o joseph_n who_o profess_v to_o fear_n god_n verse_n 18_o will_v be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n ver._n 38._o he_o be_v leave_v alone_o the_o only_a child_n of_o his_o mother_n bring_v down_o my_o grey_a hair_n with_o sorrow_n to_o the_o grave_a you_o will_v make_v i_o who_o be_o wear_v away_o already_o die_v with_o grief_n chap._n xliii_o ver._n 1._o and_o the_o famine_n be_v sore_o etc._n etc._n still_o increase_v to_o a_o great_a scarcity_n ver._n 2._o when_o they_o have_v eat_v up_o the_o corn_n that_o they_o bring_v out_o of_o egypt_n so_o that_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o live_v upon_o but_o only_o the_o poor_a crop_n that_o their_o own_o country_n produce_v which_o can_v not_o long_o sustain_v they_o buy_v we_o a_o little_a food_n he_o hope_v it_o be_v likely_a the_o next_o year_n will_v be_v better_o and_o so_o only_o desire_v a_o supply_n of_o their_o present_a necessity_n ver._n 3._o and_o judah_n speak_v unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n reuben_n have_v speak_v to_o he_o in_o vain_a xlii_o 37_o 38._o and_o levi_n perhaps_o have_v not_o yet_o recover_v his_o interest_n in_o he_o since_o the_o barbarous_a action_n at_o shechem_n and_o therefore_o judah_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o persuade_v his_o father_n be_v next_o in_o birth_n and_o of_o no_o small_a authority_n among_o his_o brethren_n you_o shall_v not_o see_v my_o face_n but_o be_v take_v for_o spy_n and_o so_o lose_v their_o life_n ver._n 5._o we_o will_v not_o go_v down_o because_o it_o will_v not_o only_o have_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n but_o also_o endanger_v their_o life_n ver._n 6._o wherefore_o deal_v you_o so_o ill_o with_o i_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v unkind_o do_v of_o you_o to_o tell_v he_o of_o another_o brother_n for_o what_o need_n be_v there_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o one_o who_o be_v not_o with_o you_o ver._n 7._o the_o man_n ask_v we_o strait_o etc._n etc._n they_o have_v tell_v he_o they_o be_v all_o one_o man_n son_n xlii_o 11._o he_o may_v well_o ask_v they_o what_o man_n and_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o more_o of_o they_o and_o whether_o their_o father_n and_o brother_n be_v yet_o live_v and_o we_o tell_v he_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o these_o word_n answer_v every_o question_n as_o truth_n require_v ver._n 8._o send_v the_o lad_n with_o i_o trust_v he_o with_o i_o he_o call_v he_o lad_n because_o he_o be_v the_o young_a of_o they_o all_o and_o one_o of_o who_o his_o father_n be_v as_o tender_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o little_a child_n though_o indeed_o he_o have_v child_n of_o his_o own_o xlvi_o 21._o that_o we_o may_v live_v etc._n etc._n these_o be_v very_a move_a argument_n the_o preservation_n of_o a_o whole_a family_n benjamin_n and_o all_o who_o if_o he_o go_v may_v return_v in_o safety_n but_o if_o he_o stay_v at_o home_n must_v perish_v with_o all_o the_o rest_n ver._n 9_o i_o will_v be_v surety_n for_o he_o be_v bind_v in_o what_o penalty_n thou_o please_v to_o bring_v he_o back_o of_o my_o hand_n shall_v thou_o require_v he_o punish_v i_o who_o will_v be_v answerable_a for_o he_o if_o he_o miscarry_v bear_v the_o blame_n for_o ever_o lie_v under_o thy_o displeasure_n as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v all_o this_o signify_v only_a that_o he_o will_v do_v his_o utmost_a to_o secure_v he_o and_o rather_o suffer_v the_o heavy_a thing_n himself_o than_o lose_v benjamin_n ver._n 10._o for_o except_o we_o have_v linger_v etc._n etc._n if_o thou_o have_v not_o hinder_v we_o by_o these_o scruple_n about_o benjamin_n we_o have_v be_v there_o and_o at_o home_o again_o by_o this_o time_n ver._n 11._o take_v of_o the_o best_a fruit_n the_o hebrew_n word_n mizzimrath_n signify_v of_o the_o most_o praise_v or_o as_o bochart_n more_o literal_o interpret_v it_o quae_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la terra_fw-la sunt_fw-la maximè_fw-la decantata_fw-la p._n ii_o hierozoic_n lib._n v._o cap._n 9_o those_o fruit_n which_o be_v most_o celebrate_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v as_o famous_a for_o the_o thing_n follow_v as_o egypt_n be_v for_o corn._n and_o it_o seem_v at_o this_o time_n do_v not_o want_v they_o which_o may_v make_v they_o more_o acceptable_a in_o egypt_n where_o they_o grow_v at_o no_o time_n for_o egypt_n be_v a_o low_a and_o plain_a country_n and_o canaan_n a_o hilly_a it_o make_v their_o product_n very_o different_a balm_n rather_o resin_n as_o be_v observe_v on_o xxxvii_o 25._o honey_n for_o which_o this_o country_n be_v famous_a especial_o in_o some_o part_n of_o it_o about_o tekoah_n as_o bochart_n also_o observe_v and_o therefore_o be_v a_o fit_a present_n for_o a_o king_n as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o story_n of_o david_n 2_o sam._n xvii_o 29_o and_o be_v carry_v from_o hence_o to_o the_o mart_n of_o tyre_n ezek._n xxvii_o 17._o spice_n the_o word_n necoth_n signify_v storax_n as_o be_v also_o observe_v before_o xxxvii_o 25._o myrrh_n which_o bochart_n translate_v mastich_n nut_n he_o also_o prove_v by_o many_o argument_n that_o the_o word_n botnim_n signify_v those_o nut_n we_o call_v pistachio_n which_o may_v well_o be_v number_v among_o the_o best_a fruit_n of_o the_o land_n be_v very_o friendly_a to_o the_o stomach_n and_o liver_n powerful_a against_o poison_n and_o high_o esteem_v by_o the_o ancient_n as_o a_o delicious_a food_n and_o so_o maimonides_n and_o kimchi_n expound_v the_o word_n almond_n they_o be_v fit_o join_v with_o pistachio_n as_o he_o observe_v be_v fructus_fw-la congeneres_fw-la and_o therefore_o dioscorides_n treat_v of_o they_o together_o and_o theophrastus_n describe_v the_o pistachio_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d like_v unto_o almond_n vid._n canaan_n lib._n i._o cap._n ver._n 12._o take_v double_a money_n other_o money_n beside_o their_o first_o which_o if_o it_o signify_v as_o much_o more_o as_o the_o first_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o he_o think_v corn_n may_v now_o be_v grow_v dear_a ver._n 14._o if_o i_o be_v bereave_v i_o be_o bereave_v i_o submit_v unto_o it_o and_o will_v bear_v it_o as_o patient_o as_o i_o be_o able_a or_o as_o some_o paraphrase_n it_o as_o i_o have_v be_v bereave_v of_o joseph_n and_o simeon_n so_o now_o i_o be_o of_o benjamin_n no_o new_a thing_n happen_v to_o i_o but_o i_o have_v be_v use_v to_o such_o affliction_n which_o i_o may_v therefore_o bear_v more_o equal_o ver._n 15._o stand_v before_o joseph_n present_v themselves_o to_o he_o in_o his_o office_n as_o we_o speak_v or_o in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o give_v audience_n to_o those_o who_o come_v to_o petition_v he_o or_o to_o buy_v corn_n of_o he_o for_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o next_o verse_n that_o he_o be_v not_o at_o his_o own_o house_n ver._n 16._o bring_v these_o man_n home_o conduct_v they_o to_o my_o house_n and_o slay_v the_o hebrew_n phrase_n signify_v a_o great_a slaughter_n of_o several_a sort_n of_o creature_n perhaps_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o plentiful_a provision_n ver._n 18._o and_o the_o man_n be_v afraid_a etc._n etc._n every_o thing_n as_o be_v observe_v before_o xlii_o 28._o terrify_v a_o guilty_a conscience_n and_o fall_v upon_o we_o i._n e._n kill_v we_o and_o take_v we_o for_o bondman_n etc._n etc._n rather_o or_o take_v we_o for_o bondman_n and_o
be_v deprive_v of_o his_o government_n and_o banish_v to_o vienne_n in_o france_n and_o then_o judaea_n be_v reduce_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n and_o rule_v by_o roman_a governor_n after_o which_o there_o be_v no_o king_n nor_o ethnarch_n of_o judaea_n so_o that_o after_o this_o time_n we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v the_o jew_n lose_v even_o their_o mechokkim_n or_o governor_n as_o they_o have_v long_o ago_o lose_v the_o sceptre_n and_o have_v no_o power_n remain_v among_o they_o of_o administer_a the_o affair_n of_o their_o commonwealth_n now_o at_o this_o time_n our_o bless_a lord_n and_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n the_o true_a shiloh_n come_v who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o a_o new_a and_o heavenly_a kingdom_n and_o nothing_o more_o be_v leave_v to_o be_v do_v for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o this_o prophecy_n but_o after_o his_o crucify_a to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o temple_n and_o therewith_o the_o whole_a form_n of_o their_o government_n both_o civil_a and_o sacred_a then_o all_o power_n be_v entire_o take_v from_o judah_n when_o christ_n have_v erect_v his_o throne_n in_o the_o heaven_n and_o bring_v many_o people_n in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n unto_o his_o obedience_n and_o make_v they_o member_n of_o his_o celestial_a kingdom_n till_o which_o time_n this_o prophecy_n be_v not_o complete_o fulfil_v which_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n possible_o that_o it_o be_v not_o allege_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n because_o the_o jew_n may_v have_v say_v we_o have_v still_o a_o government_n among_o we_o which_o can_v not_o be_v pretend_v after_o the_o destruction_n by_o titus_n which_o be_v now_o above_o sixteen_o hundred_o year_n ago_o and_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o sign_n of_o their_o restitution_n which_o so_o perplex_v r._n samuel_n maroccanus_n that_o it_o make_v he_o write_v thus_o to_o a_o friend_n of_o he_o above_o six_o hundred_o year_n since_o i_o will_v fain_o learn_v from_o thou_o out_o of_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n and_o other_o scripture_n why_o the_o jew_n be_v thus_o smite_v in_o this_o captivity_n wherein_o we_o be_v which_o may_v be_v proper_o call_v the_o perpetval_n anger_n of_o god_n because_o it_o have_v no_o end_n for_o it_o be_v now_o above_o a_o thousand_o year_n since_o we_o be_v carry_v captive_a by_o titus_n and_o yet_o our_o father_n who_o worship_v idol_n kill_v the_o prophet_n and_o cast_v the_o law_n behind_o their_o back_n be_v only_o punish_v with_o a_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n and_o then_o bring_v home_o again_o but_o now_o there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o our_o calamity_n nor_o do_v the_o prophet_n promise_v any_o if_o this_o argument_n be_v hard_a to_o be_v answer_v then_o in_o his_o day_n it_o be_v much_o hard_a now_o in_o we_o who_o still_o see_v they_o pursue_v by_o god_n vengeance_n which_o can_v be_v for_o nothing_o else_o but_o reject_v and_o crucify_a the_o messiah_n the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n ver._n 11._o bind_v his_o foal_n unto_o the_o vine_n etc._n etc._n this_o verse_n set_v forth_o the_o great_a fertility_n of_o judah_n country_n abound_v with_o vineyard_n and_o pasture_n by_o two_o hyperbolical_a expression_n first_o that_o vine_n shall_v be_v as_o common_a there_o as_o thorn-hedge_n in_o other_o place_n so_o that_o they_o may_v tie_v ass_n with_o their_o colt_n to_o they_o or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o lade_v a_o ass_n with_o the_o fruit_n of_o one_o vine_n second_o that_o wine_n shall_v be_v as_o common_a as_o water_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v enough_o not_o only_o to_o drink_v but_o to_o wash_v their_o clothes_n in_o it_o which_o do_v not_o imply_v that_o they_o make_v it_o serve_v for_o that_o use_n but_o only_o denote_v its_o plenty_n which_o be_v so_o very_o great_a that_o in_o tread_v the_o grape_n and_o press_v out_o the_o juice_n their_o garment_n be_v all_o sprinkle_v with_o wine_n which_o one_o may_v wring_v out_o of_o they_o choice_a vine_n the_o vine_n of_o sorek_n which_o we_o here_o translate_v choice_n and_o in_o jerem._n ii_o 21._o noble_a vine_n be_v the_o most_o excellent_a in_o all_o that_o country_n for_o sorek_n be_v a_o place_n not_o above_o half_a a_o mile_n from_o the_o valley_n of_o eschol_n from_o whence_o the_o spy_n bring_v the_o large_a bunch_n as_o a_o sample_n of_o the_o fruitfulness_n of_o the_o country_n see_v bochart_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n iii_o cap._n 13._o ver._n 12._o his_o eye_n shall_v be_v red_a with_o wine_n etc._n etc._n this_o verse_n set_v forth_o the_o healthfulness_n and_o vigour_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o fertile_a country_n but_o dr._n castell_n think_v this_o not_o to_o be_v a_o good_a translation_n because_o it_o can_v be_v say_v of_o none_o but_o a_o drunkard_n that_o his_o eye_n be_v red_a with_o wine_n and_o therefore_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v translate_v his_o eye_n or_o his_o countenance_n for_o so_o eye_n sometime_o signify_v shall_v be_v bright_a and_o more_o shine_a than_o wine_n so_o the_o word_n we_o render_v red_a signify_v in_o the_o arabic_a tongue_n as_o he_o show_v in_o his_o oratio_fw-la in_o schol._n theolog._n p._n 31._o and_o in_o his_o lexicon_n yet_o the_o same_o word_n in_o the_o proverb_n xxiii_o 29._o can_v have_v any_o other_o signification_n than_o red_a and_o the_o red_a colour_n of_o the_o eye_n answer_v well_o here_o to_o the_o whiteness_n of_o the_o tooth_n which_o follow_v and_o there_o be_v no_o more_o reason_n to_o think_v he_o mean_v they_o shall_v make_v their_o eye_n red_a with_o drink_v wine_n than_o that_o they_o shall_v wash_v their_o clothes_n in_o it_o but_o it_o may_v only_o express_v the_o great_a abundance_n of_o wine_n to_o serve_v not_o only_o their_o necessity_n but_o excess_n and_o his_o tooth_n white_a with_o milk_n milk_n do_v not_o make_v the_o tooth_n white_a but_o give_v such_o a_o excellent_a nourishment_n that_o they_o who_o live_v upon_o it_o be_v healthy_a and_o strong_a and_o their_o tooth_n not_o so_o apt_a to_o rot_v as_o they_o who_o feed_v upon_o great_a dainty_n so_o the_o meaning_n be_v the_o rich_a pasture_n in_o that_o country_n shall_v feed_v great_a flock_n and_o consequent_o they_o shall_v have_v abundance_n of_o milk_n so_o good_a and_o nourish_a that_o the_o tooth_n of_o the_o countryman_n who_o live_v upon_o it_o shall_v be_v as_o white_a as_o the_o milk_n they_o drink_v or_o if_o the_o forego_n word_n be_v translate_v his_o eye_n shall_v be_v bright_a than_o wine_n these_o be_v to_o be_v translate_v his_o tooth_n white_a than_o milk_n out_o of_o these_o three_o verse_n forego_v bochartus_fw-la think_v the_o whole_a story_n of_o silenus_n be_v forge_v by_o the_o poet_n see_v his_o canaan_n lib._n i._o cap._n 18._o p._n 482._o ver._n 13._o zebulon_n shall_v dwell_v at_o the_o haven_n of_o the_o sea_n near_o the_o lake_n of_o tiberias_n call_v in_o scripture_n the_o sea_n of_o gallilee_n he_o shall_v be_v a_o haven_n for_o ship_n the_o lot_n that_o fall_v to_o he_o extend_v from_o thence_o to_o the_o mediterranean_a where_o there_o be_v port_n for_o ship_n his_o border_n shall_v be_v unto_o zidon_n he_o do_v not_o mean_v the_o city_n of_o zidon_n for_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulon_n do_v not_o extend_v themselves_o beyond_o mount_n carmel_n which_o be_v forty_o mile_n at_o least_o from_o thence_o but_o the_o country_n of_o zidon_n i._n e._n phoenicia_n as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o his_o phaleg_n l._n iu._n cap._n 34._o which_o the_o zebulonite_n touch_v for_o as_o the_o phoenician_n be_v call_v syrian_n from_o sur_n i._n e._n tyre_n so_o they_o be_v call_v sidonian_n from_o sidon_n as_o hesychius_n tell_v we_o who_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o the_o lxx_o have_v phoenician_n for_o sidonian_n deut._n iii_o 9_o and_o phoenicia_n for_o sidon_n isai_n xxiii_o 2._o it_o be_v very_o much_o to_o be_v admire_v that_o jacob_n shall_v foretell_v so_o many_o year_n beforehand_o the_o situation_n of_o his_o posterity_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n when_o their_o several_a portion_n fall_v to_o they_o by_o lot_n and_o not_o by_o their_o own_o choice_n josh_n xix_o 10_o 11._o this_o can_v not_o have_v be_v but_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a also_o that_o he_o mention_n zebulon_n before_o issachar_n who_o be_v his_o elder_a brother_n xxx_o 11._o for_o no_o other_o reason_n that_o i_o can_v discern_v but_o because_o zebulon_n lot_n be_v to_o come_v up_o before_o issachar_n in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n his_o be_v the_o three_o and_o issachar_n the_o four_o josh_n xix_o 10_o 17._o by_o this_o they_o be_v teach_v that_o their_o habitation_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o do_v not_o come_v
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 other_o tribe_n but_o there_o be_v this_o exception_n to_o this_o interpretation_n that_o all_o the_o tribe_n do_v not_o produce_v judge_n and_o all_o israel_n who_o the_o judge_n govern_v can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v dan_n people_n but_o by_o his_o people_n who_o he_o be_v say_v here_o to_o judge_v be_v proper_o mean_v those_o of_o his_o tribe_n and_o therefore_o jacob_n meaning_n be_v that_o though_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o concubine_n yet_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v govern_v by_o a_o head_n of_o their_o own_o tribe_n as_o the_o other_o tribe_n of_o israel_n be_v so_o by_o this_o he_o take_v away_o all_o distinction_n between_o the_o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n of_o who_o dan_n be_v the_o first_o and_o those_o which_o he_o have_v by_o leah_n and_o rachel_n ver._n 17._o dan_fw-mi shall_v be_v a_o serpent_n by_o the_o way_n the_o next_o word_n show_v what_o kind_n of_o serpent_n he_o shall_v be_v like_a a_o adder_n in_o the_o path._n the_o hebrew_n word_n schephiphon_n 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