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A commentary on the five books of Moses with a dissertation concerning the author or writer of the said books, and a general argument of each of them / by Richard, Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells ; in two volumes.
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Kidder, Richard, 1633-1703.
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Or the meanest of them as the Hebrew word will bear 1 Kings 12.31 and not the goodliest whom Pharaoh might have desired for his Court. 3. Occupation The Hebrew word signifies Work 4. To sojourn Not to dwell in Egypt and therefore they desire Goshen as near to Canaan 7. Jacob blessed Pharaoh i. e. He saluted him and gave him thanks as the Hebrew word signifies 2 Kings 4.29 Numb 6.23 24. Compare Matt. 26.26 with Luk. 22.19 9. Pilgrimage Jacob's life was a Pilgrimage It was spent in many places of Canaan in Padan-Aram and then in Canaan again and now in Egypt Heb. 11.9 13. An hundred and thirty years Hence it is evident that Jacob was about Ninety years old when Joseph was born Evil Though Jacob in some respect were a prosperous Man yet he met with many Evils He fled from Esau served Laban Twenty years He was defeated in his hope of Rachel and she was barren also He fled from Laban feared Esau halted He was afflicted in Dinah in Simeon and Levi and in Reuben and upon the score of Joseph In the Sons of Judah and in Thamar Besides the death of Rachel and the sending away of Benjamin Have not attained c. Abraham lived an Hundred seventy five years and Isaac an Hundred and eighty Gen. 25.7 and ch 35.28 10. Blessed At his going out as at his coming in See the Note on v. 7. 11. Land of Rameses So called here by Anticipation the Israelites built a City of that Name afterward Exod. 1.11 and 12.37 12. According to their families Or as a little Child is nourished Heb. According to the little ones 13. Land of Egypt i. e. The People of the Land as the Chaldee hath it 17. Fed them Heb. Led them 18. Second year i. e. The year after and not the second year of the seven years famine 21. He removed them The better to secure to Pharaoh the propriety from the People says Josephus And also it was a good means to prevent their Sedition which they would be tempted to if they had continued in their old Patrimonies 22. Priests Tho' the Hebrew word sometimes signifie Princes or great Officers Yet the ancient Versions the Chaldee Greek and Vulgar understand it of Priests here And so does Josephus and the Syriack Version of this place And what is here said of the Priviledge of the Priests is confirmed by what we read to the same purpose in the Second Book of Herodotus 24. Fifth part Ch. 41.34 29. Vnder my thigh See the Note on ch 24.2 30. With my fathers i. e. In the Land of Canaan where Abraham and Isaac were buried That the Israelites might be mindfull of their return thither 31. Swear unto me Jacob requires an Oath not because he distrusted Joseph but that he might furnish him with an argument to prevail with Pharaoh and accordingly we find Joseph making use of it ch 50.5 Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head i. e. He worshipped God raising himself upon the head of his Bed And possibly he might also lean upon the top of his Staff as the Greek hath it See Heb. 11.21 CHAP. XLVIII The ARGUMENT Joseph with his two Sons visits his Father in his sickness Jacob puts him in mind of God's promise and taketh Ephraim and Manasseh for his own Sons He blesseth them and preferrs Ephraim before Manasseh He fore-tells the Israelites return into Canaan And gives Joseph a portion of Land 1. AND it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph Behold thy father is sick and he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim 2. And one told Jacob and said Behold thy son Joseph cometh unto thee and Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed 3. And Jacob said unto Joseph God Almighty appeared unto me 〈◊〉 Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me 4. And said unto me Behold I will make thee fruitfull and multiply thee and I will make of thee a multitude of people and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession 5. And now thy two sons Ephraim and Manasseh which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt are mine as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine 6. And thy issue which thou begettest after them shall be thine and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance 7. And as for me when I came from Padan Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath the same is Beth-lehem 8. And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said Who are these 9. And Joseph said unto his father They are my sons whom God hath given me in this place And he said Bring them I pray thee unto me and I will bless them 10. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age so that he could not see And he brought them near unto him and he kissed them and embraced them 11. And Israel said unto Joseph I had not thought to see thy face and lo God hath shewed me also thy seed 12. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees and he bowed himself with his face to the earth 13. And Joseph took them both Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left hand and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israel's right hand and brought them near unto him 14. And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head who was the younger and his left hand upon Manasseh's head guiding his hands wittingly for Manasseh was the first-born 15. And he blessed Joseph and said God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk the God which fed me all my life long unto this day 16. The Angel which redeemed me from all evil bless the lads and let my name be named on them and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth 17. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim it displeased him and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head 18. And Joseph said unto his father Not so my father for this is the first-born put thy right hand upon his head 19. And his father refused and said I know it my son I know it â—e also shall become a people and he also shall be great but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he and his seed shall become a multitude of nations 20. And he blessed them that day saying In thee shall Israel bless saying God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh and he set Ephraim before Manasseh 21. And Israel said unto Joseph Behold I die but God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers 22. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above
thy brethren which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow 1. HIS two Sons To receive his Father's blessing 2. One told It was told as the Latin and Greek have it Strengthened himself i. e. He put forth his strength and possibly when he had raised himself he supported himself by leaning upon his Staff Heb. 11.21 Bed Ch. 47.31 3. At Luz Which from God's appearing to him he called Bethel ch 28.19 God appeared to Jacob twice in that place at his going from and returning to Canaan ch 28.13 and 35.6 9. This Land Ch. 28.13 ch 35.12 For an everlasting possession Ch. 13.15 This Jacob puts Joseph in mind of both to assure him of his right to the Land of Canaan and also that his Posterity might not be unmindfull of returning thither 5. Are mine They shall be reputed as my immediate Sons and shall be Heads of Tribes and as such inherit as Reuben and Simeon my two eldest Sons Thus Joseph had a double portion 1 Chron. 5.1 the priviledge of the first-born 6. And shall be called c. i. e. They shall not be Heads of Tribes as Ephraim and Manasseh but be reckoned under those Heads and sorted among them 7. Rachel died c. See ch 35.19 This is another Motive to Joseph's Children to be mindfull of the Country where their Mother was buried 8. Who are these He discerns them not through dimness v. 10. 9. I will bless them See ch 27.4 12. His knees i. e. Jacob's See v. 10. 13. Toward Israel's right hand Joseph so placed them that Israel might lay his right hand on Manasseh the eldest The right hand being esteemed a token of the greater honour 1 Kings 2.19 Matt. 25.33 14. Laid it upon Imposition of hands was used in Blessing Compare Matt. 19.13 with Mark 10.16 Guiding his hands wittingly He did it of choice not by chance For Or although as the Hebrew Particle signifies 16. The Angel which redeemed c. i. e. Christ the Angel of the Covenant Mal. 3.1 who led the Israelites and whom they tempted Exod. 14.19 and ch 23.20 and 1 Cor. 10.19 To whom the Title of Redeemer belongs Isa 59.20 Who is called the Angel of God ch 31.11 and the God of Bethel v. 13. Grow into a multitude As Fishes do encrease Numb 26.34 37. Josh 17.17 19. Greater In number Numb 1.33 35. Deut. 33.17 In dignity This is called the Tribe of Joseph Numb 1.32 34. Rev. 7.8 and put for the whole Kingdom of Israel Isa 7.2 20. Israel bless i. e. The Israelites shall use this form of blessing one another saying God make thee c. See Ruth 4.11 12. 22. Which I took out of the hand of the Amorite c. A very probable opinion there is that Jacob bought this part which here he gives to Joseph of Shechem's Father ch 33.19 and that upon Jacob's removal after the Shechemites were destroyed ch 35.1 the Amorite took possession of it whom Jacob upon his return dispossessed by force of Arms and recovered his unquestionable Right That he did so is indeed no-where else mentioned But that is no objection against this sense of the place which is here so fairly intimated We have to this purpose sundry Examples where things are by the by related or fairly intimated to have been said or done before which yet were never mentioned before that time E. g. What is said of Anah ch 36.24 and what God had said to Moses concerning the Moabites Deut. 2.9 Of the Men of Jericho Josh 24.11 And the words of Jesus Acts 20.35 I offer for the farther clearing of this difficult place the following particulars to be considered I. That the Amorites being signal for their Idolatry are spoken of as comprehending the Hivites and other Nations under them Thus we read The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full Gen. 15.16 Fear not the Gods of the Amorites Judg. 6.10 Thus also Ahab is said to follow Idols as did the Amorites whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel 1 Kings 21.26 compare 2 Kings 21.11 The whole Land was reputed as the Land of the Amorites Amos 2.9 10. II. That though Jacob had purchased a piece of ground near Shechem Gen. 33.19 20. Yet Shechem it self which he here gives Joseph came to him by Conquest expressed here by Sword and Bow Josh 24.12 2 Kings 6.22 and not by Purchase He detested indeed the Violence his Sons used towards the Shechemites and did not care to come into the present possession of the place that way Yet God having promised him that Land which gave him afterwards an undoubted Title to it he gives it to Joseph here having come into the actual possession of it without any sin or fault of his own III. And therefore Jacob might insist considering what hath been said before upon his Title to this place God having given him a promise of it and thereby a good Title to it and having actually come into the possession of it by right of War without any crime of his own and might lay his claim to it and use the plea which Jephtha did Judg. 11.23 24. CHAP. XLIX The ARGUMENT Jacob drawing near the time of his Death calleth for his Sons to come to him He fore-tells many things which should happen to them after his decease He blesseth them and when he spake of Judah he predicted the Coming of the Messiah who was to be born of that Tribe He chargeth them concerning his Burial and dieth 2315. 1689. 1. AND Jacob called unto his sons and said Gather your selves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days 2. Gather your selves together and hear ye sons of Jacob and hearken unto Israel your father 3. Reuben thou art my first-born my might and the beginning of my strength the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power 4. Vnstable as water thou shalt not excell because thou wentest up to thy father's bed then defiledst thou it he went up to my couch 5. Simeon and Levi are brethren instruments of cruelty are in their habitations 6. O my soul come not thou into their secret unto their assembly mine honour be not thou united for in their anger they slew a man and in their self-will they digged down a wall 7. Cursed be their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel 8. Judah thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies thy father's children shall bow down before thee 9. Judah is a lion's whelp from the prey my son thou art gone up he stooped down he couched as a lion and as an old lion who shall rouse him up 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor a law-giver from between his feet untill Shiloh come and unto him shall the gathering of the people be 11. Binding his foal