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what_o shall_v happen_v to_o his_o posterity_n his_o riches_n endanger_v he_o both_o to_o laban_n xxxi_o xxxi_o who_o see_v with_o he_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o flock_n and_o to_o esau_n xxxii_o xxxii_o who_o now_o see_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o blessing_n get_v from_o he_o xxxiii_o xxxiii_o and_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o birthright_n which_o he_o have_v sold._n but_o jacob_n be_v israel_n a_o prevailer_n with_o god_n before_o he_o meet_v with_o esau_n and_o he_o can_v choose_v then_o but_o prevail_v with_o he_o jacob_n remissness_n in_o the_o discipline_n of_o his_o family_n cause_v the_o rape_n of_o dinah_n here_o leah_n tender_a eye_n have_v cause_n to_o weep_v for_o her_o daughter_n xxxiv_o gen._n xxxiv_o till_o now_o jacob_n have_v hardly_o hold_v touch_n with_o god_n in_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o vow_n the_o lord_n shall_v be_v my_o god_n and_o no_o wonder_n if_o his_o child_n miscarry_v but_o at_o bethel_n where_o his_o vow_n be_v make_v xxxv_o gen._n xxxv_o he_o 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egypt_n for_o keep_v his_o innocence_n so_o long_o in_o prison_n xlii_o xlii_o the_o same_o justice_n be_v show_v upon_o canaan_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v sold._n which_o make_v his_o brethren_n to_o bow_v to_o he_o for_o corn_n as_o their_o corn-sheave_n do_v to_o his_o in_o his_o dream_n xliii_o xliii_o his_o brother_n benjamin_n who_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o his_o sale_n yet_o be_v bring_v also_o to_o crouch_v to_o he_o xliv_o xliv_o to_o fulfil_v his_o dream_n of_o his_o mother_n bow_v to_o he_o for_o benjamin_n cost_v she_o her_o life_n xlv_o xlv_o when_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o before_o signification_n be_v fulfil_v xlvi_o xlvi_o joseph_n reveal_v himself_o to_o his_o brethren_n and_o send_v for_o his_o father_n who_o come_v for_o egypt_n and_o
and_o yet_o forty_o thousand_o be_v slay_v by_o a_o most_o wicked_a tribe_n thus_o do_v god_n avenge_v his_o own_o cause_n when_o none_o of_o israel_n will_v be_v zealous_a for_o he_o against_o the_o idolatry_n new_o set_v up_o and_o yet_o all_o of_o they_o can_v be_v so_o sensible_a and_o vindicative_a of_o injury_n do_v to_o a_o whore_n when_o god_n have_v use_v benjamin_n to_o execute_v his_o wrath_n against_o israel_n for_o not_o punish_v dan_n and_o micha_n idolatry_n xxi_o judge_n xxi_o he_o use_v israel_n to_o punish_v benjamin_n for_o not_o deliver_v up_o gibeah_n to_o justice_n for_o her_o villainy_n thus_o be_v the_o story_n knit_v to_o itself_o second_o consider_v that_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n be_v the_o proper_a place_n for_o these_o history_n though_o they_o be_v lay_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n for_o ii_o ii_o 1._o the_o israelite_n follow_v idol_n after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o elder_n judge_n iii._o micah_n be_v the_o first_o that_o set_v it_o up_o 2._o 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before_o moab_n be_v israel_n open_a enemy_n â—â—dges_v three_o 12_o in_o cast_v the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n observe_v that_o the_o time_n of_o the_o afflicter_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o chap._n iii._o cusham_n rishathaim_n oppress_v seven_o year_n and_o othniel_n judge_v forty_o these_o seven_o year_n must_v be_v include_v in_o the_o forty_o and_o not_o be_v count_v as_o fortyseven_a st._n paul_n reckon_v they_o at_o extent_n act_v xiii_o 20_o he_o give_v they_o judge_n about_o the_o space_n of_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n sect_n x._o i._n samuel_n etc._n etc._n the_o seventeen_o first_o chapter_n of_o 1_o sam._n lie_v without_o scruple_n of_o interposition_n or_o transposition_n xvii_o chap._n i._o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o book_n to_o chap._n xvii_o from_o the_o seventeen_o chapter_n forward_o the_o psalm_n proverb_n etc._n etc._n fall_v in_o in_o their_o time_n and_o order_n as_o for_o the_o psalm_n it_o be_v 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