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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
when_o he_o come_v into_o canaan_n xii_o 4._o and_o have_v be_v ten_o year_n there_o when_o he_o take_v hagar_n to_o wife_n verse_n 3._o of_o this_o chapter_n and_o therefore_o be_v then_o eighty_o five_o year_n old_a and_o consequent_o eighty_o six_o the_o next_o year_n when_o ishmael_n be_v bear_v chap._n xvii_o ver._n 1._o when_o abram_n be_v ninety_o nine_o year_n old_a thirteen_o year_n after_o ishmael_n birth_n the_o lord_z appear_v to_o abram_n in_o a_o visible_a majesty_n to_o satisfy_v he_o that_o the_o promise_v make_v xv._o 4_o 5._o shall_v not_o be_v fulfil_v in_o ishmael_n i_o be_o the_o almighty_a god_n or_o all-sufficient_a this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o this_o name_n which_o be_v most_o fit_o use_v here_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o a_o thing_n very_o difficult_a to_o be_v do_v but_o not_o beyond_o the_o power_n of_o god_n who_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o needs_o none_o to_o assist_v he_o walk_v before_o i_o go_v on_o to_o please_v i_o and_o be_v thou_o perfect_a till_o thou_o have_v complete_v thy_o faith_n and_o obedience_n ver._n 2._o and_o i_o will_v make_v my_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n establish_v and_o perform_v my_o covenant_n for_o it_o be_v make_v before_o and_o now_o only_o confirm_v by_o a_o sign_n or_o token_n of_o it_o verse_n 11._o ver._n 3._o abram_n fall_v on_o his_o face_n be_v astonish_v at_o the_o brightness_n of_o that_o majesty_n which_o appear_v to_o he_o verse_n 1_o ver._n 4._o as_o for_o i_o behold_v my_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o afraid_a for_o it_o be_v i_o who_o be_o constant_a to_o my_o word_n and_o now_o again_o engage_v myself_o unto_o thou_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n not_o only_o of_o jew_n and_o ishmaelite_n and_o other_o but_o in_o the_o spiritual_a sense_n of_o all_o the_o gentile_a world_n ver._n 5._o neither_o shall_v thy_o name_n etc._n etc._n abram_n be_v common_o interpret_v high_a father_n and_o abraham_n the_o father_n of_o a_o multitude_n so_o the_o 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that_o nation_n and_o king_n shall_v proceed_v from_o he_o as_o there_o do_v both_o by_o israel_n edom_n and_o ishmael_n from_o who_o the_o saracen_n come_v etc._n etc._n ver._n 7._o a_o everlasting_a covenant_n the_o word_n olam_n which_o we_o translate_v everlasting_a have_v often_o a_o limit_a signification_n to_o the_o end_n of_o such_o a_o period_n as_o exod._n xxi_o 6._o a_o servant_n for_o ever_o be_v till_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n though_o with_o respect_n to_o the_o thing_n signify_v this_o covenant_n be_v absolute_o everlasting_a and_o continue_v now_o that_o the_o sign_n be_v abolish_v the_o next_o word_n tell_v we_o what_o be_v signify_v in_o this_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n to_o be_v a_o god_n unto_o thou_o etc._n etc._n i_o think_v maimonides_n have_v true_o observe_v that_o in_o circumcision_n they_o covenant_v with_o god_n to_o have_v no_o other_o god_n but_o he_o or_o in_o his_o phrase_n they_o covenant_v concern_v the_o belief_n of_o the_o unity_n of_o god_n more_o nev._n p._n iii_o c._n 49._o who_o promise_v to_o be_v their_o god_n that_o be_v to_o bestow_v all_o manner_n of_o blessing_n upon_o they_o and_o at_o last_o to_o send_v the_o messiah_n ver._n 8._o and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o etc._n etc._n here_o he_o again_o renew_v his_o promise_n xii_o 7._o xiii_o 15._o xv._o 18._o and_o confirm_v it_o by_o this_o covenant_n to_o give_v he_o that_o land_n wherein_o he_o be_v at_o present_a a_o stranger_n and_o to_o put_v his_o seed_n in_o possession_n of_o it_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n if_o they_o do_v not_o forfeit_v it_o by_o their_o disobedience_n to_o he_o ver._n 9_o thou_o shall_v keep_v my_o covenant_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n now_o follow_v abraham_n part_n of_o this_o covenant_n which_o be_v mutual_a between_o god_n and_o he_o ver._n 10._o this_o be_v my_o covenant_n which_o the_o next_o verse_n explain_v by_o the_o sign_n or_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n as_o the_o paschal_n lamb_n be_v call_v the_o passover_n of_o the_o lord_n exod._n xii_o 11._o that_o be_v the_o memorial_n of_o the_o angel_n pass_v they_o by_o when_o he_o kill_v the_o egyptian_a child_n xiii_o 9_o but_o circumcision_n be_v such_o a_o sign_n that_o they_o enter_v thereby_o into_o a_o covenant_n with_o god_n to_o be_v his_o people_n for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a mark_n whereby_o they_o shall_v be_v know_v to_o be_v abraham_n seed_n and_o distinguish_v from_o other_o nation_n but_o they_o be_v make_v by_o this_o the_o child_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o entitle_v to_o the_o blessing_n of_o it_o though_o if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o more_o in_o it_o but_o this_o that_o they_o who_o be_v of_o the_o same_o faith_n as_o maimonides_n speak_v shall_v have_v one_o certain_a character_n whereby_o they_o shall_v be_v know_v and_o join_v one_o to_o another_o without_o the_o mixture_n of_o any_o other_o people_n it_o have_v be_v a_o very_a wise_a appointment_n and_o this_o mark_n be_v very_o fit_o choose_v because_o it_o be_v such_o a_o 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which_o he_o say_v be_v account_v arcanum_n foedus_fw-la quasi_fw-la mutuo_fw-la cruore_fw-la sacratum_fw-la a_o mysterious_a covenant_n be_v make_v sacred_a by_o their_o mutual_a blood_n how_o old_a this_o custom_n have_v be_v we_o do_v not_o know_v but_o it_o be_v evident_a god_n covenant_n with_o abraham_n be_v solemnize_v on_o abraham_n part_n by_o his_o own_o and_o his_o son_n isaac_n blood_n and_o so_o continue_v through_o all_o generation_n by_o cut_v off_o the_o foreskin_n of_o their_o flesh_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n whereby_o as_o they_o be_v make_v the_o select_a people_n of_o god_n so_o god_n in_o conclusion_n send_v his_o own_o son_n who_o by_o this_o very_a ceremony_n of_o circumcision_n be_v consecrate_v to_o be_v their_o god_n and_o their_o redeemer_n ver._n 11._o you_o shall_v circumcise_v the_o flesh_n of_o your_o foreskin_n i._n e._n the_o foreskin_n of_o your_o flesh_n for_o that_o member_n which_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o generation_n be_v peculiar_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o flesh_n in_o many_o place_n leu._n xv._o 2._o ezek._n xvi_o 26._o in_o which_o part_n of_o the_o body_n rather_o than_o in_o any_o other_o god_n appoint_v the_o mark_n of_o his_o covenant_n to_o be_v make_v that_o they_o may_v be_v denote_v to_o be_v a_o holy_a seed_n consecrate_v to_o he_o from_o the_o beginning_n the_o pagan_n make_v mark_n in_o several_a part_n of_o their_o body_n some_o in_o one_o some_o in_o another_o whereby_o they_o be_v consecrate_v to_o their_o god_n but_o the_o character_n which_o god_n will_v have_v imprint_v upon_o his_o people_n be_v in_o one_o peculiar_a part_n and_o no_o other_o from_o which_o they_o never_o vary_v viz._n in_o that_o part_n which_o
brother_n of_o who_o cain_n stubborn_o refuse_v to_o give_v a_o account_n the_o lord_n say_v immediate_o to_o show_v he_o need_v not_o to_o be_v inform_v the_o voice_n of_o thy_o brother_n blood_n cry_v unto_o i_o from_o the_o ground_n ver._n 10._o and_o he_o say_v i_o hear_v thy_o voice_n and_o i_o be_v afraid_a because_o i_o be_v naked_a etc._n etc._n the_o very_a sound_n of_o the_o approach_n of_o thy_o presence_n so_o affright_v i_o because_o i_o find_v i_o have_v lose_v my_o innocency_n that_o i_o hide_v myself_o from_o thou_o this_o be_v a_o foolish_a and_o vain_a attempt_n but_o as_o gild_n make_v man_n fearful_a so_o that_o bereave_v they_o of_o all_o consideration_n ver._n 11._o and_o he_o say_v who_o tell_v thou_o that_o thou_o be_v naked_a divest_v of_o those_o noble_a endowment_n which_o i_o bestow_v on_o thou_o have_v thou_o eat_v etc._n etc._n transgress_v my_o commandment_n ver._n 12._o and_o the_o man_n say_v the_o woman_n who_o thou_o give_v etc._n etc._n i_o confess_v my_o gild_n into_o which_o i_o be_v draw_v by_o she_o who_o thou_o give_v i_o for_o a_o help_n thus_o we_o be_v apt_a to_o excuse_v and_o palliate_v our_o fault_n by_o lay_v that_o load_n upon_o other_o with_o which_o we_o ought_v to_o charge_v ourselves_o ver._n 13._o and_o the_o lord_n god_n say_v unto_o the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n what_o move_v thou_o to_o violate_v my_o command_n and_o she_o say_v the_o serpent_n beguile_v i_o my_o weakness_n be_v deceive_v by_o the_o cunning_a of_o the_o devil_n thus_o she_o also_o throw_v the_o blame_n upon_o another_o but_o god_n no_o doubt_n convince_v they_o both_o of_o the_o greatness_n of_o their_o gild_n and_o the_o miserable_a condition_n into_o which_o they_o be_v fall_v by_o their_o transgression_n before_o he_o end_v this_o discourse_n with_o they_o which_o show_v the_o infinite_a mercy_n of_o the_o creator_n of_o all_o who_o will_v not_o abandon_v they_o but_o seek_v after_o they_o to_o save_v they_o when_o they_o have_v lose_v themselves_o ver._n 14._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o the_o serpent_n thou_o be_v curse_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v observe_v by_o tertullian_n that_o though_o god_n inflict_v punishment_n on_o adam_n and_o eve_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o curse_v they_o as_o he_o do_v the_o serpent_n ut_fw-la restitutionis_fw-la candidatos_fw-la they_o stand_v fair_a for_o a_o restitution_n to_o his_o favour_n l._n ii_o adv_n martion_n c._n 25._o and_o i_o may_v add_v god_n do_v not_o begin_v with_o they_o but_o first_o sentence_n the_o serpent_n before_o he_o proceed_v to_o judgement_n upon_o they_o which_o denote_v that_o he_o the_o old_a serpent_n be_v the_o great_a offender_n be_v the_o first_o mover_n to_o sin_n which_o make_v his_o crime_n more_o grievous_a than_o they_o now_o to_o be_v curse_v be_v to_o be_v deprive_v of_o what_o be_v before_o enjoy_v and_o doom_v to_o a_o miserable_a wretched_a condition_n of_o life_n the_o particular_n of_o which_o follow_v the_o only_a difficulty_n be_v why_o the_o serpent_n literal_o so_o call_v shall_v be_v curse_v as_o it_o manifest_o be_v though_o the_o devil_n also_o i_o shall_v show_v be_v intend_v be_v but_o a_o instrument_n which_o the_o evil_a spirit_n use_v and_o have_v neither_o will_n to_o sin_n nor_o yet_o understanding_n or_o knowledge_n of_o what_o the_o devil_n do_v it_o be_v common_o answer_v that_o this_o be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o curse_n which_o god_n inflict_v upon_o the_o earth_n which_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o sin_v for_o adam_n sake_n verse_n 17._o but_o still_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o curse_n be_v inquire_v which_o be_v evident_a enough_o man_n himself_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o curse_n upon_o the_o earth_n which_o do_v not_o yield_v its_o fruit_n so_o plentiful_o and_o so_o easy_o as_o it_o have_v do_v before_o his_o transgression_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o curse_n upon_o the_o serpent_n may_v be_v the_o better_o discern_v by_o another_o instance_n which_o we_o find_v exod._n xxi_o 28._o where_o a_o ox_n which_o gore_v a_o man_n or_o a_o woman_n that_o they_o die_v be_v order_v to_o be_v stone_v and_o his_o flesh_n not_o to_o be_v eat_v this_o sure_a be_v to_o show_v the_o great_a value_n god_n set_v upon_o man_n life_n which_o he_o secure_v also_o by_o this_o punishment_n which_o move_v all_o owner_n to_o look_v well_o to_o their_o beast_n that_o may_v endanger_v it_o even_o so_o be_v the_o serpent_n condemn_v in_o mercy_n to_o adam_n and_o his_o wife_n who_o it_o be_v manifest_a by_o what_o follow_v god_n intend_v to_o restore_v into_o his_o favour_n that_o they_o may_v be_v ever_o mindful_a of_o the_o foulness_n of_o their_o gild_n and_o excite_v to_o repentance_n by_o see_v a_o noble_a creature_n who_o be_v but_o the_o instrument_n of_o it_o so_o extreme_o debase_v into_o a_o most_o vile_a condition_n upon_o thy_o belly_n shall_v thou_o go_v this_o show_v the_o serpent_n be_v a_o more_o noble_a creature_n before_o this_o fact_n but_o change_v after_o it_o from_o a_o fly_a seraph_n as_o the_o word_n be_v numb_a xxi_o 6._o into_o a_o foul_a creep_a serpent_n not_o move_v aloft_o in_o the_o air_n but_o crawl_v upon_o the_o earth_n and_o lick_v the_o dust_n so_o it_o follow_v and_o dust_n shall_v thou_o eat_v all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n there_o be_v no_o vile_a food_n than_o this_o which_o do_v not_o signify_v the_o serpent_n shall_v feed_v upon_o nothing_o else_o but_o that_o creep_v on_o the_o ground_n it_o can_v but_o lick_v up_o much_o dust_n together_o with_o its_o food_n whatsoever_o that_o be_v all_o this_o be_v literal_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o serpent_n but_o as_o the_o devil_n lie_v hide_v under_o the_o covert_a of_o the_o serpent_n though_o he_o be_v not_o name_v so_o his_o curse_n be_v intend_v in_o this_o curse_n of_o the_o serpent_n though_o it_o be_v not_o separately_z mention_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a verse_n which_o have_v a_o peculiar_a respect_n to_o the_o devil_n under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o serpent_n and_o the_o devil_n curse_n in_o general_n be_v this_o to_o be_v thrust_v down_o further_o than_o before_o from_o his_o ancient_a heavenly_a habitation_n and_o condemn_v to_o live_v in_o the_o low_a smoky_a region_n of_o the_o air_n where_o he_o have_v lose_v all_o relish_n of_o celestial_a enjoyment_n and_o please_v himself_o only_o in_o his_o vile_a endeavour_n to_o make_v mankind_n as_o wicked_a as_o himself_o ver._n 15._o i_o will_v put_v enmity_n between_o thou_o and_o the_o woman_n and_o between_o thy_o seed_n and_o her_o seed_n a_o irreconcilable_a feud_n throughout_o all_o generation_n which_o be_v true_a of_o the_o serpent_n literal_o understand_v between_o who_o and_o mankind_n there_o be_v such_o a_o antipathy_n that_o it_o discover_v itself_o both_o in_o the_o natural_a and_o sensitive_a faculty_n of_o they_o both_o their_o humour_n be_v poison_n to_o each_o other_o and_o man_n be_v astonish_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o serpent_n more_o than_o any_o other_o creature_n and_o the_o serpent_n in_o like_a manner_n at_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o man_n especial_o if_o naturalist_n say_v true_a of_o a_o naked_a man._n thus_o mr._n mede_n discourse_v thirty-nine_o p._n 295._o but_o this_o be_v far_o more_o true_a and_o certain_a of_o the_o spiritual_a serpent_n the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n who_o join_v with_o he_o in_o his_o apostasy_n and_o the_o woman_n and_o her_o seed_n in_o who_o these_o word_n be_v more_o literal_o fulfil_v for_o maimonides_n just_o admire_v that_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v be_v only_o mention_v and_o not_o of_o adam_n without_o who_o she_o can_v have_v no_o seed_n which_o therefore_o must_v be_v his_o seed_n and_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v say_v of_o her_o seed_n not_o of_o his_o that_o it_o bruise_v the_o serpent_n head_n more_n nevochim_n p._n ii_o cap._n 30._o this_o say_v he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o passage_n in_o scripture_n which_o be_v most_o wonderful_a and_o not_o to_o be_v understand_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n but_o contain_v great_a wisdom_n in_o it_o in_o which_o word_n he_o write_v more_o truth_n than_o he_o be_v aware_a but_o be_v not_o able_a to_o unfold_v this_o hide_a wisdom_n as_o we_o christian_n bless_a be_v god_n be_v able_a to_o do_v for_o this_o seed_n here_o speak_v of_o be_v christ_n as_o both_o the_o targum_n that_o ascribe_v to_o jonathan_n and_o that_o call_v the_o jerusalem_n expound_v it_o and_o as_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o understand_v it_o by_o god_n word_n to_o abraham_n when_o he_o renew_v this_o promise_n in_o thy_o seed_n that_o be_v christ_n say_v the_o apostle_n shall_v all_o nation_n be_v bless_v gen._n xxii_o 18._o gal._n iii_o 8_o 16_o for_o he_o vanquish_v the_o devil_n who_o have_v now_o vanquish_v mankind_n so_o it_o
shall_v one_o day_n make_v discourse_n xxv_o where_o he_o observe_v that_o the_o more_o lively_a to_o express_v this_o god_n so_o dispose_v that_o the_o very_a place_n where_o the_o ram_n be_v offer_v instead_o of_o isaac_n shall_v be_v the_o place_n of_o sacrifice_n for_o israel_n for_o there_o it_o be_v where_o the_o lord_n answer_v david_n by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 26._o and_o so_o design_v it_o for_o the_o place_n he_o have_v choose_v for_o his_o altar_n there_o david_n pitch_v he_o a_o tabernacle_n 1_o chron._n xxii_o 1._o and_o there_o solomon_n build_v he_o a_o house_n 2_o chron._n iii_o 1._o ver._n 14._o jehovah-jireh_a the_o lord_z will_v see_v or_o provide_v that_o be_v take_v care_n of_o their_o safety_n who_o steadfast_o obey_v he_o as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o this_o day_n which_o be_v thus_o call_v to_o this_o day_n or_o as_o other_o interpret_v it_o now_o it_o be_v a_o proverbial_a speech_n when_o man_n be_v in_o great_a strait_n in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o lord_n it_o shall_v be_v see_v where_o a_o double_a variation_n be_v observe_v from_o what_o be_v say_v before_o for_o here_o be_v jehovah_n instead_o of_o elohim_n verse_n 12._o and_o then_o jeraeh_n instead_o of_o jireh_n i._n e._n the_o passive_a instead_o of_o the_o active_a signify_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o only_o see_v or_o provide_v but_o make_v himself_o conspicuous_a by_o so_o provide_v that_o all_o shall_v behold_v the_o care_n he_o take_v of_o those_o that_o fear_v he_o ver._n 15._o and_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n call_v etc._n etc._n this_o confirm_v what_o be_v note_v on_o verse_n 12._o that_o it_o be_v god_n himself_o who_o call_v to_o abraham_n to_o stay_v his_o hand_n and_o now_o say_v by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v say_v the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n what_o can_v be_v clear_a as_o hackspan_a gloss_n disput_fw-la ii_o de_fw-la nominibus_fw-la divinis_fw-la n._n 16._o than_o that_o we_o be_v to_o turn_v away_o our_o eye_n from_o the_o angel_n and_o fix_v they_o upon_o god_n who_o bless_v abraham_n and_o be_v call_v the_o lord_n for_o who_o sake_n verse_n 12._o abraham_n spare_v not_o his_o only_a son_n in_o all_o like_a case_n therefore_o which_o exceed_v the_o angelical_a dignity_n we_o be_v always_o to_o understand_v some_o such_o word_n as_o these_o here_o mention_v neum_n jehovah_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n ver._n 16._o by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v etc._n etc._n i_o observe_v upon_o xii_o 7._o and_o xvii_o 6._o that_o god_n enlarge_v his_o mercy_n to_o abraham_n proportionable_a to_o his_o obedience_n which_o be_v apparent_a in_o this_o great_a and_o last_o trial_n of_o all_o the_o offering_z his_o son_n which_o be_v reward_v by_o the_o ratification_n of_o god_n former_a promise_n or_o covenant_n by_o a_o most_o solemn_a oath_n by_o myself_o have_v i_o swear_v i_o will_v multiply_v thy_o seed_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v promise_v before_o but_o not_o confirm_v by_o a_o oath_n and_o beside_o the_o very_a promise_n be_v now_o more_o affectionate_a if_o i_o may_v so_o style_v it_o in_o blessing_n i_o will_v bless_v thou_o and_o in_o multiply_v i_o will_v multiply_v thou_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o latter_a end_n also_o of_o the_o blessing_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v couch_v the_o high_a of_o all_o blessing_n that_o god_n will_v make_v his_o own_o only_a son_n such_o a_o sacrifice_n as_o abraham_n be_v ready_a to_o have_v make_v his_o son_n isaac_n that_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n verse_n 18._o may_v be_v bless_v in_o he_o i._n e._n all_o that_o will_v follow_v the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n so_o abarbinel_n himself_o interpret_v it_o upon_o xii_o 3._o ver._n 17._o possess_v the_o gate_n that_o be_v the_o city_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o consequent_o their_o country_n for_o the_o gate_n be_v take_v thereby_o they_o enter_v into_o their_o city_n and_o their_o city_n be_v surrender_v the_o country_n be_v conquer_v ver._n 18._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v god_n promise_v to_o make_v abraham_n seed_n as_o numerous_a as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xv._o 5._o which_o promise_v he_o assure_v he_o here_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v in_o isaac_n verse_n 17._o but_o moreover_o direct_v he_o to_o expect_v after_o the_o multiply_a of_o his_o posterity_n one_o particular_a seed_n who_o shall_v bring_v a_o blessing_n to_o all_o mankind_n this_o singularity_n st._n paul_n observe_v and_o press_v very_o much_o gal._n iii_o 16._o apply_v it_o to_o the_o messiah_n and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a that_o there_o be_v a_o increase_n of_o sense_n in_o these_o word_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o former_a for_o he_o do_v not_o simple_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v be_v bless_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v bless_v themselves_o or_o count_v themselves_o bless_v in_o he_o to_o show_v as_o jacobus_n altingius_n think_v that_o this_o person_n shall_v not_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o any_o blessing_n himself_o as_o the_o rest_n of_o abraham_n seed_n do_v but_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o blessing_n unto_o other_o who_o shall_v derive_v they_o from_o he_o alone_o l._n ii_o schilo_n c._n 2._o because_o thou_o have_v obey_v etc._n etc._n as_o a_o reward_n the_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v for_o obey_v my_o voice_n ver._n 19_o go_v together_o to_o beer-sheba_a where_o he_o have_v for_o some_o time_n settle_v his_o abode_n xxi_o 33._o ver._n 20._o milcah_n have_v bear_v child_n etc._n etc._n the_o follow_a genealogy_n be_v set_v down_o to_o show_v whence_o rebekah_n the_o wife_n of_o isaac_n be_v descend_v for_o she_o alone_o of_o all_o bethuel_n daughter_n which_o be_v probable_a be_v many_o be_v mention_v verse_n 23._o ver._n 21._o huz_o his_o first-born_a there_o be_v two_o other_o of_o this_o name_n one_o the_o son_n of_o aram_n x._o 23._o another_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n xxxvi_o 28._o but_o this_o we_o here_o mention_v be_v be_v from_o who_o job_n descend_v who_o country_n be_v call_v ausitis_fw-la so_o the_o lxx_o translate_v we_o job_n i._n 1._o and_o his_o posterity_n call_v ausitae_n by_o ptolemy_n who_o be_v a_o people_n of_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la near_o chaldaea_n not_o far_o from_o euphrates_n buz._n from_o who_o come_v elihu_n the_o buzite_n job_n xxxii_o 2._o a_o people_n in_o some_o part_n of_o the_o same_o country_n or_o near_o it_o aram._n who_o inhabit_v perhaps_o some_o part_n of_o syria_n which_o have_v the_o name_n of_o aram_n from_o another_o mention_v x._o 23._o ver._n 22._o chesed_a he_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n who_o be_v call_v chasdim_n in_o scripture_n from_o this_o chesed_a or_o chasad_a as_o some_o read_v it_o where_o the_o rest_n that_o follow_v settle_v or_o whether_o they_o have_v any_o posterity_n or_o no_o i_o can_v find_v it_o be_v likely_a they_o never_o grow_v to_o make_v a_o nation_n or_o a_o family_n and_o so_o leave_v no_o name_n behind_o they_o ver._n 24._o and_o his_o concubine_n this_o be_v not_o a_o ill_a name_n in_o these_o ancient_a time_n but_o signify_v a_o wife_n who_o be_v not_o the_o mistress_n of_o the_o family_n but_o only_o take_v for_o the_o increase_n of_o it_o by_o procreation_n of_o child_n such_o wife_n be_v general_o servant_n whereas_o the_o prime_a wife_n be_v a_o freewoman_n or_o make_v so_o by_o be_v marry_v to_o govern_v the_o family_n and_o bring_v child_n to_o inherit_v the_o estate_n chap._n xxiii_o ver._n 1._o and_o sarah_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o and_o twenty_o etc._n etc._n the_o whole_a verse_n may_v be_v thus_o translate_v and_o the_o year_n of_o the_o life_n of_o sarah_n be_v in_o the_o whole_a a_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o seven_o year_n it_o be_v usual_a with_o the_o hebrew_n to_o repeat_v a_o word_n as_o life_n be_v here_o when_o they_o will_v signify_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v complete_a and_o sarah_n be_v the_o only_a woman_n who_o entire_a age_n be_v set_v down_o in_o scripture_n ver._n 2._o kirjath-arba_a i._n e._n the_o city_n of_o arba_n who_o be_v a_o famous_a man_n among_o the_o anakim_v as_o we_o read_v josh_n fourteen_o ult_n and_o either_o build_v this_o city_n or_o make_v it_o the_o place_n of_o his_o residence_n from_o whence_o it_o take_v his_o name_n it_o do_v not_o appear_v when_o abraham_n leave_v beer-sheba_a and_o remove_v to_o this_o place_n the_o same_o be_v hebron_n a_o very_a ancient_a city_n as_o appear_v from_o numb_a xiii_o 22._o when_o it_o assume_v this_o name_n instead_o of_o kirjath-arba_n be_v not_o certain_a but_o some_o conjecture_n it_o may_v be_v after_o abraham_n purchase_v a_o burial-place_n in_o this_o country_n see_v xiii_o 18._o abraham_n come_v some_o fancy_n he_o be_v in_o some_o other_o part_n of_o the_o country_n
mention_n of_o plenty_n of_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o give_v he_o no_o such_o dominion_n as_o he_o do_v to_o jacob_n the_o jew_n observe_v other_o difference_n and_o whatsoever_o fatness_n be_v in_o the_o soil_n of_o his_o country_n it_o do_v not_o last_o as_o appear_v by_o mal._n i._n 3._o ver._n 40._o by_o thy_o sword_n shall_v thou_o live_v live_v upon_o spoil_n or_o as_o other_o interpret_v it_o be_v in_o perpetual_a war_n to_o defend_v thy_o country_n and_o shall_v serve_v thy_o brother_n here_o isaac_n speak_v out_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o oracle_n mention_v before_o xxv_o 23._o which_o be_v fulfil_v in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n 2_o sam._n viii_o 14._o and_o 1_o chron._n xviii_o 13._o the_o circumstance_n of_o which_o conquest_n be_v more_o full_o describe_v 1_o king_n xi_o 15_o etc._n etc._n and_o again_o after_o they_o have_v recover_v some_o strength_n amaziah_n make_v great_a slaughter_n among_o they_o 2_o king_n fourteen_o 7._o as_o the_o maccabee_n do_v afterward_o 1_o macc._n v._n 65._o and_o at_o last_o be_v utter_o disable_v by_o hircanus_n the_o son_n of_o simon_n maccabaeus_n as_o we_o read_v in_o josephus_n l._n xiii_o antiq._n c._n 17._o when_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o dominion_n st._n hierom_n and_o the_o lxx_o do_v not_o understand_v this_o of_o their_o have_v any_o dominion_n over_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n which_o we_o never_o read_v of_o but_o only_o of_o their_o regaining_a power_n to_o shake_v off_o subjection_n to_o they_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o word_n thou_o shall_v break_v his_o yoke_n from_o off_o thy_o neck_n which_o they_o do_v in_o the_o day_n of_o joram_n as_o we_o read_v 2_o king_n viii_o 20_o 22._o 2_o chron._n xxi_o 8_o etc._n etc._n ver._n 41._o and_o esau_n say_v in_o his_o heart_n design_v and_o resolve_v within_o himself_o and_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v be_v so_o full_a of_o it_o that_o he_o can_v not_o contain_v his_o purpose_n within_o his_o own_o breast_n but_o in_o his_o anger_n blurt_v it_o out_o to_o some_o body_n who_o tell_v it_o to_o rebekah_n the_o day_n of_o mourning_n for_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n he_o will_v die_v short_o in_o which_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o he_o live_v three_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o this_o and_o then_o i_o will_v be_v revenge_v he_o have_v some_o regard_n to_o his_o father_n still_o remain_v who_o he_o will_v not_o grieve_v but_o no_o consideration_n of_o his_o mother_n who_o have_v help_v jacob_n to_o supplant_v he_o ver._n 44._o tarry_v with_o he_o a_o few_o day_n a_o year_n or_o two_o but_o herein_o she_o also_o be_v mistake_v for_o he_o do_v not_o return_v in_o twenty_o year_n time_n until_o thy_o brother_n fury_n time_n in_o which_o various_a thing_n happen_v very_o much_o allay_v fury_n and_o rage_n ver._n 45._o and_o he_o forget_v etc._n etc._n the_o memory_n of_o it_o be_v much_o wear_v out_o and_o grow_v weak_a why_o shall_v i_o be_v deprive_v of_o you_o both_o in_o one_o day_n she_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v that_o if_o esau_n kill_v jacob_n and_o the_o public_a justice_n do_v not_o punish_v it_o according_a to_o the_o precept_n ix_o 6._o which_o have_v settle_v court_n of_o judicature_n god_n himself_o will_v prosecute_v esau_n with_o his_o vengeance_n as_o he_o do_v cain_n ver._n 46._o i_o be_o weary_a of_o my_o life_n because_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o heth._n the_o two_o wife_n of_o esau_n who_o be_v hittites_n be_v such_o a_o continual_a vexation_n to_o she_o that_o she_o wish_v rather_o to_o die_v than_o to_o live_v among_o they_o if_o jacob_n take_v a_o wife_n etc._n etc._n she_o pretend_v only_o this_o reason_n for_o send_v jacob_n among_o her_o kindred_n and_o say_v not_o a_o word_n of_o the_o danger_n his_o life_n be_v in_o for_o she_o will_v not_o afflict_v her_o husband_n but_o only_o preserve_v she_o son_n what_o good_a shall_v my_o life_n do_v i_o i_o have_v rather_o die_v than_o live_v in_o such_o perpetual_a vexation_n therefore_o let_v he_o go_v and_o take_v a_o wife_n as_o abraham_n do_v for_o thou_o of_o our_o kindred_n chap._n xxviii_o ver._n 1._o and_o isaac_n call_v jacob._n send_v for_o he_o to_o come_v to_o he_o and_o bless_v he_o renew_a and_o confirm_v the_o blessing_n he_o have_v already_o give_v he_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o be_v of_o less_o force_n because_o procure_v by_o artifice_n and_o subtlety_n xxvii_o 35._o ver._n 2._o to_o padan-aram_n see_v xxv_o 20._o ver._n 3._o and_o god_n almighty_n bless_v thou_o etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o solemn_a blessing_n mention_v verse_n 1._o wherein_o he_o ratify_v what_o he_o have_v do_v and_o more_o full_o and_o distinct_o settle_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n upon_o he_o and_o make_v he_o the_o father_n of_o the_o promise_a seed_n ver._n 4._o give_v thou_o the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n be_v that_o he_o shall_v inherit_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o that_o in_o his_o seed_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v gen._n xv._o 18._o xxii_o 18_o both_o which_o he_o now_o confirm_v to_o jacob._n ver._n 5._o and_o isaac_n send_v away_o jacob._n in_o some_o haste_n as_o the_o lxx_o translate_v verse_n 2._o arise_v flee_v i._n e._n depart_v without_o any_o delay_n which_o look_v as_o if_o rebekah_n have_v at_o last_o suggest_v something_o to_o he_o of_o the_o danger_n he_o be_v in_o and_o he_o go_v to_o padan-aram_n prepare_a himself_o to_o go_v and_o set_v forward_o or_o else_o it_o be_v speak_v by_o anticipation_n for_o he_o do_v not_o come_v thither_o till_o after_o several_a passage_n which_o be_v relate_v in_o this_o and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n son_n of_o bethuel_n the_o syrian_a see_v xxv_o 20._o jacob_n and_o esau_n mother_n now_o jacob_n be_v put_v first_o as_o be_v late_o declare_v isaac_n heir_n and_o heir_n of_o all_o the_o promise_n ver._n 9_o then_o go_v esau_n unto_o ishmael_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o family_n of_o ishmael_n for_o he_o himself_o die_v fourteen_o year_n ago_o and_o therefore_o nebaioth_n his_o elder_a son_n xxv_o 13._o be_v here_o mention_v as_o the_o present_a head_n of_o the_o family_n who_o sister_n esau_n marry_v whereby_o he_o show_v himself_o not_o to_o have_v any_o great_a regard_n to_o the_o divine_a revelation_n otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o but_o have_v know_v that_o this_o family_n be_v descend_v from_o a_o bondwoman_n be_v not_o to_o inherit_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n ver._n 10._o jacob_n go_v out_o from_o beer-sheba_a etc._n etc._n quite_o alone_o without_o any_o servant_n to_o attend_v he_o and_o without_o any_o present_n to_o court_v a_o wife_n or_o gain_v the_o kindness_n of_o laban_n neither_o of_o which_o be_v want_v when_o abraham_n send_v eliezer_n to_o take_v a_o wife_n for_o isaac_n but_o as_o he_o be_v send_v away_o in_o haste_n as_o i_o note_v before_o verse_n 5._o so_o hereby_o the_o anger_n of_o esau_n be_v mitigate_v who_o at_o present_a be_v leave_v the_o sole_a possessor_n of_o all_o isaac_n riches_n and_o see_v jacob_n depart_v in_o a_o poor_a condition_n this_o also_o be_v a_o act_n of_o divine_a faith_n that_o god_n will_v take_v a_o singular_a care_n of_o he_o and_o let_v he_o want_v nothing_o and_o as_o they_o can_v not_o but_o hope_v that_o laban_n be_v so_o near_o a_o relation_n will_v be_v glad_a to_o see_v he_o and_o entertain_v he_o so_o it_o be_v probable_a he_o may_v carry_v letter_n of_o credence_n with_o he_o that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v heir_n to_o isaac_n as_o eliezer_n assure_v they_o isaac_n be_v to_o be_v to_o abraham_n xxiv_o 36._o we_o be_v to_o suppose_v likewise_o that_o he_o be_v not_o send_v without_o money_n to_o bear_v his_o charge_n as_o we_o speak_v and_o have_v some_o provision_n with_o he_o for_o we_o read_v of_o oil_n verse_n 18._o which_o he_o pour_v on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o pillar_n ver._n 11._o and_o he_o light_v upon_o a_o certain_a place_n etc._n etc._n a_o convenient_a place_n shade_v with_o lovely_a tree_n see_v verse_n 19_o to_o lodge_v in_o unto_o which_o he_o do_v not_o go_v by_o design_n but_o happen_v as_o we_o speak_v upon_o it_o when_o he_o do_v not_o think_v of_o it_o and_o he_o take_v of_o the_o stone_n of_o that_o place_n one_o stone_n from_o among_o many_o other_o that_o be_v there_o as_o appear_v from_o verse_n 18._o the_o same_o form_n of_o speech_n be_v observe_v before_o xix_o 29._o xxi_o 7._o ver._n 12._o and_o he_o dream_v he_o have_v the_o follow_a representation_n make_v to_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n behold_v a_o ladder_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v judicious_o observe_v by_o maimonides_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o more_n nevochim_n that_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o prophetic_a
so_o extreme_o trouble_v at_o barrenness_n she_o shall_v bear_v upon_o my_o knee_n bring_v i_o a_o child_n who_o i_o may_v set_v upon_o my_o knee_n as_o my_o own_o for_o so_o it_o follow_v that_o i_o may_v have_v child_n though_o not_o by_o my_o own_o body_n yet_o by_o she_o for_o she_o be_v rachel_n servant_n the_o child_n that_o be_v bear_v of_o she_o be_v rachel_n child_n not_o her_o own_o ver._n 4._o and_o she_o give_v he_o bilhah_n her_o handmaid_n to_o wife_n of_o such_o kind_n of_o wife_n as_o this_o and_o zilpah_n verse_n 9_o see_v xxv_o 6._o ver._n 6._o god_n have_v judge_v i_o decide_v the_o controversy_n between_o i_o and_o my_o sister_n and_o give_v sentence_n on_o my_o side_n she_o call_v his_o name_n dan._n the_o mother_n be_v sometime_o give_v name_n to_o their_o child_n as_o leah_n have_v do_v to_o she_o mention_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n but_o with_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o father_n who_o sometime_o control_v they_o xxxv_o 18._o ver._n 8._o with_o great_a wrestle_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v struggle_v exceed_v hard_o i._n e._n in_o incessant_a vehement_a desire_n and_o perhaps_o in_o prayer_n to_o god_n to_o have_v another_o child_n before_o my_o sister_n and_o have_v prevail_v ver._n 9_o take_v zilpah_n her_o maid_n and_o give_v she_o to_o jacob_n to_o wife_n imitate_v her_o sister_n and_o perhaps_o out_o of_o the_o same_o principle_n hope_v some_o or_o other_o of_o her_o child_n may_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o therefore_o the_o more_o child_n she_o have_v the_o more_o likely_a some_o of_o they_o may_v be_v so_o happy_a ver._n 11._o a_o troop_n come_v the_o hebrew_n writer_n general_o expound_v it_o good_a fortune_n come_v as_o mr._n selden_n show_v in_o his_o syntagm_n de_fw-fr diis_fw-la syris_n cap._n i._n and_o the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o lucky_a hour_n and_o other_o greek_a version_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o st._n chrysostom_n hom._n lvi_o on_o this_o book_n who_o expound_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v obtain_v my_o aim_n other_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o same_o whence_o the_o latin_a ancient_o have_v it_o beata_fw-la facta_fw-la or_o foelix_fw-la sum_fw-la as_o in_o st._n austin_n q._n xci_o in_o gen._n and_o this_o seem_v to_o some_o to_o be_v near_o to_o the_o hebrew_n than_o any_o other_o translation_n because_o what_o other_o way_n soever_o we_o expound_v the_o word_n gad_n either_o for_o a_o troop_n or_o fortune_n we_o must_v make_v two_o word_n of_o bagad_n as_o the_o masorite_n do_v and_o take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o signify_v as_o much_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a as_o we_o translate_v it_o a_o troop_n come_v or_o good_a fortune_n come_v but_o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n of_o this_o for_o take_v gad_n for_o a_o troop_n it_o may_v be_v simple_o translate_v with_o a_o troop_n a_o troop_n shall_v follow_v this_o i._n e._n a_o great_a many_o more_o child_n and_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o jacob_n in_o his_o blessing_n xlix_o 19_o do_v allude_v to_o this_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n which_o i_o doubt_v not_o be_v the_o true_a for_o gad_n or_o gada_n never_o denote_v fortune_n any_o where_o but_o in_o the_o targum_fw-la of_o onkelos_n and_o jonathan_n and_o among_o the_o rabbin_n who_o follow_v they_o and_o therefore_o this_o may_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o late_a not_o the_o ancient_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n ver._n 14._o in_o the_o day_n of_o wheat-harvest_n which_o begin_v at_o pentecost_n when_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o it_o be_v offer_v as_o barley-harvest_n begin_v at_o the_o passover_n mandrake_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v dudaim_v which_o here_o signify_v the_o fruit_n of_o a_o tree_n or_o plant_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v and_o in_o the_o book_n of_o canticle_n vii_o 13._o it_o signify_v the_o flower_n and_o these_o be_v the_o only_a two_o place_n where_o this_o word_n be_v find_v in_o the_o bible_n which_o job_n ludolphus_n give_v many_o reason_n to_o prove_v can_v signify_v a_o mandrake_n for_o the_o flower_n of_o that_o have_v a_o bad_a smell_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o a_o bad_a taste_n and_o therefore_o after_o great_a variety_n of_o opinion_n he_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v that_o which_o in_o syria_n they_o call_v mauz_fw-fr which_o be_v a_o excellent_a sort_n of_o fruit_n grow_v upon_o a_o plant_n in_o the_o top_n of_o which_o there_o be_v great_a bunch_n of_o it_o like_o a_o cucumer_n from_o whence_o he_o fancy_n this_o fruit_n be_v ancient_o call_v dudaim_n from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n dud_n which_o signify_v propinquus_fw-la cognatus_fw-la amicus_fw-la a_o neighbour_n kinsman_n or_o friend_n such_o be_v these_o dudaim_n which_o he_o call_v cognatos_fw-la ant_n patrueles_a ab_fw-la una_fw-la stirpe_fw-la profectos_fw-la vide_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o l._n i._n histor_n aethiop_n cap._n 9_o n._n 72._o ver._n 15._o take_v away_o my_o husband_n it_o seem_v he_o have_v estrange_v himself_o for_o some_o time_n from_o leah_n bed_n out_o of_o his_o great_a love_n to_o rachel_n or_o because_o he_o take_v little_a delight_n in_o she_o or_o rachel_n envy_n at_o she_o have_v so_o many_o child_n when_o she_o herself_o have_v none_o make_v she_o contrive_v way_n to_o keep_v he_o from_o leah_n ver._n 16._o thou_o must_v come_v in_o to_o i_o etc._n etc._n i_o can_v think_v of_o any_o good_a reason_n either_o of_o this_o contention_n among_o jacob_n wife_n for_o his_o company_n or_o their_o give_v he_o their_o maid_n to_o be_v his_o wife_n or_o for_o moses_n his_o take_v such_o particular_a notice_n of_o all_o this_o but_o only_o the_o earnest_n desire_v they_o have_v to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n that_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n for_o multitude_n and_o that_o in_o one_o seed_n of_o his_o the_o messiah_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v it_o have_v be_v below_o the_o dignity_n of_o such_o a_o sacred_a history_n as_o this_o be_v to_o relate_v such_o thing_n if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v something_o of_o great_a consideration_n in_o they_o and_o what_o can_v that_o be_v but_o chief_o the_o birth_n of_o the_o bless_a seed_n which_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o hope_n of_o all_o pious_a people_n in_o those_o day_n for_o it_o be_v evident_a both_o by_o rachel_n and_o her_o sister_n that_o it_o be_v child_n they_o desire_v and_o not_o mere_o the_o company_n of_o their_o husband_n as_o it_o here_o follow_v verse_n 17._o ver._n 17._o god_n hearken_v to_o leah_n to_o her_o earnest_a prayer_n or_o vehement_a desire_n and_o give_v she_o another_o son_n ver._n 18._o god_n have_v give_v i_o my_o hire_n i_o purchase_v my_o husband_n company_n and_o god_n have_v repay_v i_o by_o the_o gift_n of_o another_o son_n unto_o which_o she_o add_v a_o further_a reflection_n as_o if_o this_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o her_o kindness_n to_o her_o husband_n in_o bestow_v her_o maid_n upon_o he_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n ver._n 19_o conceive_a again_o the_o birth_n of_o this_o son_n beget_v a_o great_a kindness_n between_o they_o and_o make_v he_o less_o a_o stranger_n to_o her_o bed_n ver._n 20._o god_n have_v endow_v i_o with_o a_o good_a dowry_n by_o restore_v her_o husband_n to_o she_o and_o bestow_v new_a fruitfulness_n upon_o she_o for_o she_o have_v cease_v to_o bear_v xxix_o ult_n ver._n 21._o dinah_n no_o reason_n be_v give_v of_o her_o name_n but_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o rachel_n first-born_a by_o bilhah_n verse_n 6._o for_o as_o if_o she_o have_v now_o get_v the_o better_a of_o rachel_n she_o call_v this_o child_n by_o a_o name_n import_v judgement_n ver._n 22._o god_n remember_v rachel_n he_o will_v not_o have_v leah_n insult_v over_o she_o nor_o triumph_v too_o much_o and_o therefore_o bless_a rachel_n with_o a_o son_n out_o of_o her_o own_o womb._n for_o that_o be_v to_o remember_v she_o ver._n 24._o joseph_n his_o name_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v take_v both_o from_o end_v her_o reproach_n which_o she_o mention_n before_o verse_n 23._o the_o lord_z have_v take_v away_o asaph_n the_o hebrew_n word_n be_v my_o reproach_n and_o from_o add_v another_o son_n to_o this_o god_n shall_v add_v to_o i_o another_o son_n this_o be_v a_o great_a expression_n of_o her_o faith_n more_o than_o we_o find_v in_o all_o the_o former_a birth_n ver._n 25._o send_v i_o away_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o that_o the_o seven_o year_n service_n for_o rachel_n be_v now_o finish_v just_o when_o joseph_n be_v bear_v and_o therefore_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v dismiss_v have_v live_v with_o he_o fourteen_o year_n to_o my_o own_o
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chap._n iii_o page_n 58_o chap._n iv_o page_n 85_o chap._n v._o page_n 111_o chap._n vi_o page_n 123_o chap._n vii_o page_n 136_o chap._n viii_o page_n 144_o chap._n ix_o page_n 154_o chap._n x._o page_n 168_o chap._n xi_o page_n 218_o chap._n xii_o page_n 237_o chap._n xiii_o page_n 247_o chap._n fourteen_o page_n 254_o chap._n xv._o page_n 267_o chap._n xvi_o page_n 280_o chap._n xvii_o page_n 286_o chap._n xviii_o page_n 297_o chap._n xix_o page_n 309_o chap._n xx._n page_n 323_o chap._n xxi_o page_n 330_o chap._n xxii_o page_n 339_o chap._n xxiii_o page_n 353_o chap._n xxiv_o page_n 361_o chap._n xxv_o page_n 373_o chap._n xxvi_o page_n 391_o chap._n xxvii_o page_n 400_o chap._n xxviii_o page_n 408_o chap._n xxix_o page_n 418_o chap._n xxx_o page_n 423_o chap._n xxxi_o page_n 434_o chap._n xxxii_o page_n 450_o chap._n xxxiii_o page_n 459_o chap._n xxxiv_o page_n 465_o chap._n xxxv_o page_n 472_o chap._n xxxvi_o page_n 483_o chap._n xxxvii_o page_n 491_o chap._n xxxviii_o page_n 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the_o difficulty_n be_v to_o know_v who_o call_v it_o by_o this_o name_n some_o think_v the_o child_n of_o heber_n in_o who_o family_n the_o original_a language_n continue_v but_o it_o may_v be_v as_o rational_o conceive_v that_o in_o the_o confusion_n of_o language_n all_o retain_v some_o of_o the_o ancient_a word_n and_o particular_o this_o by_o which_o they_o all_o common_o call_v this_o place_n confound_v the_o language_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v the_o language_n of_o all_o those_o people_n who_o be_v in_o this_o western_a colony_n not_o the_o language_n of_o noah_n and_o his_o plantation_n more_o easterly_a who_o keep_v as_o i_o say_v the_o primitive_a language_n scatter_v they_o abroad_o upon_o the_o face_n etc._n etc._n this_o dispersion_n be_v so_o order_v that_o each_o family_n and_o each_o nation_n dwell_v by_o itself_o which_o can_v not_o well_o be_v do_v as_o mr._n mede_n observe_v but_o by_o direct_v a_o orderly_a division_n either_o by_o cast_v of_o lot_n or_o choose_v according_a to_o their_o birthright_n after_o portion_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v set_v out_o according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o their_o nation_n and_o family_n for_o otherwise_o some_o will_v not_o have_v be_v content_a to_o go_v so_o far_o north_n as_o magog_n do_v and_o other_o suffer_v to_o enjoy_v more_o pleasant_a country_n ver._n 10._o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o shem._n it_o appear_v from_o the_o forego_n chapter_n that_o these_o here_o mention_v be_v not_o all_o the_o person_n who_o descend_v from_o he_o but_o these_o be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o abraham_n who_o moses_n derive_v by_o these_o from_o shem._n ver._n 11._o live_v after_o he_o beget_v arphaxad_a five_o hundred_o year_n so_o that_o as_o he_o have_v see_v methuselah_n and_o lamech_v before_o the_o flood_n he_o may_v also_o see_v not_o only_a abraham_n but_o his_o son_n isaac_n who_o by_o this_o account_n be_v one_o and_o twenty_o year_n old_a when_o shem_n die_v ver._n 14._o beget_v eber._n who_o be_v the_o father_n of_o those_o from_o who_o come_v the_o hebrew_n nation_n abraham_n be_v descend_v from_o he_o in_o the_o six_o generation_n and_o that_o nation_n be_v call_v eber_n numb_a xxiv_o 24._o and_o the_o child_n of_o eber_n gen._n x._o 21._o it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a as_o i_o observe_v before_o to_o seek_v for_o any_o other_o derivation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o hebrew_n ver._n 16._o peleg_n or_o phaleg_n it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a that_o either_o he_o or_o some_o of_o his_o posterity_n in_o memory_n of_o he_o give_v name_n to_o a_o town_n upon_o euphrates_n call_v phalga_n not_o far_o from_o the_o place_n where_o chaborus_n run_v into_o it_o upon_o which_o harah_n or_o charrah_n stand_v build_v by_o haran_n abraham_n brother_n ver._n 18._o reu_fw-fr or_o ragau._n as_o some_o pronounce_v the_o hebrew_n word_n give_v name_n to_o a_o field_n near_o assyria_n judith_n i._n 5._o or_o as_o tobit_n say_v in_o media_n where_o strabo_n mention_n a_o city_n call_v raga_n and_o so_o do_v stephanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o life_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v elmacinus_n p._n 29._o nimrod_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o babylon_n and_o in_o his_o day_n also_o he_o say_v the_o egyptian_a kingdom_n begin_v which_o need_v not_o seem_v strange_a though_o scarce_o two_o hundred_o year_n be_v pass_v since_o the_o flood_n when_o we_o consider_v the_o vast_a increase_n of_o people_n in_o these_o age_n from_o a_o few_o planter_n within_o such_o a_o compass_n of_o time_n and_o likewise_o the_o extraordinary_a fruitfulness_n which_o god_n after_o the_o flood_n bestow_v upon_o they_o for_o the_o people_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o he_o say_v twice_o to_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n immediate_o after_o they_o come_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n increase_n and_o multiply_v ix_o 1_o 7._o and_o replenish_v the_o earth_n from_o this_o antiquity_n of_o the_o egyptian_a kingdom_n it_o be_v that_o the_o late_a pharaoh_n call_v themselves_o the_o son_n of_o ancient_a king_n isai_n xix_o 11._o in_o reu_n time_n also_o both_o the_o egyptian_n and_o babylonian_n now_o begin_v to_o make_v image_n and_o worship_n they_o if_o patricide_n may_v be_v credit_v see_v hotting_n smegma_fw-la orient_n cap._n 8._o n._n 16._o ver._n 20._o beget_v serug_v from_o who_o bochartus_n think_v some_o of_o his_o descendant_n may_v call_v the_o city_n sarug_n which_o the_o arabian_a geographer_n say_v be_v near_o to_o charrae_fw-la or_o haran_n he_o first_o begin_v to_o celebrate_v every_o year_n the_o memory_n of_o famous_a man_n after_o they_o be_v dead_a and_o command_v they_o to_o be_v honour_v as_o benefactor_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v suidas_n in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o damascen_n and_o a_o long_a roll_n of_o other_o author_n mention_v by_o jacobus_n geusius_fw-la par._n i._o c._n 2._o de_fw-fr victimis_fw-la humanis_fw-la ver._n 22._o beget_v nahor_n the_o same_o writer_n say_v that_o idolatry_n increase_v much_o in_o his_o day_n there_o be_v a_o great_a earthquake_n the_o first_o that_o have_v be_v observe_v which_o overturn_v their_o temple_n and_o break_v their_o image_n in_o arabia_n ver._n 24._o terah_n who_o they_o make_v to_o have_v be_v a_o idolatrous_a priest_n but_o to_o have_v repent_v and_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n see_v verse_n 31._o ver._n 26._o and_o terah_n live_v seventy_o year_n and_o beget_v abraham_n nahor_n and_o haran_n i._n e._n he_o be_v seventy_o year_n old_a before_o he_o have_v any_o child_n and_o then_o have_v three_o son_n one_o after_o another_o who_o be_v not_o set_v down_o in_o the_o order_n wherein_o they_o be_v bear_v for_o abraham_n being_n first_o name_v do_v not_o prove_v he_o to_o have_v be_v the_o elder_a son_n of_o terah_n no_o more_o
than_o shem'_v be_v first_o name_v among_o noah_n three_o son_n prove_v he_o to_o have_v be_v the_o first-born_a ix_o 18._o for_o there_o be_v good_a reason_n to_o prove_v that_o abraham_n be_v bear_v sixty_o year_n after_o haran_n who_o be_v the_o elder_a son_n have_v two_o daughter_n marry_v to_o his_o two_o brother_n nahor_n and_o abraham_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o young_a though_o name_v first_o both_o here_o and_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n because_o of_o his_o pre-eminence_n see_v verse_n 32._o ver._n 28._o haran_n die_v before_o his_o father_n etc._n etc._n in_o his_o own_o country_n as_o it_o here_o follow_v out_o of_o which_o he_o do_v not_o go_v as_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o family_n do_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n that_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n which_o be_v next_o to_o assyria_n be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldee_n for_o ur_fw-la as_o abarbinel_n observe_v be_v in_o mesopotamia_n lie_v in_o the_o way_n from_o tigris_n to_o nisibis_n and_o therefore_o st._n stephen_n make_v mesopotamia_n and_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldee_n the_o very_a same_o act._n vii_o 2_o 4._o eupolemus_n indeed_o as_o bochart_n note_n place_n this_o ur_fw-la from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v verse_n 31._o in_o babylon_n but_o ammianus_n speak_v of_o a_o ur_fw-la in_o mesopotamia_n situate_v as_o beforementioned_a which_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v be_v the_o place_n from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v because_o from_o thence_o to_o canaan_n the_o way_n lie_v straight_o through_o charran_n or_o haran_n but_o it_o do_v not_o do_v so_o if_o he_o come_v from_o babylon_n and_o no_o good_a account_n can_v be_v give_v why_o he_o shall_v go_v about_o through_o mesopotamia_n and_o charran_n when_o there_o be_v a_o short_a way_n through_o arabia_n if_o he_o come_v from_o babylon_n ver._n 29._o the_o father_n of_o iscah_n i._n e._n of_o sarai_n who_o abraham_n marry_v she_o be_v his_o elder_a brother_n daughter_n sister_n to_o lot_n for_o haran_n have_v three_o 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from_o magician_n astrologer_n and_o soothsayer_n or_o sorcerer_n dan._n ii_o 2_o 10._o iv_o 7._o v._o 11._o and_o it_o be_v likely_a from_o some_o such_o sort_n of_o men_n terah_n and_o his_o family_n learn_v the_o worship_n of_o idol_n josh_n xxiv_o 2._o but_o though_o he_o have_v be_v a_o idolater_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v probable_o conclude_v from_o his_o leave_v ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n with_o a_o intention_n to_o go_v to_o canaan_n as_o it_o be_v here_o say_v that_o now_o he_o be_v become_v a_o worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n for_o what_o shall_v move_v he_o to_o it_o but_o obedience_n to_o the_o divine_a direction_n which_o abraham_n receive_v as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n to_o which_o he_o will_v not_o have_v agree_v if_o he_o have_v not_o believe_v in_o god_n as_o lot_n it_o be_v plain_a do_v who_o he_o take_v along_o with_o he_o that_o word_n be_v much_o to_o be_v remark_v which_o make_v he_o the_o principal_a agent_n in_o their_o removal_n abraham_n himself_o be_v govern_v by_o his_o motion_n for_o moses_n say_v he_o take_v abraham_n and_o lot_n the_o son_n of_o haran_n etc._n etc._n and_o though_o nahor_n do_v not_o now_o go_v along_o with_o his_o father_n to_o haran_n be_v leave_v behind_o perhaps_o to_o look_v after_o some_o concern_v yet_o afterward_o he_o follow_v he_o with_o all_o his_o family_n as_o appear_v from_o chapter_n xxvii_o 43._o and_o the_o follow_a chapter_n and_o he_o also_o forsake_v idolatry_n for_o rebekkah_n his_o grandchild_n be_v marry_v to_o isaac_n and_o his_o great_a grandchild_n rachel_n and_o leah_n nay_o their_o father_n laban_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v worshipper_n of_o the_o true_a god_n though_o with_o a_o mixture_n of_o some_o superstition_n for_o he_o make_v mention_n of_o jehovah_n upon_o several_a occasion_n gen._n xxiv_o 31_o 50_o 51._o and_o they_o come_v unto_o haran_n it_o be_v possible_a that_o terah_n go_v from_o ur_fw-la to_o canaan_n and_o stay_v in_o this_o place_n call_v the_o city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d charrae_fw-la after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n haran_n or_o charan_n who_o die_v a_o little_a before_o verse_n 28._o for_o both_o the_o greek_a and_o roman_a writer_n call_v a_o city_n famous_a for_o the_o death_n of_o crassus_n by_o the_o name_n of_o charrae_fw-la situate_v on_o a_o river_n of_o the_o same_o name_n it_o be_v likely_a from_o abraham_n brother_n be_v derive_v both_o the_o name_n of_o the_o river_n and_o of_o the_o city_n which_o the_o arabian_n to_o this_o day_n call_v charan_n or_o charran_n and_o dwell_v there_o it_o be_v plain_a he_o intend_v to_o go_v to_o canaan_n and_o not_o to_o settle_v here_o but_o be_v arrest_v with_o the_o sickness_n of_o which_o he_o die_v can_v go_v no_o further_o ver._n 32._o and_o the_o day_n of_o terah_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n moses_n do_v not_o sum_n up_o the_o year_n of_o any_o man_n life_n mention_v in_o this_o chapter_n as_o he_o do_v in_o chapter_n v._o but_o only_o of_o terah_n 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certain_a he_o call_v he_o while_o his_o father_n be_v alive_a xi_o 31._o we_o be_v not_o tell_v how_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o for_o here_o be_v no_o mention_n as_o maimonides_n observe_v p._n ii_o c._n 41._o of_o his_o speak_n in_o a_o dream_n or_o a_o vision_n or_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o angel_n but_o only_o simple_o and_o absolute_o that_o the_o lord_z say_v to_o he_o by_o a_o voice_n when_o he_o be_v awake_a i_o suppose_v from_o the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a glory_n for_o st._n stephen_n say_v express_o the_o god_n of_o glory_n appear_v to_o he_o before_o he_o dwell_v in_o charran_n act_v vii_o 2._o get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o own_o country_n etc._n etc._n which_o begin_v a_o good_a while_n ago_o to_o be_v
serve_v for_o the_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n of_o which_o some_o have_v give_v natural_a other_o moral_a reason_n but_o the_o most_o plain_a and_o obvious_a be_v that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o apt_a token_n of_o the_o divine_a covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n and_o his_o posterity_n that_o god_n will_v multiply_v their_o seed_n and_o make_v they_o as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xv._o 5._o it_o be_v probable_a also_o that_o this_o part_n be_v choose_v rather_o than_o any_o other_o to_o make_v they_o sensible_a that_o this_o be_v a_o divine_a sacrament_n for_o nothing_o but_o god_n institution_n can_v at_o first_o engage_v man_n to_o lay_v that_o part_n bare_a which_o nature_n have_v cover_v it_o be_v of_o late_a indeed_o make_v a_o question_n by_o some_o learned_a man_n whether_o this_o be_v the_o original_a of_o circumcision_n which_o they_o fancy_n the_o jew_n borrow_v from_o the_o egyptian_n and_o not_o the_o egyptian_n from_o the_o jew_n certain_a it_o be_v that_o not_o only_o the_o egyptian_n but_o several_a other_o nation_n do_v very_o ancient_o use_v circumcision_n now_o it_o be_v improbable_a say_v they_o that_o the_o egyptian_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v have_v it_o the_o most_o early_o of_o all_o nation_n who_o spring_v not_o from_o abraham_n will_v borrow_v this_o custom_n from_o the_o hebrew_n who_o they_o perfect_o hate_v shepherd_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o they_o xlvi_o 34._o and_o therefore_o they_o give_v themselves_o the_o liberty_n to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v not_o now_o enjoin_v abraham_n a_o new_a thing_n when_o he_o order_v he_o to_o be_v circumcise_v but_o only_o make_v this_o a_o sign_n of_o his_o covenant_n with_o he_o which_o it_o be_v not_o with_o other_o nation_n but_o unless_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o circumcision_n be_v in_o use_n before_o abraham_n time_n which_o do_v not_o appear_v from_o any_o good_a author_n though_o such_o as_o celsus_n be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o affirm_v it_o as_o we_o find_v in_o origen_n l._n v._o such_o argument_n as_o these_o will_v not_o persuade_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o it_o come_v from_o the_o egyptian_n or_o any_o other_o nation_n but_o they_o have_v it_o if_o not_o from_o the_o hebrew_n yet_o from_o the_o posterity_n of_o ishmael_n or_o other_o people_n descend_v from_o abraham_n who_o be_v high_o belove_v of_o god_n it_o be_v not_o credible_a that_o god_n will_v set_v the_o mark_n of_o ham_n race_n upon_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n much_o less_o make_v it_o the_o token_n of_o his_o covenant_n with_o they_o see_v j._n ludolphus_n l._n iii_o comment_n in_o histor_n aethiop_n c._n i._o n._n 3._o the_o only_a authority_n upon_o who_o the_o broacher_n of_o this_o novelty_n rely_v be_v herodotus_n who_o in_o his_o second_o book_n cap._n 104._o say_v the_o people_n of_o colchis_n and_o the_o egyptian_n be_v the_o only_a nation_n that_o be_v circumcise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o beginning_n the_o syrian_n and_o phoenician_n who_o live_v in_o palestine_n acknowledge_v they_o have_v this_o rite_n from_o they_o which_o be_v just_a such_o a_o tale_n as_o he_o tell_v in_o the_o second_o chapter_n of_o that_o book_n that_o the_o egyptian_n be_v the_o first_o inhabiter_n of_o the_o earth_n unless_o perhaps_o the_o phrygian_n this_o opinion_n proceed_v from_o their_o own_o vain_a conceit_n which_o make_v they_o loath_a to_o confess_v they_o receive_v circumcision_n from_o any_o other_o people_n though_o i_o think_v there_o be_v a_o convince_a argument_n of_o it_o in_o moses_n himself_o who_o tell_v we_o in_o chapter_n x._o 14._o that_o the_o philistim_o come_v from_o the_o casluchim_n i._n e._n the_o people_n of_o colchis_n as_o that_o people_n come_v original_o from_o egypt_n so_o herodotus_n himself_o diodorus_n and_o abundance_n of_o other_o credible_a author_n testify_v this_o it_o appear_v by_o what_o i_o note_v there_o be_v before_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n nay_o before_o abraham_n for_o the_o philistim_o have_v a_o king_n among_o 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may_v be_v confident_a be_v the_o first_o person_n in_o the_o world_n that_o be_v circumcise_v there_o be_v nothing_o to_o induce_v any_o body_n to_o use_v such_o a_o rite_n unless_o they_o have_v be_v direct_v to_o it_o by_o god_n as_o abraham_n be_v from_o who_o the_o ishmaelite_n receive_v it_o and_o from_o they_o the_o arabian_n and_o from_o those_o country_n or_o from_o abraham_n child_n by_o keturah_n it_o be_v derive_v as_o seem_v most_o probable_a to_o i_o to_o the_o egyptian_n from_o who_o the_o people_n of_o colchis_n who_o know_v themselves_o to_o be_v a_o egyptian_a breed_n embrace_v it_o in_o imitation_n of_o their_o famous_a ancestor_n but_o after_o abraham_n time_n who_o find_v no_o such_o rite_n among_o the_o philistim_n a_o colony_n of_o they_o to_o who_o in_o all_o likelihood_n they_o will_v have_v communicate_v it_o as_o the_o egyptian_n do_v to_o they_o if_o it_o have_v be_v then_o use_v in_o that_o country_n ver._n 12._o and_o he_o that_o be_v eight_o day_n old_a etc._n etc._n maimonides_n think_v that_o if_o circumcision_n have_v not_o be_v perform_v in_o their_o infancy_n it_o may_v have_v be_v in_o danger_n to_o have_v be_v neglect_v afterward_o for_o a_o infant_n feel_v not_o so_o much_o pain_n as_o a_o adult_n person_n will_v have_v do_v in_o who_o the_o flesh_n be_v more_o compact_a and_o his_o imagination_n strong_a the_o parent_n also_o especial_o father_n have_v not_o so_o strong_a a_o affection_n to_o a_o child_n when_o he_o be_v new_o bear_v as_o they_o have_v when_o he_o be_v grow_v up_o and_o so_o more_o easy_o submit_v to_o this_o harsh_a rite_n at_o their_o first_o appearance_n in_o the_o world_n than_o they_o will_v have_v do_v after_o they_o be_v more_o endear_v to_o they_o but_o the_o child_n can_v not_o be_v circumcise_v before_o the_o eight_o day_n after_o his_o birth_n because_o till_o then_o he_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o imperfect_a and_o not_o yet_o sufficient_o cleanse_v and_o purge_v for_o which_o reason_n beast_n be_v not_o accept_v by_o god_n till_o seven_o day_n be_v pass_v after_o their_o birth_n exod._n xxii_o 30._o see_v more_n nevoch_n p._n iii_o cap._n 49._o and_o as_o the_o child_n be_v not_o to_o be_v circumcise_v before_o the_o eight_o day_n so_o he_o be_v not_o unless_o perhaps_o in_o case_n of_o great_a weakness_n to_o be_v keep_v uncircumcised_a beyond_o that_o day_n on_o which_o if_o the_o parent_n do_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v circumcise_v the_o house_n of_o judgement_n as_o the_o jew_n speak_v be_v bind_v to_o do_v it_o and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o be_v ignorant_a perhaps_o of_o the_o neglect_n the_o child_n when_o he_o come_v of_o age_n i._n e._n be_v thirteen_o year_n old_a be_v bind_v himself_o to_o get_v it_o do_v if_o he_o do_v not_o the_o judge_n if_o it_o be_v know_v to_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o take_v care_n of_o it_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n i._n de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 6._o p._n 96_o 97._o ver._n 13._o he_o that_o be_v bear_v in_o thy_o house_n or_o buy_v with_o money_n must_v needs_o be_v circumcise_v not_o whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o for_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v compel_v to_o religion_n which_o have_v be_v a_o profanation_n of_o this_o covenant_n but_o abraham_n be_v to_o persuade_v they_o to_o it_o and_o if_o they_o consent_v not_o to_o keep_v they_o no_o long_o in_o his_o house_n but_o to_o sell_v they_o to_o some_o other_o people_n so_o maimonides_n expound_v it_o in_o his_o book_n of_o circumcision_n cap._n i._n which_o be_v true_a both_o of_o servant_n bear_v in_o the_o house_n and_o buy_v with_o money_n but_o as_o for_o the_o child_n of_o these_o slave_n they_o be_v to_o be_v circumcise_v whether_o their_o parent_n will_v or_o no_o because_o they_o be_v the_o possession_n of_o their_o master_n not_o of_o
their_o parent_n for_o which_o cause_n when_o the_o parent_n be_v set_v free_a their_o child_n be_v leave_v behind_o as_o their_o master_n good_n exod._n xxi_o 4._o ver._n 14._o that_o soul_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o his_o people_n that_o be_v if_o when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o age_n of_o thirteen_o year_n he_o do_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v do_v what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o be_v very_o much_o dispute_v the_o simple_a sense_n seem_v to_o be_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v account_v one_o of_o god_n people_n but_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n general_o take_v this_o to_o have_v be_v a_o punishment_n inflict_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o heaven_n i._n e._n of_o god_n though_o they_o be_v much_o divide_v in_o their_o opinion_n about_o it_o of_o which_o mr._n selden_n treat_v at_o large_a in_o l._n vii_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n c._n 9_o and_o de_n synedr_n l._n i._o c._n 6._o and_o more_o brief_o l'_fw-mi empereur_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o cornel._n bertram_n de_fw-fr republ._n jud._n p._n 351._o some_o say_v it_o be_v the_o shorten_n of_o the_o man_n life_n other_o say_v it_o be_v the_o make_v he_o childless_a so_o that_o his_o family_n and_o name_n perish_v in_o israel_n maimonides_n will_v have_v it_o the_o extinction_n both_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n like_o a_o brute_n and_o abarbinel_n take_v it_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v some_o christian_n will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v excommunication_n which_o can_v be_v because_o such_o a_o person_n never_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o church_n which_o he_o be_v to_o be_v make_v by_o circumcision_n the_o first_o of_o these_o opinion_n seem_v more_o probable_a than_o the_o rest_n for_o god_n himself_o say_v of_o several_a offender_n to_o who_o he_o threaten_v this_o punishment_n i_o will_v cut_v he_o off_o and_o i_o will_v set_v my_o face_n against_o he_o leu._n xvii_o 10._o xx._n 5_o 6._o xxiii_o 30._o yet_o in_o other_o place_n it_o must_v be_v confess_v this_o cer_v or_o cut_v off_o signify_v more_o large_o a_o punishment_n by_o the_o judge_n and_o not_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o the_o signification_n of_o it_o must_v be_v determine_v by_o the_o matter_n with_o which_o it_o be_v join_v thus_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v threaten_v with_o cut_v off_o exod._a xxxi_o 14._o which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v by_o ston_a he_o and_o so_o be_v incestuous_a person_n blasphemer_n idolater_n and_o other_o to_o be_v judicial_o cut_v off_o by_o the_o ruler_n ver._n 15._o sarah_n shall_v be_v her_o name_n the_o same_o letter_n be_v add_v to_o her_o name_n that_o be_v to_o abraham_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n it_o be_v say_v she_o shall_v be_v a_o mother_n of_o nation_n ver._n 16._o give_v thou_o a_o son_n also_o of_o she_o here_o now_o the_o promise_a seed_n be_v determine_v to_o spring_v from_o sarah_n see_v xvi_o 2._o ver._n 17._o abraham_n fall_v on_o his_o face_n worship_v god_n with_o the_o humble_a reverence_n and_o laugh_v not_o doubt_v of_o the_o promise_n for_o the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o quite_o contrary_a rom._n iu._n 19_o but_o out_o of_o the_o exceed_a great_a joy_n wherewith_o he_o be_v transport_v and_o the_o admiration_n wherewith_o he_o be_v surprise_v which_o produce_v the_o follow_a question_n shall_v a_o child_n be_v bear_v unto_o he_o who_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v strange_a that_o i_o and_o sarah_n at_o this_o age_n shall_v have_v a_o child_n what_o joyful_a news_n be_v this_o according_o the_o chaldee_n translate_v the_o word_n laugh_v he_o rejoice_v ver._n 18._o o_o that_o ishmael_n may_v live_v before_o thou_o in_o his_o posterity_n as_o appear_v by_o god_n answer_n to_o this_o petition_n verse_n 20._o ver._n 19_o call_v his_o name_n isaac_n he_o have_v this_o name_n from_o abraham_n not_o from_o sarah_n laughter_n for_o that_o be_v after_o this_o and_o proceed_v not_o from_o the_o same_o cause_n with_o abraham_n ver._n 20._o i_o have_v hear_v thou_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o numerous_a posterity_n see_v doctor_n jackson_n first_o book_n on_o the_o creed_n c._n 26._o where_o he_o show_v how_o the_o hagerens_n grow_v a_o mighty_a nation_n and_o at_o last_o when_o they_o be_v call_v saracen_n become_v the_o scourge_v of_o all_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n ver._n 21._o but_o my_o covenant_n will_v i_o establish_v with_o isaac_n the_o great_a blessing_n i_o have_v promise_v in_o the_o covenant_n i_o have_v make_v with_o thou_o shall_v come_v to_o thy_o posterity_n by_o isaac_n not_o by_o ishmael_n particular_o the_o messiah_n ver._n 22._o and_o god_n go_v up_o from_o abraham_n that_o visible_a majesty_n wherein_o he_o appear_v to_o he_o verse_n 1_o call_v often_o in_o aftertime_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n go_v up_o to_o heaven_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v ver._n 25._o ishmael_n be_v thirteen_o year_n old_a etc._n etc._n from_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o saracen_n descend_v from_o he_o do_v not_o circumcise_v their_o child_n till_o they_o be_v thirteen_o year_n old_a so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n c._n 13._o and_o the_o saracen_n in_o spain_n and_o africa_n observe_v the_o same_o custom_n ver._n 26._o in_o the_o selfsame_a day_n the_o jew_n will_v have_v this_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o great_a day_n of_o expiation_n institute_v in_o moses_n his_o time_n so_o that_o god_n every_o year_n remember_v say_v they_o the_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n but_o this_o be_v a_o ungrounded_a fancy_n ver._n 27._o and_o all_o the_o man_n of_o his_o house_n maimonides_n understand_v by_o the_o man_n of_o his_o house_n those_o who_o abraham_n have_v convert_v from_o idolatry_n and_o make_v proselyte_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n so_o do_v other_o among_o the_o jew_n see_v his_o treatise_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o planet_n c._n i._n §_o 9_o but_o it_o be_v more_o proper_a to_o understand_v by_o the_o man_n of_o his_o house_n all_o his_o family_n in_o general_n who_o be_v either_o as_o it_o follow_v bear_v in_o his_o house_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v likely_a be_v breed_v up_o in_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o so_o easy_o persuade_v to_o receive_v the_o mark_n of_o circumcision_n or_o buy_v with_o his_o money_n who_o submit_v to_o abraham_n argument_n not_o to_o his_o authority_n for_o religion_n be_v to_o be_v choose_v not_o compel_v chap._n xviii_o ver._n 1._o and_z the_o lord_z appear_v to_o he_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n or_o the_o divine_a majesty_n which_o the_o jew_n call_v the_o schechinah_n as_o it_o have_v do_v late_o xvii_o 1._o and_o as_o the_o lord_n than_o appear_v to_o establish_v his_o covenant_n with_o he_o by_o circumcision_n so_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n imagine_v he_o again_o appear_v to_o visit_v comfort_n and_o heal_v he_o now_o that_o he_o be_v very_o sore_o of_o his_o circumcision_n or_o rather_o i_o shall_v think_v to_o testify_v by_o this_o 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contra_fw-la cell_n it_o be_v well_o know_v also_o that_o these_o mountain_n be_v well_o shade_v with_o tree_n so_o that_o common_o grove_n and_o mountain_n be_v mention_v together_o as_o place_n for_o religious_a worship_n ver._n 3._o and_o abraham_n rise_v up_o early_o in_o the_o morning_n etc._n etc._n some_o here_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o readiness_n of_o his_o obedience_n in_o several_a instance_n first_o that_o he_o rise_v up_o early_o second_o saddle_v his_o ass_n himself_o though_o the_o phrase_n do_v not_o certain_o import_v so_o much_o three_o carry_v wood_n ready_a cleave_v along_o with_o he_o for_o the_o offer_n lest_o he_o shall_v find_v none_o there_o and_o isaac_n his_o son_n it_o be_v a_o enquiry_n among_o the_o jew_n how_o old_a isaac_n be_v at_o this_o time_n some_o of_o they_o say_v seven_o and_o thirty_o who_o the_o arabic_a christian_a writer_n follow_v patricide_n and_o elmacinus_n aben_n ezra_n more_o probable_o say_v he_o be_v thirty_o but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n of_o such_o thing_n for_o i_o find_v in_o the_o gemara_fw-la sanhedrim_n cap._n x._o n._n 4._o it_o be_v say_v this_o fall_v out_o a_o little_a after_o he_o be_v wean_v see_v verse_n 9_o and_o go_v unto_o the_o place_n that_o be_v towards_o the_o place_n which_o he_o do_v not_o see_v till_o the_o three_o day_n after_o he_o set_v out_o ver._n 4._o on_o the_o three_o day_n it_o be_v not_o much_o above_o one_o day_n be_v journey_n from_o beersheba_n to_o moriah_n but_o a_o ass_n go_v slow_o especial_o be_v load_v as_o this_o be_v with_o a_o burden_n of_o wood_n and_o with_o provision_n we_o must_v suppose_v for_o their_o journey_n and_o abraham_n and_o his_o son_n and_o servant_n go_v on_o foot_n and_o can_v not_o travel_v far_o on_o a_o day_n isaac_n be_v but_o young_a for_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v they_o have_v more_o than_o one_o single_a ass_n verse_n 5._o and_o see_v the_o place_n afar_o off_o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o suppose_v that_o god_n have_v give_v he_o 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to_o worship_n god_n and_o come_v again_o to_o you_o he_o either_o speak_v of_o himself_o alone_o or_o believe_v god_n will_v restore_v isaac_n to_o life_n though_o he_o do_v slay_v he_o ver._n 6._o and_o lay_v it_o upon_o isaac_n his_o son_n a_o figure_n of_o christ_n who_o carry_v his_o own_o cross_n john_n xix_o 17._o according_a to_o the_o roman_a custom_n philo_n reflection_n upon_o isaac_n carry_v the_o wood_n for_o his_o own_o sacrifice_n be_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o laborious_a than_o piety_n ver._n 7._o behold_v the_o fire_n and_o the_o wood_n etc._n etc._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o he_o have_v not_o hitherto_o acquaint_v isaac_n with_o his_o intention_n ver._n 8._o so_o they_o go_v both_o of_o they_o together_o it_o seem_v they_o stay_v a_o while_n as_o they_o be_v go_v together_o verse_n 6._o till_o isaac_n have_v finish_v this_o discourse_n with_o his_o father_n and_o then_o they_o proceed_v ver._n 9_o build_v a_o altar_n there_o of_o turf_n some_o think_v or_o 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mind_v josephus_n say_v he_o be_v twenty_o five_o year_n old_a l._n i._o antiq._n 14._o and_o bochartus_n make_v he_o twenty_o eight_o the_o word_n naar_n which_o we_o translate_v lad_n be_v use_v for_o one_o of_o that_o age_n nay_o joseph_n be_v call_v so_o when_o he_o be_v thirty_o year_n old_a hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n iii_o c._n 9_o this_o be_v certain_a that_o he_o be_v old_a enough_o to_o carry_v such_o a_o load_n of_o wood_n verse_n 6._o as_o be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o fire_n to_o offer_v up_o a_o burnt-offering_a there_o be_v those_o also_o who_o think_v isaac_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n to_o be_v offer_v in_o that_o very_a place_n where_o christ_n be_v crucify_v and_o thus_o much_o be_v true_a that_o though_o mount_v calvary_n be_v without_o jerusalem_n and_o therefore_o different_a from_o mount_n moriah_n on_o which_o the_o temple_n stand_v yet_o they_o be_v so_o near_o and_o it_o be_v likely_a only_a part_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o mountain_n that_o they_o be_v ancient_o both_o comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o moriah_n ver._n 10._o abraham_n stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n etc._n etc._n his_o obedience_n proceed_v so_o far_o that_o it_o evident_o appear_v he_o be_v full_o resolve_v to_o do_v as_o he_o be_v bid_v for_o the_o knife_n be_v just_a at_o isaac_n throat_n ready_a to_o do_v the_o execution_n insomuch_o that_o god_n make_v account_n of_o it_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v actual_o do_v and_o accept_v his_o obedience_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o entire_o perfect_a and_o absolute_o complete_v as_o philo_n speak_v and_o yet_o there_o have_v be_v those_o who_o disparage_v this_o obedience_n by_o endeavour_v to_o make_v the_o world_n believe_v that_o the_o sacrifice_a of_o child_n be_v in_o use_n before_o abraham_n time_n and_o the_o very_a first_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v allege_v as_o a_o proof_n of_o it_o be_v the_o very_a objection_n in_o philo_n make_v by_o cavil_v calumniator_n as_o he_o call_v they_o who_o say_v why_o shall_v such_o praise_n be_v bestow_v on_o abraham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o he_o have_v attempt_v a_o thing_n altogether_o new_a which_o private_a man_n and_o king_n and_o whole_a nation_n do_v upon_o occasion_n the_o learned_a reader_n can_v but_o know_v that_o one_o of_o our_o own_o countryman_n sir_n j._n marsham_n in_o canon_n chronic._n §_o v._o have_v set_v this_o in_o the_o front_n of_o all_o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o abraham_n be_v not_o the_o first_o who_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n without_o acquaint_v the_o reader_n with_o philo_n answer_n to_o this_o which_o quite_o overthrow_v all_o his_o pretension_n for_o he_o say_v lib._n de_fw-la abrahamo_fw-la p._n 375_o 376._o edit_fw-la paris_n that_o some_o barbarian_n have_v do_v this_o follow_v the_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n or_o be_v in_o great_a distress_n etc._n etc._n but_o nothing_o of_o this_o nature_n can_v move_v abraham_n to_o it_o for_o the_o custom_n of_o sacrifice_a child_n be_v neither_o in_o babylon_n nor_o mesopotamia_n nor_o chaldaea_n where_o he_o have_v live_v a_o long_a time_n no_o nor_o as_o it_o follow_v a_o little_a after_o in_o that_o country_n where_o he_o than_o live_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o beginner_n of_o a_o perfect_o new_a and_o unusual_a example_n what_o plain_a confutation_n can_v there_o be_v of_o what_o the_o forenamed_a author_n pretend_v than_o this_o which_o he_o most_o disingenuous_o conceal_v nor_o be_v there_o more_o strength_n in_o what_o follow_v in_o he_o out_o of_o sanchuniathon_n who_o say_v that_o saturn_n offer_v his_o only_a son_n for_o by_o saturn_n it_o be_v evident_a he_o mean_v abraham_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o
hebrew_n look_v upon_o this_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v in_o the_o place_n beforenamed_n on_o verse_n 55._o as_o a_o example_n of_o the_o solemn_a benediction_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v give_v even_o before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n when_o the_o spouse_n be_v carry_v to_o her_o husband_n thou_o be_v our_o sister_n near_o cousin_n or_o kinswoman_n for_o all_o that_o be_v near_o of_o kin_n call_v one_o another_o brother_n and_o sister_n ver._n 61._o her_o damsel_n who_o wait_v upon_o she_o and_o be_v give_v as_o part_v of_o her_o portion_n ver._n 62._o well_o of_o lahairoi_a mention_v xvi_o 14._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o abraham_n after_o the_o death_n of_o sarah_n return_v to_o live_v at_o beer-sheba_a or_o thereabouts_o for_o that_o be_v nigh_o this_o well_o and_o it_o be_v probable_a abraham_n and_o isaac_n be_v not_o part_v ver._n 63._o to_o meditate_v etc._n etc._n the_o cool_a of_o the_o evening_n and_o solitude_n be_v great_a friend_n to_o meditation_n ver._n 64._o she_o light_v off_o the_o camel_n as_o they_o always_o do_v who_o meet_v any_o person_n who_o they_o honour_v ver._n 65._o take_v a_o veil_n not_o only_o out_o of_o modesty_n but_o in_o token_n of_o her_o subjection_n to_o he_o many_o will_v have_v this_o to_o have_v be_v a_o peculiar_a ornament_n belong_v to_o a_o bride_n call_v by_o the_o roman_n flameum_fw-la by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 5._o whence_o those_o word_n of_o tertullian_n de_fw-fr veland_n virgin_n c._n ii_o etiam_fw-la apud_fw-la ethnicos_fw-la velatae_fw-la i._n e._n sponsae_fw-la ad_fw-la virum_fw-la ducuntur_fw-la even_o among_o heathen_n bride_n be_v bring_v to_o their_o husband_n with_o a_o veil_n over_o their_o face_n ver._n 66._o and_o the_o servant_n tell_v isaac_n all_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v do_v how_o she_o have_v consent_v to_o be_v his_o wife_n ver._n 67._o bring_v she_o into_o his_o mother_n 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of_o arabia_n where_o mahomet_n be_v bear_v immediate_o add_v that_o there_o be_v other_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o in_o the_o bowel_n of_o arabia_n descend_v from_o jectan_n call_v amanitae_n that_o be_v homeritae_n perhaps_o it_o shall_v be_v write_v jokshan_n not_o jectan_n for_o philostorgius_n express_o say_v of_o the_o homerite_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o they_o be_v one_o of_o the_o nation_n descend_v from_o keturah_n and_o abraham_n l._n iii_o hist_n eccles_n §_o 4._o where_o he_o relate_v a_o famous_a embassy_n which_o constantius_n send_v to_o they_o to_o win_v they_o to_o christianity_n and_o the_o good_a success_n of_o it_o and_o there_o be_v this_o strong_a proof_n of_o their_o descent_n from_o some_o of_o abraham_n family_n that_o they_o retain_v the_o rite_n of_o circumcision_n even_o when_o they_o be_v idolater_n for_o he_o say_v express_o that_o it_o be_v a_o circumcise_a nation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o circumcise_v also_o on_o the_o eight_o day_n which_o be_v not_o the_o custom_n of_o all_o the_o arabian_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n c._n 23._o and_o eustathius_n in_o hexaemeron_n etc._n etc._n who_o say_v the_o arabian_n stay_v till_o they_o be_v thirteen_o year_n old_a before_o they_o be_v circumcise_v medan_n from_o who_o the_o country_n call_v madiania_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n it_o be_v likely_a have_v its_o name_n midian_a from_o who_o midianitis_n in_o arabia_n petraea_n have_v its_o denomination_n and_o ishbak_v i_o can_v find_v no_o footstep_n of_o his_o posterity_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o bacascami_n which_o pliny_n say_v be_v one_o of_o the_o town_n of_o the_o zamareni_n who_o descend_v from_o his_o elder_a brother_n zimran_n there_o be_v a_o people_n also_o hard_o by_o call_v bachilitae_n as_o he_o tell_v we_o l._n vi_o nat._n hist_o cap._n 28._o and_o shuah_n perhaps_o he_o have_v no_o child_n or_o so_o few_o that_o they_o be_v mix_v with_o some_o of_o their_o other_o brethren_n and_o leave_v no_o name_n behind_o they_o yet_o pliny_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n mention_n a_o town_n call_v suasa_n in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n which_o be_v next_o to_o egypt_n l._n vi_o cap._n 29._o ver._n 3._o and_o jokshan_n beget_v sheba_n i_o observe_v before_o upon_o x._o 7._o that_o there_o be_v four_o of_o this_o name_n or_o near_o it_o all_o comprehend_v by_o the_o greek_a and_o roman_a writer_n under_o the_o name_n of_o sabaean_n one_o of_o they_o the_o son_n of_o raamah_n have_v a_o brother_n call_v dedan_n as_o this_o sheba_n here_o have_v but_o they_o be_v the_o father_n of_o a_o distinct_a people_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o scripture-story_n and_o from_o other_o author_n for_o beside_o the_o
phrase_n be_v use_v here_o of_o the_o death_n of_o ishmael_n that_o be_v verse_n 8._o of_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n they_o show_v the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o that_o they_o leave_v the_o world_n as_o other_o have_v do_v before_o they_o we_o do_v not_o read_v where_o ishmael_n be_v bury_v it_o be_v likely_a in_o his_o own_o country_n not_o in_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n for_o that_o have_v be_v to_o give_v his_o posterity_n a_o claim_n to_o a_o share_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 18._o they_o dwell_v from_o havilah_n unto_o shur_n etc._n etc._n see_v gen._n x._o 7._o josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n cap._n 12._o make_v the_o ishmaelite_n to_o have_v possess_v the_o whole_a tract_n between_o euphrates_n and_o the_o red-sea_n which_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n not_o to_o be_v true_a for_o between_o they_o and_o euphrates_n be_v the_o amalekite_n and_o moabite_n who_o do_v not_o reach_v to_o euphrates_n neither_o the_o ishmaelite_n therefore_o possess_v the_o country_n which_o in_o that_o part_n eastward_o that_o be_v next_o to_o the_o amalekite_n be_v call_v the_o wilderness_n of_o havilah_n and_o in_o that_o part_n next_o to_o egypt_n be_v call_v the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n and_o in_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n be_v call_v kedar_n the_o wilderderness_n of_o paran_n and_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n all_o which_o be_v comprehend_v afterward_o under_o the_o name_n of_o arabia_n for_o stephanus_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v plin._n exerc._n p._n 488._o make_v but_o two_o arabia_n one_o which_o he_o call_v the_o spicy_a between_o the_o persian_a and_o the_o arabian_a sea_n the_o other_o on_o one_o end_n of_o it_o westward_o be_v next_o to_o egypt_n on_o the_o other_o end_n northward_o next_o to_o syria_n as_o thou_o go_v towards_o assyria_n the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n be_v over_o against_o egypt_n and_o touch_v it_o in_o that_o part_n by_o which_o the_o way_n lie_v from_o egypt_n to_o assyria_n or_o as_o some_o understand_v the_o whole_a verse_n the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n dwell_v from_o shur_n which_o be_v towards_o egypt_n unto_o havilah_n which_o be_v towards_o assyria_n in_o the_o way_n from_o egypt_n thither_o he_o die_v heb._n fall_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n of_o all_o his_o relation_n or_o kindred_n which_o be_v call_v brethren_n in_o scripture_n but_o his_o death_n have_v be_v speak_v of_o before_o and_o in_o this_o verse_n mention_n be_v make_v only_o of_o the_o situation_n of_o his_o country_n some_o interpret_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n his_o lot_n fall_v i._n e._n he_o have_v his_o portion_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n according_a to_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o his_o mother_n xvi_o 12._o the_o child_n of_o keturah_n lie_v on_o the_o east_n of_o his_o country_n and_o isaac_n seed_n on_o the_o west_n or_o if_o we_o take_v it_o to_o relate_v to_o his_o death_n it_o may_v have_v the_o same_o sense_n till_o death_n he_o dwell_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o his_o brethren_n and_o be_v in_o a_o flourish_a condition_n ver._n 19_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o isaac_n his_o principal_a design_n be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o those_o descend_v from_o abraham_n by_o isaac_n moses_n return_v to_o that_o after_o a_o short_a account_n of_o his_o other_o posterity_n ver._n 20._o the_o syrian_a of_o padan-aram_n etc._n etc._n bethuel_n and_o laban_n be_v call_v aramite_n or_o syrian_n not_o because_o they_o be_v of_o that_o nation_n but_o because_o they_o live_v in_o the_o country_n of_o aram_n or_o syria_n that_o be_v in_o padan-aram_n as_o it_o be_v here_o explain_v and_o appear_v more_o full_o from_o rebekah_n discourse_n with_o her_o son_n jacob_n when_o she_o send_v he_o thither_o xxviii_o 2_o 5._o where_o he_o live_v twenty_o year_n with_o his_o uncle_n laban_n be_v upon_o that_o account_n call_v a_o syrian_a though_o bear_v in_o canaan_n deut._n xxvi_o 5._o padan-aram_n be_v a_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n i_o say_v a_o part_n of_o it_o for_o mesopotamia_n itself_o be_v call_v aram-naharaim_a that_o part_n of_o syria_n for_o there_o be_v many_o other_o aram_n which_o lie_v between_o the_o two_o great_a river_n of_o euphratis_n and_o tigris_n which_o country_n have_v two_o part_n also_o one_o towards_o the_o north_n from_o the_o mountain_n of_o armenia_n to_o the_o river_n chaboras_n i._n e._n araxes_n from_o whence_o balaam_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v fetch_v numb_a xxiii_o 7._o which_o be_v exceed_v fruitful_a and_o upon_o that_o account_n call_v padan_n which_o signify_v in_o arabic_a the_o same_o that_o seed_n do_v in_o hebrew_a i._n e._n a_o field_n and_o therefore_o what_o moses_n call_v go_v to_o padan-aram_n gen._n xxviii_o 2._o the_o prophet_n hosea_n call_v flee_v to_o sede-aram_n into_o the_o country_n or_o field_n of_o syria_n hosea_n xii_o 12._o this_o be_v a_o cultivated_a country_n abound_v with_o all_o plenty_n the_o other_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n be_v southerly_a from_o the_o forenamed_a river_n unto_o babylon_n and_o be_v very_o stony_a and_o barren_a the_o syrian_n live_v in_o the_o former_a and_o the_o arabian_n in_o the_o latter_a as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n ii_o phaleg_n cap._n 6._o ver._n 21._o isaac_n entreat_v the_o lord_n for_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n word_n atar_n do_v not_o signify_v bare_o to_o entreat_v or_o pray_v but_o to_o beseech_v with_o earnestness_n vehemence_n and_o importunity_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a he_o continue_v these_o importunate_a prayer_n several_a year_n the_o desire_n of_o see_v the_o messiah_n make_v they_o very_o uneasy_a under_o barrenness_n and_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n fancy_n that_o she_o remain_v barren_a twenty_o year_n isaac_n at_o last_o carry_v she_o with_o he_o to_o mount_n moriah_n where_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v offer_v and_o there_o make_v most_o fervent_a supplication_n for_o a_o son_n as_o if_o he_o will_v remember_v god_n of_o the_o promise_n he_o have_v there_o make_v he_o that_o he_o will_v multiply_v abraham_n seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xxii_o 17._o ver._n 22._o and_o the_o child_n struggle_v together_o within_o she_o some_o time_n before_o her_o delivery_n verse_n 24._o she_o feel_v as_o if_o two_o be_v wrestle_v together_o in_o her_o womb_n and_o put_v she_o into_o pang_n by_o strive_v which_o shall_v get_v out_o first_o if_o it_o be_v so_o why_o be_o i_o thus_o if_o i_o can_v be_v deliver_v why_o do_v i_o conceive_v and_o she_o go_v the_o struggle_v and_o pang_n we_o must_v suppose_v cease_v for_o some_o time_n so_o that_o she_o be_v able_a to_o go_v and_o consult_v the_o divine_a majesty_n about_o this_o unusual_a contest_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v some_o place_n where_o the_o divine_a majesty_n use_v to_o appear_v which_o be_v the_o settle_a place_n of_o worship_n see_v iu_o 3._o maimonides_n will_v have_v it_o that_o she_o go_v to_o the_o school_n of_o sem_fw-mi or_o heber_n who_o be_v prophet_n to_o desire_v they_o to_o consult_v the_o divine_a majesty_n about_o her_o case_n more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o cap._n 41._o and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o there_o be_v some_o divinely-inspired_n person_n attend_v the_o schechinah_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v such_o as_o melchizedek_n be_v at_o salem_n who_o patricide_n take_v to_o have_v be_v the_o person_n to_o who_o rebekah_n resort_v for_o resolution_n of_o her_o doubt_n ver._n 23._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o she_o by_o melchizedek_n say_v the_o forenamed_a patricide_n by_o a_o angel_n say_v maimonides_n who_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o place_n now_o mention_v their_o master_n be_v so_o settle_v in_o their_o opinion_n that_o she_o go_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o forenamed_a prophet_n and_o that_o by_o the_o lord_n be_v mean_v his_o angel_n that_o they_o will_v have_v heber_n to_o be_v he_o that_o give_v the_o answer_n for_o prophet_n say_v they_o be_v sometime_o call_v angel_n or_o the_o angel_n that_o speak_v to_o heber_n in_o this_o prophecy_n but_o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o she_o by_o a_o angel_n from_o the_o schechinah_n two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb._n the_o head_n of_o two_o nation_n two_o manner_n of_o people_n shall_v be_v separate_v great_o differ_v in_o their_o disposition_n manner_n course_n of_o life_n and_o country_n which_o will_v make_v they_o perpetual_o disagree_v from_o thy_o bowel_n shall_v issue_n from_o thou_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a in_o his_o posterity_n not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n ver._n 24._o when_o her_o day_n to_o be_v deliver_v be_v fulfil_v this_o demonstrate_v the_o time_n of_o her_o delivery_n be_v not_o come_v when_o the_o struggle_a first_o begin_v ver._n 25._o red_a all_o over_o some_o will_v have_v it_o with_o red_a hair_n not_o only_o on_o his_o
he_o here_o xxi_o 33._o xxvi_o 23._o unto_o the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n isaac_n who_o be_v his_o immediate_a ancestor_n and_o have_v confer_v the_o blessing_n of_o abraham_n upon_o he_o and_o therefore_o he_o mention_n he_o rather_o than_o abraham_n ver._n 2._o in_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o night_n see_v upon_o xx._n 3._o jacob_n jacob._n he_o redouble_v his_o name_n to_o awaken_v his_o attention_n and_o he_o call_v he_o jacob_n rather_o than_o israel_n as_o he_o be_v call_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o verse_n to_o remember_v he_o what_o he_o be_v original_o and_o that_o by_o his_o favour_n he_o be_v make_v israel_n ver._n 3._o fear_v not_o to_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n he_o be_v afraid_a perhaps_o that_o if_o joseph_n shall_v die_v his_o family_n may_v be_v make_v slave_n for_o which_o he_o have_v some_o reason_n from_o what_o be_v say_v to_o abraham_n in_o a_o like_a vision_n xv._o 13._o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n he_o renew_v the_o promise_n which_o at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v make_v to_o abraham_n that_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v as_o numerous_a as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xv._o 5._o ver._n 4._o i_o will_v go_v down_o with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n take_v care_n of_o thou_o in_o thy_o journey_n that_o no_o evil_a shall_v befall_v thou_o and_o preserve_v thou_o and_o thy_o family_n there_o and_o bring_v thou_o up_o again_o i._n e._n his_o posterity_n who_o shall_v multiply_v there_o for_o the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o parent_n and_o child_n as_o one_o person_n put_v his_o hand_n upon_o thy_o eye_n be_v with_o thou_o when_o thou_o leave_v this_o world_n and_o take_v care_n of_o thy_o funeral_n when_o thou_o be_v dead_a for_o this_o be_v the_o first_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v when_o one_o expire_v to_o close_v his_o eye_n which_o be_v perform_v both_o among_o greek_n and_o roman_n as_o many_o author_n inform_v we_o by_o the_o near_a relation_n or_o dear_a friend_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n ii_o de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 7._o n._n 12._o and_o menochius_fw-la de_fw-fr repub._n hebr._n l._n viii_o cap._n 4._o qu._n xi_o in_o short_a by_o these_o word_n god_n assure_v he_o that_o joseph_n shall_v not_o die_v while_o he_o live_v as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v out_o of_o baal-haturim_a in_o his_o addition_n to_o the_o forenamed_a chapter_n p._n 737._o and_o that_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o peace_n have_v his_o child_n about_o he_o ver._n 7._o his_o daughter_n he_o have_v but_o one_o daughter_n and_o therefore_o the_o plural_a number_n be_v use_v for_o the_o singular_a as_o verse_n 23._o son_n be_v put_v for_o son_n or_o else_o he_o include_v his_o granddaughter_n who_o in_o scripture-language_n be_v call_v the_o daughter_n of_o her_o grandfather_n but_o the_o first_o seem_v the_o true_a account_n if_o what_o be_v say_v verse_n 15._o be_v consider_v where_o the_o whole_a number_n of_o his_o descendant_n from_o leah_n be_v sum_v up_o dinah_n under_o the_o name_n of_o daughter_n must_v be_v take_v in_o to_o make_v up_o three_o and_o thirty_o reckon_v jacob_n himself_o also_o for_o one_o of_o they_o ver._n 9_o hanoch_n from_o who_o come_v the_o family_n of_o the_o hanochites_n as_o we_o read_v numb_a xxvi_o 5._o phallu_n from_o who_o in_o like_a manner_n spring_v the_o family_n of_o the_o phalluite_n as_o moses_n there_o note_n and_o say_v the_o same_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o reuben_n son_n that_o they_o be_v the_o father_n of_o family_n when_o they_o come_v into_o egypt_n ver._n 10._o jemuel_n this_o son_n of_o simeon_n be_v call_v nemuel_n in_o numb_a xxvi_o 12._o and_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o ohad_n he_o be_v name_v among_o the_o son_n of_o simeon_n when_o moses_n be_v send_v to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n exod._n vi_o 15._o but_o either_o he_o have_v no_o posterity_n or_o they_o be_v extinct_a for_o short_o after_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o he_o in_o numb_a xxvi_o 12._o nor_o be_v he_o to_o be_v find_v among_o his_o son_n in_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o jachin_n be_v call_v jarib_n in_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o and_o be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o have_v be_v the_o grandfather_n of_o zimri_n who_o phineas_n slay_v in_o his_o fornication_n with_o the_o midianitish_a woman_n ver._n 12._o er_fw-mi and_o onan_n die_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v number_v among_o they_o that_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n but_o in_o stead_n of_o they_o the_o two_o son_n of_o pharez_n be_v set_v down_o though_o perhaps_o not_o now_o bear_v to_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o er_o and_o onan_n the_o son_n of_o pharez_n be_v hezron_n and_o hamul_n when_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n pharez_n be_v so_o young_a that_o one_o can_v scarce_o think_v he_o have_v two_o son_n at_o that_o time_n but_o they_o be_v bear_v soon_o after_o before_o jacob_n die_v and_o st._n austin_n seem_v to_o have_v true_o judge_v that_o jacob_n descent_n into_o egypt_n comprehend_v all_o the_o seventeen_o year_n which_o he_o live_v after_o it_o or_o we_o may_v conceive_v it_o possible_a that_o their_o mother_n be_v with_o child_n of_o they_o when_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n for_o then_o pharez_n be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v fourteen_o year_n old_a at_o which_o age_n it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v incredible_a that_o he_o may_v have_v two_o son_n that_o in_o these_o latter_a age_n some_o have_v beget_v a_o child_n when_o they_o be_v young_a jul._n scaliger_n a_o man_n of_o unquestionable_a credit_n assure_v we_o that_o in_o his_o memory_n there_o be_v a_o boy_n not_o quite_o twelve_o year_n old_a who_o have_v a_o daughter_n by_o a_o cousin_n of_o he_o who_o be_v not_o quite_o ten_o rem_fw-la notam_fw-la narro_fw-la &_o cujus_fw-la memoria_fw-la adhuc_fw-la recens_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aquitania_n this_o be_v a_o know_a thing_n the_o memory_n of_o which_o be_v then_o fresh_a in_o aquitain_n ver._n 13._o and_o the_o son_n of_o issachar_n tola_n some_o have_v wonder_v that_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o elder_a son_n a_o name_n that_o signify_v a_o worm_n perhaps_o it_o be_v as_o bochart_n conjecture_n because_o he_o be_v a_o poor_a shrivel_a child_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v not_o likely_a to_o live_v and_o yet_o it_o please_v god_n that_o he_o become_v a_o great_a man_n from_o who_o spring_v a_o numerous_a offspring_n numb_a xxvi_o 23._o and_o so_o fruitful_a that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n there_o be_v number_v above_o two_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o of_o they_o 1_o chron._n vii_o 2._o who_o be_v man_n of_o may_v and_o valour_n ver._n 15._o which_o she_o bear_v unto_o jacob_n in_o padan-aram_n she_o bear_v the_o father_n of_o they_o there_o but_o the_o child_n be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n all_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n see_v verse_n 7._o ver._n 19_o rachel_n jacob_n wife_n she_o be_v his_o only_a choice_n as_o be_v note_v before_o on_o xliv_o 27._o ver._n 21._o the_o son_n of_o benjamin_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v now_o but_o about_o twenty_o four_o year_n old_a we_o can_v well_o think_v he_o 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they_o make_v just_a this_o number_n ver._n 27._o all_o the_o soul_n which_o come_v into_o egypt_n be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o there_o be_v a_o remarkable_a difference_n between_o this_o verse_n and_o the_o forego_n there_o verse_n 26._o they_o only_o be_v number_v who_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o threescore_o and_o six_o but_o here_o be_v number_v all_o that_o come_v into_o egypt_n viz._n first_o and_o last_o which_o plain_o comprehend_v jacob_n joseph_n and_o his_o two_o son_n and_o make_v up_o threescore_o and_o ten_o ver._n 28._o and_o he_o send_v judah_n before_o he_o who_o seem_v by_o the_o whole_a story_n
here_o follow_v it_o shall_v bruise_v thy_o head_n i._n e._n that_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v dispoil_v thou_o of_o thy_o power_n mean_v the_o devil_n and_o abolish_v thy_o tyranny_n for_o in_o the_o head_n of_o the_o serpent_n to_o which_o there_o be_v here_o a_o allusion_n lie_v his_o strength_n as_o epaminondas_n represent_v to_o the_o theban_n when_o he_o exhort_v they_o to_o set_v upon_o a_o band_n of_o lacedaemonian_n by_o show_v they_o the_o head_n of_o a_o vast_a snake_n which_o he_o have_v crush_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v look_v you_o the_o body_n can_v do_v no_o hurt_n now_o the_o head_n be_v go_v mean_v that_o if_o they_o rout_v the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o confederate_n will_v signify_v nothing_o polyaen_fw-la l._n ii_o strateg_n and_o therefore_o mr._n mede_n have_v right_o interpret_v the_o serpent_n head_n to_o signify_v the_o devil_n sovereignty_n discourse_v xxv_o p._n 143._o and_o thirty-nine_o p._n 298._o and_o that_o sovereignty_n be_v the_o power_n of_o death_n which_o headship_n of_o the_o devil_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n that_o be_v christ_n the_o lord_n have_v break_v in_o piece_n and_o at_o last_o will_v utter_o destroy_v 1_o cor._n xv._o 25_o 26._o there_o be_v a_o notable_a example_n of_o this_o enmity_n in_o the_o struggle_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o devil_n for_o empire_n in_o rev._n xii_o 7_o 8._o where_o christ_n destroy_v the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o serpent_n in_o the_o roman_a empire_n so_o effectual_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o place_n find_v for_o the_o dragon_n and_o his_o angel_n in_o heaven_n i._n e._n the_o devil_n utter_o lose_v his_o sovereignty_n in_o that_o state_n as_o mr._n mede_n interpret_v it_o and_o thou_o shall_v bruise_v his_o heel_n this_o victory_n over_o the_o devil_n be_v not_o to_o be_v get_v without_o blood_n for_o the_o devil_n do_v all_o that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o destroy_v this_o seed_n but_o that_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v do_v he_o can_v only_o assault_v his_o low_a part_n call_v here_o the_o heel_n viz._n his_o body_n or_o flesh_n which_o by_o his_o instrument_n he_o persecute_v despiteful_o use_v and_o at_o last_o crucify_v by_o which_o very_a mean_n so_o admirable_a be_v the_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n conquer_v the_o devil_n as_o the_o apostle_n show_v heb._n ii_o 14_o 15._o for_o it_o must_v be_v here_o note_v that_o christ_n be_v proper_o and_o literal_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o not_o at_o all_o of_o the_o man_n be_v bear_v without_o he_o of_o a_o pure_a virgin_n the_o tender_a mercy_n of_o god_n also_o must_v here_o be_v acknowledge_v which_o give_v our_o first_o parent_n hope_v of_o a_o recovery_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v fall_v by_o make_v they_o this_o most_o gracious_a promise_n which_o though_o here_o something_o obscure_o deliver_v grow_v clear_a and_o clear_a in_o every_o age_n till_o christ_n come_v it_o can_v be_v deny_v likewise_o but_o that_o by_o seed_n may_v be_v understand_v collective_o all_o the_o faithful_a who_o by_o the_o power_n of_o their_o lord_n vanquish_v all_o the_o power_n of_o their_o spiritual_a enemy_n see_v luke_n x._o 19_o yet_o so_o that_o we_o must_v confess_v there_o be_v one_o eminent_a seed_n here_o primary_o intend_v by_o who_o they_o overcome_v unto_o who_o another_o seed_n be_v not_o here_o oppose_v in_o this_o last_o part_n of_o the_o verse_n as_o in_o the_o former_a part_n but_o the_o serpent_n himself_o which_o point_v at_o a_o single_a combat_n as_o i_o may_v call_v it_o between_o this_o promise_a seed_n and_o the_o devil_n but_o if_o we_o will_v take_v in_o the_o other_o sense_n also_o understand_v by_o seed_n christ_n with_o all_o his_o member_n than_o the_o bruise_a their_o heel_n signify_v as_o mr._n mede_n expound_v it_o the_o devil_n deceit_n and_o guile_n in_o assault_v we_o unaware_o as_o they_o do_v who_o come_v behind_o other_o when_o they_o do_v not_o observe_v they_o and_o catch_v hold_v of_o their_o heel_n for_o that_o this_o be_v a_o emblem_n of_o guile_n and_o deceitful_a deal_n appear_v from_o the_o story_n of_o esau_n and_o jacob_n the_o latter_a of_o which_o have_v his_o name_n from_o catch_v his_o brother_n by_o the_o heel_n at_o his_o birth_n which_o esau_n take_v for_o a_o indication_n of_o his_o beguile_v he_o as_o he_o do_v two_o time_n see_v discourse_n xxxvii_o p._n 184._o it_o be_v fit_a i_o think_v here_o to_o note_v further_o what_o the_o learned_a mr._n alix_n have_v observe_v that_o god_n in_o this_o promise_n do_v a_o particular_a kindness_n to_o our_o father_n adam_n who_o have_v be_v seduce_v by_o his_o wife_n to_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n it_o may_v have_v occasion_v a_o breach_n between_o they_o have_v not_o god_n take_v care_n to_o prevent_v it_o by_o make_v this_o gracious_a promise_n of_o a_o redeemer_n to_o depend_v upon_o his_o union_n with_o his_o wife_n from_o who_o he_o assure_v they_o one_o shall_v descend_v that_o shall_v repair_v their_o loss_n the_o time_n likewise_o when_o this_o promise_n be_v make_v be_v remarkable_a which_o be_v before_o god_n have_v reject_v cain_n and_o prefer_v seth_n to_o he_o and_o long_o before_o any_o restriction_n make_v to_o noah_n family_n or_o sem'_v who_o derive_v from_o he_o that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v look_v upon_o the_o messiah_n as_o a_o common_a benefit_n to_o all_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n ver._n 16._o unto_o the_o woman_n he_o say_v next_o to_o the_o serpent_n the_o woman_n receive_v her_o sentence_n as_o mr._n mede_n well_o note_n because_o she_o be_v more_o in_o the_o fault_n than_o adam_n be_v guilty_a as_o his_o word_n be_v discourse_n xxxviii_o p._n 287._o both_o of_o her_o own_o personal_a sin_n and_o of_o her_o husband_n be_v also_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o he_o who_o have_v only_o sin_v himself_o and_o not_o cause_v other_o to_o sin_n have_v his_o judgement_n last_o of_o all_o this_o shall_v be_v a_o little_a more_o consider_v than_o it_o be_v by_o all_o those_o who_o not_o only_o do_v evil_a themselves_o but_o draw_v other_o into_o the_o same_o gild_n i_o will_v great_o multiply_v thy_o sorrow_n and_o conception_n i._n e._n thy_o sorrow_n in_o thy_o conception_n which_o include_v all_o the_o time_n of_o woman_n go_v with_o child_n when_o they_o frequent_o nauseate_a all_o their_o food_n or_o have_v troublesome_a long_n and_o endure_v many_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v very_o grievous_a to_o they_o especial_o when_o they_o be_v in_o danger_n to_o miscarry_v of_o their_o burden_n in_o sorrow_n shall_v thou_o bring_v forth_o child_n brute_n creature_n be_v observe_v to_o bring_v forth_o their_o young_a with_o far_o less_o pain_n and_o difficulty_n and_o danger_n than_o woman_n common_o have_v in_o their_o labour_n who_o after_o they_o be_v deliver_v of_o their_o child_n be_v still_o in_o danger_n by_o many_o accident_n especial_o when_o that_o stay_v behind_o which_o shall_v follow_v the_o birth_n as_o it_o sometime_o do_v from_o various_a cause_n note_v by_o bartholinus_n in_o his_o histor_n anatom_n &_o medic._n cent._n v._n hist_o xxxii_o n._n 3._o which_o occasion_n sore_a torment_n and_o put_v their_o life_n in_o the_o great_a hazard_n and_o thy_o desire_n shall_v be_v to_o thy_o husband_n that_o be_v it_o shall_v be_v subject_a to_o he_o as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a and_o aben_n ezra_n expound_v this_o phrase_n which_o be_v so_o use_v iu_o 7._o and_o he_o shall_v rule_v over_o thou_o have_v power_n to_o control_v thy_o desire_n this_o look_n like_o put_v her_o more_o under_o the_o will_n of_o her_o husband_n than_o be_v intend_v in_o her_o first_o formation_n because_o she_o have_v not_o give_v a_o due_a regard_n to_o he_o but_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n without_o stay_v to_o consult_v he_o and_o ask_v his_o advice_n ver._n 17._o and_o unto_o adam_n he_o say_v because_o thou_o have_v hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o thy_o wife_n etc._n etc._n be_v so_o weak_a as_o to_o mind_v she_o more_o than_o i_o curse_v shall_v the_o ground_n be_v it_o shall_v not_o bring_v forth_o so_o plentiful_o nor_o so_o easy_o as_o it_o do_v for_o thy_o sake_n because_o of_o thy_o sin_n which_o shall_v be_v punish_v partly_o by_o its_o barrenness_n in_o sorrow_n shall_v thou_o eat_v of_o it_o it_o shall_v cost_v thou_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o labour_n and_o toil_n before_o thou_o reape_v the_o fruit_n of_o it_o all_o the_o day_n of_o thy_o life_n every_o part_n of_o the_o year_n shall_v bring_v along_o with_o it_o new_a wearisome_a labour_n ver._n 18._o thorn_n and_o thistle_n etc._n etc._n it_o shall_v cost_v thou_o abundance_n of_o pain_n to_o root_v up_o the_o thorn_n thistle_n and_o unprofitable_a weed_n which_o shall_v come_v up_o in_o stead_n of_o