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4._o and_o afterward_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n by_o judah_n and_o style_v shiloh_n unto_o who_o the_o gather_n of_o the_o people_n be_v to_o be_v gen._n 28._o 14._o compare_v with_o gen._n 49._o 10._o &_o numb_a 24._o 16_o 17_o 19_o and_o last_o under_o the_o name_n and_o notion_n of_o a_o prophet_n like_o nnto_n moses_n and_o who_o by_o consequence_n be_v to_o be_v a_o lawgiver_n and_o mediator_n deut._n 18._o 18_o 19_o i_o may_v show_v the_o reader_n that_o moses_n write_n set_v forth_o god_n as_o placable_a and_o reconcileahle_n gen._n 3._o 15._o &_o 4._o 7._o as_o please_v and_o reconcile_v gen._n 4._o 4._o &_o 8._o 20_o 21._o and_o as_o please_v and_o reconcile_v by_o faith_n gen._n 15._o 6._o i_o may_v demonstrate_v that_o the_o account_n which_o moses_n give_v of_o these_o thing_n be_v high_o agreeable_a to_o right_a reason_n and_o experience_n and_o that_o it_o be_v most_o comfortable_a and_o satisfactory_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n but_o all_o this_o can_v he_o do_v 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his_o company_n be_v plate_n of_o gold_n i_o say_v as_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o they_o be_v plate_n of_o brass_n numb_a 16._o 39_o and_o again_o where_o the_o author_n say_v that_o moses_n condemn_v thirty_o or_o forty_o thousand_o man_n and_o command_v they_o all_o to_o be_v present_o execute_v i_o say_v that_o he_o do_v so_o by_o several_a thousand_o which_o be_v true_a for_o the_o number_n of_o the_o slay_a be_v about_o three_o thousand_o exod._n 32._o 28._o but_o our_o learned_a author_n be_v certain_o mistake_v for_o his_o reckon_n neither_o agree_v exact_o with_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n nor_o yet_o with_o the_o hebrew_n verity_n christian_n reader_n i_o will_v detain_v thou_o no_o long_o from_o the_o perusal_n of_o the_o discourse_n themselves_o and_o that_o the_o use_n of_o they_o may_v he_o bless_v to_o thou_o for_o thy_o soul_n good_a be_v and_o shall_v be_v the_o earnest_a desire_n of_o thy_o seavant_n in_o all_o thing_n wherein_o he_o may_v serve_v our_o lord_n 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but_o say_v p._n simon_n the_o history_n of_o the_o sell_v of_o joseph_n begin_v but_o at_o the_o 37th_o chapter_n of_o genesis_n and_o yet_o joseph_n be_v sell_v twelve_o year_n before_o the_o death_n of_o isaac_n ergo_fw-la the_o death_n of_o isaac_n shall_v be_v relate_v after_o the_o sell_v of_o joseph_n but_o it_o be_v relate_v before_o and_o so_o be_v out_o of_o its_o place_n i_o answer_v by_o deny_v the_o consequence_n it_o follow_v indeed_o that_o therefore_o the_o death_n of_o isaac_n be_v real_o after_o the_o sell_v of_o joseph_n and_o there_o be_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o this_o in_o gen._n 35._o 28_o 29._o but_o it_o do_v not_o at_o all_o follow_v that_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o death_n of_o isaac_n must_v be_v place_v in_o the_o history_n after_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o sell_v of_o joseph_n for_o god_n be_v free_a to_o place_v it_o where_o he_o please_v and_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o place_v it_o before_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o sell_v of_o joseph_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 35th_o chapter_n and_o there_o be_v this_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o because_o the_o sacred_a historian_n be_v there_o to_o finish_v the_o history_n of_o the_o life_n of_o isaac_n and_o to_o speak_v no_o more_o of_o it_o afterward_o and_o have_v no_o more_o to_o say_v of_o he_o but_o that_o isaac_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o year_n old_a died_n and_o be_v bury_v by_o his_o son_n esau_n and_o jacob_n the_o sacred_a historian_n wise_o judge_v it_o better_a to_o place_v it_o where_o it_o be_v than_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o history_n of_o joseph_n five_o he_o object_n gen._n 38._o 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o that_o time_n that_o judah_n go_v down_o from_o his_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o body_n say_v p._n simon_n in_o read_v these_o word_n but_o will_v at_o first_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v join_v with_o those_o that_o go_v before_o they_o and_o that_o the_o time_n be_v relate_v in_o which_o this_o action_n pass_v 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time_n of_o judah_n go_v into_o egypt_n with_o his_o father_n jacob_n be_v but_o twenty_o two_o or_o twenty_o three_o year_n as_o evident_o appear_v from_o hence_o that_o joseph_n be_v sell_v at_o the_o age_n of_o seventeen_o year_n and_o all_o his_o father_n house_n go_v down_o to_o he_o into_o egypt_n when_o he_o be_v forty_o or_o thirty_o nine_o year_n old_a but_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o twenty_o two_o or_o twenty_o three_o year_n judah_n shall_v be_v marry_v unto_o the_o daughter_n of_o shuah_n and_o beget_v on_o she_o three_o son_n er_o onan_n and_o shelah_n and_o that_o after_o the_o death_n of_o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n and_o after_o the_o young_a of_o they_o shelah_n be_v marriageable_a judah_n shall_v commit_v incest_n with_o his_o daughter_n in_o law_n tamar_n the_o widow_n of_o er_o and_o on_o she_o beget_v pharez_n and_o zerah_n and_o than_o pharez_n shall_v be_v marry_v and_o beget_v two_o son_n hezron_n and_o hamul_n gen._n 38._o throughout_o and_o gen._n 46._o 12._o i_o say_v it_o be_v not_o possible_a in_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n that_o all_o this_o can_v be_v do_v within_o the_o space_n of_o twenty_o three_o year_n therefore_o i_o conclude_v that_o the_o word_n at_o that_o time_n in_o verse_n 1_o of_o chap._n 38_o of_o genesis_n can_v refer_v unto_o what_o go_v immediate_o before_o to_o wit_n the_o sale_n of_o joseph_n into_o egypt_n some_o answer_n first_o that_o the_o word_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o that_o time_n do_v not_o refer_v unto_o what_o go_v immediate_o before_o they_o but_o that_o they_o mediate_o refer_v unto_o the_o time_n when_o jacob_n come_v first_o into_o canaan_n after_o he_o have_v leave_v laban_n his_o father_n in_o law_n in_o mesopotamia_n they_o do_v not_o know_v certain_o where_o to_o fix_v the_o time_n refer_v unto_o but_o suppose_v it_o to_o have_v be_v about_o the_o time_n of_o jacob_n dwell_v at_o succoth_n or_o at_o shalem_n gen._n 33._o 17_o 18._o second_o other_o answer_v that_o the_o word_n at_o that_o time_n or_o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n baeth_n hahi_n in_o that_o time_n do_v not_o at_o all_o refer_v unto_o any_o thing_n that_o go_v before_o either_o mediate_o or_o immediate_o but_o that_o they_o be_v a_o manner_n of_o speech_n common_a to_o jewish_a and_o other_o writer_n such_o as_o diebus_fw-la illis_fw-la which_o signify_v a_o large_a compass_n of_o time_n within_o which_o a_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v without_o determine_v the_o year_n as_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o that_o in_o such_o a_o age_n such_o a_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v but_o three_o that_o which_o satisfy_v i_o most_o and_o in_o which_o i_o acquiesce_v be_v this_o that_o this_o difficulty_n be_v only_o in_o translation_n but_o not_o at_o all_o in_o the_o original_a and_o therefore_o i_o humble_o offer_v it_o unto_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o learned_a whether_o it_o be_v not_o expedient_a in_o this_o place_n to_o take_v 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