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five_o year_n and_o god_n take_v he_o away_o methuselah_n live_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o &_o seven_o year_n and_o beget_v lamech_v and_o methuselah_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v lamech_v seven_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o two_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n be_v nine_o hundred_o sixty_o &_o nine_o year_n and_o he_o die_v lamech_v live_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o two_o year_n and_o beget_v noah_n and_o lamech_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v noah_n five_o hundred_o nintie_n &_o five_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o lamech_v be_v seven_o hundred_o seventie_o and_o seven_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a and_o noah_n beget_v sem_fw-mi cham_fw-mi &_o japheth_n and_o noah_n be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o the_o flood_n of_o water_n be_v upon_o the_o earth_n so_o noah_n enter_v and_o his_o son_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n wyve_n with_o he_o into_o the_o ark_n because_o of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o flood_n the_o greek_a translation_n observation_n adam_z live_v lamech_v two_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v seth._n and_o the_o day_n of_o adam_n after_o he_o have_v beget_v seth_n be_v seven_o hundred_o year_n so_o all_o tâ—e_v day_n that_o adam_n live_v be_v nine_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v seth_n live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o beget_v enosh_n and_o seth_n live_v after_o he_o have_v beget_v enosh_n seven_o hundred_o and_o seven_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o seth_n be_v nine_o hunreth_n &_o twelve_o year_n and_o he_o die_v enosh_fw-mi live_v a_o hundred_o and_o nintie_a year_n and_o beget_v kenan_n and_o enosh_n live_v after_o he_o bgate_v kenan_n seven_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o enosh_n be_v nine_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o be_v dye_v kenan_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o seventie_o year_n &_o beget_v mahalaleel_n and_o kenan_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v mahalaleel_n seven_o hundred_o &_o forty_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o kenan_n be_v nine_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n and_o he_o die_v mahalaleel_n live_v a_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o five_o yeerre_n and_o beget_v jere_v also_o mahalaleel_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v jere_v seven_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o mahalaleel_n be_v eight_o hundred_o ninety_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v noah_n jere_v live_v a_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o two_o year_n and_o beget_v henoch_n then_o jere_v lâ—ued_v after_o he_o beget_v henoch_n eight_o hundred_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o jere_v be_v nine_o hundred_o sixty_o &_o two_o year_n and_o he_o die_v henoch_n live_v on_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o five_o year_n and_o beget_v methuselah_n and_o henoch_n walk_v with_o god_n after_o he_o beget_v methuselah_n two_o hunâ—reth_o year_n so_o all_o tâ—e_v day_n of_o henoch_n be_v three_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o five_o year_n and_o god_n take_v he_o away_o methuselah_n live_v a_o hundred_o word_n sixty_o and_o seven_o year_n and_o beget_v lamech_v and_o methuselah_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v lamech_v eight_o hundred_o &_o two_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n be_v nine_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o nine_o y._n &_o he_o die_v lamech_v live_v a_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o eight_o year_n and_o beget_v noah_n and_o lamech_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v noah_n five_o hundred_o sixty_o &_o five_o year_n so_o all_o the_o day_n of_o lamech_v be_v seven_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o three_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a and_o noah_n beget_v sem_fw-mi cham_fw-mi &_o japheth_n and_o noah_n be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o the_o flood_n of_o water_n be_v upon_o the_o earth_n so_o noah_n enter_v and_o his_o son_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o son_n wyve_n with_o he_o into_o the_o ark_n because_o of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o flood_n as_o they_o deal_v with_o the_o father_n of_o the_o fyft_a chapter_n so_o deal_v they_o with_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o eleven_o and_o some_o what_o more_o strange_o as_o touch_v addition_n of_o one_o man_n and_o of_o this_o sentence_n and_o he_o die_v to_o nine_o of_o they_o moses_n for_o special_a cause_n have_v omit_v it_o mark_v that_o point_n likewise_o the_o hebrew_n gen._n 11._o sem_fw-mi be_v a_o hundred_o yeeere_a old_a and_o beget_v arphaxad_v two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o sem_fw-mi live_v after_o he_o beget_v arphaxad_a five_o hundred_o year_n and_o arphaxad_v live_v five_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v selah_n and_o arphaxad_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v selah_n four_o hundred_o and_o three_o year_n and_o selah_n live_v thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v eber._n so_o selab_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v eber_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n likewise_o eber_n live_v four_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v peleg_n so_o eber_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v peleg_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o peleg_n live_v thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v regu_n and_o peleg_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v regu_n two_o hundred_o and_o nine_o year_n also_o regu_n live_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v serug_v so_o regu_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v serug_v two_o hundred_o and_o seven_o year_n moreover_o serug_v live_v thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v nahor_n and_o serug_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v nahor_n two_o hundred_o year_n and_o nahor_v live_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o beget_v terah_n so_o nahor_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v terah_n a_o hundred_o and_o nineteen_o year_n so_o terah_n live_v seventie_o year_n and_o beget_v abram_n nahor_n and_o haran_n so_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o terah_n die_v in_o charan_n the_o greek_a sem_fw-mi be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a &_o beget_v arphaxad_v two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o sem_fw-mi live_v after_o he_o beget_v arphaxad_a five_o hundred_o year_n and_o he_o die_v unfallible_a and_o arphaxad_v live_v a_o hundred_o five_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v cainan_n and_o arphaxad_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v cainan_n four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o cainan_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v selah_n and_o cainan_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v selah_n three_o hundred_o &_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v sem._n and_o selah_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v eber._n so_o selah_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v eber_n three_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o he_o die_v likewise_o eber_n live_v a_o age_n hundred_o thirty_o and_o four_o year_n and_o beget_v peleg_n so_o eber_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v peleg_n much_o two_o hundred_o &_o seventie_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o peleg_n live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v regu_n and_o peleg_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v regu_n two_o hundred_o &_o ninty_a y._n and_o he_o die_v also_o regu_n live_v a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o two_o year_n &_o beget_v serug_v so_o regu_n live_v after_o he_o beget_v serug_v two_o hundred_o &_o seven_o year_n and_o he_o die_v moreover_o serug_v live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o beget_v nahor_n and_o serug_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v nahor_n two_o hundred_o year_n and_o he_o die_v and_o nahor_v appear_v live_v a_o hundred_o seventie_o and_o nine_o year_n and_o beget_v terah_n so_o nahor_v live_v after_o he_o beget_v terah_n a_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v so_o terah_n live_v seventie_o year_n and_o beget_v abram_n nahor_n and_o haran_n so_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o terah_n die_v in_o charan_n and_o thus_o much_o touch_v the_o alteration_n make_v by_o the_o septuagint_n to_o which_o i_o must_v add_v one_o narration_n touch_v terahs_n age_n of_o 130._o year_n when_o he_o beget_v abram_n which_o inequality_n with_o the_o former_a may_v be_v a_o special_a cause_n why_o the_o septuagint_n do_v add_v hundred_o to_o many_o lest_o the_o strangeness_n of_o terahs_n case_n shall_v make_v heathen_a amaze_v thus_o moses_n join_v to_o terahs_n death_n abraham_n calling_n promise_n and_o age_n say_v and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abram_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o birth_n land_n and_o from_o thy_o house_n kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o dead_a father_n house_n unto_o the_o thou_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v bless_v they_o that_o speech_n bless_v thou_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o and_o in_o thou_o all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v and_o abram_n nachor_n go_v as_o the_o lord_n command_v he_o and_o be_v seventie_o five_o year_n old_a and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o as_o partaker_n of_o the_o
of_o sem_fw-mi to_o abraham_n the_o matter_n will_v better_o appear_v by_o consider_v other_o attribute_n of_o the_o man_n that_o bless_v abraham_n he_o be_v a_o king_n 7._o and_o just_a in_o such_o high_a degree_n of_o commendation_n that_o those_o term_n turn_v in_o he_o to_o be_v as_o a_o proper_a name_n and_o do_v not_o this_o honour_n drive_v we_o to_o search_v for_o some_o man_n special_o bless_v to_o be_v this_o king_n also_o in_o that_o noah_n call_v his_o son_n by_o a_o general_a term_n in_o our_o language_n name_n this_o fall_v out_o fit_a for_o he_o who_o be_v in_o story_n set_v forth_o by_o a_o general_a name_n without_o a_o proper_a moreover_o the_o office_n of_o a_o king_n be_v fit_v to_o have_v a_o beginning_n from_o such_o a_o man_n as_o sem_fw-mi be_v for_o a_o kingdom_n be_v a_o divine_a policy_n religion_n do_v require_v exact_a property_n of_o a_o king_n and_o heathen_a by_o natural_a light_n speak_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n both_o by_o divinity_n &_o humanity_n sem._n the_o office_n be_v of_o a_o heavenly_a force_n these_o property_n god_n require_v to_o be_v in_o a_o king_n a_o king_n commendable_a to_o the_o faithful_a deut._n 17_o 15._o shall_v be_v of_o their_o brethren_n not_o seek_v the_o favour_n of_o cham_n land_n not_o a_o lover_n of_o many_o horfe_n nor_o many_o wyve_n nor_o much_o gold_n nor_o proud_a heart_a among_o his_o brother_n but_o a_o keeper_n of_o the_o â—â—w_n to_o prolong_v his_o day_n of_o this_o sem_fw-mi before_o the_o law_n be_v a_o pattern_n be_v not_o of_o levy_n heb._n 7._o but_o ancestor_n to_o levy_v as_o to_o all_o the_o son_n of_o heber_n gen._n 10._o and_o the_o stock_n of_o israel_n branch_n and_o for_o kindred_n in_o abraham_n against_o his_o kiured_a in_o blame_v he_o will_v be_v glad_a of_o a_o victory_n he_o know_v that_o cham_n be_v curse_v and_o be_v a_o prophet_n may_v foresee_v through_o god_n spirit_n pharaoh_n deal_v and_o will_v hate_v curse_a cham_n with_o his_o race_n as_o touch_v many_o horse_n that_o age_n yet_o be_v not_o much_o in_o that_o kind_n neither_o be_v there_o the_o name_n of_o a_o horse_n speak_v of_o before_o joseph_n tyme._n gen._n 46_o 17._o but_o for_o the_o same_o in_o force_n i_o mean_v for_o the_o quietness_n of_o the_o mind_n rest_v in_o god_n who_o then_o shall_v be_v so_o settle_v as_o sem_fw-mi who_o so_o great_a experience_n of_o deliverance_n have_v teach_v how_o for_o the_o other_o point_n of_o wife_n he_o have_v but_o one_o gen._n 6._o and_o know_v best_o how_o the_o best_a byve_v from_o the_o beginning_n will_v so_o continue_v now_o for_o gold_n if_o he_o have_v love_v it_o he_o may_v have_v choose_v the_o land_n of_o chavilah_n 1._o but_o that_o he_o do_v not_o choose_v as_o the_o name_n show_v term_v not_o from_o he_o but_o from_o the_o son_n of_o chush_fw-mi and_o cham_n house_n that_o he_o be_v a_o keeper_n of_o the_o law_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n for_o this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n to_o believe_v in_o he_o who_o the_o father_n will_v send_v who_o be_v promise_v to_o come_v of_o he_o gen._n 9_o and_o god_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o be_v call_v his_o god_n for_o he_o have_v prepare_v he_o a_o son_n after_o the_o flesh_n who_o after_o the_o spirit_n of_o holiness_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o god_n to_o be_v bless_v for_o ever_o rom._n 9_o and_o the_o faith_n in_o this_o son_n be_v the_o very_a end_n of_o the_o law_n wherein_o doubtless_o sem_fw-mi be_v a_o notable_a ringleader_n as_o touch_v long_a life_n none_o ever_o be_v comparable_a to_o he_o for_o sight_n of_o posterity_n he_o only_o same_o a_o eleven_o descent_n in_o the_o faithful_a line_n whereas_o of_o all_o other_o in_o the_o faithful_a line_n ne'er_o see_v ten_o though_o arphaxad_o see_v faithless_a ishmael_n in_o the_o ten_o thus_o for_o the_o holy_a description_n of_o a_o king_n before_o the_o law_n his_o state_n may_v be_v some_o form_n to_o a_o law_n the_o heathen_a that_o have_v no_o more_o write_v law_n than_o sem_fw-mi have_v by_o the_o law_n write_v in_o their_o haâ—tes_n agree_v in_o the_o worthiness_n of_o a_o king_n office_n xenophon_n say_v well_o that_o a_o good_a ruler_n differ_v nothing_o from_o a_o good_a father_n now_o sem_fw-mi babylon_n who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v rule_v but_o to_o rule_v among_o his_o offspring_n he_o acquaint_v with_o the_o fatherly_a government_n that_o be_v before_o the_o flood_n will_v best_o practice_v that_o and_o we_o see_v gen._n 10._o where_o the_o family_n be_v count_v that_o bad_a tongue_n scatter_v by_o the_o rebellious_a pride_n for_o build_v the_o tower_n that_o his_o family_n in_o that_o curse_n be_v not_o half_a so_o many_o before_o the_o sixth_o age_n in_o joktanes_n blessing_n thirteen_o son_n as_o cham_n son_n be_v in_o the_o thâ—rde_a posterity_n punish_v with_o part_v &_o diverse_a language_n he_o that_o will_n may_v there_o mark_v and_o count_v the_o house_n of_o speâ—che_n alter_v and_o he_o shall_v find_v it_o so_o whereb_n we_o may_v gather_v that_o sundry_a family_n 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