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planter_n for_o this_o last_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v adam_n chief_a employment_n both_o before_o and_o after_o his_o fall_n gen._n ii_o 15._o iii_o 23._o and_o therefore_o either_o choose_v by_o cain_n in_o imitation_n of_o his_o father_n or_o put_v upon_o he_o by_o his_o direction_n as_o the_o more_o noble_a of_o the_o two_o whence_o the_o eastern_a people_n give_v he_o the_o name_n of_o abdalcarith_n which_o some_o mistake_v for_o another_o son_n of_o adam_n but_o in_o truth_n be_v another_o name_n of_o cain_n signify_v a_o tiller_n of_o the_o field_n as_o mr._n selden_n show_v l._n v._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 8._o the_o patriarch_n indeed_o after_o the_o flood_n at_o least_o in_o abraham_n family_n choose_v to_o feed_v cattle_n but_o that_o be_v because_o it_o be_v less_o laborious_a and_o more_o suitable_a to_o that_o unsettle_a condition_n wherein_o they_o live_v for_o many_o year_n remove_v like_o the_o ancient_a nomads_n from_o one_o country_n to_o another_o 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will_v have_v to_o be_v the_o gordiaean_a mountain_n be_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o assyria_n northward_o which_o way_n the_o wind_n blow_v if_o there_o be_v any_o in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o rain_n come_v from_o the_o south_n sea_n l._n i._o phaleg_n c._n 4._o room_n shall_v thou_o make_v little_a cabin_n or_o cell_n to_o sever_v the_o beast_n from_o the_o bird_n the_o clean_a beast_n from_o the_o unclean_a and_o to_o preserve_v their_o several_a sort_n of_o food_n and_o shall_v pitch_v it_o etc._n etc._n so_o the_o arabic_a translation_n express_o pitch_v it_o with_o pitch_n for_o the_o bitumen_n which_o be_v plentiful_a thereabouts_o which_o other_o think_v be_v here_o mean_v be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n and_o serve_v for_o the_o same_o use_n with_o pitch_n be_v very_o glutinous_a and_o tenacious_a to_o keep_v thing_n close_o together_o but_o not_o only_o the_o chink_n be_v fill_v with_o it_o but_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o ark_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v all_o over_o 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sufficient_a i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o that_o will_v exclude_v many_o little_a one_o here_o and_o there_o for_o great_a convenience_n and_o in_o a_o cubit_n shall_v thou_o finish_v it_o above_o that_o be_v finish_v the_o ark_n which_o have_v a_o cover_v it_o be_v plain_a from_o viii_o 13._o and_o be_v make_v shelve_v that_o the_o rain_n may_v slide_v off_o and_o the_o door_n of_o the_o ark_n shall_v thou_o set_v in_o the_o side_n thereof_o but_o on_o what_o side_n or_o whereabouts_o on_o the_o side_n be_v not_o certain_a it_o be_v probable_a on_o one_o of_o the_o long_a side_n and_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o it_o patricide_n call_v it_o the_o eastern_a side_n with_o low_a second_o and_o three_o story_n etc._n etc._n that_o arabian_a author_n and_o pirke_n elieser_n cap._n 23._o place_n noah_n and_o his_o family_n in_o the_o uppermost_a story_n the_o bird_n in_o the_o middle_n and_o the_o beast_n in_o the_o low_a but_o they_o forget_v to_o leave_v a_o place_n for_o their_o provision_n and_o therefore_o they_o make_v a_o better_a distribution_n who_o think_v the_o beast_n be_v bestow_v in_o the_o low_a story_n and_o that_o the_o three_o serve_v for_o the_o bird_n with_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n the_o second_o between_o both_o be_v leave_v for_o the_o store_n that_o be_v to_o be_v lay_v in_o of_o meat_n and_o drink_n for_o they_o all_o the_o creep_a thing_n some_o think_v may_v well_o live_v in_o the_o space_n between_o the_o low_a story_n and_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o ark._n ver._n 17._o and_o behold_v i_o even_o i_o do_v bring_v a_o flood_n of_o water_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n they_o shall_v unavoidable_o be_v all_o sweep_v away_o for_o i_o myself_o will_v bring_v a_o deluge_n upon_o they_o not_o a_o ordinary_a flood_n but_o one_o of_o which_o i_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v the_o author_n all_o nation_n it_o plain_o appear_v by_o such_o record_n as_o remain_v have_v hear_v something_o of_o this_o flood_n lucian_n in_o his_o dea_fw-la syria_n tell_v a_o long_a story_n of_o it_o out_o of_o the_o archive_v of_o hierapolis_n very_o like_a to_o this_o of_o moses_n only_o he_o put_v the_o name_n of_o deucalion_n instead_o of_o noah_n plutarch_n mention_n the_o dove_n send_v out_o of_o the_o ark._n and_o so_o do_v abydenus_n mention_v by_o eusebius_n l._n ix_o praepar_fw-la evang._n c._n 12._o speak_v of_o bird_n in_o general_a which_o be_v send_v out_o return_v again_o to_o the_o ship_n find_v no_o place_n to_o rest_v in_o but_o there_o only_o josephus_n mention_n a_o great_a many_o more_o not_o only_a berosus_n the_o chaldaean_a but_o hieronymus_n aegyptius_n who_o write_v the_o ancient_n phoenician_n history_n mnaseas_n nicholaus_fw-la damascenus_n with_o many_o other_o st._n cyril_n also_o l._n i._n against_o julian_n quote_v a_o passage_n out_o of_o alexander_n polyhistor_n wherein_o be_v part_n of_o the_o story_n only_o he_o call_v noah_n by_o the_o name_n of_o xisuthros_n as_o abydenus_n call_v he_o seisithrus_n in_o the_o dialect_n of_o the_o assyrian_n as_o some_o conjecture_n and_o now_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o american_n have_v have_v a_o tradition_n of_o it_o as_o credible_a author_n acosta_n herrera_n and_o other_o inform_v we_o which_o say_v the_o whole_a race_n of_o mankind_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o deluge_n except_o some_o few_o that_o escape_v they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o augustin_n corata_fw-la concern_v the_o peruvian_n tradition_n and_o lupus_n gomara_n say_v the_o same_o from_o those_o of_o mexico_n and_o if_o we_o can_v believe_v mart._n martinius_n his_o history_n of_o china_n there_o be_v the_o like_a among_o the_o people_n of_o that_o country_n ver._n 18._o and_o with_o thou_o i_o will_v establish_v my_o covenant_n i_o will_v make_v good_a the_o promise_n i_o have_v make_v thou_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
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 he_o distinguish_v by_o his_o favour_n from_o all_o other_o nation_n so_o it_o follow_v i_o will_v bless_v thou_o bestow_v many_o benefit_n both_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a upon_o they_o and_o make_v thy_o name_n great_a make_v he_o famous_a throughout_o the_o world_n as_o he_o be_v to_o this_o day_n not_o only_o among_o the_o jew_n but_o among_o christian_n and_o mahometan_n so_o maimonides_n observe_v that_o all_o mankind_n admire_v abraham_n even_o they_o that_o be_v not_o of_o his_o seed_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o blessing_n other_o shall_v be_v the_o better_a for_o thou_o as_o lot_n be_v and_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n etc._n etc._n or_o as_o the_o hebrew_n understand_v it_o thou_o shall_v be_v so_o prosperous_a that_o when_o man_n will_v wish_v well_o to_o other_o they_o shall_v use_v thy_o name_n and_o say_v the_o lord_n bless_v thou_o as_o he_o do_v abraham_n ver._n 3._o i_o will_v bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o high_a token_n of_o a_o 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
gift_n of_o the_o king_n beside_o those_o he_o have_v of_o his_o own_o before_o ver._n 17._o and_o he_o plague_v pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n think_v they_o have_v grievous_a ulcer_n in_o the_o secret_a part_n which_o make_v both_o he_o and_o his_o servant_n uncapable_a to_o enjoy_v either_o she_o or_o any_o one_o else_o his_o house_n his_o courtier_n partake_v of_o the_o punishment_n because_o they_o be_v partner_n in_o the_o intend_v sin_n ver._n 18._o why_o do_v thou_o not_o tell_v i_o etc._n etc._n some_o think_v he_o speak_v this_o subtle_o to_o abram_n to_o see_v what_o he_o will_v say_v not_o know_v yet_o that_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n or_o that_o his_o priest_n and_o wise_a man_n have_v consult_v the_o oracle_n about_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o plague_n but_o the_o simple_a account_n be_v that_o sarai_n being_n interrogated_a about_o it_o confess_v the_o whole_a truth_n whereupon_o he_o expostulate_v thus_o with_o abram_n who_o be_v silent_a he_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o indeed_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n ver._n 19_o now_o therefore_o behold_v thy_o wife_n etc._n etc._n he_o disclaim_v all_o intention_n of_o abuse_v another_o man_n wife_n so_o virtuous_a they_o be_v in_o those_o day_n but_o will_v have_v make_v she_o his_o own_o as_o he_o say_v in_o the_o forego_n word_n i_o may_v have_v take_v she_o to_o i_o to_o wife_n that_o be_v a_o secondary_a wife_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v in_o those_o day_n for_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a he_o have_v no_o wife_n at_o all_o before_o ver._n 20._o pharaoh_n command_v his_o man_n concern_v he_o etc._n etc._n give_v strict_a order_n none_o shall_v hurt_v he_o or_o any_o thing_n belong_v to_o he_o but_o conduct_v he_o safe_o whether_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o go_v and_o according_o the_o next_o word_n tell_v we_o they_o do_v they_o send_v he_o away_o etc._n etc._n not_o with_o violence_n but_o give_v he_o a_o safe_a conduct_n send_v he_o away_o perhaps_o with_o a_o guard_n for_o his_o security_n such_o be_v the_o generosity_n of_o the_o egyptian_a prince_n in_o those_o time_n chap._n xiii_o ver._n 1._o into_o the_o south_n into_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o canaan_n where_o he_o have_v be_v before_o xii_o 9_o ver._n 2._o very_o rich_a etc._n etc._n his_o riches_n be_v increase_v since_o he_o go_v into_o egypt_n by_o the_o bounty_n of_o pharaoh_n xii_o 16._o and_o if_o we_o can_v believe_v josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n c._n 8._o by_o the_o reward_n he_o have_v for_o teach_v they_o several_a piece_n of_o learning_n which_o he_o bring_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n the_o author_n of_o schalsch_n hakkab_n quote_v eusebius_n his_o praepar_n evang._n l._n ix_o c._n 4._o to_o prove_v this_o and_o indeed_o i_o find_v eusebius_n quote_v josephus_n in_o the_o xvi_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n who_o say_v he_o teach_v arithmetic_n and_o astrology_n of_o which_o the_o egyptian_n be_v ignorant_a before_o and_o in_o the_o xviith_o chapter_n eupolemus_n who_o say_v that_o abram_n be_v familiar_o conversant_a with_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n at_o heliopolis_n when_o he_o go_v thither_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n in_o canaan_n and_o teach_v they_o many_o thing_n particular_o the_o celestial_a science_n which_o he_o call_v astrology_n i._n e._n the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o star_n ver._n 3._o unto_o bethel_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v the_o second_o place_n wherein_o he_o dwell_v after_o his_o first_o entrance_n into_o canaan_n xii_o 8._o ver._n 4._o unto_o the_o place_n of_o the_o altar_n etc._n etc._n this_o seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o the_o altar_n itself_o be_v either_o fall_v or_o throw_v down_o some_o think_v demolish_v by_o abram_n himself_o when_o he_o leave_v the_o place_n other_o by_o the_o canaanite_n when_o he_o be_v go_v and_o there_o abram_n call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n commend_v himself_o and_o all_o he_o have_v to_o god_n protection_n who_o have_v promise_v to_o bestow_v this_o country_n upon_o he_o perhaps_o he_o build_v the_o 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
thus_o part_n of_o galilee_n be_v inhabit_v by_o a_o mix_a people_n of_o divers_a country_n be_v thence_o call_v galilee_n of_o the_o nation_n or_o gentile_n matth._n iu._n 15._o there_o be_v also_o as_o sir_n w._n raleigh_n observe_v several_a petty_a country_n which_o adjoin_v to_o phoenicia_n viz._n palmyrena_n batanea_n apamena_n laodicene_n etc._n etc._n which_o lie_v towards_o mesopotamia_n on_o the_o north_n and_o arabia_n on_o the_o east_n over_o which_o we_o may_v suppose_v tidal_a reign_v eupolemus_n a_o ancient_a greek_a writer_n relate_v this_o story_n call_v they_o armenian_n who_o make_v this_o inroad_n upon_o the_o phoenician_n as_o eusebius_n tell_v we_o out_o of_o alexander_n polyhistor_n l._n ix_o praepar_fw-la evang._n c._n 17._o ver._n 2._o these_o make_a war_n with_o bera_n king_n of_o sodom_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v lord_n of_o the_o country_n call_v pentapolis_n or_o five_o city_n which_o be_v so_o small_a that_o there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o bring_v a_o 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ver._n 4_o twelve_o year_n they_o serve_v chedorlaomer_n etc._n etc._n this_o show_v he_o be_v the_o principal_a in_o this_o war_n and_o if_o he_o have_v be_v king_n of_o all_o that_o country_n call_v elam_n we_o can_v think_v he_o will_v have_v pass_v through_o so_o great_a a_o part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o assyria_n mesopotamia_n and_o part_n of_o arabia_n to_o conquer_v five_o to_n all_o who_o riches_n can_v not_o countervail_v the_o charge_n though_o he_o have_v send_v only_o one_o of_o his_o lieutenant_n with_o a_o small_a force_n to_o bring_v they_o under_o ver._n 5._o smite_v the_o rephaim_n in_o their_o way_n to_o sodom_n they_o subdue_v these_o warlike_a people_n who_o it_o be_v likely_a oppose_v their_o passage_n into_o pentapolis_n and_o these_o rephaim_n it_o appear_v by_o xv._o 20._o be_v a_o part_n of_o canaan_n posterity_n situate_v as_o one_o may_v gather_v from_o josh_n xii_o 4._o xiii_o 12._o on_o the_o other_o side_n jordan_n in_o bashan_n or_o batanea_n they_o be_v of_o a_o giantlike_a stature_n and_o therefore_o the_o lxx_o here_o and_o in_o other_o place_n instead_o of_o rephaim_n have_v giant_n ashtaroth-karnaim_a it_o be_v plain_a from_o the_o forenamed_a place_n and_o from_o deut._n i._n 4._o that_o ashtaroth_n be_v a_o place_n in_o bashan_n whether_o so_o call_v because_o the_o goddess_n astarte_n i._n e._n diana_n or_o juno_n be_v here_o worship_v no_o body_n can_v resolve_v they_o that_o be_v of_o this_o opinion_n fancy_n that_o karnaim_n which_o in_o hebrew_n signify_v two_o horn_a denote_v the_o new_a moon_n but_o this_o word_n may_v as_o well_o note_v that_o ashtaroth_n be_v a_o city_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o half_a moon_n and_o the_o zuzim_n another_o warlike_a people_n thereabouts_o who_o some_o think_v be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o zamzummims_n deut._n ii_o 10._o the_o emims_n it_o appear_v from_o deut._n ii_o 9_o 10_o etc._n etc._n that_o these_o be_v also_o a_o gigantic_a people_n and_o near_a neighbour_n to_o the_o horites_n 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they_o be_v the_o descendant_n of_o esau_n as_o moses_n show_v gen._n xxxvi_o 16._o and_o also_o the_o amorites_n who_o dwell_v in_o hazezon-tamar_a which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o en-gaddi_a near_o the_o dead_a sea_n 2_o chron._n xx._n 2._o ver._n 10._o full_o of_o slime-pit_n into_o which_o they_o hope_v their_o enemy_n may_v fall_v and_o so_o be_v break_v which_o make_v they_o draw_v up_o their_o army_n and_o wait_v for_o they_o in_o this_o place_n and_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n flee_v be_v rout_v as_o we_o now_o speak_v of_o the_o word_n slime_n see_v xi_o 3._o and_o fall_v there_o i._n e._n a_o great_a slaughter_n be_v make_v of_o their_o army_n for_o they_o themselves_o escape_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o the_o story_n some_o will_v have_v it_o that_o many_o of_o they_o fall_v into_o those_o slime-pit_n in_o which_o they_o hope_v to_o have_v see_v their_o enemy_n plunge_v but_o the_o simple_a sense_n be_v many_o of_o they_o be_v slay_v and_o 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out_o of_o his_o city_n to_o meet_v abram_n ver._n 12._o and_o they_o take_v lot_n etc._n etc._n who_o be_v here_o call_v his_o brother_n son_n and_o verse_n 14_o and_o 16._o abram_n brother_n this_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o abram_n quarrel_v with_o the_o four_o king_n who_o war_n be_v just_a against_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o his_o confederate_n but_o they_o unjust_o seize_v upon_o lot_n and_o his_o good_n who_o be_v but_o a_o sojourner_n in_o that_o country_n and_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o their_o revolt_n who_o dwell_v in_o sodom_n in_o the_o country_n of_o sodom_n where_o he_o hire_v some_o ground_n for_o his_o cattle_n but_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a he_o yet_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n for_o then_o he_o have_v not_o be_v take_v captive_a but_o afterward_o for_o more_o security_n betake_v himself_o thither_o ver._n 13._o tell_v abram_n the_o hebrew_n so_o call_v from_o his_o ancestor_n heber_n as_o be_v before_o observe_v to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v that_o if_o he_o 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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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hardly_o with_o she_o beat_v she_o perhaps_o or_o impose_v on_o she_o too_o much_o or_o too_o servile_a labour_n she_o flee_v from_o her_o face_n run_v away_o to_o avoid_v her_o cruel_a usage_n ver._n 7._o and_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n that_o we_o read_v of_o the_o appearance_n of_o a_o angel_n by_o who_o maimonides_n will_v scarce_o allow_v we_o to_o understand_v more_o than_o a_o messenger_n more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o c._n 42._o but_o some_o christian_n go_v so_o far_o into_o the_o other_o extreme_a as_o to_o understand_v hereby_o the_o eternal_a λογος_n or_o son_n of_o god_n it_o seem_v to_o i_o more_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o though_o the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a majesty_n do_v not_o appear_v to_o she_o as_o it_o have_v often_o do_v to_o abram_n yet_o one_o of_o the_o heavenly_a minister_n who_o be_v attendant_n upon_o it_o and_o make_v a_o part_n of_o its_o glory_n be_v send_v to_o stop_v her_o proceed_n and_o a_o great_a favour_n it_o be_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v dispatch_v such_o a_o messenger_n after_o she_o who_o be_v sufficient_a to_o do_v the_o business_n in_o the_o way_n to_o shur_n she_o be_v fly_v into_o egypt_n her_o own_o country_n upon_o which_o the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n border_v and_o only_o rest_v a_o while_n at_o this_o fountain_n to_o refresh_v herself_o ver._n 8._o and_o he_o say_v hagar_n sarai'_v maid_n he_o take_v notice_n of_o her_o be_v sarai'_v maid_n rather_o than_o abram_n wife_n to_o put_v she_o in_o mind_n of_o her_o duty_n and_o that_o she_o can_v not_o honest_o leave_v her_o mistress_n without_o her_o consent_n for_o so_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 9_o return_v to_o thy_o mistress_n and_o submit_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n here_o translate_v submit_v with_o that_o verse_n 6._o where_n it_o be_v render_v deal_v hardly_o signify_v that_o she_o shall_v be_v patient_n and_o endure_v the_o hardship_n of_o which_o she_o 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all_o his_o brethren_n whether_o descend_v from_o isaac_n or_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o abram_n son_n by_o keturah_n who_o though_o annoy_v by_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o dispossess_v he_o this_o be_v such_o a_o exact_a description_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o ishmael_n throughout_o all_o generation_n that_o none_o but_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n can_v have_v make_v it_o as_o doctor_n jackson_n true_o observe_v book_n i._n on_o the_o creed_n c._n xxv_o wildness_n be_v so_o incorporate_v into_o their_o nature_n that_o no_o change_n of_o time_n have_v make_v they_o grow_v tame_a ver._n 13._o she_o call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o speak_v to_o she_o by_o his_o angel_n for_o she_o look_v upon_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o angel_n as_o a_o token_n of_o the_o divine_a presence_n though_o she_o see_v it_o not_o in_o its_o full_a glory_n thou_o god_n see_v i_o take_v care_n of_o i_o wheresoever_o i_o be_o for_o she_o say_v have_v i_o also_o here_o look_v after_o he_o that_o see_v i_o there_o be_v various_a interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n the_o plain_a be_v that_o of_o de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr who_o observe_v that_o the_o word_n halom_n always_o signify_v place_n not_o time_n or_o that_o which_o be_v do_v in_o any_o place_n and_o so_o we_o translate_v it_o by_o the_o word_n here_o but_o there_o he_o make_v a_o stop_n after_o that_o word_n by_o way_n of_o admiration_n in_o this_o manner_n and_o even_o here_o also_o or_o even_o thus_o far_o it_o have_v be_v less_o wonder_n if_o god_n have_v take_v care_n of_o i_o in_o my_o master_n house_n but_o do_v he_o follow_v i_o with_o his_o favour_n even_o hither_o this_o be_v wonderful_a and_o then_o the_o next_o word_n have_v i_o look_v after_o he_o that_o see_v i_o carry_v this_o sense_n have_v i_o behold_v god_n who_o take_v care_n of_o i_o what_o a_o favour_n be_v this_o that_o he_o will_v so_o far_o condescend_v to_o i_o it_o ought_v never_o to_o be_v forget_v therefore_o she_o call_v his_o name_n thou_o god_n see_v i_o ver._n 14._o beer-lahai-roi_a some_o will_v have_v this_o refer_v both_o to_o hagar_n and_o to_o god_n in_o this_o manner_n the_o well_o of_o she_o that_o live_v and_o of_o he_o that_o see_v i._n e._n who_o preserve_v i_o in_o life_n so_o it_o be_v a_o acknowledgement_n that_o she_o owe_v her_o life_n and_o safety_n to_o god_n ver._n 15._o abram_n call_v his_o son_n name_n etc._n etc._n hagar_n have_v tell_v he_o at_o she_o return_v the_o forego_n story_n he_o give_v his_o son_n this_o name_n in_o obedience_n to_o the_o angel_n command_n verse_n 11._o ver._n 16._o fourscore_o and_o six_o year_n old_a he_o be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a
perhaps_o the_o jew_n gather_v he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o authority_n among_o they_o ver._n 7._o do_v not_o so_o wicked_o as_o to_o break_v the_o right_n of_o hospitality_n and_o violate_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n ver._n 8._o behold_v now_o i_o have_v two_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n this_o must_v be_v understand_v to_o have_v be_v speak_v in_o a_o great_a perturbation_n and_o perplexity_n of_o mind_n and_o out_o of_o a_o vehement_a desire_n to_o preserve_v the_o man_n who_o he_o have_v entertain_v which_o make_v he_o say_v he_o have_v rather_o they_o shall_v abuse_v his_o own_o daughter_n than_o those_o stranger_n for_o therefore_o come_v they_o under_o the_o shadow_n of_o my_o roof_n he_o plead_v the_o law_n of_o hospitality_n which_o oblige_v he_o to_o protect_v they_o though_o he_o himself_o suffer_v by_o it_o ver._n 9_o and_o they_o say_v stand_v back_o give_v way_n to_o we_o this_o one_o fellow_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v one_o and_o he_o but_o a_o sojourner_n who_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o censor_n morum_fw-la and_o control_v the_o whole_a city_n this_o show_v he_o be_v no_o judge_n now_o will_v we_o deal_v worse_o with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n abuse_v thou_o more_o than_o they_o for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n with_o verse_n 7._o do_v wicked_o ver._n 11._o smite_v the_o man_n with_o blindness_n not_o with_o a_o total_a blindness_n for_o then_o they_o will_v not_o have_v seek_v for_o the_o door_n of_o lot_n house_n but_o rather_o have_v grope_v for_o the_o way_n home_o but_o such_o a_o dimness_n that_o they_o can_v not_o see_v any_o thing_n distinct_o or_o in_o its_o right_a place_n but_o there_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o door_n suppose_v where_o there_o be_v none_o or_o there_o be_v such_o a_o confusion_n in_o their_o brain_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v turn_v topsy_n turuie_o as_o we_o speak_v in_o their_o imagination_n and_o appear_v quite_o otherwise_o than_o they_o be_v ver._n 12._o son-in-law_n and_o thy_o son_n and_o thy_o daughter_n here_o the_o copulative_a and_o must_v be_v expound_v or_o as_o it_o be_v use_v in_o many_o place_n xiii_o 8._o let_v there_o be_v no_o strife_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o or_o between_o my_o herdsman_n and_o thou_o and_o so_o we_o translate_v it_o exod._n xii_o 5._o thou_o shall_v take_v it_o out_o of_o the_o sheep_n or_o out_o of_o the_o goat_n and_o exod._n xxi_o 15._o he_o that_o smite_v his_o father_n or_o his_o mother_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v translate_v here_o have_v thou_o any_o here_o beside_o son-in-law_n or_o thy_o son_n or_o thy_o daughter_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v we_o be_v desirous_a to_o save_v all_o that_o be_v near_o relate_v to_o thou_o for_o thy_o sake_n ver._n 14._o which_o marry_v his_o daughter_n have_v espouse_v they_o for_o their_o wife_n but_o have_v not_o yet_o consummate_v the_o marriage_n as_o some_o understand_v it_o other_o will_v have_v it_o that_o beside_o those_o two_o virgin_n daughter_n at_o home_n with_o he_o he_o have_v other_o daughter_n who_o be_v actual_o marry_v in_o the_o city_n which_o they_o gather_v from_o the_o next_o verse_n take_v thy_o wife_n and_o two_o daughter_n which_o be_v here_o as_o if_o he_o have_v more_o daughter_n elsewhere_o and_o r._n jehuda_n in_o pirke_n elieser_n c._n 25._o name_v one_o of_o they_o marry_v to_o one_o of_o the_o great_a man_n of_o sodom_n and_o call_v she_o pelothit_n but_o this_o seem_v rather_o to_o have_v be_v the_o name_n of_o one_o of_o they_o who_o be_v save_v by_o the_o angel_n and_o thence_o so_o call_v for_o it_o signify_v deliver_v or_o snatch_v from_o destruction_n he_o seem_v as_o one_o that_o mock_v who_o be_v not_o in_o earnest_n but_o only_o make_v sport_n with_o they_o and_o speak_v in_o jest_n for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n from_o whence_o isaac_n be_v derive_v which_o signify_v laughter_n ver._n 15._o and_o when_o the_o morning_n arise_v at_o break_v of_o day_n for_o the_o sun_n do_v not_o rise_v till_o lot_n be_v get_v into_o zoar_n verse_n 23._o take_v thy_o wife_n and_o thy_o two_o daughter_n which_o be_v here_o these_o last_o word_n which_o be_v here_o be_v not_o without_o emphasis_n and_o be_v paraphrase_a thus_o by_o the_o chaldee_n interpreter_n which_o be_v find_v faithful_a with_o thou_o be_v not_o corrupt_v by_o the_o common_a wickedness_n of_o this_o place_n or_o that_o believe_v what_o we_o threaten_v ver._n 16._o while_o he_o linger_v be_v loath_a to_o leave_v his_o good_n or_o his_o sons-in-law_n and_o child_n or_o as_o some_o think_v pray_v god_n to_o spare_v the_o city_n the_o man_n lay_v hold_v upon_o his_o hand_n etc._n etc._n one_o of_o the_o angel_n lay_v hold_v upon_o he_o and_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o other_o upon_o his_o two_o daughter_n who_o they_o pull_v out_o of_o the_o house_n with_o some_o kind_n of_o constraint_n and_o lead_v they_o out_o of_o the_o city_n ver._n 17._o he_o say_v that_o angel_n who_o have_v a_o peculiar_a charge_n of_o preserve_a lot_n and_o his_o family_n see_v xviii_o 2._o escape_v for_o thy_o life_n make_v haste_n if_o thou_o love_v thy_o life_n look_v not_o behind_o thou_o to_o see_v what_o become_v of_o thy_o good_n or_o as_o if_o thou_o be_v loath_a to_o leave_v sodom_n make_v no_o delay_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o turn_v about_o and_o look_v back_o neither_o stay_v thou_o in_o the_o plain_a do_v not_o rest_n till_o thou_o have_v get_v out_o of_o the_o plain_a for_o every_o place_n in_o it_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v ver._n 18._o and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o etc._n etc._n both_o the_o angel_n be_v still_o with_o he_o but_o he_o seem_v particular_o to_o speak_v to_o he_o that_o lead_v he_o and_o his_o wife_n out_o of_o sodom_n who_o have_v speak_v before_o to_o he_o and_o bid_v he_o make_v haste_n verse_n 17._o but_o there_o be_v those_o franzius_n for_o instance_n who_o will_v have_v the_o word_n adonai_n translate_v not_o my_o lord_n but_o my_o lord_n as_o if_o he_o speak_v to_o both_o ver._n 19_o i_o can_v escape_v to_o the_o mountain_n etc._n etc._n he_o that_o linger_v before_o verse_n 16._o now_o think_v he_o can_v not_o make_v haste_n enough_o either_o be_v crazy_a or_o tire_v with_o sit_v up_o all_o night_n or_o fear_v the_o destruction_n will_v overtake_v he_o before_o he_o can_v reach_v the_o mountain_n and_o desire_v perhaps_o to_o have_v a_o better_a dwelling_n than_o that_o ver._n 20._o my_o soul_n shall_v live_v rejoice_v and_o be_v exceed_o thankful_a ver._n 21._o see_v i_o have_v accept_v thou_o grant_v thy_o request_n i_o will_v not_o overthrow_v etc._n etc._n a_o wonderful_a instance_n of_o the_o divine_a clemency_n which_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o wrath_n remember_v mercy_n ver._n 22._o haste_v thou_o make_v no_o more_o delay_n no_o not_o to_o make_v any_o further_a petition_n i_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n till_o thou_o be_v come_v thither_o have_v make_v thou_o this_o promise_n i_o must_v defer_v the_o vengeance_n till_o thou_o be_v safe_a there_o call_v zoar._n in_o aftertime_n it_o have_v this_o name_n from_o the_o smallness_n of_o it_o which_o he_o twice_o mention_n verse_n 20._o ver._n 24._o the_o lord_z rain_v from_o the_o lord_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o here_o be_v a_o intimation_n of_o a_o plurality_n of_o person_n in_o the_o deity_n yet_o there_o be_v many_o both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a interpreter_n who_o think_v the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o lord_n send_v this_o rain_n from_o himself_o it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o scripture_n phrase_n to_o repeat_v the_o noun_n instead_o of_o the_o pronoun_n as_o grammarian_n speak_v of_o which_o cocceius_n upon_o the_o gemara_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n c._n iu_o give_v these_o instance_n gen._n ii_o 20._o 1_o sam._n xii_o 11._o zech._n i._n 16._o and_o there_o be_v other_o which_o come_v near_o to_o these_o word_n exod._n xxiv_o and_o he_o i._n e._n the_o lord_n verse_n 3_o say_v unto_o moses_n come_v up_o unto_o the_o lord_n hos_fw-la i._o 7._o i_o will_v save_v they_o by_o the_o lord_z their_z god_n zech._n x._o 12._o i_o will_v strengthen_v they_o in_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n the_o council_n of_o sirmium_n indeed_o anathematize_n those_o who_o thus_o interpret_v these_o word_n and_o do_v not_o say_v the_o son_n rain_v from_o the_o father_n socrat._v l._n ii_o c._n 30._o yet_o st._n chrysostom_n do_v not_o fear_v to_o say_v this_o be_v a_o idiom_n of_o the_o scripture-language_n which_o intend_v only_o to_o show_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o lord_n bring_v this_o punishment_n upon_o they_o other_o also_o have_v observe_v that_o the_o scripture-phrase_n be_v very_o concise_a by_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o verse_n may_v be_v mean_v the_o angel_n
of_o a_o quiet_a possession_n of_o that_o well_o ver._n 30._o a_o witness_n unto_o i_o that_o i_o have_v dig_v this_o well_o by_o this_o token_n it_o shall_v be_v remember_v hereafter_o that_o i_o dig_v this_o well_o and_o that_o thou_o do_v grant_v i_o quiet_a possession_n of_o it_o ver._n 31._o call_v the_o place_n beer-sheba_a the_o hebrew_n word_n sheba_n signify_v both_o a_o oath_n and_o also_o seven_o perhaps_o for_o both_o reason_n this_o place_n have_v this_o name_n we_o be_v sure_a for_o the_o first_o which_o be_v here_o mention_v because_o they_o swear_v to_o each_o other_o ver._n 32._o thus_o they_o make_v a_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n by_o give_v and_o accept_v those_o sheep_n and_o ox_n mention_v verse_n 27._o and_o perhaps_o by_o offer_v sacrifice_n or_o at_o least_o by_o eat_v and_o drink_v together_o as_o isaac_n and_o abimelech_n do_v in_o aftertime_n xxvi_o 30._o here_o some_o observe_v it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o make_v covenant_n with_o infidel_n and_o idolater_n for_o mutual_a defence_n and_o commerce_n or_o such_o like_a reason_n but_o i_o see_v no_o proof_n that_o abimelech_n be_v such_o a_o person_n in_o future_a age_n the_o people_n of_o canaan_n be_v so_o corrupt_v by_o this_o as_o well_o as_o other_o sin_n that_o god_n command_v they_o to_o be_v exterminate_v and_o make_v it_o unlawful_a to_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n with_o they_o exod._n xxxiv_o 15._o but_o as_o the_o philistine_n be_v none_o of_o they_o so_o it_o still_o remain_v lawful_a to_o make_v league_n with_o other_o gentile_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o seven_o nation_n of_o canaan_n as_o we_o see_v by_o the_o example_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n and_o other_o they_o return_v into_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n into_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o they_o dwell_v for_o both_o abimelech_n and_o abraham_n be_v now_o in_o that_o land_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n ver._n 33._o abraham_n plant_v a_o grove_n for_o a_o solemn_a and_o retire_a place_n wherein_o to_o worship_v god_n for_o as_o servius_n say_v upon_o the_o ix_o aeneid_n nunquam_fw-la est_fw-la lucus_n sine_fw-la religione_fw-la there_o never_o be_v a_o grove_n in_o ancient_a time_n without_o religion_n and_o therefore_o here_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n which_o be_v fence_v and_o bound_v with_o a_o enclosure_n and_o shade_v with_o tree_n as_o mr._n mede_n discourse_n xix_o observe_v their_o proseucha_n or_o place_n of_o prayer_n to_o have_v be_v in_o aftertime_n for_o that_o this_o be_v intend_v for_o a_o place_n of_o prayer_n appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n and_o call_v there_o on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n from_o hence_o some_o think_v the_o custom_n of_o plant_v grove_n be_v derive_v into_o all_o the_o gentile_a world_n who_o so_o profane_v they_o by_o image_n and_o filthiness_n and_o sacrifice_n to_o daemon_n that_o god_n command_v they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o but_o abraham_n make_v use_v of_o a_o grove_n before_o this_o xii_o 6_o 8._o where_o we_o find_v he_o build_v a_o altar_n on_o a_o mountain_n which_o i_o question_v not_o be_v compass_v with_o tree_n see_v xiii_o 18._o therefore_o i_o take_v this_o only_a to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o grove_n that_o he_o plant_v himself_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o everlasting_a god_n i_o find_v that_o maimonides_n in_o several_a place_n of_o his_o more_n nevochim_n translate_v the_o last_o word_n the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o world_n or_o the_o lord_z the_o almighty_a creator_n of_o the_o world_n for_o this_o be_v the_o great_a article_n of_o faith_n in_o those_o day_n that_o god_n make_v the_o world_n par._n ii_o cap._n 30._o &_o par._n iii_o c._n 29._o ver._n 34._o sojourn_v many_o day_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n days_n often_o signify_v year_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a signify_v so_o in_o this_o place_n for_o here_o isaac_n be_v 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it_o be_v in_o that_o tract_n of_o ground_n call_v machpelah_n and_o second_o this_o field_n in_o machpelah_n be_v say_v to_o be_v before_o mamre_n verse_n 17._o which_o plain_o denote_v it_o to_o be_v a_o place_n so_o call_v miscell_n lib._n i._o cap._n 10._o for_o which_o last_o reason_n guil._n vorstius_n also_o take_v it_o to_o have_v be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o country_n or_o province_n in_o which_o this_o field_n and_o cave_n lay_v animadv_n in_o pirke_n elieser_n p._n 179._o which_o be_v in_o the_o end_n of_o his_o field_n burying-place_n be_v not_o ancient_o in_o the_o city_n much_o less_o in_o their_o temple_n but_o in_o the_o field_n in_o cave_n or_o vault_n make_v to_o hold_v a_o good_a number_n of_o body_n and_o so_o they_o continue_v its_o manifest_a in_o our_o saviour_n time_n among_o the_o jew_n as_o appear_v by_o lazarus_n his_o monument_n john_n xi_o 30_o 31._o and_o by_o the_o burying-place_n for_o stranger_n matth._n xxvii_o 7._o and_o their_o carry_v the_o widow_n 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be_v determine_v by_o the_o king_n if_o they_o have_v any_o or_o the_o elder_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n de_fw-fr repub._n judaic_n cap._n 3._o marriage_n be_v a_o matter_n of_o public_a right_n xxix_o 22._o as_o sepulcher_n be_v it_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n both_o of_o they_o be_v hold_v to_o belong_v to_o religion_n ver._n 11._o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o son_n of_o my_o people_n etc._n etc._n contract_n or_o grant_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v make_v before_o all_o the_o people_n or_o their_o representative_n till_o write_n be_v invent_v ver._n 12._o abraham_n bow_v etc._n etc._n because_o by_o their_o intercession_n this_o favour_n be_v grant_v he_o ver._n 13._o i_o will_v give_v thou_o
head_n but_o all_o over_o his_o body_n like_o a_o hairy_a garment_n as_o rough_a as_o haircloth_n just_o as_o the_o poet_n describe_v satyr_n he_o be_v hirsutus_fw-la not_o only_o hairy_a all_o over_o but_o those_o hair_n as_o stiff_a as_o bristle_n argue_v great_a strength_n of_o body_n and_o a_o rough_a fierce_a temper_n they_o call_v his_o name_n esau_n which_o signify_v make_v in_o hebrew_n this_o be_v common_o take_v for_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o name_n that_o he_o be_v as_o full_a of_o hair_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v as_o other_o be_v at_o man_n estate_n but_o i_o think_v it_o may_v as_o well_o denote_v his_o active_a genius_n which_o they_o think_v this_o presage_v ver._n 26._o jacob._n he_o certain_o have_v his_o name_n from_o his_o take_v his_o brother_n by_o the_o heel_n at_o his_o birth_n as_o if_o he_o will_v supplant_v he_o as_o he_o afterward_o do_v be_v threescore_o year_n old_a god_n exercise_v isaac_n faith_n and_o patience_n just_a as_o he_o have_v do_v abraham_n for_o the_o space_n of_o twenty_o year_n before_o he_o give_v he_o a_o child_n for_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o marry_v verse_n 20._o and_o now_o sixty_o ver._n 27._o a_o cunning_a hunter_n have_v great_a skill_n in_o hunt_v in_o which_o his_o active_a genius_n delight_v a_o man_n of_o the_o field_n that_o take_v pleasure_n to_o be_v abroad_o pursue_v wild_a beast_n in_o wood_n and_o mountain_n where_o afterward_o he_o have_v his_o habitation_n a_o plain_a man_n dwell_v in_o tent_n he_o love_v not_o violent_a exercise_n but_o keep_v at_o home_n or_o look_v after_o the_o flock_n of_o sheep_n and_o the_o breed_n of_o cattle_n ver._n 28._o and_o isaac_n love_v esau_n etc._n etc._n not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v his_o first-born_a and_o because_o his_o love_n of_o hunt_v argue_v he_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a activity_n and_o valour_n who_o be_v likely_a to_o prove_v a_o great_a person_n but_o because_o he_o also_o take_v care_n frequent_o to_o entertain_v his_o 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great_a esteem_n and_o much_o commend_v by_o athenaeus_n and_o a._n gellius_n and_o give_v the_o pottage_n it_o be_v probable_a a_o red_a tincture_n some_o think_v esau_n do_v not_o know_v what_o it_o be_v and_o therefore_o call_v it_o only_o by_o its_o colour_n ask_v for_o that_o red_a that_o same_o red_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n therefore_o be_v his_o name_n call_v edom._n this_o repeat_v eager_a desire_n of_o he_o know_v not_o what_o for_o which_o he_o sell_v his_o birthright_n give_v he_o the_o name_n of_o edom_n which_o signify_v red_a whence_o the_o city_n which_o he_o build_v and_o the_o whole_a country_n his_o posterity_n inhabit_v be_v call_v by_o the_o same_o name_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n idumaea_n border_v towards_o the_o south_n upon_o judaea_n arabia_n and_o egypt_n ver._n 31._o sell_v i_o this_o day_n thy_o birthright_n the_o elder_a son_n have_v several_a privilege_n belong_v to_o he_o above_o the_o rest_n the_o chief_a of_o which_o be_v to_o have_v a_o double_a portion_n of_o his_o father_n estate_n as_o for_o the_o right_n of_o priesthood_n there_o be_v many_o reason_n to_o prove_v it_o do_v not_o belong_v thereunto_o but_o whatsoever_o they_o be_v jacob_n cunning_o make_v a_o advantage_n of_o esau_n necessity_n to_o purchase_v they_o all_o for_o a_o small_a matter_n in_o which_o some_o think_v he_o do_v not_o amiss_o about_o which_o i_o shall_v not_o dispute_v ver._n 32._o what_o profit_n shall_v this_o birthright_n do_v to_o i_o he_o speak_v very_o slight_o if_o not_o contemptuous_o of_o it_o prefer_v the_o present_a satisfaction_n of_o his_o appetite_n before_o his_o future_a dignity_n and_o greatness_n for_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n he_o pretend_v to_o be_v faint_a than_o real_o he_o be_v out_o of_o a_o vehement_a longing_n for_o the_o pottage_n which_o perhaps_o be_v a_o rarety_n ver._n 33._o swear_v to_o i_o this_o day_n that_o i_o shall_v peaceable_o enjoy_v the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o birthright_n esau_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v very_o violent_a in_o all_o thing_n and_o to_o have_v pursue_v this_o as_o eager_o as_o he_o do_v his_o sport_n jacob_n on_o the_o contrary_a very_a sedate_n and_o crafty_a to_o make_v the_o best_a use_n of_o the_o opportunity_n he_o meet_v with_o to_o promote_v his_o ends._n ver._n 34._o rise_v up_o and_o go_v his_o way_n well_o satisfy_v and_o without_o any_o trouble_n for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v which_o the_o apostle_n censure_v as_o a_o piece_n of_o profaneness_n parent_n be_v wont_a to_o give_v a_o special_a blessing_n to_o their_o first-born_a despise_a his_o birthright_n he_o think_v perhaps_o he_o can_v recover_v that_o by_o force_n which_o he_o have_v lose_v by_o his_o brother_n craft_n chap._n xxvi_o ver._n 1._o and_o there_o be_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n such_o a_o scarcity_n of_o provision_n as_o be_v in_o abraham_n day_n xii_o 10._o when_o he_o be_v new_o come_v into_o canaan_n happen_v again_o in_o the_o day_n of_o isaac_n and_o isaac_n 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2._o ver._n 2._o and_o or_o for_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o he_o he_o intend_v to_o have_v go_v into_o egypt_n as_o abraham_n his_o father_n have_v do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n xii_o 10._o but_o god_n forbid_v he_o appear_v to_o he_o either_o in_o a_o vision_n or_o a_o dream_n or_o as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v afterward_o to_o moses_n and_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n upon_o several_a occasion_n and_o direct_v he_o to_o stay_v in_o this_o country_n which_o be_v in_o the_o way_n to_o egypt_n where_o he_o promise_v to_o provide_v for_o he_o though_o egypt_n be_v a_o most_o plentiful_a country_n yet_o the_o king_n of_o it_o at_o this_o time_n be_v not_o so_o good_a a_o man_n perhaps_o as_o he_o that_o reign_v in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n ver._n 3._o sojourn_v in_o this_o land_n etc._n etc._n he_o not_o only_a promise_n to_o take_v care_n of_o he_o at_o present_a during_o the_o famine_n but_o renew_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n his_o father_n at_o 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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 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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
the_o same_o valley_n for_o rather_o than_o contend_v he_o recede_v from_o his_o right_n in_o the_o other_o well_o ver._n 22._o he_o remove_v from_o thence_o to_o avoid_v strife_n he_o quit_v that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n and_o go_v to_o another_o where_o he_o be_v not_o disturb_v in_o his_o pasturage_n for_o now_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v room_n for_o we_o he_o be_v straighten_v before_o for_o want_n of_o sufficient_a water_n for_o his_o flock_n which_o now_o he_o enjoy_v in_o abundance_n and_o we_o shall_v be_v fruitful_a in_o the_o land_n increase_v more_o than_o former_o now_o that_o they_o can_v water_v their_o flock_n quiet_o and_o plentiful_o ver._n 23._o go_v up_o from_o thence_o to_o beer-sheba_a where_o he_o and_o his_o father_n have_v ancient_o live_v xxi_o 33._o xxv_o 11._o ver._n 24._o and_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o he_o the_o same_o night_n as_o he_o have_v do_v before_o he_o come_v to_o gerar_n verse_n 2._o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n who_o be_v so_o kind_a to_o he_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o he_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o my_o special_a providence_n be_v over_o thou_o as_o be_v explain_v before_o verse_n 3_o ver._n 25._o build_v a_o altar_n there_o to_o offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o the_o lord_n call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o abraham_n have_v do_v before_o he_o in_o this_o very_a place_n xxi_o 33._o and_o pitch_v his_o tent_n there_o resolve_a to_o settle_v in_o this_o place_n ver._n 26._o phicol_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o name_n and_o the_o same_o office_n that_o he_o have_v who_o be_v mention_v xxi_o 22._o but_o he_o be_v not_o the_o same_o man_n no_o more_o than_o abimelech_n the_o same_o king_n it_o be_v probable_a this_o be_v a_o name_n of_o some_o dignity_n among_o they_o like_o that_o of_o tribunus_n or_o dictator_n among_o the_o roman_n which_o pass_v from_o one_o to_o another_o ver._n 28._o we_o see_v certain_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v observe_v such_o a_o special_a providence_n over_o thou_o that_o we_o come_v to_o establish_v a_o perpetual_a friendship_n with_o thou_o by_o a_o solemn_a oath_n if_o thou_o will_v consent_v to_o our_o desire_n they_o be_v afraid_a it_o seem_v lest_o be_v disoblige_v by_o their_o send_v he_o out_o of_o their_o country_n he_o shall_v fall_v upon_o they_o one_o time_n or_o other_o be_v mighty_a than_o they_o as_o they_o acknowledge_v verse_n 18._o ver._n 29._o have_v send_v thou_o away_o in_o peace_n they_o remember_v he_o how_o they_o dismiss_v he_o peaceable_o and_o do_v not_o go_v about_o to_o seize_v upon_o his_o estate_n while_o he_o live_v among_o they_o which_o they_o make_v a_o argument_n why_o he_o shall_v contract_v a_o near_a friendship_n with_o such_o civil_a people_n thou_o be_v now_o the_o bless_a of_o the_o lord_n this_o look_n like_o a_o high_a compliment_n or_o flatter_a expression_n ver._n 30._o he_o make_v they_o a_o feast_n etc._n etc._n so_o covenant_n be_v make_v by_o eat_v and_o drink_v together_o ver._n 32._o tell_v he_o concern_v the_o well_o they_o have_v dig_v etc._n etc._n they_o have_v begin_v to_o dig_v before_o abimelech_n and_o phicol_n come_v verse_n 25._o and_o now_o they_o come_v at_o a_o spring_n of_o water_n ver._n 33._o he_o call_v it_o sheba_n from_o the_o oath_n which_o be_v late_o make_v between_o he_o and_o abimelech_n it_o have_v be_v call_v so_o before_o by_o abraham_n xxi_o 31._o but_o that_o name_n perhaps_o be_v forget_v and_o so_o he_o revive_v it_o as_o he_o have_v do_v other_o verse_n 18._o ver._n 34._o the_o daughter_n of_o beeri_n the_o hittite_n etc._n etc._n josephus_n say_v these_o two_o man_n beeri_n and_o elon_n who_o daughter_n esau_n marry_v be_v dynastae_n powerful_a man_n among_o the_o hittite_n which_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o his_o father_n sure_o have_v give_v the_o same_o charge_n to_o he_o that_o abraham_n have_v do_v concern_v his_o own_o marriage_n xxiv_o 3._o and_o then_o it_o be_v a_o very_a undutiful_a nay_o a_o impious_a action_n to_o marry_v with_o those_o people_n who_o be_v under_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n the_o scripture_n may_v well_o call_v he_o profane_a who_o seem_v not_o to_o have_v regard_v either_o the_o curse_n or_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o almighty_a ver._n 35._o a_o grief_n of_o mind_n his_o very_a marry_v with_o they_o sore_o afflict_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n or_o as_o other_o interpret_v it_o their_o idolatry_n and_o bad_a manner_n extreme_o grieve_v they_o chap._n xxvii_o ver._n 1._o when_o isaac_n be_v old_a a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n old_a as_o many_o have_v demonstrate_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o my_o son_n etc._n etc._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o and_o what_o follow_v that_o though_o esau_n have_v displease_v he_o by_o his_o marriage_n yet_o he_o retain_v his_o natural_a affection_n to_o he_o which_o he_o have_v from_o the_o beginning_n ver._n 3._o thy_o quiver_n some_o take_v the_o hebrew_n word_n to_o signify_v a_o sword_n which_o be_v as_o necessary_a for_o a_o huntsman_n as_o a_o bow_n and_o arrow_n ver._n 4._o make_v i_o savoury_a meat_n etc._n etc._n to_o raise_v his_o feeble_a spirit_n and_o enable_v he_o to_o deliver_v his_o last_o and_o solemn_a benediction_n with_o the_o more_o vigour_n my_o soul_n may_v bless_v thou_o before_o i_o die_v it_o seem_v isaac_n do_v not_o understand_v the_o divine_a oracle_n xxv_o 25._o as_o rebekah_n do_v or_o she_o have_v not_o acquaint_v he_o with_o it_o for_o he_o intend_v to_o bestow_v upon_o esau_n the_o promise_a land_n which_o be_v that_o god_n tell_v abraham_n he_o will_v bless_v his_o posterity_n withal_o for_o the_o last_o benediction_n of_o these_o great_a man_n be_v the_o settle_n of_o their_o inheritance_n and_o make_v those_o their_o heir_n upon_o who_o they_o bestow_v their_o blessing_n now_o the_o birthright_n which_o esau_n have_v sell_v jacob_n give_v he_o right_o only_o to_o the_o great_a part_n of_o isaac_n estate_n but_o not_o to_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v to_o be_v dispose_v of_o by_o isaac_n according_a to_o divine_a direction_n ver._n 7._o and_o bless_v thou_o before_o the_o lord_n these_o word_n show_v it_o be_v not_o a_o common_a blessing_n but_o a_o solemn_a benediction_n and_o by_o divine_a authority_n or_o approbation_n which_o isaac_n mean_v to_o give_v his_o son_n esau_n ver._n 8._o obey_v my_o voice_n etc._n etc._n rebekah_n have_v just_a reason_n to_o conclude_v that_o esau_n have_v forfeit_v the_o blessing_n which_o she_o be_v desirous_a to_o preserve_v in_o her_o family_n by_o marry_v with_o the_o people_n of_o canaan_n who_o be_v curse_v by_o god_n think_v of_o this_o device_n to_o get_v jacob_n prefer_v before_o he_o and_o indeed_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o it_o be_v a_o profane_a thing_n as_o i_o note_v before_o to_o marry_v with_o a_o daughter_n of_o heth._n and_o he_o seem_v afterward_o to_o have_v have_v no_o good_a design_n in_o marry_v with_o a_o daughter_n of_o ishmael_n xxviii_o 9_o for_o it_o look_v as_o if_o he_o go_v about_o to_o set_v up_o the_o pretension_n of_o that_o family_n against_o isaac_n ver._n 9_o two_o good_a kid_n of_o the_o goat_n two_o fat_a suck_a kid_n as_o aben_n ezra_n expound_v this_o phrase_n kid_n of_o the_o goat_n upon_o exod._n xxiii_o 19_o which_o in_o old_a time_n be_v account_v very_o delicious_a meat_n a_o present_a fit_n for_o a_o king_n 1_o sam._n xvi_o 20._o and_o which_o manoah_n prepare_v for_o the_o angel_n who_o he_o take_v for_o a_o noble_a guest_n judg._n xiii_o 15_o and_o which_o be_v most_o proper_a to_o be_v here_o consider_v allow_v to_o decay_a and_o weak_a people_n as_o a_o excellent_a nourishment_n both_o these_o kid_n be_v not_o prepare_v for_o isaac_n but_o she_o take_v the_o most_o tender_a and_o delicate_a part_n of_o both_o and_o dress_v they_o for_o he_o and_o i_o will_v make_v they_o savoury_a meat_n dress_v it_o so_o as_o to_o please_v his_o palate_n and_o not_o to_o be_v distinguish_v by_o he_o from_o venison_n for_o 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pulse_n or_o such_o like_a mean_a diet_n to_o promote_v his_o master_n profit_n ver._n 39_o that_o which_o be_v tear_v of_o beast_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o also_o which_o be_v steal_v by_o theft_n be_v not_o bring_v to_o laban_n account_n but_o jacob_n make_v they_o good_a which_o be_v not_o only_o a_o unjust_a exaction_n but_o a_o inhuman_a for_o the_o most_o careful_a shepherd_n in_o the_o world_n can_v not_o have_v his_o eye_n every_o where_o to_o prevent_v such_o thing_n especial_o in_o the_o dark_a as_o it_o follow_v whether_o steal_v by_o day_n or_o by_o night_n a_o most_o barbarous_a usage_n of_o a_o nephew_n and_o a_o son-in-law_n to_o make_v he_o pay_v for_o that_o which_o wild_a beast_n devour_v or_o thief_n steal_v against_o his_o will_n when_o no_o body_n can_v see_v their_o approach_n in_o the_o night_n some_o question_n where_o jacob_n get_v money_n to_o pay_v for_o they_o but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o he_o do_v not_o come_v quite_o unprovided_a from_o his_o father_n house_n with_o which_o also_o we_o may_v reasonable_o think_v he_o still_o hold_v some_o correspondence_n ver._n 40._o thus_o be_v i_o in_o the_o day_n the_o drought_n etc._n etc._n while_o i_o serve_v thou_o the_o heat_v consume_v i_o in_o the_o daytime_n and_o the_o frost_n nip_v i_o by_o night_n for_o in_o those_o country_n shepherd_n be_v wont_a to_o watch_v their_o flock_n especial_o about_o the_o time_n that_o ewe_n be_v likely_a to_o yean_v as_o we_o read_v luke_n ii_o 8._o see_v bochart_n in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 44._o my_o sleep_n depart_v from_o my_o eye_n many_o time_n he_o take_v no_o rest_n be_v awake_v by_o wild_a beast_n or_o by_o thief_n or_o keep_v awake_a by_o his_o great_a solicitude_n for_o his_o flock_n ver._n 41._o thus_o have_v i_o be_v twenty_o year_n in_o thy_o house_n this_o have_v be_v my_o manner_n of_o life_n for_o no_o less_o than_o twenty_o year_n that_o i_o have_v be_v a_o servant_n in_o thy_o family_n ver._n 42._o 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heap_n in_o hebrew_n and_o ed_n a_o witness_n these_o two_o language_n be_v different_a but_o not_o so_o much_o that_o they_o do_v not_o understand_v one_o another_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o whole_a story_n ver._n 48._o this_o heap_n be_v a_o witness_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o this_o day_n it_o shall_v remain_v as_o a_o monument_n that_o we_o agree_v not_o to_o transgress_v these_o bound_n as_o it_o be_v explain_v verse_n 52._o ver._n 49._o mizpah_n a_o watch-tower_n this_o show_n that_o laban_n understand_v hebrew_n as_o well_o as_o syriac_n or_o rather_o that_o these_o be_v two_o dialect_n which_o differ_v in_o pronunciation_n and_o in_o many_o word_n as_o those_o mention_a verse_n 47._o but_o in_o most_o have_v the_o same_o common_a to_o they_o both_o the_o lord_z watch_n between_o i_o and_o thou_o observe_v how_o we_o behave_v ourselves_o when_o we_o can_v see_v one_o another_o here_o he_o use_v the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n which_o show_v he_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o 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ver._n 52._o this_o heap_n be_v witness_n and_o this_o pillar_n be_v witness_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v that_o laban_n and_o his_o company_n set_v up_o a_o heap_n make_v of_o the_o stone_n which_o every_o one_o brought_z and_o jacob_n set_v up_o one_o single_a large_a stone_n verse_n 45._o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o pillar_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a his_o pillar_n look_v towards_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o their_o heap_n towards_o haran_n that_o i_o will_v not_o pass_v over_o this_o heap_n etc._n etc._n as_o stone_n be_v set_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o field_n to_o be_v boundary_n and_o landmark_n as_o we_o call_v they_o to_o distinguish_v man_n possession_n and_o limit_v they_o from_o encroach_a one_o upon_o another_o so_o be_v this_o heap_n and_o this_o pillar_n intend_v to_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o such_o boundary_n beyond_o which_o neither_o of_o they_o shall_v pass_v arm_v to_o offend_v the_o other_o ver._n 53._o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n and_o the_o god_n of_o nahor_n these_o two_o be_v brethren_n for_o he_o do_v not_o mean_a sure_a their_o grandfather_n the_o father_n of_o terah_n xi_o 24._o and_o before_o abraham_n be_v call_v out_o of_o ur_fw-la they_o both_o worship_v other_o god_n josh_n xxiv_o 2._o but_o then_o abraham_n renounce_v those_o god_n and_o worship_v only_o the_o creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n as_o nahor_v i_o have_v former_o conjecture_v also_o do_v when_o he_o follow_v he_o to_o haran_n therefore_o i_o think_v we_o need_v not_o make_v a_o question_n by_o which_o of_o abraham_n god_n laban_n now_o swear_v for_o i_o take_v he_o to_o have_v be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o true_a religion_n which_o make_v abraham_n desire_v his_o son_n shall_v have_v a_o wife_n out_o of_o this_o family_n for_o which_o reason_n isaac_n also_o send_v jacob_n hither_o the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v by_o the_o god_n of_o our_o ancestor_n who_o after_o god_n appear_v to_o abraham_n and_o call_v he_o out_o of_o 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that_o he_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o token_n of_o the_o divine_a presence_n and_o that_o it_o approach_v very_o near_o he_o as_o when_o one_o friend_n speak_v to_o another_o face_n to_o face_n as_o the_o ancient_a phrase_n be_v and_o my_o life_n be_v preserve_v this_o be_v common_o interpret_v by_o the_o opinion_n which_o be_v in_o old_a time_n that_o if_o they_o see_v one_o of_o the_o heavenly_a minister_n they_o be_v to_o be_v no_o long_o man_n of_o this_o world_n but_o die_v present_o but_o it_o may_v refer_v as_o menochius_fw-la observe_v to_o the_o principal_a scope_n of_o the_o combat_n which_o be_v to_o confirm_v jacob_n against_o the_o fear_n of_o esau_n and_o so_o the_o meaning_n be_v i_o doubt_v not_o i_o be_o safe_a god_n will_v preserve_v i_o from_o any_o hurt_n by_o esau_n ver._n 31._o he_o halt_v upon_o his_o thigh_n because_o the_o hipbone_n be_v out_o of_o its_o place_n many_o think_v this_o last_v only_o for_o a_o time_n and_o some_o will_v have_v it_o that_o the_o angel_n cure_v he_o before_o he_o get_v to_o esau_n but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n of_o either_o of_o these_o conjecture_n ver._n 32._o therefore_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n eat_v not_o of_o the_o sinew_n which_o shrink_v etc._n etc._n that_o sinew_n or_o tendon_n which_o fasten_v the_o hipbone_n in_o its_o socket_n which_o comprehend_v the_o flesh_n of_o that_o muscle_n which_o be_v connect_v to_o it_o he_o that_o eat_v of_o this_o be_v to_o be_v beat_v as_o the_o jewish_a master_n tell_v we_o see_v mr._n selden_n lib._n ii_o de_fw-la synedriis_fw-la p._n 552._o hottinger_n de_fw-fr leg._n hebr._fw-la §_o 3._o vorstius_n upon_o pirke_n elieser_n p._n 221._o chap._n xxxiii_o ver._n 1._o jacob_n lift_v up_o his_o eye_n etc._n etc._n be_v come_v to_o his_o family_n who_o he_o send_v before_o he_o over_o the_o brook_n xxxii_o 23._o and_o look_v about_o he_o he_o behold_v esau_n and_o his_o train_n at_o some_o distance_n and_o put_v himself_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n in_o good_a 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child_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v when_o some_o fine_a show_n appear_v which_o they_o eager_o desire_v to_o behold_v ver._n 8._o what_o mean_v thou_o by_o all_o this_o drove_n etc._n etc._n the_o servant_n no_o doubt_n have_v tell_v he_o as_o their_o master_n have_v order_v xxxii_o 17_o etc._n etc._n but_o he_o ask_v jacob_n that_o he_o may_v have_v a_o opportunity_n to_o declare_v how_o little_o he_o need_v or_o desire_v such_o a_o present_a these_o be_v to_o find_v grace_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o my_o lord_n to_o testify_v my_o respect_n to_o thou_o that_o i_o may_v obtain_v thy_o favour_n and_o goodwill_n towards_o i_o for_o inferior_n be_v wont_a to_o approach_v to_o their_o superior_n with_o present_n to_o make_v themselves_o the_o more_o kind_o accept_v and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o as_o he_o and_o all_o his_o make_v such_o obeisance_n to_o esau_n as_o signify_v he_o be_v his_o servant_n as_o he_o call_v himself_o verse_n 5._o so_o he_o still_o honour_n esau_n by_o the_o name_n of_o his_o lord_n ver._n 9_o i_o have_v enough_o my_o brother_n etc._n etc._n in_o this_o he_o show_v himself_o not_o to_o be_v of_o a_o covetous_a humour_n but_o as_o free_v from_o that_o vice_n as_o from_o revenge_n ver._n 10._o if_o i_o have_v find_v grace_n in_o thy_o sight_n if_o thou_o love_v i_o as_o though_o i_o have_v see_v the_o face_n of_o god_n for_o esau_n kind_a reception_n of_o he_o he_o can_v not_o but_o look_v upon_o as_o a_o token_n of_o the_o divine_a favour_n towards_o he_o some_o think_v by_o god_n may_v be_v mean_v a_o angel_n or_o great_a man_n into_o who_o presence_n inferior_n as_o i_o say_v be_v wont_a to_o approach_v with_o present_n and_o thou_o be_v please_v with_o i_o receive_v i_o kind_o ver._n 11._o take_v my_o blessing_n i._n e._n my_o present_n as_o we_o expound_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n of_o 1_o sam._n xxv_o 27._o i_o have_v enough_o it_o be_v a_o large_a word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n than_o that_o use_v by_o esau_n verse_n 9_o signify_v that_o he_o have_v enough_o to_o spare_v of_o all_o sort_n of_o thing_n and_o therefore_o esau_n need_v not_o fear_v his_o impoverishment_n by_o accept_v this_o present_a ver._n 12._o and_o he_o say_v let_v we_o take_v our_o journey_n etc._n etc._n esau_n invite_v he_o to_o go_v along_o with_o he_o to_o the_o land_n of_o seir_n and_o there_o refresh_v himself_o i_o will_v go_v before_o thou_o show_v thou_o the_o way_n and_o conduct_v thou_o ver._n 13._o and_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n i._n e._n jacob_n say_v this_o in_o excuse_n that_o he_o can_v not_o go_v so_o fast_o as_o esau_n and_o therefore_o desire_v to_o follow_v after_o by_o easy_a journey_n child_n be_v tender_a joseph_n be_v not_o above_o six_o or_o seven_o year_n old_a flock_n and_o herd_n with_o young_a the_o hebrew_n word_n aloth_n in_o 1_o sam._n vi_o 7._o signify_v kine_n that_o have_v suck_v calf_n unto_o which_o sense_n bochart_n incline_v in_o this_o place_n and_o so_o do_v jonathan_n onkelos_n and_o other_o ancient_a interpreter_n see_v his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o lib._n ii_o cap._n 30._o be_v with_o i_o must_v be_v look_v after_o very_o careful_o all_o the_o flock_n will_v die_v i._n e._n all_o that_o be_v big_a with_o young_a or_o have_v new_o bring_v forth_o young_a ver._n 14._o i_o will_v lead_v on_o soft_o follow_v thou_o with_o a_o gentle_a pace_n such_o as_o the_o flock_n and_o child_n can_v bear_v according_a as_o the_o cattle_n that_o go_v before_o i_o it_o be_v observe_v before_o xxx_o 30._o that_o maimonides_n interpret_v this_o phrase_n leregel_n for_o the_o sake_n and_o so_o he_o understand_v it_o here_o with_o
esau_n do_v isaac_n by_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o heth._n who_o name_n be_v shuah_n her_o father_n name_n be_v shuah_n verse_n 12._o he_o take_v she_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n verse_n 12._o ver._n 5._o and_o he_o be_v at_o chezib_n when_o she_o bear_v he_o some_o think_v this_o town_n the_o same_o with_o achzib_n belong_v to_o judah_n josh_n xv._o 44._o but_o why_o moses_n mention_n his_o absence_n when_o this_o child_n be_v bear_v and_o why_o he_o set_v down_o the_o place_n where_o he_o than_o be_v we_o can_v give_v a_o account_n though_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n some_o special_a reason_n for_o it_o perhaps_o it_o be_v to_o show_v why_o she_o give_v the_o name_n to_o this_o and_o to_o her_o former_a son_n whereas_o he_o himself_o name_v the_o first_o verse_n 3_o because_o he_o be_v not_o at_o home_n when_o they_o be_v bear_v ver._n 6._o who_o name_n be_v tamar_n she_o seem_v also_o to_o have_v be_v a_o woman_n of_o canaan_n but_o not_o a_o idolater_n ver._n 7._o be_v wicked_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n i._n e._n exceed_o impious_a and_o that_o notorious_o see_v gen._n x._o 9_o what_o particular_a sin_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o be_v but_o conjecture_v some_o fancy_n they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o his_o next_o brother_n see_v bonfrere_n or_o menochius_fw-la out_o of_o he_o and_o the_o lord_n slay_v he_o cut_v he_o off_o sudden_o by_o some_o unusual_a stroke_n ver._n 8._o go_v in_o unto_o thy_o brother_n wife_n etc._n etc._n this_o say_v the_o hebrew_n doctor_n be_v a_o ancient_a custom_n in_o force_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n which_o only_o enact_v what_o have_v be_v former_o practise_v maimon_n p._n iii_o cap._n 49._o more_n nevoch_n that_o when_o a_o man_n die_v without_o issue_n his_o next_o brother_n shall_v marry_v his_o wife_n deut._n xxv_o 5._o which_o custom_n afterward_o extend_v to_o the_o next_o cousin_n if_o no_o brother_n remain_v and_o raise_v up_o seed_n unto_o thy_o brother_n preserve_v thy_o brother_n name_n and_o family_n by_o beget_v a_o child_n which_o may_v be_v account_v he_o and_o inherit_v his_o estate_n for_o so_o the_o law_n be_v that_o the_o first-born_a of_o such_o a_o match_n be_v not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o child_n of_o he_o that_o beget_v he_o but_o as_o his_o brother_n who_o be_v the_o mother_n first_o husband_n all_o the_o follow_a child_n be_v to_o be_v his_o own_o ver._n 9_o onan_n know_v that_o the_o seed_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o i._n e._n the_o first-born_a shall_v be_v repute_v his_o brother_n child_n lest_o he_o shall_v give_v seed_n to_o his_o brother_n or_o lest_o a_o child_n shall_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o brother_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpret_v it_o very_o exact_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n vii_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 3._o ver._n 10._o the_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v displease_v the_o lord_n this_o make_v his_o sin_n the_o more_o heinous_a that_o he_o act_v against_o the_o divine_a promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n concern_v the_o multiply_a of_o his_o seed_n especial_o against_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n that_o seed_n for_o which_o all_o good_a man_n long_v ver._n 11._o remain_v a_o widow_n in_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v the_o contract_n of_o marriage_n at_o first_o be_v so_o understand_v in_o those_o day_n that_o if_o the_o husband_n die_v without_o issue_n the_o woman_n must_v marry_v his_o next_o brother_n and_o as_o long_o as_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n remain_v they_o be_v bind_v to_o marry_v his_o wife_n and_o preserve_v their_o brother_n memory_n or_o else_o solemn_o renounce_v she_o to_o their_o great_a infamy_n and_o disgrace_n this_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o law_n that_o enjoin_v any_o new_a solemn_a contract_n in_o such_o a_o case_n because_o the_o first_o husband_n be_v dead_a she_o and_o the_o next_o brother_n be_v man_n and_o wife_n without_o any_o further_a agreement_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o original_a law_n until_o he_o renounce_v she_o yet_o by_o the_o constitution_n afterward_o make_v by_o their_o elder_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o he_o shall_v espouse_v and_o endow_v she_o solemn_o before_o witness_n as_o mr._n selden_n show_v in_o his_o vxor_fw-la hebr._n lib._n i._n cap._n 12._o and_o lib._n ii_o cap._n 2._o and_o 10._o but_o judah_n think_v selah_n be_v too_o young_a to_o perform_v this_o contract_n and_o therefore_o desire_v she_o to_o stay_v till_o he_o be_v grow_v up_o and_o to_o abide_v in_o she_o own_o father_n house_n rather_o than_o in_o he_o that_o selah_n may_v not_o think_v of_o marriage_n too_o soon_o for_o he_o say_v lest_o peradventure_o he_o die_v also_o this_o some_o make_v a_o argument_n that_o he_o never_o intend_v to_o give_v she_o his_o son_n but_o it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o verse_n 24_o and_o 26._o to_o think_v that_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o those_o day_n he_o can_v not_o refuse_v it_o and_o therefore_o he_o think_v it_o be_v their_o youthful_a folly_n which_o make_v his_o two_o other_o son_n perish_v which_o make_v he_o resolve_v to_o keep_v this_o till_o he_o have_v more_o discretion_n and_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o his_o duty_n or_o if_o we_o imagine_v their_o sin_n be_v know_v to_o none_o but_o tamar_n the_o meaning_n may_v be_v that_o he_o think_v their_o marry_v too_o young_a be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o death_n and_o therefore_o he_o determine_v to_o keep_v this_o only_a remain_a son_n till_o he_o be_v of_o a_o ripe_a age._n ver._n 12._o in_o process_n of_o time_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v the_o day_n be_v multiply_v i._n e._n after_o some_o year_n to_o timnath_n a_o town_n not_o far_o from_o adullam_n it_o be_v probable_a for_o it_o be_v also_o within_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh_n xv._o 57_o he_o go_v up_o to_o timnath_n some_o have_v make_v a_o difficulty_n about_o this_o phrase_n for_o samson_n be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v down_o to_o timnath_n judg._n fourteen_o 5._o but_o they_o shall_v have_v consider_v as_o bochart_n observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n iii_o cap._n 4._o that_o these_o be_v two_o different_a place_n one_o call_v timnah_n the_o other_o timnathah_n this_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n the_o other_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan._n to_o this_o they_o go_v up_o because_o it_o be_v in_o a_o mountainous_a country_n to_o the_o other_o they_o go_v down_o because_o it_o be_v in_o a_o valley_n to_o his_o sheep-shearer_n it_o be_v the_o custom_n at_o such_o time_n to_o make_v a_o feast_n as_o we_o do_v now_o and_o to_o invite_v their_o kindred_n and_o friend_n to_o it_o as_o he_o do_v his_o friend_n hirah_n which_o appear_v sufficient_o from_o the_o story_n of_o absalon_n 2_o sam._n xiii_o 23._o for_o in_o those_o country_n where_o they_o have_v vast_a flock_n sheepshearing_a be_v a_o kind_n of_o harvest_n which_o make_v that_o time_n to_o be_v observe_v with_o such_o joy_n as_o there_o use_v to_o be_v in_o harvest_n whence_o david_n servant_n say_v to_o nabal_n that_o they_o be_v come_v to_o he_o on_o a_o good_a day_n for_o he_o be_v shear_v sheep_n 1_o sam._n xxv_o 8._o according_o judah_n have_v finish_v the_o time_n of_o mourning_n for_o his_o wife_n go_v to_o recreate_v himself_o with_o his_o friend_n at_o this_o festival_n season_n ver._n 14._o she_o put_v off_o her_o widow_n garment_n in_o which_o it_o seem_v such_o person_n continue_v till_o they_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o next_o brother_n but_o she_o at_o this_o time_n lay_v they_o aside_o that_o he_o may_v not_o have_v the_o least_o suspicion_n she_o be_v the_o person_n who_o he_o court_v cover_a she_o with_o a_o veil_n as_o all_o woman_n do_v in_o the_o eastern_a country_n when_o they_o go_v abroad_o and_o there_o be_v example_n of_o it_o also_o in_o the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o mr._n selden_n at_o large_a show_n in_o his_o vxor_fw-la hebraica_n l._n iii_o cap._n 17._o where_o he_o produce_v several_a passage_n out_o of_o the_o alcoran_n require_v this_o wrap_v herself_o muffle_a her_o face_n with_o it_o as_o we_o speak_v that_o she_o may_v not_o be_v know_v and_o sit_v in_o a_o open_a place_n where_o two_o way_n meet_v as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n seem_v to_o import_v unless_o we_o take_v it_o for_o a_o proper_a name_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o bibles_n either_o way_n it_o signify_v in_o a_o public_a place_n where_o every_o body_n may_v see_v she_o it_o be_v common_o note_v that_o there_o be_v so_o much_o modesty_n leave_v in_o those_o ancient_a day_n that_o harlot_n both_o
may_v not_o lie_v under_o any_o suspicion_n of_o have_v offer_v violence_n to_o she_o ver._n 24._o bring_v she_o forth_o out_o of_o her_o father_n house_n into_o the_o place_n of_o judgement_n where_o he_o will_v have_v she_o sentence_v to_o the_o severe_a punishment_n let_v she_o be_v burn_v not_o present_o for_o that_o have_v be_v the_o high_a injustice_n and_o cruelty_n to_o burn_v the_o child_n in_o her_o belly_n but_o after_o she_o be_v deliver_v till_o which_o time_n he_o will_v have_v she_o keep_v in_o such_o safe_a custody_n that_o this_o execution_n may_v be_v do_v upon_o she_o some_o think_v burn_v be_v the_o punishment_n for_o adultery_n in_o those_o day_n other_o think_v the_o punishment_n depend_v on_o the_o will_n of_o the_o supreme_a governor_n whosoever_o he_o be_v who_o some_o also_o take_v to_o have_v be_v judah_n himself_o as_o chief_a in_o his_o own_o family_n and_o that_o he_o be_v so_o severe_a against_o she_o because_o she_o have_v disgrace_v his_o family_n and_o he_o be_v glad_a to_o be_v rid_v of_o she_o that_o he_o may_v not_o give_v his_o son_n selah_n to_o she_o but_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v by_o burn_a be_v mean_v no_o more_o but_o brand_a she_o in_o the_o forehead_n to_o denote_v she_o to_o be_v a_o whore_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n vii_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 5._o if_o judah_n do_v mean_a burn_v she_o at_o a_o stake_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v it_o be_v a_o punishment_n not_o then_o common_o use_v but_o inflict_v as_o his_o word_n be_v l._n iii_o vxor_fw-la hebr._n cap._n 12._o ex_fw-la more_fw-it seu_fw-la lege_fw-la aliqua_fw-la singulari_fw-la by_o some_o singular_a custom_n or_o law_n all_o this_o proceed_v upon_o a_o supposition_n that_o she_o real_o be_v selah_n wife_n though_o not_o solemn_o marry_v as_o the_o jew_n pretend_v it_o be_v necessary_a after_o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o first_o contract_n with_o his_o elder_a brother_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o she_o be_v keep_v at_o her_o father_n house_n that_o no_o body_n else_o may_v pretend_v to_o she_o but_o she_o be_v reserve_v for_o he_o otherwise_o there_o can_v have_v be_v no_o ground_n for_o proceed_v against_o she_o as_o a_o adulteress_n ver._n 26._o she_o have_v be_v more_o righteous_a than_o i._o these_o word_n do_v not_o signify_v that_o she_o have_v in_o this_o matter_n commit_v a_o less_o sin_n than_o he_o for_o she_o have_v commit_v a_o great_a but_o that_o in_o another_o matter_n which_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o this_o he_o have_v break_v his_o word_n with_o she_o when_o she_o have_v till_o now_o keep_v her_o faith_n with_o he_o and_o live_v a_o widow_n honest_o in_o expectation_n of_o his_o son_n beside_o she_o commit_v this_o fact_n out_o of_o desire_n to_o have_v a_o child_n he_o to_o satisfy_v his_o lust_n and_o he_o know_v she_o no_o more_o which_o some_o have_v translate_v quite_o contrary_a and_o he_o cease_v not_o to_o know_v she_o i._n e._n he_o solemn_o marry_v she_o and_o take_v she_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n which_o be_v unlawful_a after_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v give_v but_o as_o lawful_a before_o as_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o they_o practise_v and_o two_o of_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrast_n have_v feign_v a_o bath-coll_a to_o have_v come_v from_o heaven_n to_o countenance_v the_o fact_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 9_o and_o l._n vii_o cap._n 5._o but_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a he_o will_v take_v his_o son_n wife_n to_o be_v his_o own_o and_o likewise_o have_v know_v she_o though_o by_o a_o error_n most_o think_v selah_n himself_o afterward_o have_v she_o not_o to_o wife_n but_o she_o rather_o do_v penance_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v in_o widowhood_n all_o her_o day_n for_o selah_n we_o find_v have_v child_n by_o another_o numb_a xxvi_o 19_o ver._n 28._o this_o come_v out_o first_o perceive_v there_o be_v twin_n struggle_v in_o her_o womb_n the_o midwife_n to_o distinguish_v this_o from_o the_o other_o as_o the_o first-born_a bind_v this_o thread_n about_o his_o wrist_n ver._n 29._o how_o have_v thou_o break_v forth_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o or_o what_o a_o violence_n be_v this_o speak_v as_o one_o astonish_v at_o his_o eruption_n for_o it_o be_v without_o example_n and_o therefore_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o thing_n make_v she_o break_v out_o into_o this_o exclamation_n though_o if_o it_o be_v true_a which_o a_o learned_a anatomist_n affirm_v that_o where_o twin_n be_v of_o the_o same_o sex_n they_o be_v wrap_v in_o the_o very_a same_o secundine_n as_o they_o call_v they_o whereas_o those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o different_a be_v separate_v by_o distinct_a enclosure_n the_o other_o son_n be_v strong_a and_o more_o vigorous_a may_v force_v his_o way_n the_o more_o ready_o when_o his_o brother_n be_v near_a to_o the_o birth_n fernelius_n l._n vii_o physiolog_fw-la cap._n 12._o this_o breach_n be_v upon_o thou_o take_v thy_o name_n from_o this_o breach_n be_v thou_o ever_o call_v eruption_n or_o breach_n as_o bochart_n interpret_v it_o hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 30._o ver._n 30._o call_v zarah_n which_o most_o think_v signify_v as_o much_o as_o he_o arise_v be_v use_v common_o of_o the_o sun_n be_v rise_v because_o this_o child_n appear_v first_o by_o put_v out_o his_o hand_n before_o the_o other_o chap._n thirty-nine_o ver._n 1._o and_o joseph_n have_v end_v this_o story_n of_o judah_n he_o return_v to_o that_o of_o joseph_n which_o he_o have_v begin_v before_o in_o the_o xxxvii_o chapter_n repeat_v where_o he_o leave_v off_o how_o he_o be_v sell_v to_o potiphar_n bring_v down_o it_o be_v a_o descent_n from_o judea_n to_o egypt_n which_o lie_v very_o low_a ver._n 2._o and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o joseph_n to_o guide_v he_o in_o his_o deportment_n and_o in_o the_o management_n of_o all_o affair_n commit_v to_o he_o so_o that_o as_o it_o follow_v he_o be_v a_o prosperous_a man._n he_o be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o his_o master_n one_o of_o his_o domestic_a servant_n ver._n 3._o his_o master_n see_v that_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o etc._n etc._n find_a by_o observation_n and_o experience_n that_o he_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a person_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o potiphar_n know_v god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v he_o observe_v the_o happy_a fruit_n of_o joseph_n service_n which_o moses_n not_o he_o ascribe_v to_o the_o lord_n be_v peculiar_a blessing_n ver._n 4._o and_o he_o serve_v he_o find_v such_o favour_n with_o his_o master_n that_o he_o take_v he_o to_o wait_v upon_o his_o person_n and_o he_o make_v he_o overseer_n over_o his_o house_n in_o time_n he_o advance_v he_o to_o a_o high_a station_n to_o be_v as_o they_o now_o speak_v his_o major_a domo_fw-la to_o who_o all_o the_o servant_n in_o the_o family_n be_v to_o be_v obedient_a and_o put_v all_o he_o have_v into_o his_o hand_n commit_v all_o his_o estate_n both_o within_o door_n and_o without_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o next_o verse_n to_o his_o care_n and_o management_n ver._n 6._o he_o leave_v all_o he_o have_v in_o joseph_n hand_n do_v not_o call_v he_o to_o a_o daily_a account_n nor_o concern_v himself_o about_o any_o business_n but_o trust_v entire_o to_o his_o prudence_n and_o fidelity_n and_o he_o know_v not_o aught_o he_o have_v save_v the_o bread_n which_o he_o do_v eat_v this_o be_v the_o high_a expression_n of_o confidence_n signify_v that_o he_o be_v utter_o careless_a about_o any_o thing_n that_o concern_v his_o estate_n not_o mind_v what_o his_o expense_n or_o receipt_n be_v but_o take_v his_o ease_n leave_v all_o to_o joseph_n honesty_n in_o short_a he_o think_v of_o nothing_o but_o only_o to_o enjoy_v what_o he_o have_v without_o any_o care_n or_o trouble_n and_o joseph_n be_v a_o goodly_a person_n etc._n etc._n be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o beautiful_a mother_n ver._n 7._o cast_v her_o eye_n upon_o joseph_n look_v upon_o he_o amorous_o or_o rather_o lascivious_o he_o be_v young_a as_o well_o as_o handsome_a ver._n 9_o how_o can_v i_o do_v this_o great_a wickedness_n etc._n etc._n here_o be_v three_o he_o hajedia_n as_o the_o hebrew_n call_v they_o point_v we_o to_o so_o many_o remarkable_a thing_n how_o shall_v i_o commit_v such_o a_o wickedness_n as_o adultery_n such_o a_o great_a wickedness_n against_o so_o kind_a a_o master_n who_o so_o entire_o trust_v in_o my_o integrity_n especial_o since_o it_o can_v be_v commit_v without_o the_o high_a offence_n to_o god_n ver._n 10._o day_n by_o day_n take_v all_o occasion_n to_o solicit_v he_o or_o to_o be_v with_o she_o he_o avoid_v as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a to_o entertain_v any_o discourse_n with_o she_o shun_v her_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
and_o all_o his_o brethren_n he_o first_o and_o they_o follow_v he_o but_o not_o content_a with_o this_o some_o of_o they_o adventure_n to_o tell_v we_o how_o many_o year_n every_o one_o of_o they_o live_v nay_o the_o very_a month_n and_o day_n of_o their_o birth_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o r._n bechai_n reuben_n for_o instance_n they_o say_v be_v bear_v the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o cisleu_n and_o die_v when_o he_o be_v cxxv_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n and_o he_o be_v put_v in_o a_o coffin_n in_o egypt_n to_o be_v preserve_v in_o that_o chest_n or_o ark_n as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v common_o translate_v till_o they_o themselves_o go_v from_o thence_o herodotus_n in_o the_o book_n abovenamed_a euterpe_n cap._n 86_o 90._o speak_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chest_n wherein_o dead_a body_n be_v enclose_v after_o their_o embalm_v which_o they_o lay_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o house_n or_o cell_n where_o these_o chest_n be_v reposit_v rear_v against_o the_o 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