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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o enoch_n who_o name_n in_o hebrew_n be_v chanoch_n for_o stephanus_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr vrbibus_fw-la say_v that_o this_o annacus_n live_v above_o three_o hundred_o year_n and_o the_o oracle_n tell_v the_o people_n that_o when_o he_o die_v they_o shall_v all_o perish_v as_o they_o do_v in_o the_o flood_n of_o deucalion_n in_o which_o he_o confound_v the_o history_n of_o enoch_n and_o methuselah_n as_o bochart_n well_o observe_v l._n ii_o phaleg_n c._n 13._o ver._n 21._o beget_v methuselah_n enoch_n be_v a_o prophet_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o st._n judas_n and_o foresee_v the_o destruction_n that_o be_v come_v upon_o the_o earth_n by_o a_o deluge_n immediate_o after_o the_o death_n of_o this_o son_n of_o he_o give_v he_o this_o name_n of_o methusela_n which_o import_v as_o much_o for_o the_o first_o part_n of_o it_o methu_n evident_o carry_v in_o it_o the_o name_n of_o death_n be_v as_o much_o as_o he_o die_v and_o sela_o signify_v the_o send_v forth_o of_o water_n in_o job_n v._n 10._o and_o therefore_o methusela_n be_v as_o much_o as_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a shall_v ensue_v a_o emission_n or_o inundation_n of_o water_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n which_o ingenious_a conjecture_n of_o bochartus_n in_o his_o phaleg_n l._n ii_o c._n 13._o be_v far_o more_o probable_a than_o any_o other_o account_n of_o his_o name_n ver._n 22._o enoch_n walk_v with_o god_n after_o he_o beget_v methuselah_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n moses_n only_o say_v they_o live_v after_o they_o beget_v those_o son_n here_o mention_v but_o of_o this_o man_n that_o he_o walk_v with_o god_n i._n e._n be_v not_o only_o sincere_o obedient_a to_o god_n as_o we_o suppose_v his_o forefather_n to_o have_v be_v but_o of_o a_o extraordinary_a sanctity_n beyond_o the_o rate_n of_o other_o holy_a man_n and_o hold_v on_o also_o in_o a_o long_a course_n of_o such_o singular_a piety_n notwithstanding_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o age_n wherein_o he_o live_v and_o the_o very_a same_o character_n be_v give_v of_o noah_n vi_o 9_o it_o may_v incline_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o as_o noah_n be_v a_o preacher_n of_o righteousness_n so_o enoch_n be_v a_o prophet_n be_v not_o only_o exemplary_a in_o his_o life_n but_o also_o severe_o reprove_v the_o wickedness_n of_o that_o age_n by_o his_o word_n ver._n 24._o and_o enoch_n walk_v with_o god_n persevere_v in_o that_o course_n beforementioned_a to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o day_n and_o be_v not_o he_o do_v not_o say_v that_o he_o die_v as_o he_o do_v of_o the_o rest_n in_o this_o chapter_n both_o before_o and_o after_o but_o that_o he_o be_v not_o any_o long_o among_o man_n in_o this_o world_n for_o god_n take_v he_o translate_v he_o to_o another_o place_n which_o plain_o signify_v the_o different_a manner_n of_o his_o leave_v this_o world_n in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o apostle_n faith_n he_o do_v not_o see_v death_n heb._n xi_o 5._o which_o confute_v the_o conceit_n of_o aben_n ezra_n and_o r._n solomon_n and_o other_o who_o will_v have_v this_o word_n take_v to_o signify_v that_o he_o be_v snatch_v away_o by_o a_o untimely_a death_n contrary_n to_o the_o opinion_n of_o their_o other_o better_a author_n particular_o menachem_n who_o in_o his_o commentary_n on_o this_o place_n say_v that_o god_n take_v from_o enoch_n his_o bodily_a clothes_n and_o give_v he_o spiritual_a raiment_n but_o whither_o he_o be_v translate_v we_o be_v not_o tell_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la chap._n xliv_o according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n say_v into_o paradise_n and_o upon_o this_o supposition_n the_o aethiopic_a interpreter_n have_v add_v these_o word_n to_o the_o text_n god_n translate_v he_o into_o paradise_n as_o ludolphus_n observe_v l._n iii_o commentar_n in_o aethiop_n hist_o cap._n v._o n._n 40._o and_o according_o we_o find_v in_o the_o calendar_n of_o that_o church_n a_o festival_n upon_o july_n xxv_o call_v the_o ascension_n of_o enoch_n into_o heaven_n for_o they_o be_v not_o so_o foolish_a as_o to_o understand_v by_o paradise_n a_o place_n upon_o earth_n but_o a_o heavenly_a mansion_n unto_o which_o he_o be_v advance_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o eusebius_n speak_v l._n vii_o praepar_fw-la evang._n cap._n 8._o because_o of_o his_o consummate_a virtue_n and_o it_o be_v no_o unreasonable_a conjecture_n that_o god_n be_v gracious_o please_v to_o take_v he_o unto_o himself_o at_o this_o time_n to_o support_v and_o comfort_v mankind_n in_o their_o state_n of_o mortality_n adam_n the_o father_n of_o they_o all_o be_v dead_a not_o above_o fifty-seven_a year_n before_o with_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o better_a life_n in_o the_o other_o world_n for_o which_o reason_n it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o he_o be_v translate_v in_o some_o such_o visible_a manner_n as_o elijah_n afterward_o be_v by_o a_o glorious_a appearance_n of_o the_o schechinah_n from_o whence_o some_o heavenly_a minister_n be_v send_v to_o carry_v he_o up_o above_o ver._n 25._o beget_v lamech_v the_o same_o name_n with_o one_o of_o cain_n posterity_n iu_o 18._o but_o as_o he_o be_v of_o another_o race_n so_o he_o be_v the_o grandchild_n and_o the_o father_n of_o the_o best_a man_n in_o those_o day_n viz._n enoch_n and_o noah_n ver._n 27._o all_o the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n etc._n etc._n what_o be_v want_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o father_n god_n in_o some_o sort_n make_v up_o in_o his_o age_n which_o be_v extend_v to_o the_o long_a term_n of_o all_o other_o men._n he_o die_v in_o the_o very_a year_n of_o the_o deluge_n according_a to_o the_o import_n of_o his_o name_n see_v verse_n 21._o ver._n 29._o he_o call_v his_o name_n noah_n which_o signify_v rest_n or_o refreshment_n which_o proceed_v from_o
just_a at_o his_o birth_n which_o st._n austin_n take_v to_o have_v be_v the_o reason_n why_o his_o father_n call_v he_o peleg_n quia_fw-la tunc_fw-la ei_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la per_fw-la linguas_fw-la terra_fw-la divisa_fw-la est_fw-la because_o he_o be_v then_o bear_v to_o he_o when_o the_o earth_n be_v divide_v by_o their_o language_n but_o the_o text_n do_v not_o make_v this_o out_o for_o it_o only_o say_v in_o his_o day_n the_o earth_n be_v divide_v and_o the_o thirteen_o son_n of_o joktan_n peleg_n brother_n who_o have_v their_o share_n in_o this_o division_n be_v not_o then_o bear_v we_o must_v conclude_v that_o if_o this_o division_n begin_v at_o peleg_n birth_n it_o be_v not_o finish_v till_o some_o year_n after_o elmacinus_n say_v in_o the_o forty_o year_n of_o peleg_n age_n the_o hebrew_n general_o say_v at_o his_o death_n see_v hottinger_n smegma_fw-la orient_n p._n 62._o and_o 166._o and_o they_o leave_v off_o to_o build_v the_o tower_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n overturn_v it_o by_o a_o terrible_a tempest_n as_o epiphanius_n express_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o josephus_n l._n i._o c._n 5._o antiq._n and_o abydenus_n mention_v by_o eusebius_n l._n ix_o c._n 4._o praepar_fw-la evang._n and_o divers_a other_o of_o the_o ancient_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o ground_n for_o what_o other_o say_v particular_o benjamin_n tudel_n in_o his_o itinerary_n p._n 77._o that_o it_o be_v burn_v by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n for_o moses_n do_v not_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v either_o burn_v or_o over-turned_n but_o only_o that_o they_o desist_v from_o their_o enterprise_n which_o natural_o cease_v when_o they_o can_v no_o long_o join_v to_o carry_v on_o the_o building_n which_o may_v rather_o lead_v we_o to_o think_v that_o the_o city_n and_o tower_n stand_v long_o after_o this_o and_o that_o bochart_n conjecture_n be_v not_o unreasonable_a that_o it_o be_v the_o very_a tower_n which_o be_v afterward_o consecrate_v to_o belus_n describe_v by_o herodotus_n l._n i._n for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o though_o this_o city_n and_o country_n lie_v waste_v for_o some_o time_n man_n be_v fright_v by_o the_o confusion_n of_o their_o language_n from_o live_v there_o yet_o nimrod_n a_o bold_a man_n come_v and_o make_v this_o the_o seat_n of_o his_o empire_n and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a carry_v on_o that_o work_n which_o be_v break_v off_o by_o the_o dispersion_n for_o it_o be_v not_o say_v gen._n x._o 10._o that_o he_o build_v babel_n as_o he_o do_v niniveh_n and_o other_o city_n verse_n 11._o but_o only_a that_o it_o be_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o head_n city_n where_o he_o make_v his_o residence_n ver._n 9_o therefore_o be_v the_o name_n of_o it_o call_v babel_n which_o signify_v in_o hebrew_a confusion_n so_o frivolous_a be_v their_o conceit_n who_o make_v it_o to_o have_v be_v call_v by_o this_o name_n from_o babylon_n the_o son_n of_o belus_n all_o 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 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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
ishmaelite_n be_v say_v to_o have_v dwell_v from_o havilah_n to_o shur_n gen._n xxv_o 18._o that_o be_v before_o egypt_n è_fw-la region_fw-la egypti_n over-against_o egypt_n as_o bochart_n translate_v it_o that_o be_v havilah_n bound_v they_o on_o the_o north-east_n and_o shur_n on_o the_o south-west_n which_o shur_n be_v near_o to_o egypt_n and_o so_o saul_n be_v say_v to_o have_v smite_v the_o amalekite_n from_o havilah_n to_o shur_n etc._n etc._n 1_o sam._n xv._o 7._o where_o we_o translate_v the_o last_o word_n over_o against_o egypt_n sabta_fw-la or_o sabtha_n who_o the_o ancient_n call_v sabatha_n or_o sabathe_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v settle_v in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n call_v leanitis_n upon_o the_o persian_a sea_n where_o there_o be_v a_o city_n not_o far_o distant_a from_o the_o sea_n call_v by_o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o whence_o they_o send_v colony_n over_o the_o sea_n into_o persia_n as_o bochart_n show_v by_o several_a argument_n l._n 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mountain_n not_o far_o off_o call_v sabo_n from_o this_o saba_n who_o posterity_n easy_o pass_v over_o the_o strait_n beforementioned_a into_o caramania_n may_v possible_o give_v name_n to_o a_o city_n there_o which_o ptolemy_n call_v sabis_n and_o pliny_n mention_n a_o river_n of_o the_o same_o name_n and_o diony_n periegetes_n speak_v of_o a_o people_n call_v sabae_n of_o who_o the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o speak_v in_o those_o place_n where_o sheba_n and_o seba_n be_v join_v together_o lxxii_o 10._o the_o king_n of_o sheba_n i_o e._n of_o this_o country_n and_o seba_n shall_v offer_v gift_n and_o sometime_o sheba_n and_o raamah_n for_o rhegma_n be_v join_v ezek._n xxvii_o 22._o where_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o this_o sheba_n the_o son_n of_o rhegma_n who_o bring_v those_o precious_a commodity_n there_o mention_v out_o of_o arabia_n they_o lie_v very_o commodious_o for_o traffic_n upon_o the_o persian_a gulf_n and_o these_o be_v the_o people_n also_o mention_v verse_n 23._o of_o 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so_o be_v young_a than_o his_o grandson_n he_o be_v name_v after_o a_o account_n be_v give_v of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o nimrod_n the_o author_n of_o the_o chronicon_fw-la alexandr_n think_v he_o be_v the_o same_o with_o ninus_n but_o vossius_fw-la rather_o take_v he_o for_o he_o who_o the_o greek_a writer_n call_v belus_n that_o be_v lord_n and_o that_o ninus_n be_v his_o son_n so_o call_v from_o the_o very_a thing_n itself_o nin_n in_o hebrew_a signify_v a_o son_n l._n i._n de_fw-fr idolol_n cap._n 24._o the_o same_o chronicon_fw-la say_v that_o nimrod_n teach_v the_o assyrian_n to_o worship_v the_o fire_n and_o both_o elmacinus_n and_o patricide_n affirm_v the_o same_o see_v hotting_n smegma_fw-la orient_n l._n i._o c._n 8._o p._n 272._o which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a i_o doubt_v not_o be_v as_o a_o emblem_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n which_o use_v to_o appear_v in_o a_o glorious_a flame_n ur_fw-la a_o city_n of_o chaldaea_n seem_v to_o have_v have_v its_o name_n from_o the_o 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the_o first-born_a of_o aram_n be_v general_o say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o builder_n of_o damascus_n the_o valley_n belong_v to_o which_o be_v by_o the_o arabian_n at_o this_o day_n call_v gaut_n and_o gauta_n which_o differ_v from_o vtz_n in_o the_o letter_n but_o not_o in_o the_o pronunciation_n it_o be_v common_a to_o pronounce_v the_o letter_n ajin_o by_o our_o g._n as_o in_o the_o word_n gaza_n and_o gomorrha_n according_o the_o arabic_a paraphra_v for_o vtz_n have_v here_o algauta_n there_o be_v two_o other_o vz'_v beside_o this_o one_o the_o son_n of_o nahor_n abraham_n brother_n gen._n xxii_o 21._o who_o country_n be_v ausitis_fw-la in_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la the_o other_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o edom_n gen._n xxxvi_o 28._o hull_n or_o chul_n grotius_n observe_v out_o of_o ptolemy_n that_o there_o be_v a_o city_n in_o syria_n call_v chollae_n which_o he_o think_v may_v be_v found_v by_o this_o second_o son_n of_o aram._n but_o bochart_n more_o probable_o conjecture_n that_o his_o posterity_n possess_v the_o country_n call_v cholobetene_n which_o be_v a_o part_n of_o armenia_n for_o the_o armenian_n and_o arabian_n and_o syrian_n be_v much_o alike_o as_o strabo_n say_v in_o their_o shape_n of_o body_n speech_n and_o manner_n of_o life_n and_o there_o be_v divers_a city_n which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o this_o country_n that_o begin_v with_o haul_v or_o chol_n as_o cholus_n choluata_n cholana_n and_o cholobetene_n the_o name_n of_o the_o country_n which_o in_o their_o language_n be_v gholbeth_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o the_o house_n or_o seat_n of_o chol._n gether_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o give_v any_o account_n of_o the_o country_n where_o his_o posterity-setled_n unless_o they_o give_v the_o river_n getri_n its_o name_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o run_v between_o the_o carduchi_n and_o the_o armenian_n as_o xenophon_n tell_v we_o this_o be_v bochart_n conjecture_n which_o be_v a_o little_a near_o than_o that_o of_o grotius_n annot._n in_o l._n i._o de_fw-la v._o r._n c._n who_o explain_v this_o by_o the_o city_n gindarus_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o the_o people_n call_v by_o pliny_n gindareni_n in_o coelo-syria_n but_o after_o all_o it_o may_v seem_v as_o probable_a that_o gadara_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o peraea_n which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o the_o decapolis_n of_o coelo-syria_n have_v its_o name_n and_o original_a from_o this_o gether_o mash_n who_o be_v call_v mesech_n in_o 1_o chron._n i._n 17._o seat_v himself_o as_o bochart_n think_v in_o mesopotamia_n about_o the_o mountain_n masius_n which_o be_v grotius_n conjecture_n also_o from_o whence_o there_o flow_v a_o river_n which_o xenophon_n call_v masca_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o which_o mountain_n stephanus_n call_v masiaeni_n and_o perhaps_o the_o moscheni_fw-la who_o pliny_n speak_v of_o between_o adiabene_n and_o armenia_n the_o great_a be_v descend_v from_o this_o mash_n or_o mesech_n ver._n 24._o and_o arphaxad_o beget_v salah_n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n young_a son_n he_o now_o tell_v we_o what_o people_n descend_v from_o his_o third_n son_n salah_n in_o hebrew_a shelah_n his_o father_n be_v bear_v but_o two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n xi_o 10._o seem_v to_o have_v give_v this_o name_n to_o his_o son_n to_o preserve_v the_o memory_n of_o that_o dreadful_a punishment_n that_o his_o posterity_n may_v not_o incur_v the_o like_a by_o their_o sin_n for_o sela_n signify_v the_o let_v forth_o of_o water_n job_n v._n 10._o he_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o susiani_fw-la the_o chief_a city_n of_o their_o country_n next_o to_o susa_n be_v call_v sela_n as_o we_o find_v in_o ammian_n marcellinus_n either_o because_o he_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o it_o or_o in_o memory_n of_o he_o and_o salah_n beget_v eber._n the_o father_n of_o those_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
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
before_o verse_n 25_o and_o so_o they_o be_v immediate_o in_o this_o very_a verse_n sold_n joseph_n to_o the_o ishmaelite_n for_o they_o be_v very_o near_a neighbour_n and_o join_v together_o in_o trade_n make_v now_o one_o caravan_n with_o a_o joint_a stock_n as_o this_o story_n intimate_v read_v judg._n viii_o 1_o 3_o 22_o 23_o 24_o 26._o and_o it_o will_v appear_v the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o they_o as_o one_o and_o the_o same_o people_n in_o aftertime_n for_o twenty_o piece_n of_o silver_n most_o understand_v so_o many_o shekel_n which_o be_v a_o very_a small_a price_n but_o therefore_o demand_v and_o no_o more_o that_o the_o bargain_n may_v be_v clap_v up_o the_o soon_o ver._n 29._o reuben_n return_v to_o the_o pit_n he_o pretend_v some_o business_n have_v withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o company_n with_o a_o intention_n when_o his_o brethren_n be_v go_v from_o the_o pit_n to_o come_v private_o and_o take_v joseph_n out_o and_o carry_v he_o to_o his_o father_n upon_o that_o design_n he_o now_o come_v thither_o rend_a his_o clothes_n as_o they_o use_v to_o do_v when_o they_o mourn_v for_o the_o dead_a whereby_o he_o express_v his_o real_a grief_n for_o his_o brother_n ver._n 30._o the_o child_n be_v not_o he_o be_v dead_a as_o this_o phrase_n common_o signify_v whither_o shall_v i_o go_v i_o know_v not_o whither_o to_o flee_v to_o hide_v myself_o from_o my_o father_n anger_n who_o may_v just_o expect_v the_o elder_a son_n shall_v take_v the_o great_a care_n of_o he_o ver._n 31._o and_o they_o take_v joseph_n coat_n etc._n etc._n his_o brethren_n it_o seem_v persuade_v reuben_n also_o to_o join_v with_o they_o in_o conceal_v the_o sale_n of_o joseph_n and_o make_v their_o old_a father_n believe_v he_o be_v devour_v by_o some_o wild_a beast_n ver._n 32._o they_o send_v the_o coat_n etc._n etc._n they_o first_o send_v it_o by_o a_o messenger_n and_o immediate_o follow_v themselves_o with_o the_o tale_n which_o be_v here_o relate_v ver._n 33._o a_o evil_a beast_n some_o wild_a beast_n of_o which_o there_o be_v great_a store_n in_o those_o country_n such_o as_o lion_n and_o bear_n for_o he_o can_v not_o suspect_v his_o brethren_n will_v kill_v he_o ver._n 34._o rend_a his_o clothes_n and_o put_v sackcloth_n on_o his_o loin_n this_o be_v the_o high_a degree_n of_o mourn_v in_o those_o day_n we_o read_v often_o of_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n in_o future_a age_n upon_o such_o sad_a occasion_n but_o this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o it_o which_o show_v the_o great_a antiquity_n of_o such_o custom_n mourn_v for_o his_o son_n many_o day_n beyond_o the_o ordinary_a time_n of_o mourn_v many_o year_n as_o the_o word_n day_n sometime_o signify_v perhaps_o till_o he_o hear_v he_o be_v alive_a so_o the_o follow_a verse_n seem_v to_o denote_v that_o he_o resolve_v not_o to_o cease_v mourn_v for_o he_o as_o long_o as_o he_o live_v ver._n 35._o all_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n he_o have_v but_o one_o daughter_n therefore_o the_o meaning_n be_v his_o son_n wife_n or_o their_o daughter_n i_o will_v go_v down_o into_o the_o grave_a etc._n etc._n if_o scheol_n here_o be_v expound_v grave_a than_o the_o next_o word_n must_v be_v thus_o translate_v mourn_v for_o my_o son_n as_o r._n solomon_n interpret_v they_o for_o joseph_n be_v not_o bury_v in_o a_o grave_a and_o therefore_o he_o can_v not_o think_v of_o go_v down_o to_o he_o thither_o and_o thus_o christophorus_n à _fw-fr castro_n upon_o the_o second_o of_o baruch_n acknowledge_v scheol_n signify_v in_o this_o place_n and_o interpret_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n lugere_fw-la non_fw-la desinam_fw-la donec_fw-la i_o sepulturae_fw-la demandetis_fw-la i_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o mourn_v till_o you_o lay_v i_o in_o my_o grave_n but_o if_o we_o follow_v our_o translation_n which_o be_v most_o common_a i_o will_v go_v down_o to_o my_o son_n than_o scheol_n must_v signify_v the_o state_n or_o place_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o it_o often_o do_v and_o particular_o isaiah_n fourteen_o where_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n be_v express_o deny_v the_o honour_n of_o a_o grave_a verse_n 19_o 20._o scheol_n be_v say_v to_o be_v move_v for_o he_o and_o to_o meet_v he_o and_o to_o stir_v up_o the_o dead_a for_o he_o verse_n 9_o thus_o his_o father_n weep_v for_o he_o continue_a his_o mourn_a not_o only_o by_o wear_v sackcloth_n but_o in_o such_o passionate_a expression_n as_o these_o ver._n 36._o and_o the_o midianite_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v medanim_fw-la a_o distinct_a name_n from_o those_o verse_n 38._o who_o be_v a_o people_n derive_v from_o medan_n one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o keturah_n and_o brother_n to_o midian_a xxv_o 2._o they_o and_o the_o midianite_n live_v near_o together_o in_o arabia_n not_o far_o from_o the_o ishmaelite_n who_o all_o join_v together_o in_o this_o caravan_n and_o make_v one_o society_n of_o merchant_n consist_v of_o medanites_n midianites_n and_o ishmaelite_n a_o officer_n the_o hebrew_n word_n saris_n oftentimes_o signify_v a_o eunuch_n by_o who_o the_o eastern_a queen_n be_v attend_v but_o it_o likewise_o signify_v all_o the_o great_a courtier_n as_o the_o chaldee_n here_o translate_v it_o such_o as_o the_o bed-chamber-man_n the_o lord-chamberlain_n as_o we_o now_o speak_v and_o such_o like_a officer_n of_o state_n and_o therefore_o be_v right_o translate_v here_o for_o potiphar_n have_v a_o wife_n the_o truth_n be_v this_o be_v the_o prime_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n till_o in_o after_o time_n the_o depravation_n of_o manner_n and_o the_o jealousy_n of_o the_o eastern_a king_n make_v they_o set_v none_o but_o slave_n who_o be_v castrate_v to_o attend_v their_o queen_n by_o who_o they_o be_v prefer_v to_o great_a office_n and_o so_o come_v to_o enjoy_v this_o name_n pharaoh_n this_o be_v a_o common_a name_n to_o all_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n see_v xii_o 15._o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o master_n cook_n and_o so_o epiphanius_n call_v his_o wife_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haeres_fw-la xxvi_o n._n 17._o our_o margin_n have_v it_o chief_z of_o the_o slaughterman_n or_o executioner_n but_o the_o word_n tabachim_n may_v better_o be_v translate_v soldier_n than_o butcher_n or_o executioner_n and_o here_o some_o think_v may_v denote_v he_o who_o we_o call_v the_o provost-marshal_n other_o will_v have_v it_o the_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n but_o i_o see_v no_o more_o proper_a translation_n than_o we_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n or_o rather_o chief_a commander_n of_o the_o king_n guard_n such_o a_o one_o as_o nebuzaradan_n be_v 2_o king_n xxv_o 20._o for_o schar_n be_v more_o than_o one_o who_o we_o now_o call_v a_o captain_n see_v xl._n 3._o this_o phrase_n schar-hatabachim_a be_v explain_v by_o hottinger_n out_o of_o the_o ethiopic_a tongue_n see_v smegma_fw-la orient_n p._n 85._o chap._n xxxviii_o ver._n 1._o at_o that_o time_n it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o mean_v at_o the_o time_n joseph_n be_v sell_v which_o be_v just_a before_o mention_v or_o at_o the_o time_n jacob_n return_v from_o mesopotamia_n to_o live_v in_o canaan_n xxxiii_o 18._o or_o when_o he_o go_v to_o settle_v with_o his_o father_n at_o mamre_n xxxv_o 27._o but_o take_v it_o any_o of_o these_o way_n there_o be_v time_n enough_o for_o all_o the_o event_n follow_v before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n suppose_v judah_n child_n to_o have_v marry_v very_o young_a as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o most_o interpreter_n judah_n go_v down_o from_o his_o brethren_n either_o upon_o some_o business_n or_o in_o some_o discontent_n adullamite_n a_o citizen_n of_o adullam_n which_o be_v a_o famous_a town_n or_o city_n that_o fall_v afterward_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n who_o king_n be_v slay_v by_o joshua_n xii_o 19_o and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o famous_a cave_n in_o which_o david_n hide_v himself_o 1_o sam._n xxii_o 1._o ver._n 2._o judah_n see_v there_o so_o as_o to_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o she_o for_o according_a to_o the_o old_a say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o daughter_n of_o a_o certain_a canaanite_n it_o be_v not_o so_o bad_a for_o a_o man_n circumcise_a to_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o one_o uncircumcised_a as_o it_o be_v to_o give_v their_o daughter_n in_o marriage_n to_o a_o uncircumcised_a husband_n xxxiv_o 14._o for_o a_o uncircumcised_a man_n be_v account_v unclean_a though_o he_o have_v renounce_v idolatry_n but_o a_o woman_n bear_v of_o uncircumcised_a parent_n be_v not_o so_o account_v if_o she_o embrace_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n whence_o salmon_n a_o great_a man_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n marry_v rahab_n who_o be_v a_o canaanite_n such_o a_o one_o we_o must_v suppose_v this_o woman_n who_o judah_n marry_v to_o have_v be_v or_o else_o he_o have_v offend_v his_o father_n as_o much_o as_o
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die_v after_o he_o have_v take_v the_o forenamed_a oath_n of_o they_o and_o assure_v they_o again_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n promise_n which_o be_v the_o last_o thing_n he_o do_v some_o perhaps_o may_v think_v it_o strange_a that_o so_o wise_a and_o great_a a_o man_n as_o joseph_n who_o die_a word_n one_o can_v but_o think_v will_v have_v leave_v a_o deep_a impression_n upon_o his_o brethren_n shall_v not_o give_v they_o abundance_n of_o good_a counsel_n at_o his_o departure_n from_o this_o world_n and_o lay_v some_o other_o charge_n upon_o they_o beside_o this_o of_o carry_v up_o his_o bone_n to_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n but_o moses_n do_v not_o intend_v to_o write_v all_o that_o excellent_a man_n say_v and_o do_v and_o we_o may_v very_o well_o think_v when_o he_o declare_v his_o steadfast_a faith_n in_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o abraham_n which_o the_o apostle_n take_v notice_n of_o hebr._n xi_o 22._o and_o assure_v they_o god_n will_v perform_v it_o he_o enlarge_v himself_o on_o that_o subject_a in_o more_o word_n than_o be_v here_o relate_v be_v a_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n old_a this_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 22._o but_o here_o repeat_v to_o signify_v he_o do_v not_o live_v a_o year_n beyond_o it_o and_o so_o die_v just_a fifty_o four_o year_n after_o his_o father_n and_o a_o hundred_o forty_o four_o year_n before_o their_o departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o they_o embalm_v he_o his_o brethren_n take_v the_o same_o care_n of_o his_o body_n that_o he_o have_v do_v of_o his_o father_n for_o 2._o see_v there_o for_o that_o joseph_n die_v before_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n the_o jew_n gather_v from_o exod._n i._n 6._o where_o it_o be_v say_v joseph_n die_v
and_o animal_n the_o former_a of_o which_o spring_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n indeed_o but_o continue_v fix_v in_o it_o and_o perish_v if_o they_o be_v separate_v from_o it_o whereas_o animal_n though_o make_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o live_v upon_o it_o have_v a_o separate_a existence_n and_o do_v not_o still_o adhere_v to_o it_o after_o his_o kind_n three_o sort_n of_o live_a creature_n be_v immediate_o mention_v which_o be_v form_v out_o of_o such_o matter_n as_o the_o earth_n afford_v not_o simple_a earth_n we_o must_v understand_v no_o more_o than_o before_o simple_a water_n for_o it_o be_v impregnate_v with_o many_o other_o principle_n the_o first_o of_o which_o behemah_n which_o we_o translate_v cattle_n always_o signify_v the_o flock_n and_o herd_n of_o tame_a beast_n when_o it_o be_v distinguish_v from_o chaja_n which_o we_o translate_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o verse_n beast_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v wild_a beast_n between_o which_o two_o he_o mention_n a_o three_o kind_n of_o live_a creature_n on_o the_o earth_n which_o he_o call_v remesh_n creep_v thing_n because_o whatever_o foot_n they_o have_v they_o be_v so_o short_a and_o small_a that_o they_o seem_v to_o the_o naked_a eye_n to_o have_v none_o at_o all_o but_o to_o crawl_v on_o their_o belly_n upon_o the_o ground_n of_o all_o these_o three_o kind_n there_o be_v various_a sort_n wherewith_o god_n have_v replenish_v the_o earth_n and_o of_o every_o kind_n some_o vast_o great_a and_o other_o very_o little_a as_o abarbinel_n note_v even_o among_o reptile_n there_o be_v serpent_n of_o a_o prodigious_a length_n and_o other_o creep_a thing_n far_o small_a than_o ants._n ver._n 25._o and_o god_n make_v etc._n etc._n the_o earth_n do_v not_o bring_v they_o forth_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o influence_n of_o heaven_n upon_o prepare_a matter_n but_o god_n frame_v they_o out_o of_o the_o matter_n so_o prepare_v and_o produce_v they_o in_o their_o full_a perfection_n after_o their_o several_a kind_n and_o god_n see_v it_o be_v good_a be_v please_v with_o the_o great_a variety_n of_o these_o creature_n and_o their_o complete_a structure_n fit_v they_o for_o their_o several_a use_n ver._n 26._o let_v we_o make_v man._n god_n not_o only_o reserve_v man_n for_o the_o last_o of_o his_o work_n but_o do_v as_o it_o be_v advise_v and_o consult_v about_o his_o production_n not_o to_o signify_v any_o deliberation_n within_o himself_o or_o any_o difficulty_n in_o the_o work_n but_o to_o represent_v to_o we_o the_o dignity_n of_o man_n and_o that_o he_o be_v make_v as_o abarbinel_n gloss_n with_o admirable_a wisdom_n and_o great_a prudence_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n s._n chrysostom_n here_o speak_v and_o see_v greg._n nyssen_n de_fw-fr opificio_fw-la hominis_fw-la cap._n 3._o and_o orat._n i._n on_o these_o word_n with_o greg._n nazianzen_n orat._n xliii_o p._n 699._o who_o observe_v that_o god_n bring_v he_o into_o this_o world_n as_o into_o a_o noble_a palace_n ready_o furnish_v with_o all_o manner_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o notion_n also_o of_o methodius_n see_v epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la lxiv_o n._n 18._o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v also_o that_o god_n do_v not_o say_v let_v the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o man_n as_o he_o say_v before_o verse_n 24._o of_o other_o animal_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n to_o represent_v man_n as_o a_o far_o more_o noble_a work_n than_o any_o other_o upon_o earth_n for_o though_o he_o be_v make_v as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n of_o the_o dust_n of_o the_o ground_n yet_o a_o great_a power_n and_o skill_n be_v employ_v in_o produce_v a_o creature_n of_o such_o beauty_n and_o majesty_n let_v we_o the_o ancient_a christian_n look_v upon_o this_o as_o a_o plain_a intimation_n of_o a_o plurality_n of_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n insomuch_o that_o epiphanius_n say_v this_o be_v the_o language_n of_o god_n to_o his_o word_n and_o only_o beget_v as_o all_o the_o faithful_a believe_v haeres_fw-la xxiii_o n._n 2._o and_o see_v haeres_fw-la xliv_o n._n 4._o and_o haeres_fw-la xlvi_o n._n 3._o where_o he_o say_v adam_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d form_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o which_o one_o can_v but_o incline_v who_o consider_v how_o poor_o the_o jew_n expound_v this_o place_n who_o fancy_n a_o kind_n of_o senate_n or_o council_n of_o angel_n without_o who_o god_n do_v nothing_o which_o they_o ground_n upon_o dan._n iu._n 14._o whereas_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o signification_n as_o yet_o of_o any_o such_o being_n much_o less_o that_o they_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o the_o make_n man_n who_o be_v not_o make_v in_o their_o image_n but_o in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n yet_o thus_o saturnilus_fw-la foolish_o expound_v these_o word_n as_o epiphanius_n inform_v we_o in_o the_o forenamed_a haeres_fw-la p._n 62._o edit_fw-la paris_n and_o moses_n gerundensis_n still_o more_o foolish_o imagine_v god_n speak_v to_o the_o earth_n that_o it_o shall_v bring_v forth_o man_n as_o it_o have_v do_v other_o creature_n but_o maimonides_n who_o magnify_v that_o say_v of_o their_o master_n that_o god_n do_v nothing_o without_o his_o council_n be_v force_v to_o acknowledge_v more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o cap._n 6._o that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o he_o ask_v their_o advice_n or_o be_v assist_v by_o their_o judgement_n but_o only_o that_o he_o use_v they_o as_o instrument_n in_o the_o produce_v of_o every_o thing_n which_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o very_a word_n which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o command_n but_o of_o a_o consultation_n before_o execution_n other_o therefore_o think_v god_n speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o king_n who_o advise_v with_o their_o council_n but_o do_v thing_n themselves_o and_o be_v wont_a to_o speak_v in_o the_o plural_a number_n when_o they_o declare_v their_o pleasure_n but_o i_o take_v this_o to_o be_v a_o custom_n much_o late_a than_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n when_o they_o speak_v as_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n do_v to_o joseph_n gen._n xli_o 41_o 44._o i_o be_o pharaoh_n and_o see_v i_o have_v set_v thou_o not_o we_o have_v set_v thou_o over_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n in_o which_o style_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n write_v long_o after_o this_o ezra_n vi_o 8._o i_o darius_n make_v a_o decree_n all_o these_o poor_a shift_n be_v a_o plain_a confession_n that_o they_o find_v it_o very_o hard_a as_o the_o socinian_o do_v at_o this_o day_n to_o give_v any_o account_n of_o this_o way_n of_o speak_v without_o grant_v a_o plurality_n of_o person_n in_o the_o godhead_n and_o therefore_o menasseh_n ben_n israel_n in_o his_o conciliator_n mention_n one_o of_o their_o doctor_n who_o in_o bereschith_fw-mi rabath_n say_v that_o when_o moses_n by_o god_n direction_n be_v about_o to_o write_v these_o word_n let_v we_o make_v man_n he_o cry_v out_o o_o lord_n of_o the_o world_n why_o will_v thou_o give_v man_n occasion_n to_o err_v about_o thy_o most_o simple_a unity_n to_o which_o he_o receive_v this_o answer_n write_v as_o i_o bid_v thou_o and_o if_o any_o man_n love_n to_o err_v let_v he_o err_v the_o same_o story_n be_v tell_v by_o joseph_n albo._n which_o show_v that_o their_o doctor_n have_v be_v long_o puzzle_v with_o this_o manner_n of_o speech_n which_o unavoidable_o suggest_v to_o their_o thought_n more_o than_o one_o person_n in_o the_o deity_n which_o till_o they_o believe_v they_o be_v at_o a_o loss_n what_o to_o say_v about_o it_o in_o our_o image_n after_o our_o likeness_n two_o word_n some_o think_v to_o express_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o this_o difference_n only_o as_o abarbinel_n explain_v it_o that_o the_o last_o word_n after_o our_o likeness_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o man_n be_v not_o create_v proper_o and_o perfect_o in_o the_o image_n of_o god_n but_o in_o a_o resemblance_n of_o he_o for_o he_o do_v not_o say_v in_o our_o likeness_n say_v that_o author_n as_o he_o have_v say_v in_o our_o image_n but_o after_o our_o likeness_n where_o the_o caph_n of_o similitude_n as_o they_o call_v it_o abate_v something_o of_o the_o sense_n of_o what_o follow_v and_o make_v it_o signify_v only_o a_o approach_n to_o the_o divine_a likeness_n in_o understanding_n freedom_n of_o choice_n spirituality_n immortality_n etc._n etc._n thus_o tertullian_n explain_v it_o habens_fw-la illas_fw-la ubique_fw-la lineas_fw-la dei_fw-la quà _fw-la immortalis_fw-la anima_fw-la quà _fw-la libera_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la quà _fw-la praescia_fw-la plerumque_fw-la quà _fw-la rationalis_fw-la capax_fw-la intellectus_fw-la &_o scientiae_fw-la l._n ii_o contra_fw-la martion_n cap._n 9_o and_o so_o gregor_n nyssen_n cap._n 16._o de_fw-fr opific_n hom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n all_o have_v a_o power_n of_o consider_v and_o design_v of_o consult_v
shechinah_n which_o appear_v from_o the_o beginning_n as_o i_o have_v often_o say_v before_o the_o sight_n of_o which_o cain_n never_o after_o this_o enjoy_v but_o be_v banish_v from_o it_o and_o god_n withdraw_v his_o gracious_a presence_n from_o he_o so_o st._n chrysostom_n he_o be_v also_o forsake_v by_o he_o and_o put_v out_o of_o his_o special_a protection_n if_o cain_n after_o this_o turn_v a_o downright_a idolater_n as_o many_o think_v it_o be_v very_o likely_a he_o introduce_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a sort_n of_o idolatry_n as_o the_o best_a resemblance_n he_o can_v find_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o appear_v in_o a_o flame_a light_n and_o in_o aftertime_n they_o worship_v fire_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n as_o the_o best_a emblem_n of_o the_o sun_n when_o it_o be_v absent_a and_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o nod._n at_o last_o he_o settle_v in_o a_o country_n which_o have_v the_o name_n of_o nod_n from_o his_o wander_v up_o and_o down_o like_o a_o vagabond_n till_o he_o fix_v here_o where_o it_o seem_v he_o still_o continue_v restless_a move_v from_o one_o part_n of_o the_o country_n to_o another_o till_z in_o conclusion_n he_o build_v a_o city_n for_o his_o security_n some_o think_v as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o verse_n follow_v some_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o land_n of_o vagabond_n and_o r._n solomon_n fancy_n the_o very_a ground_n shake_v under_o he_o and_o make_v people_n run_v away_o from_o he_o say_v this_o be_v the_o cruel_a man_n that_o kill_v his_o brother_n on_o the_o east_n of_o eden_n he_o still_o go_v eastward_o from_o that_o country_n where_o adam_n settle_v after_o he_o be_v thrust_v out_o of_o paradise_n see_v iii_o 24._o which_o junius_n think_v be_v in_o that_o tract_n of_o ground_n where_o the_o nomads_n afterward_o dwell_v border_v upon_o susiana_n which_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a than_o the_o conceit_n of_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n cosri_n par._n ii_o §_o 14._o who_o will_v have_v cain_n go_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n nothing_o else_o but_o his_o expulsion_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n where_o adam_n dwell_v after_o he_o be_v thrust_v out_o of_o paradise_n and_o consequent_o the_o land_n of_o nod_n be_v not_o far_o from_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o ungrounded_a than_o this_o which_o overthrow_v also_o all_o that_o moses_n say_v of_o eden_n and_o the_o garden_n plant_v there_o from_o whence_o adam_n go_v out_o on_o the_o east-side_n and_o therefore_o not_o towards_o canaan_n which_o be_v westward_o ver._n 17._o and_o cain_n know_v his_o wife_n there_o have_v be_v no_o mention_n hitherto_o of_o any_o woman_n in_o the_o world_n but_o eve_n much_o less_o of_o cain_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o this_o be_v a_o wife_n he_o take_v before_o he_o kill_v his_o brother_n or_o after_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a before_o because_o we_o 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the_o hebrew_n gamar_n be_v to_o consume_v and_o so_o the_o chaldee_n and_o syriac_n frequent_o use_v it_o whence_o gumra_n or_o gumro_n be_v a_o coal_n and_o phrygia_n be_v of_o the_o same_o signification_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a be_v to_o torrifie_v which_o be_v the_o name_n of_o part_n of_o the_o country_n in_o time_n become_v the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a magog_n the_o second_o son_n of_o japhet_n be_v in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o father_n of_o the_o scythian_n which_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o josephus_n theodoret_n st._n hierom_n and_o other_o for_o all_o that_o be_v say_v in_o scripture_n about_o magog_n exact_o agree_v to_o they_o as_o bochartus_n have_v show_v at_o large_a out_o of_o ezekiel_n l._n iii_o phaleg_n c._n 13._o madai_n from_o he_o the_o country_n of_o media_n
sin_n which_o be_v of_o the_o very_a same_o signification_n with_o pelusium_n ver._n 18._o and_o the_o arvadite_n these_o people_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o aradii_fw-la who_o possess_v the_o island_n call_v aradus_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o phoenicia_n and_o part_n of_o the_o neighbour_a continent_n where_o a_o place_n call_v antaradus_n opposite_a to_o the_o island_n be_v seat_v strabo_n and_o other_o speak_v of_o this_o island_n and_o mention_v another_o of_o the_o same_o name_n in_o the_o persian_a gulf_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v upon_o solinus_n p._n 1023._o who_o inhabitant_n say_v they_o be_v a_o colony_n from_o this_o island_n i_o now_o speak_v of_o and_o have_v the_o same_o religious_a rite_n with_o these_o arcadian_n who_o be_v very_o skilful_a in_o navigation_n and_o therefore_o join_v by_o ezekiel_n with_o zidon_n xxvii_o 8._o where_o he_o make_v they_o also_o a_o warlike_a people_n verse_n 11._o zemarite_n they_o who_o make_v these_o the_o same_o with_o the_o samaritan_n do_v not_o observe_v that_o these_o name_n be_v write_v quite_o different_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o that_o the_o samaritan_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n have_v their_o name_n from_o somron_n and_o therefore_o bochart_n think_v these_o be_v the_o samarite_n mention_v by_o st._n hierom_n who_o say_v they_o inhabit_v the_o noble_a city_n of_o edessa_n in_o coelosyria_n it_o shall_v be_v the_o city_n of_o emesa_n or_o emisa_n which_o be_v in_o that_o country_n but_o edessa_n in_o mesopotamia_n beyond_o euphrates_n and_o so_o both_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n have_v here_o for_o zemarite_n emisaei_n but_o i_o do_v not_o see_v why_o we_o shall_v not_o rather_o think_v this_o son_n of_o canaan_n zemarus_n from_o who_o the_o zemarite_n come_v be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n of_o zemaraim_n josh_n xviii_o 22._o which_o fall_v to_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n hamathite_n these_o be_v the_o posterity_n of_o the_o last_o son_n of_o canaan_n from_o who_o the_o city_n and_o country_n of_o hamath_n take_v its_o name_n of_o which_o name_n there_o be_v two_o one_o call_v by_o the_o greek_n antiochia_n the_o other_o epiphania_fw-la the_o former_a call_v the_o great_a amos_n vi_o 2._o to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o this_o which_o st._n hierom_n say_v in_o his_o time_n be_v call_v epiphania_fw-la and_o by_o the_o arabian_n in_o the_o nubian_n geographer_n hama_fw-la this_o be_v the_o city_n which_o be_v mean_v when_o we_o so_o often_o read_v that_o the_o bound_n of_o judaea_n be_v to_o the_o entrance_n of_o hamath_n northward_o numb_a xiii_o 21._o xxxiv_o 8._o and_o other_o place_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a they_o do_v not_o reach_v to_o antiochia_n but_o come_v near_o to_o epiphania_fw-la afterward_o be_v the_o family_n of_o the_o canaanite_n spread_v abroad_o in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o enlarge_v their_o bound_n for_o they_o possess_v all_o the_o country_n which_o lie_v from_o idumaea_n and_o palestine_n to_o the_o mouth_n of_o orontes_n which_o they_o hold_v for_o seven_o hundred_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o moses_n indeed_o confine_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n in_o narrow_a bound_n towards_o the_o north_n as_o have_v be_v say_v but_o we_o must_v consider_v that_o he_o describe_v only_o that_o part_n of_o canaan_n which_o god_n give_v to_o the_o israelite_n for_o their_o portion_n now_o there_o be_v eleven_o nation_n who_o have_v their_o original_a as_o appear_v from_o this_o and_o the_o forego_n verse_n from_o so_o many_o son_n of_o canaan_n we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o first_o and_o the_o five_o last_o be_v devote_v by_o god_n to_o destruction_n as_o the_o rest_n be_v for_o we_o read_v nothing_o of_o the_o zidonian_o arkite_n sinites_n aradites_n zemarites_n and_o hamathites_n among_o those_o nation_n upon_o who_o the_o sentence_n of_o excision_n be_v pronounce_v by_o god_n and_o their_o country_n bestow_v upon_o the_o israelite_n but_o read_v of_o two_o other_o not_o here_o mention_v who_o make_v up_o the_o seven_o nation_n who_o god_n order_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o viz._n the_o perizzites_n and_o those_o who_o be_v peculiar_o call_v canaanites_n who_o spring_v from_o some_o of_o the_o forenamed_a xi_o family_n but_o we_o do_v not_o know_v from_o which_o we_o shall_v meet_v with_o it_o in_o the_o xv._o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n ver._n 19_o and_o the_o border_n of_o the_o canaanite_n etc._n etc._n here_o moses_n describe_v the_o bound_n of_o that_o country_n which_o be_v give_v by_o god_n to_o the_o jew_n from_o sidon_n i._n e._n the_o country_n of_o sidon_n which_o extend_v itself_o from_o the_o city_n so_o call_v towards_o the_o east_n as_o far_o as_o jordan_n or_o near_o it_o this_o therefore_o may_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o northern_a bound_n of_o the_o promise_v land_n as_o thou_o come_v to_o gerar_n unto_o gaza_n etc._n etc._n these_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n belong_v to_o the_o southern_a bound_n for_o these_o two_o be_v city_n near_o to_o the_o philistines_n we_o often_o read_v of_o gaza_n and_o gerar_n be_v famous_a for_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n sojourn_v there_o gen._n xx._n 1._o xxvi_o 1._o and_o for_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o cushites_n 2_o chron._n fourteen_o 13._o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n these_o four_o city_n be_v famous_a for_o their_o destruction_n by_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o heaven_n even_o unto_o lashah_n or_o lasa_n which_o st._n hierom_n take_v for_o callirrhoe_n as_o do_v jonathan_n also_o a_o place_n famous_a for_o hot_a water_n which_o run_v into_o the_o dead_a sea_n but_o bochartus_n l._n iu._n phaleg_n c._n 37._o doubt_v of_o this_o because_o callirrhoe_n be_v not_o in_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o judaea_n as_o lashah_n be_v he_o propound_v it_o therefore_o to_o consideration_n whether_o it_o may_v not_o be_v a_o city_n of_o the_o arab_n call_v lusa_fw-la which_o ptolemy_n place_n in_o the_o middle_a way_n between_o the_o dead_a sea_n and_o the_o red._n ver._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o ham_n after_o their_o family_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v sufficient_o explain_v by_o what_o be_v say_v upon_o verse_n 5._o where_n moses_n conclude_v his_o account_n of_o the_o son_n of_o japhet_n only_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v in_o general_a that_o these_o four_o son_n of_o ham_n and_o their_o child_n have_v all_o africa_n for_o their_o portion_n mizraim_n have_v egypt_n and_o phut_v the_o rest_n and_z no_o small_a part_n of_o asia_n which_o fall_v to_o the_o share_n of_o cush_n and_o canaan_n ver._n 21._o unto_o shem_n also_o the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o child_n of_o eber._n that_o be_v of_o the_o hebrew_n nation_n who_o moses_n will_v have_v to_o know_v from_o what_o a_o illustrious_a original_a they_o spring_v and_o therefore_o break_v off_o the_o thread_n of_o his_o genealogy_n to_o give_v a_o short_a touch_n of_o it_o i_o can_v give_v no_o reason_n so_o likely_a as_o this_o why_o he_o call_v shem_fw-mi the_o father_n of_o eber_n child_n rather_o than_o of_o any_o other_o descend_v from_o he_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o before_o that_o ham_n be_v the_o father_n of_o canaan_n ix_o 22._o who_o god_n curse_v and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n bless_a shem_n he_o now_o tell_v they_o that_o this_o bless_a man_n be_v the_o father_n from_o who_o their_o nation_n be_v descend_v that_o they_o may_v comfort_v themselves_o in_o their_o noble_a stock_n and_o believe_v canaan_n shall_v be_v subdue_v by_o they_o the_o brother_n of_o japhet_n the_o elder_a scaliger_n translate_v these_o word_n sem_fw-mi the_o elder_a brother_n of_o japhet_n but_o the_o he_o which_o be_v prefix_v to_o gadol_n i._n e._n greater_n plain_o direct_v we_o to_o refer_v the_o word_n greater_n or_o elder_a to_o he_o who_o be_v last_o speak_v of_o viz._n japhet_n who_o may_v be_v plain_o prove_v to_o have_v be_v the_o elder_a son_n of_o noah_n from_o this_o observation_n that_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o year_n old_a before_o any_o of_o his_o three_o son_n sem_fw-mi ham_n and_o japhet_n be_v bear_v v._o 32._o when_o he_o be_v six_o hundred_o year_n old_a he_o enter_v into_o the_o ark_n with_o they_o vii_o 11._o and_o when_o he_o come_v out_o two_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n shem_fw-mi beget_v arphaxad_a be_v then_o a_o hundred_o year_n old_a xi_o 10._o and_o consequent_o noah_n be_v six_o hundred_o and_o two_o from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o shem_n be_v bear_v when_o noah_n be_v five_o hundred_o and_o two_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o japhet_n must_v be_v two_o year_n old_a than_o he_o for_o noah_n begin_v to_o have_v child_n when_o he_o be_v five_o hundred_o but_o god_n prefer_v shem_n before_o he_o give_v hereby_o a_o early_a demonstration_n of_o which_o there_o be_v many_o instance_n afterward_o that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v confine_v to_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o disposal_n
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 child_n lot_n verse_n 27_o and_o milchah_n who_o nahor_n marry_v and_o sarah_n who_o abraham_n marry_v that_o be_v haran_n die_v the_o two_o remain_a brethren_n marry_v his_o two_o daughter_n for_o if_o we_o shall_v understand_v any_o body_n else_o by_o iscah_n but_o sarah_n there_o be_v no_o account_n whence_o she_o descend_v which_o moses_n sure_o will_v not_o have_v omit_v because_o it_o very_o much_o concern_v his_o nation_n to_o know_v from_o who_o they_o come_v both_o by_o the_o father_n and_o the_o mother_n side_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n she_o shall_v have_v two_o name_n one_o perhaps_o before_o they_o come_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n and_o another_o after_o ver._n 31._o go_v forth_o from_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n see_v what_o be_v say_v verse_n 26._o unto_o which_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o add_v but_o this_o that_o this_o country_n be_v so_o famous_a for_o superstition_n that_o the_o chaldaean_n in_o daniel_n time_n be_v reckon_v as_o a_o distinct_a sort_n of_o diviner_n 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 which_o he_o do_v on_o purpose_n that_o we_o may_v know_v when_o this_o new_a period_n of_o time_n begin_v of_o abraham_n leave_n his_o own_o country_n and_o thereby_o become_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a which_o we_o be_v not_o to_o count_v from_o the_o time_n when_o terah_n begin_v to_o have_v child_n ver._n 26._o but_o from_o the_o time_n of_o his_o death_n immediate_o after_o which_o abraham_n go_v on_o towards_o canaan_n see_v vsser_n chronol_n c._n iii_o and_o c._n vii_o from_o this_o also_o we_o learn_v when_o abraham_n be_v bear_v for_o if_o seventy_o five_o year_n which_o be_v abraham_n age_n when_o his_o father_n die_v and_o he_o go_v from_o haran_n xii_o 4._o be_v subduct_v from_o two_o hundred_o and_o five_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o be_v bear_v when_o his_o father_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a that_o be_v threescore_o year_n after_o his_o brother_n haran_n as_o i_o say_v on_o verse_n 26._o chap._n xii_o many_o ancient_a author_n speak_v of_o abraham_n as_o josephus_n observe_v and_o out_o of_o he_o eusebius_n who_o name_v other_o also_o l._n ix_o praepar_fw-la evang._n c._n 16_o 17_o etc._n etc._n all_o that_o i_o shall_v note_v be_v that_o one_o great_a design_n of_o moses_n be_v to_o lead_v the_o jew_n to_o understand_v the_o genealogy_n of_o this_o noble_a ancestor_n of_o they_o he_o hasten_v to_o it_o relate_v other_o matter_n brief_o but_o spend_v many_o page_n about_o he_o for_o he_o comprise_v for_o instance_n the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o flood_n contain_v one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o fifty_o six_o year_n in_o the_o compass_n of_o six_o chapter_n but_o bestow_v on_o the_o history_n of_o abraham_n nineteen_o chapter_n though_o it_o contain_v no_o long_o space_n of_o time_n than_o a_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o five_o year_n ver._n 1._o now_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o abram_n while_o he_o live_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v 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the_o more_o reasonable_a because_o he_o may_v think_v though_o god_n have_v spare_v they_o for_o the_o present_a yet_o they_o take_v no_o warning_n by_o the_o calamity_n of_o their_o country_n will_v short_o perish_v as_o the_o rest_n have_v do_v and_o so_o theodoret_n and_o other_o think_v this_o city_n be_v afterward_o destroy_v of_o which_o there_o be_v no_o certain_a record_n and_o if_o the_o tradition_n be_v true_a it_o be_v not_o speedy_o swallow_v up_o as_o they_o report_v but_o retain_v for_o some_o time_n the_o name_n of_o zoar_n be_v before_o call_v bela_n fourteen_o 2._o dwell_v in_o the_o mountain_n it_o be_v not_o say_v what_o mountain_n but_o it_o be_v probable_a one_o of_o the_o mountain_n in_o the_o country_n afterward_o call_v moab_n from_o one_o of_o his_o child_n which_o he_o here_o beget_v for_o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la liii_o describe_v the_o country_n of_o moab_n as_o lie_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n beyond_o the_o salt_n or_o dead_a sea_n see_v salmas_n exerc._n plin._n p._n 615._o ver._n 31._o there_o be_v not_o a_o man_n in_o all_o the_o earth_n not_o one_o remain_v of_o their_o kindred_n that_o they_o know_v for_o they_o be_v not_o much_o acquaint_v we_o may_v suppose_v beyond_o that_o country_n which_o be_v destroy_v and_o those_o of_o zoar_n be_v so_o wicked_a that_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o beast_n rather_o than_o men._n ver._n 32._o let_v we_o make_v he_o drink_v wine_n which_o they_o bring_v with_o they_o out_o of_o sodom_n to_o support_v their_o spirit_n in_o their_o flight_n or_o else_o get_v at_o zoar_n of_o which_o they_o invite_v their_o father_n to_o drink_v liberal_o and_o cheer_v himself_o under_o his_o extreme_a great_a sorrow_n that_o we_o may_v preserve_v seed_n of_o our_o father_n this_o fact_n of_o they_o be_v object_v by_o celsus_n against_o our_o religion_n origen_n give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o lib._n iu._n contra_fw-la cell_n that_o these_o two_o maid_n have_v learn_v something_o of_o 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it_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v remember_v that_o these_o child_n be_v descend_v from_o lot_n who_o they_o think_v perhaps_o may_v pretend_v to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n as_o well_o as_o abraham_n be_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n elder_a brother_n and_o call_v out_o of_o sodom_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n as_o abraham_n be_v call_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n ver._n 23._o he_o perceive_v not_o when_o she_o lay_v down_o etc._n etc._n this_o seem_v hard_a to_o be_v understand_v but_o it_o must_v be_v note_v that_o moses_n only_o say_v he_o do_v not_o perceive_v when_o she_o come_v to_o bed_n to_o he_o and_o when_o she_o get_v up_o again_o not_o that_o he_o do_v not_o perceive_v when_o he_o lie_v with_o she_o of_o which_o he_o can_v not_o but_o have_v some_o perception_n though_o m._n montaigne_n in_o his_o essay_n relate_v a_o story_n of_o a_o widow_n who_o be_v drink_v be_v abuse_v by_o a_o hind_n in_o her_o house_n and_o afterward_o find_v herself_o with_o child_n can_v not_o remember_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o the_o fellow_n at_o last_o confess_v his_o fact_n of_o which_o whatsoever_o sense_n she_o have_v then_o she_o have_v perfect_o forget_v it_o when_o she_o awake_v ver._n 34._o go_v thou_o in_o etc._n etc._n if_o he_o have_v retain_v any_o remembrance_n of_o what_o he_o have_v do_v the_o night_n before_o one_o can_v think_v he_o will_v have_v fall_v into_o the_o same_o snare_n so_o soon_o again_o for_o which_o reason_n it_o be_v probable_a he_o do_v not_o think_v he_o have_v be_v intoxicate_v but_o only_o drink_v so_o free_o as_o to_o make_v he_o sleep_v sound_o and_o forget_v his_o sorrow_n ver._n 37._o moab_n most_o will_v have_v this_o word_n to_o signify_v from_o my_o father_n but_o drusius_n in_o deut._n ii_o 8._o take_v the_o import_n of_o it_o to_o be_v aqua_fw-la patris_fw-la ver._n 38._o ben-ammi_a this_o signify_v as_o much_o as_o the_o son_n of_o my_o people_n which_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v so_o plain_o as_o the_o other_o that_o this_o son_n be_v beget_v by_o her_o father_n but_o only_o that_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o one_o of_o she_o own_o nation_n or_o kindred_n not_o by_o a_o stranger_n chap._n xx._n ver._n 1._o journey_v from_o thence_o i._n e._n from_o mamre_n where_o he_o have_v dwell_v a_o great_a while_n and_o where_o many_o remarkable_a passage_n have_v happen_v xiii_o 18._o xviii_o 1._o towards_o the_o south_n country_n towards_o egypt_n for_o some_o fancy_n the_o very_a stench_n of_o the_o lake_n of_o sodom_n be_v offensive_a to_o he_o in_o mamre_n sojourn_v in_o gerar._n the_o metropolis_n of_o palestine_n and_o as_o some_o compute_v it_o not_o much_o above_o six_o mile_n from_o mamre_n ver._n 2._o abraham_n say_v of_o sarah_n etc._n etc._n just_o as_o he_o have_v do_v in_o egypt_n xii_o 13._o when_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n for_o it_o she_o be_v then_o thirty_o year_n young_a than_o now_o when_o she_o be_v no_o less_o than_o ninety_o year_n old_a but_o it_o seem_v her_o beauty_n remain_v at_o this_o age_n be_v healthful_a and_o have_v bear_v and_o suckle_v no_o child_n and_o woman_n in_o those_o day_n live_v so_o long_o that_o they_o be_v as_o fresh_a at_o ninety_o as_o they_o be_v now_o at_o forty_o or_o fifty_o when_o many_o that_o be_v of_o excellent_a constitution_n and_o natural_o handsome_a continue_v very_o lovely_a abimelech_n the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o palestine_n as_o pharaoh_n be_v of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n it_o be_v not_o improbable_a as_o the_o author_n of_o tzemath_n david_n conjecture_n that_o the_o succeed_a king_n take_v the_o name_n of_o he_o who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o country_n ad_fw-la a._n m._n 2600._o send_v and_o take_v sarah_n by_o violence_n some_o think_v but_o i_o see_v no_o ground_n for_o it_o he_o desire_v to_o have_v she_o and_o may_v think_v abraham_n will_v look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o great_a honour_n to_o have_v his_o sister_n become_v wife_n to_o a_o king_n and_o abraham_n it_o be_v likely_a show_v no_o unwillingness_n not_o be_v in_o a_o condition_n to_o deny_v he_o ver._n 3._o and_o god_n come_v to_o abimelech_n in_o a_o dream_n by_o night_n two_o difference_n be_v observe_v by_o maimonides_n between_o this_o manifestation_n which_o god_n make_v of_o his_o mind_n to_o abimelech_n and_o that_o which_o he_o make_v to_o the_o prophet_n for_o it_o be_v only_o say_v here_o god_n come_v to_o abimelech_n and_o that_o he_o come_v in_o a_o dream_n by_o night_n the_o very_a same_o be_v say_v of_o laban_n the_o syrian_a who_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v so_o good_a a_o man_n as_o abimelech_n xxxi_o 24._o but_o of_o jacob_n it_o be_v say_v god_n speak_v unto_o israel_n and_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o in_o the_o vision_n of_o
money_n for_o the_o field_n this_o be_v the_o sure_a title_n he_o think_v by_o purchase_n and_o it_o be_v but_o reasonable_a he_o shall_v buy_v it_o if_o he_o will_v have_v any_o land_n in_o canaan_n for_o the_o time_n of_o possess_v it_o according_a to_o god_n promise_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v ver._n 15._o the_o land_n be_v worth_a four_o hundred_o shekel_n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o name_n of_o shekel_n mention_n be_v make_v of_o money_n before_o in_o general_a xvii_o 12_o 13._o and_o of_o piece_n of_o silver_n xx._n 16._o which_o show_v the_o use_n of_o money_n be_v find_v out_o in_o those_o early_a day_n and_o they_o do_v not_o trade_n mere_o by_o the_o exchange_n of_o one_o commodity_n for_o another_o but_o we_o have_v no_o name_n for_o the_o money_n till_o now_o and_o can_v exact_o tell_v of_o what_o value_n a_o shekel_n of_o silver_n be_v but_o josephus_n l._n iii_o antiq._n c._n 10._o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o four_o attic_a drachm_n that_o be_v half_o a_o ounce_n which_o in_o our_o money_n want_v not_o much_o of_o half_a a_o crown_n what_o be_v that_o between_o i_o and_o thou_o some_o will_v have_v this_o to_o signify_v as_o much_o as_o this_o be_v not_o worth_a speak_v of_o between_o friend_n and_o therefore_o i_o have_v rather_o thou_o will_v accept_v it_o as_o a_o gift_n but_o it_o be_v more_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o he_o only_o pretend_v to_o use_v he_o kind_o and_o not_o to_o exact_v upon_o his_o necessity_n it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v this_o be_v no_o great_a price_n but_o a_o friendly_a bargain_n pay_v it_o therefore_o and_o bury_v thy_o dead_a ver._n 16._o abraham_n weigh_v to_o ephron_n etc._n etc._n they_o do_v not_o tell_v money_n as_o we_o do_v now_o but_o weigh_v it_o for_o it_o be_v not_o stamp_v ancient_o as_o aristotle_n observe_v but_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n be_v receive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o its_o bulk_n and_o its_o weight_n which_o be_v very_o troublesome_a they_o learn_v in_o time_n to_o set_v a_o mark_n upon_o it_o to_o free_v they_o from_o that_o inconvenience_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o mark_n be_v set_v upon_o it_o to_o denote_v its_o quantity_n i._n e._n how_o much_o it_o be_v worth_a for_o have_v the_o public_a stamp_n that_o make_v it_o current_n at_o a_o know_a value_n which_o must_v not_o be_v understand_v of_o foreign_a money_n which_o be_v still_o weigh_v though_o stamp_v but_o of_o that_o of_o their_o own_o country_n which_o they_o be_v assure_v be_v worth_a so_o much_o as_o the_o mark_v express_v yet_o it_o continue_v to_o be_v weigh_v among_o the_o jew_n in_o david_n time_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 25._o nay_o till_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n jerem._n xxxii_o 9_o and_o indeed_o the_o very_a word_n shekel_n come_v from_o shakal_n to_o weigh_v and_o may_v be_v interpret_v as_o waserus_n observe_v the_o weight_n from_o all_o which_o herm._n conringius_n well_o conclude_v there_o be_v no_o truth_n in_o what_o the_o jew_n say_v in_o bereschith_fw-mi rabath_n and_o other_o book_n that_o joshua_n david_n and_o mordecai_n nay_o abraham_n coin_a money_n in_o their_o day_n to_o support_v which_o fiction_n they_o have_v counterfeit_v some_o coin_n with_o the_o inscription_n of_o senex_n &_o anus_fw-la on_o one_o side_n and_o juvenis_fw-la &_o virgo_fw-la on_o the_o other_o as_o if_o isaac_n and_o rebekah_n be_v now_o marry_v or_o abraham_n have_v power_n to_o coin_v money_n in_o a_o country_n where_o he_o do_v but_o sojourn_v and_o be_v no_o sovereign_n ver._n 17._o which_o be_v before_o mamre_o over_o against_o mamre_n see_v xiii_o 18._o be_v make_v sure_a by_o a_o solemn_a contract_n in_o a_o public_a assembly_n verse_n 11._o where_o the_o money_n be_v tender_v and_o accept_v and_o all_o there_o present_a desire_a to_o be_v witness_n to_o it_o ver._n 18._o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o child_n of_o heth._n see_v verse_n 11._o ver._n 19_o and_o after_o this_o abraham_n bury_v sarah_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o ephron_n have_v ever_o bury_v any_o of_o his_o family_n here_o but_o have_v only_o begin_v to_o make_v a_o vault_n in_o this_o field_n which_o abraham_n buy_v of_o he_o with_o all_o the_o tree_n therein_o verse_n 17._o or_o if_o it_o be_v finish_v he_o sell_v it_o before_o he_o have_v make_v use_n of_o it_o for_o we_o can_v think_v abraham_n will_v lay_v his_o wife_n body_n among_o those_o of_o the_o hittite_n but_o in_o a_o vacant_a place_n where_o he_o intend_v to_o be_v inter_v himself_o as_o his_o family_n after_o he_o also_o be_v xlix_o 30_o 31._o ver._n 20._o be_v make_v sure_o he_o repeat_v this_o which_o have_v be_v say_v verse_n 17._o because_o now_o the_o purchase_n be_v more_o confirm_v by_o the_o lay_n sarah_n body_n in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o take_v actual_a possession_n of_o it_o chap._n xxiv_o ver._n 1._o and_o abraham_n be_v old_a some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n and_o christian_a writer_n also_o refer_v this_o to_o his_o wisdom_n as_o the_o next_o word_n well_o strike_v in_o year_n unto_o his_o age_n no_o body_n be_v call_v zaken_v though_o far_o more_o age_a in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n till_o now_o and_o therefore_o they_o translate_v it_o elder_n which_o be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o wise_a man._n see_v selden_n l._n i._n de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 14._o p._n 556_o etc._n etc._n certain_a it_o be_v that_o abraham_n be_v now_o a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a for_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v xxi_o 5._o and_o isaac_n be_v forty_o when_o he_o marry_v rebekah_n xxv_o 20._o ver._n 2._o and_o abraham_n say_v unto_o his_o elder_a servant_n of_o his_o house_n or_o rather_o as_o the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o he_o say_v to_o his_o servant_n the_o elder_a of_o his_o house_n that_o be_v the_o steward_n or_o governor_n of_o his_o family_n as_o the_o hierus_n targum_fw-la translate_v it_o see_v mr._n selden_n l._n i._n de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 14._o p._n 550._o and_o dr._n hammond_n upon_o act._n xi_o not_o b._n all_o take_v this_o servant_n to_o have_v be_v eliezer_n mention_v xv._o 2._o put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n some_o will_v have_v this_o phrase_n to_o import_v no_o more_o than_o lift_v i_o up_o that_o i_o may_v stand_v and_o call_v god_n to_o witness_v but_o abraham_n no_o question_n be_v now_o so_o vigorous_a as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o rise_v of_o himself_o have_v many_o child_n after_o this_o other_o therefore_o follow_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o jewish_a doctor_n which_o be_v this_o in_o short_a before_o the_o give_n of_o the_o law_n the_o ancient_a father_n swear_v by_o the_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o r._n elieser_n in_o his_o pirke_n cap._n 49._o and_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a that_o this_o manner_n of_o swear_v by_o put_v the_o hand_n under_o that_o part_n which_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o circumcision_n have_v respect_n to_o the_o covenant_n god_n make_v with_o that_o family_n and_o their_o right_n to_o accomplish_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n but_o this_o be_v not_o a_o custom_n peculiar_a to_o abraham_n family_n for_o we_o find_v it_o among_o other_o eastern_a people_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v likely_a more_o ancient_a than_o circumcision_n for_o which_o cause_n aben_n ezra_n himself_o think_v put_v the_o hand_n under_o the_o thigh_n be_v a_o token_n of_o subjection_n and_o homage_n do_v by_o a_o servant_n to_o his_o lord_n he_o sit_v and_o the_o servant_n put_v his_o hand_n under_o he_o grotius_n imagine_v that_o the_o sword_n hang_v upon_o the_o thigh_n psalm_n xlv_o 3._o this_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v if_o i_o falsify_v kill_v i_o which_o be_v very_o witty_a but_o the_o other_o seem_v plain_a signify_v as_o much_o as_o i_o be_o under_o thy_o power_n and_o ready_a to_o do_v what_o thou_o command_v ver._n 3._o swear_v by_o the_o lord_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o swear_v by_o any_o creature_n but_o only_o by_o he_o that_o make_v they_o all_o for_o they_o take_v the_o great_a care_n to_o declare_v that_o they_o worship_v he_o alone_o that_o thou_o will_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n it_o seem_v he_o intend_v to_o leave_v the_o guardianship_n of_o his_o son_n to_o he_o if_o he_o shall_v die_v before_o he_o have_v dispose_v of_o he_o as_o unto_o a_o wise_a and_o faithful_a servant_n who_o have_v manage_v his_o affair_n above_o fifty_o year_n and_o we_o do_v not_o know_v how_o much_o long_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o canaanite_n for_o though_o there_o be_v some_o good_a people_n among_o they_o as_o appear_v by_o melchizedek_n and_o abi
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 sarah_n tent._n that_o apartment_n wherein_o his_o mother_n dwell_v which_o be_v distinct_a from_o that_o of_o the_o husband_n be_v and_o isaac_n be_v comfort_v after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o mother_n the_o love_n he_o have_v to_o his_o wife_n help_v to_o alleviate_v the_o sorrow_n he_o have_v conceive_v at_o his_o mother_n death_n which_o be_v so_o great_a that_o now_o it_o have_v continue_v three_o year_n such_o be_v the_o pious_a affection_n child_n have_v for_o their_o parent_n in_o ancient_a day_n isaac_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o marry_v rebekah_n xxv_o 20._o and_o if_o we_o can_v believe_v the_o jew_n in_o seder_n olam_fw-la she_o be_v but_o fourteen_o chap._n xxv_o ver._n 1._o than_o again_o abraham_n take_v a_o wife_n sarah_n be_v dead_a and_o agar_n long_o ago_o send_v away_o and_o his_o son_n isaac_n late_o marry_v he_o want_v a_o companion_n in_o his_o old_a age._n for_o have_v give_v up_o sarah_n tent_n unto_o rebekah_n xxiv_o ult_n it_o be_v probable_a he_o 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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
head_n but_o all_o over_o his_o body_n like_o a_o hairy_a garment_n as_o rough_a as_o haircloth_n just_o as_o the_o poet_n describe_v satyr_n he_o be_v hirsutus_fw-la not_o only_o hairy_a all_o over_o but_o those_o hair_n as_o stiff_a as_o bristle_n argue_v great_a strength_n of_o body_n and_o a_o rough_a fierce_a temper_n they_o call_v his_o name_n esau_n which_o signify_v make_v in_o hebrew_n this_o be_v common_o take_v for_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o name_n that_o he_o be_v as_o full_a of_o hair_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v as_o other_o be_v at_o man_n estate_n but_o i_o think_v it_o may_v as_o well_o denote_v his_o active_a genius_n which_o they_o think_v this_o presage_v ver._n 26._o jacob._n he_o certain_o have_v his_o name_n from_o his_o take_v his_o brother_n by_o the_o heel_n at_o his_o birth_n as_o if_o he_o will_v supplant_v he_o as_o he_o afterward_o do_v be_v threescore_o year_n old_a god_n exercise_v isaac_n faith_n and_o patience_n just_a as_o he_o have_v do_v abraham_n for_o the_o space_n of_o twenty_o year_n before_o he_o give_v he_o a_o child_n for_o he_o be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o marry_v verse_n 20._o and_o now_o sixty_o ver._n 27._o a_o cunning_a hunter_n have_v great_a skill_n in_o hunt_v in_o which_o his_o active_a genius_n delight_v a_o man_n of_o the_o field_n that_o take_v pleasure_n to_o be_v abroad_o pursue_v wild_a beast_n in_o wood_n and_o mountain_n where_o afterward_o he_o have_v his_o habitation_n a_o plain_a man_n dwell_v in_o tent_n he_o love_v not_o violent_a exercise_n but_o keep_v at_o home_n or_o look_v after_o the_o flock_n of_o sheep_n and_o the_o breed_n of_o cattle_n ver._n 28._o and_o isaac_n love_v esau_n etc._n etc._n not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v his_o first-born_a and_o because_o his_o love_n of_o hunt_v argue_v he_o to_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a activity_n and_o valour_n who_o be_v likely_a to_o prove_v a_o great_a person_n but_o because_o he_o also_o take_v care_n frequent_o to_o entertain_v his_o father_n with_o venison_n which_o be_v of_o divers_a sort_n and_o afford_v he_o such_o variety_n at_o his_o table_n as_o give_v his_o father_n frequent_a occasion_n to_o commend_v he_o but_o rebekah_n love_v jacob._n be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o more_o meek_a and_o quiet_a temper_n suitable_a to_o her_o own_o disposition_n and_o more_o at_o home_o also_o with_o she_o than_o esau_n be_v and_o design_v by_o god_n to_o inherit_v the_o promise_n verse_n 23._o it_o be_v likely_a esau_n make_v great_a court_n as_o we_o speak_v to_o his_o father_n and_o jacob_n to_o his_o mother_n whereby_o they_o win_v their_o affection_n ver._n 29._o he_o be_v faint_a with_o too_o violent_a and_o long_a pursuit_n of_o his_o sport_n ver._n 30_o feed_v i_o i_o pray_v thou_o with_o that_o same_o red_a etc._n etc._n it_o be_v make_v of_o lentile_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n and_o st._n austin_n upon_o psalm_n xlvi_o say_v they_o be_v egyptian_a lentile_n which_o be_v in_o great_a esteem_n and_o much_o commend_v by_o athenaeus_n and_o a._n gellius_n and_o give_v the_o pottage_n it_o be_v probable_a a_o red_a tincture_n some_o think_v esau_n do_v not_o know_v what_o it_o be_v and_o therefore_o call_v it_o only_o by_o its_o colour_n ask_v for_o that_o red_a that_o same_o red_a as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n therefore_o be_v his_o name_n call_v edom._n this_o repeat_v eager_a desire_n of_o he_o know_v not_o what_o for_o which_o he_o sell_v his_o birthright_n give_v he_o the_o name_n of_o edom_n which_o signify_v red_a whence_o the_o city_n which_o he_o build_v and_o the_o whole_a country_n his_o posterity_n inhabit_v be_v call_v by_o the_o same_o name_n and_o by_o the_o greek_n idumaea_n border_v towards_o the_o south_n upon_o judaea_n arabia_n and_o egypt_n ver._n 31._o sell_v i_o this_o day_n thy_o birthright_n the_o elder_a son_n have_v several_a privilege_n belong_v to_o he_o above_o the_o rest_n the_o chief_a of_o which_o be_v to_o have_v a_o double_a portion_n of_o his_o father_n estate_n as_o for_o the_o right_n of_o priesthood_n there_o be_v many_o reason_n to_o prove_v it_o do_v not_o belong_v thereunto_o but_o whatsoever_o they_o be_v jacob_n cunning_o make_v a_o advantage_n of_o esau_n necessity_n to_o purchase_v they_o all_o for_o a_o small_a matter_n in_o which_o some_o think_v he_o do_v not_o amiss_o about_o which_o i_o shall_v not_o dispute_v ver._n 32._o what_o profit_n shall_v this_o birthright_n do_v to_o i_o he_o speak_v very_o slight_o if_o not_o contemptuous_o of_o it_o prefer_v the_o present_a satisfaction_n of_o his_o appetite_n before_o his_o future_a dignity_n and_o greatness_n for_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n he_o pretend_v to_o be_v faint_a than_o real_o he_o be_v out_o of_o a_o vehement_a longing_n for_o the_o pottage_n which_o perhaps_o be_v a_o rarety_n ver._n 33._o swear_v to_o i_o this_o day_n that_o i_o shall_v peaceable_o enjoy_v the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o birthright_n esau_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v very_o violent_a in_o all_o thing_n and_o to_o have_v pursue_v this_o as_o eager_o as_o he_o do_v his_o sport_n jacob_n on_o the_o contrary_a very_a sedate_n and_o crafty_a to_o make_v the_o best_a use_n of_o the_o opportunity_n he_o meet_v with_o to_o promote_v his_o ends._n ver._n 34._o rise_v up_o and_o go_v his_o way_n well_o satisfy_v and_o without_o any_o trouble_n for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v which_o the_o apostle_n censure_v as_o a_o piece_n of_o profaneness_n parent_n be_v wont_a to_o give_v a_o special_a blessing_n to_o their_o first-born_a despise_a his_o birthright_n he_o think_v perhaps_o he_o can_v recover_v that_o by_o force_n which_o he_o have_v lose_v by_o his_o brother_n craft_n chap._n xxvi_o ver._n 1._o and_o there_o be_v a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n such_o a_o scarcity_n of_o provision_n as_o be_v in_o abraham_n day_n xii_o 10._o when_o he_o be_v new_o come_v into_o canaan_n happen_v again_o in_o the_o day_n of_o isaac_n and_o isaac_n go_v it_o be_v not_o say_v from_o whence_o he_o go_v but_o it_o be_v probable_a after_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n he_o go_v and_o dwell_v where_o his_o father_n have_v often_o do_v at_o mamre_n near_o hebron_n for_o he_o be_v not_o now_o at_o beersheba_n or_o the_o well_o lahairoi_a which_o be_v the_o last_o place_n of_o his_o habitation_n that_o we_o read_v of_o xxv_o 11._o for_o that_o be_v in_o this_o very_a country_n of_o gerar_n to_o which_o he_o now_o go_v unto_o abimelech_n the_o son_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a of_o he_o to_o who_o abraham_n go_v for_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v the_o same_o it_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n since_o that_o time_n and_o all_o the_o king_n of_o that_o country_n be_v for_o many_o age_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o abimelech_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o story_n of_o david_n who_o flee_v to_o one_o of_o that_o name_n call_v achish_a in_o 1_o sam._n xxi_o 10._o but_o abimelech_n in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o xxxiv_o psalm_n see_v gen._n xx._n 2._o ver._n 2._o and_o or_o for_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o he_o he_o intend_v to_o have_v go_v into_o egypt_n as_o abraham_n his_o father_n have_v do_v in_o the_o like_a case_n xii_o 10._o but_o god_n forbid_v he_o appear_v to_o he_o either_o in_o a_o vision_n or_o a_o dream_n or_o as_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n appear_v afterward_o to_o moses_n and_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n upon_o several_a occasion_n and_o direct_v he_o to_o stay_v in_o this_o country_n which_o be_v in_o the_o way_n to_o egypt_n where_o he_o promise_v to_o provide_v for_o he_o though_o egypt_n be_v a_o most_o plentiful_a country_n yet_o the_o king_n of_o it_o at_o this_o time_n be_v not_o so_o good_a a_o man_n perhaps_o as_o he_o that_o reign_v in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n ver._n 3._o sojourn_v in_o this_o land_n etc._n etc._n he_o not_o only_a promise_n to_o take_v care_n of_o he_o at_o present_a during_o the_o famine_n but_o renew_v the_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n his_o father_n at_o sundry_a time_n and_o in_o divers_a place_n xii_o 3._o xv._o 5._o xvii_o 2_o 8._o and_o at_o last_o confirm_v by_o a_o oath_n xxii_o 16_o 17._o i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o bless_v thou_o these_o and_o such_o like_a word_n maimonides_n show_v express_v a_o special_a providence_n over_o those_o to_o who_o they_o be_v speak_v and_o over_o all_o belong_v to_o they_o more_n nevoch_n par._n iii_o cap._n 18._o unto_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v all_o these_o country_n which_o he_o repeat_v again_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n have_v mention_v the_o vast_a multiplication_n of_o his_o seed_n ver._n 4._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v
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
place_n and_o to_o my_o country_n i._n e._n to_o his_o father_n house_n in_o canaan_n which_o be_v his_o country_n because_o he_o be_v bear_v there_o ver._n 26._o for_o thou_o know_v what_o service_n i_o have_v do_v thou_o he_o appeal_v to_o himself_o whether_o he_o have_v not_o serve_v he_o with_o all_o diligence_n and_o fidelity_n and_o therefore_o deserve_v to_o be_v dismiss_v after_o such_o long_a labour_n ver._n 27._o i_o have_v learn_v by_o experience_n or_o as_o the_o ancient_n understand_v the_o word_n nichashti_n i_o have_v find_v by_o divination_n and_o aben_n ezra_n think_v he_o learn_v it_o by_o consult_v with_o his_o teraphim_n but_o there_o need_v no_o such_o advice_n with_o they_o the_o thing_n be_v plain_a in_o itself_o that_o he_o have_v bring_v prosperity_n along_o with_o he_o into_o his_o house_n ver._n 29._o thou_o know_v how_o i_o have_v serve_v thou_o with_o how_o much_o care_n and_o fidelity_n as_o he_o have_v admonish_v he_o before_o verse_n 26._o and_o how_o thy_o cattle_n be_v with_o i_o how_o they_o prosper_v under_o my_o care_n ver._n 30._o bless_a thou_o since_o my_o come_n so_o st._n hierom_n explain_v the_o hebrew_n phrase_n at_o my_o foot_n ever_o since_o i_o set_v my_o foot_n within_o thy_o door_n or_o since_o i_o enter_v into_o thy_o service_n other_o expound_v it_o wheresoever_o i_o go_v or_o by_o my_o lead_v thy_o flock_n but_o maimonides_n say_v this_o phrase_n leragli_n at_o my_o foot_n signify_v because_o of_o i_o for_o my_o sake_n and_o so_o he_o explain_v the_o like_a phrase_n xxxiii_o 14._o p._n i._o more_n nevoch_n cap._n 28._o ver._n 31._o thou_o shall_v not_o give_v i_o any_o thing_n etc._n etc._n i_o will_v take_v nothing_o of_o thou_o at_o present_a but_o make_v this_o follow_a bargain_n with_o thou_o for_o the_o future_a ver._n 32._o all_o the_o speckled_a and_o spot_v etc._n etc._n in_o this_o place_n and_o in_o xxxi_o 10._o there_o be_v four_o distinct_a word_n use_v to_o express_v what_o shall_v be_v he_o the_o first_o of_o they_o be_v nakod_a which_o we_o well_o translate_v speckle_v for_o the_o word_n signify_v little_a point_n or_o prick_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o many_o have_v observe_v particular_o bochart_n in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o c._n 45._o the_o second_o be_v talu_n which_o signify_v broad_a and_o large_a spot_n which_o we_o frequent_o see_v in_o cattle_n the_o next_o be_v akod_a which_o signify_v spot_v with_o divers_a colour_n but_o most_o proper_o spot_n or_o rather_o circle_n or_o ring_n about_o the_o foot_n or_o leg_n which_o we_o translate_v ring-straked_n so_o symmachus_n render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d white-footed_n and_o onkelos_n and_o jonathan_n have_v mark_n on_o their_o foot_n rather_o list_n round_o their_o leg_n or_o foot_n for_o the_o word_n denote_v bind_v or_o twist_v about_o any_o thing_n and_o then_o the_o last_o word_n barud_v signify_v whitish_a spot_n like_o hail_n for_o barud_v in_o hebrew_n be_v hail_n this_o shall_v be_v my_o hire_n he_o do_v not_o mean_a that_o those_o cattle_n which_o be_v already_o speckle_v and_o spot_v etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v give_v he_o for_o that_o do_v not_o agree_v with_o what_o go_v before_o thou_o shall_v not_o give_v i_o any_o thing_n i._n e._n i_o will_v take_v nothing_o that_o be_v now_o thou_o and_o beside_o it_o will_v have_v be_v no_o wonder_n if_o those_o that_o be_v spot_v already_o shall_v bring_v forth_o other_o like_v to_o themselves_o therefore_o the_o sense_n be_v that_o he_o will_v separate_v all_o the_o spot_a sheep_n and_o goat_n and_o then_o out_o of_o those_o which_o be_v of_o one_o colour_n he_o will_v have_v all_o that_o shall_v prove_v hereafter_o at_o all_o mark_v with_o any_o of_o the_o forementioned_a variety_n now_o this_o be_v a_o thing_n so_o unlikely_a to_o happen_v that_o laban_n in_o the_o next_o verse_n embrace_v the_o motion_n very_o greedy_o think_v that_o white_a or_o black_a cattle_n will_v bring_v forth_o none_o but_o such_o as_o be_v like_o themselves_o ver._n 33._o so_o shall_v my_o righteousness_n etc._n etc._n this_o separation_n be_v make_v it_o will_v appear_v that_o if_o he_o have_v any_o spot_a they_o be_v not_o take_v from_o laban_n flock_n but_o give_v to_o he_o by_o god_n out_o of_o they_o as_o a_o reward_n of_o his_o honest_a diligence_n ver._n 34._o i_o will_v it_o may_v be_v according_a to_o thy_o word_n he_o think_v this_o so_o good_a a_o bargain_n that_o he_o be_v afraid_a jacob_n will_v not_o stand_v to_o it_o ver._n 35._o into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o son_n i._n e._n of_o laban_n son_n who_o be_v now_o grow_v up_o though_o perhaps_o when_o jacob_n first_o come_v to_o he_o they_o be_v so_o little_a as_o not_o to_o be_v able_a to_o look_v after_o the_o flock_n which_o his_o daughter_n therefore_o feed_v xxix_o 9_o as_o for_o jacob_n son_n the_o elder_a of_o they_o be_v scarce_o seven_o year_n old_a and_o therefore_o can_v not_o be_v fit_a for_o such_o employment_n laban_n therefore_o go_v and_o separate_v the_o spot_a cattle_n from_o the_o rest_n and_o then_o lest_o jacob_n shall_v get_v any_o of_o they_o to_o mix_v with_o those_o of_o one_o colour_n he_o commit_v they_o to_o his_o own_o son_n to_o be_v feed_v apart_o by_o themselves_o and_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n make_v a_o distance_n of_o three_o day_n journey_n between_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o that_o none_o may_v be_v in_o danger_n to_o stray_v to_o the_o flock_n which_o be_v feed_v by_o jacob_n unto_o who_o care_n be_v commit_v all_o that_o have_v no_o spot_n at_o all_o ver._n 36._o set_a three_o day_n journey_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o may_v be_v sure_a not_o to_o come_v near_o so_o much_o as_o to_o see_v one_o another_o ver._n 37._o of_o the_o hazel_n the_o hebrew_n word_n luz_n signify_v a_o almond_n as_o bochart_n prove_v at_o large_a out_o of_o a_o great_a many_o author_n and_o therefore_o st._n hierom_n here_o right_o translate_v it_o virgas_fw-la amygdalinas_fw-la and_o the_o hebrew_n interpreter_n who_o will_v have_v it_o signify_v a_o hasel-tree_n confess_v that_o herein_o they_o depart_v from_o the_o opinion_n of_o those_o that_o go_v before_o they_o so_o aben_n ezra_n and_o kimchi_n who_o both_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n expound_v it_o almond-rod_n and_o pill_v white_a strike_v in_o they_o he_o have_v three_o artifices_fw-la to_o compass_v his_o end_n the_o first_o be_v this_o to_o peel_v off_o the_o bark_n from_o the_o rod_n at_o certain_a distance_n till_o the_o white_a appear_v between_o the_o bark_n which_o be_v of_o a_o different_a colour_n and_o these_o rod_n thus_o discolour_v he_o lay_v in_o the_o channel_n of_o water_n at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o cattle_n be_v wont_v to_o couple_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n that_o their_o fancy_n may_v be_v paint_v with_o such_o divers_a colour_n as_o they_o see_v in_o the_o rods._n see_v verse_n 40_o 41._o ver._n 39_o and_o the_o flock_n conceive_v before_o the_o rod_n and_o bring_v forth_o etc._n etc._n the_o greek_a father_n ascribe_v this_o to_o the_o miraculous_a operation_n of_o god_n as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 49._o but_o the_o latin_a father_n particular_o st._n hierom_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o do_v by_o the_o natural_a operation_n of_o the_o imagination_n for_o which_o he_o allege_v the_o like_a thing_n do_v in_o spain_n among_o horse_n and_o mare_n and_o bring_v quinctilian_n and_o hypocrates_n to_o justify_v the_o like_a conception_n in_o woman_n which_o he_o back_n with_o a_o great_a number_n of_o authority_n out_o of_o galen_n and_o other_o writer_n who_o have_v observe_v indelible_a mark_n to_o have_v be_v impress_v upon_o child_n by_o the_o object_n that_o be_v present_v to_o their_o mother_n imagination_n at_o the_o time_n of_o her_o conception_n and_o st._n austin_n say_v the_o egyptian_n by_o the_o like_a device_n with_o this_o of_o jacob_n have_v still_o a_o new_a apis_n or_o pied-bull_n to_o succeed_v that_o which_o die_v to_o who_o they_o give_v divine_a honour_n but_o whatsoever_o power_n there_o may_v be_v in_o natural_a imagination_n to_o produce_v such_o effect_n it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v that_o god_n give_v a_o extraordinary_a blessing_n to_o this_o contrivance_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o vision_n which_o jacob_n say_v he_o have_v wherein_o god_n who_o have_v direct_v he_o to_o this_o invention_n promise_v to_o give_v it_o success_n xxxi_o 10_o 11_o 12._o for_o beast_n have_v very_o rare_o such_o a_o strong_a and_o vehement_a imagination_n as_o produce_v such_o effect_n unless_o it_o be_v move_v by_o some_o unusual_a passion_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o god_n excite_v and_o
in_o the_o business_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o chief_a for_o without_o his_o blessing_n it_o can_v not_o have_v prosper_v for_o fear_v perhaps_o that_o they_o shall_v any_o way_n divulge_v it_o and_o bring_v he_o into_o danger_n with_o laban_n for_o every_o body_n can_v keep_v a_o secret_a the_o hebrew_n make_v too_o severe_a and_o foolish_a reflection_n on_o woman_n upon_o this_o occasion_n and_o his_o whole_a estate_n depend_v on_o this_o he_o think_v it_o best_a to_o keep_v it_o to_o himself_o for_o the_o present_a ver._n 10._o it_o come_v to_o pass_v at_o the_o time_n the_o cattle_n conceive_v etc._n etc._n to_o confirm_v they_o in_o the_o opinion_n that_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v transfer_v all_o the_o riches_n of_o their_o father_n unto_o he_o he_o relate_v what_o be_v represent_v to_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n the_o ram_n that_o leap_v etc._n etc._n he_o behold_v they_o such_o as_o he_o have_v agree_v to_o have_v for_o his_o hire_n and_o therefore_o likely_a to_o produce_v other_o spot_v and_o streak_v like_o themselves_o according_a to_o the_o common_a observation_n of_o the_o poet_n sic_fw-la catulos_fw-la canibus_fw-la simile_n sic_fw-la matribus_fw-la hoedos_fw-la for_o in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n ring-straked_n and_o speckled_a may_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o ewe_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o ram_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a he_o have_v this_o vision_n before_o he_o make_v his_o agreement_n with_o laban_n whereby_o he_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o artifice_n of_o which_o he_o make_v use_v or_o else_o god_n represent_v to_o he_o afterward_o that_o he_o approve_v it_o and_o will_v make_v it_o successful_a grizzled_a this_o word_n barud_v be_v not_o use_v before_o but_o i_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n verse_n 32._o that_o it_o signify_v as_o much_o as_o great_a white_a or_o grey_a spot_n like_v to_o hailstone_n it_o be_v just_a the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o nakod_n speckled_a or_o sprinkle_v with_o little_a black_a spot_n which_o be_v upon_o the_o sheep_n that_o be_v white_a as_o these_o be_v whitish_a or_o grizzle_v spot_n upon_o those_o that_o be_v black_a ver._n 11._o and_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n speak_v unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n as_o his_o ambassador_n god_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v present_a where_o his_o angel_n who_o be_v his_o retinue_n be_v say_v to_o appear_v as_o i_o have_v often_o note_v see_v xxviii_o 17._o ver._n 12._o lift_v up_o now_o thy_o eye_n he_o say_v verse_n 10._o that_o he_o do_v lift_v up_o his_o eye_n therefore_o the_o meaning_n here_o be_v observe_v now_o and_o mark_v what_o thou_o see_v i_o have_v see_v all_o that_o laban_n do_v unto_o thou_o take_a such_o notice_n of_o it_o that_o i_o will_v do_v thou_o right_o ver._n 13._o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o bethel_n it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o that_o though_o the_o angel_n only_o appear_v verse_n 11._o yet_o god_n himself_o be_v present_a and_o remember_v he_o how_o he_o have_v appear_v unto_o he_o in_o bethel_n xxviii_o 11_o 12_o etc._n etc._n and_o how_o jacob_n have_v anoint_v the_o pillar_n and_o vow_v a_o vow_n unto_o he_o so_o maimonides_n expound_v it_o for_o jacob_n no_o doubt_n say_v he_o make_v the_o vow_n to_o god_n and_o not_o to_o the_o angel_n and_o therefore_o the_o angel_n as_o he_o understand_v it_o speak_v here_o in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o himself_o more_o nevoch_n p._n i._o cap._n 27._o see_v chapter_n xxii_o 11_o 15._o but_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o we_o shall_v not_o suppose_v the_o divine_a majesty_n himself_o to_o have_v appear_v also_o as_o he_o do_v at_o bethel_n when_o jacob_n see_v the_o angel_n ascend_v and_o descend_v upon_o the_o ladder_n and_o the_o lord_n himself_o stand_v at_o the_o top_n and_o speak_v to_o he_o as_o he_o do_v here_o for_o upon_o a_o serious_a consideration_n of_o all_o the_o circumstance_n this_o vision_n here_o mention_v seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v distinct_a from_o what_o be_v represent_v by_o a_o angel_n in_o a_o dream_n verse_n 11._o for_o he_o have_v that_o it_o be_v evident_a at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o last_o six_o year_n service_n this_o at_o the_o conclusion_n of_o they_o but_o he_o put_v they_o both_o together_o because_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o same_o matter_n and_o god_n now_o remember_v his_o vow_n to_o show_v he_o that_o he_o be_v well-pleased_a with_o it_o and_o to_o excite_v he_o to_o perform_v it_o when_o he_o have_v bring_v he_o as_o he_o assure_v he_o he_o will_v to_o that_o place_n again_o ver._n 14._o rachel_n and_o leah_n answer_v etc._n etc._n they_o immediate_o consent_v to_o go_v along_o with_o he_o and_o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o acquaint_v their_o father_n with_o it_o for_o they_o know_v he_o will_v give_v they_o nothing_o be_v there_o any_o portion_n etc._n etc._n we_o shall_v get_v nothing_o by_o stay_v with_o he_o the_o reason_n of_o which_o follow_v ver._n 15._o be_v we_o not_o count_v as_o stranger_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v not_o deal_v with_o we_o as_o if_o we_o be_v his_o child_n but_o as_o if_o we_o be_v of_o some_o other_o family_n who_o he_o have_v buy_v and_o sell_v again_o sell_v we_o not_o so_o much_o give_v we_o in_o marriage_n as_o sell_v we_o for_o the_o price_n of_o jacob_n labour_n quite_o devour_v our_o money_n keep_v to_o himself_o all_o the_o money_n he_o get_v by_o thy_o service_n and_o give_v we_o not_o a_o farthing_n of_o it_o ver._n 16._o for_o all_o the_o riches_n etc._n etc._n god_n have_v but_o give_v we_o that_o which_o be_v our_o own_o and_o therefore_o thou_o may_v lawful_o keep_v it_o and_o go_v away_o with_o it_o ver._n 17._o jacob_n rise_v up_o prepare_a himself_o for_o the_o journey_n and_o set_v his_o son_n as_o be_v but_o needful_a reuben_n his_o elder_a be_v scarce_o fourteen_o year_n old_a and_o joseph_n his_o young_a scarce_o six_o upon_o camel_n they_o use_v to_o ride_v upon_o camel_n in_o the_o east-country_n especial_o when_o they_o make_v long_a journey_n see_v xxiv_o 10._o ver._n 18._o he_o carry_v away_o all_o his_o cattle_n but_o nothing_o of_o laban_n as_o josephus_n without_o any_o reason_n fancy_n ver._n 19_o laban_n go_v to_o shear_v his_o sheep_n which_o give_v jacob_n the_o better_a opportunity_n to_o escape_v whilst_o he_o be_v busy_a about_o that_o and_o feast_v perhaps_o his_o shearer_n and_o rachel_n have_v steal_v in_o all_o likelihood_n his_o wife_n return_v to_o the_o house_n to_o fetch_v what_o they_o have_v leave_v there_o when_o jacob_n send_v to_o speak_v with_o they_o in_o the_o field_n verse_n 4._o and_o then_o rachel_n take_v away_o these_o image_n the_o image_n that_o her_o father_n have_v these_o image_n in_o the_o hebrew_n be_v call_v teraphim_n of_o which_o we_o read_v very_o often_o afterward_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n mercer_n and_o simeon_n de_fw-fr muis_n take_v it_o for_o a_o exotic_a word_n but_o other_o derive_v it_o from_o the_o hebrew_n word_n rapha_n which_o signify_v to_o cure_v or_o heal_v as_o if_o these_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o salvatores_fw-la saviour_n and_n deliverer_n or_o preserver_n from_o mischief_n there_o be_v other_o derivation_n of_o which_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n but_o most_o agree_v they_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o penates_n as_o the_o roman_n call_v they_o household_n god_n in_o which_o style_n laban_n speak_v of_o they_o when_o he_o say_v verse_n 30._o wherefore_o have_v thou_o steal_v my_o god_n but_o it_o be_v a_o great_a question_n among_o the_o hebrew_a doctor_n whether_o in_o these_o ancient_a time_n they_o worship_v they_o as_o god_n or_o only_o use_v they_o as_o instrument_n of_o divination_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v de_fw-la diis_fw-la syris_n syntagm_n i._o cap._n 2._o where_o he_o show_v that_o several_a of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n take_v they_o to_o have_v be_v figure_n in_o humane_a shape_n 1_o sam._n xix_o 13._o make_v by_o astrologer_n to_o be_v capable_a as_o they_o fancy_v of_o the_o heavenly_a influence_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n they_o think_v rachel_n steal_v they_o that_o laban_n may_v not_o inquire_v by_o they_o which_o way_n jacob_n and_o his_o family_n be_v go_v hottinger_n also_o have_v many_o ingenious_a argument_n to_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o arabian_a talismans_n in_o aftertime_n which_o be_v image_n make_v under_o such_o or_o such_o constellation_n to_o receive_v the_o heavenly_a influence_n either_o to_o be_v a_o phylactery_n or_o a_o oracle_n see_v l._n i._n histor_n orient_n cap._n 8._o but_o the_o conjecture_n of_o lud._n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr upon_o this_o place_n seem_v to_o i_o far_o more_o probable_a that_o they_o be_v the_o representation_n of_o some_o angelical_a power_n teraphim_n and_o seraphim_n be_v the_o very_a same_o by_o the_o
be_v desirous_a to_o live_v with_o his_o wife_n who_o be_v her_o country-woman_n and_o that_o her_o death_n be_v here_o mention_v though_o we_o read_v nothing_o of_o rebekah_n to_o give_v a_o account_n how_o this_o oak_n come_v by_o the_o name_n of_o allon-bacuth_a in_o aftertime_n under_o a_o oak_n there_o be_v many_o about_o bethel_n near_o to_o which_o there_o be_v a_o wood_n or_o forest_n out_o of_o which_o the_o bear_n come_v who_o devour_v the_o child_n that_o curse_a elisha_n 2_o king_n ii_o 23._o and_o under_o a_o oak_n also_o the_o old_a prophet_n find_v the_o man_n of_o god_n sit_v as_o he_o go_v from_o bethel_n 1_o king_n xiii_o 14._o ver._n 9_o and_o god_n appear_v unto_o jacob_n again_o etc._n etc._n the_o schechinah_n or_o divine_a majesty_n who_o bid_v he_o go_v to_o bethel_n verse_n 1._o appear_v to_o he_o when_o he_o come_v there_o in_o a_o most_o glorious_a manner_n as_o he_o have_v do_v when_o he_o lodge_v there_o in_o his_o journey_n to_o padan-aram_n xxviii_o 13._o ver._n 10._o israel_n shall_v be_v thy_o name_n this_o be_v a_o far_o more_o honourable_a name_n than_o that_o of_o jacob_n and_o therefore_o by_o it_o thou_o shall_v be_v common_o call_v for_o the_o name_n of_o jacob_n be_v give_v he_o from_o the_o supplant_n of_o his_o brother_n and_o get_v the_o advantage_n of_o he_o but_o this_o of_o israel_n from_o his_o prevalence_n over_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n and_o he_o call_v his_o name_n israel_n he_o solemn_o confirm_v that_o name_n which_o be_v give_v he_o before_o by_o his_o angel_n xxxii_o 28._o this_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o angel_n who_o wrestle_v with_o jacob_n and_o tell_v he_o his_o name_n shall_v be_v change_v for_o if_o it_o have_v be_v god_n himself_o jacob_n be_v as_o much_o satisfy_v then_o as_o he_o can_v be_v now_o that_o israel_n shall_v be_v his_o name_n but_o i_o take_v it_o god_n reserve_v the_o declaration_n of_o it_o from_o his_o own_o mouth_n till_o this_o time_n when_o he_o ratify_v what_o he_o have_v before_o speak_v by_o his_o angel_n and_o thus_o i_o find_v since_o i_o note_v this_o st._n hierom_n understand_v this_o passage_n who_o word_n be_v these_o dudum_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la ei_fw-la nomen_fw-la ab_fw-la angelo_n imponitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o name_n be_v not_o heretofore_o impose_v on_o he_o by_o the_o angel_n who_o only_o foretell_v that_o god_n will_v impose_v it_o on_o he_o that_o therefore_o which_o be_v there_o promise_v shall_v be_v we_o be_v here_o teach_v be_v fulfil_v ver._n 11._o i_o be_o god_n almighty_a etc._n etc._n here_o god_n renew_v his_o promise_n to_o he_o as_o he_o have_v often_o do_v to_o abraham_n he_o have_v first_o bless_v he_o by_o isaac_n xxviii_o 3._o when_o he_o send_v he_o from_o home_n then_o he_o himself_o bless_v he_o when_o he_o appear_v to_o he_o the_o first_o night_n of_o his_o journey_n verse_n 13._o of_o that_o chapter_n and_o now_o again_o when_o he_o be_v come_v back_o to_o the_o very_a same_o place_n where_o he_o bless_v he_o before_o and_o he_o speak_v to_o he_o by_o the_o name_n of_o el-shaddai_a i._n e._n god_n all-sufficient_a the_o very_a same_o whereby_o his_o father_n have_v bless_v he_o xxviii_o 3._o and_o whereby_o god_n bless_a abraham_n xvii_o 1._o ver._n 13._o and_o god_n go_v up_o from_o he_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o this_o that_o a_o visible_a majesty_n or_o glory_n appear_v to_o he_o at_o this_o time_n from_o whence_o the_o forego_n word_n be_v speak_v to_o he_o which_o be_v do_v it_o go_v up_o towards_o heaven_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v go_v up_o from_o upon_o he_o or_o over_o he_o and_o the_o very_a same_o be_v say_v of_o abraham_n xvii_o 22._o as_o if_o the_o schechinah_n appear_v over_o his_o head_n in_o great_a lustre_n whilst_o he_o perhaps_o lay_v prostrate_a upon_o the_o ground_n ver._n 14._o set_a up_o a_o pillar_n in_o that_o place_n to_o be_v a_o monument_n of_o the_o divine_a goodness_n who_o there_o appear_v to_o he_o and_o make_v he_o such_o gracious_a promise_n as_o those_o beforementioned_a verse_n 11_o 12._o and_o to_o serve_v for_o a_o altar_n whereon_o to_o offer_v sacrifice_n for_o so_o the_o word_n matzebah_n signify_v hosea_n iii_o 4._o and_o therefore_o isaiah_n seem_v to_o make_v a_o altar_n and_o a_o pillar_n the_o same_o thing_n xix_o 19_o pour_v a_o drink-offering_a thereon_o to_o consecrate_v it_o unto_o the_o solemn_a service_n of_o god_n for_o which_o end_n he_o pour_v oil_n upon_o it_o as_o he_o have_v do_v upon_o the_o stone_n xxviii_o 18._o which_o in_o all_o likelihood_n be_v a_o principal_a part_n of_o this_o pillar_n and_o have_v do_v all_o this_o we_o be_v to_o suppose_v he_o not_o only_o offer_v sacrifice_n but_o pay_v the_o ten_o of_o all_o that_o god_n have_v give_v he_o according_a to_o his_o vow_n xxviii_o ult_n ver._n 15._o call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n or_o rather_o of_o that_o place_n that_o famous_a place_n which_o god_n have_v make_v so_o remarkable_a by_o his_o goodness_n to_o he_o for_o the_o hebrew_n not_o without_o reason_n make_v the_o he_o before_o makom_n to_o add_v a_o emphasis_n to_o that_o word_n bethel_n i._n e._n the_o house_n of_o god_n so_o he_o say_v he_o will_v make_v this_o place_n xxviii_o 22._o and_o now_o he_o be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n by_o renew_v the_o name_n he_o have_v give_v it_o thirty_o year_n before_o when_o he_o first_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n ver._n 16._o and_o there_o be_v but_o a_o little_a way_n to_o come_v to_o ephrath_n when_o they_o be_v come_v within_o a_o little_a of_o ephrath_n the_o hebrew_n word_n for_o a_o little_a be_v chibrath_n who_o precise_a signification_n be_v uncertain_a benjamin_n tudelensis_n say_v this_o place_n be_v within_o half_a a_o mile_n and_o a_o little_a more_o of_o ephrath_n see_v his_o itinerar_n p._n 47._o and_o const_n l'_fw-mi empereur_n on_o the_o place_n p._n 176._o ver._n 17._o fear_v not_o thou_o shall_v have_v this_o son_n also_o the_o midwife_n seem_v to_o comfort_n rachel_n with_o her_o own_o prediction_n xxx_o 24._o ver._n 18._o she_o call_v his_o name_n ben-oni_n rachel_n seem_v to_o give_v her_o former_a hope_n of_o a_o second_o son_n for_o lose_a at_o least_o she_o expect_v no_o comfort_n from_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o expire_v and_o therefore_o she_o call_v he_o a_o son_n of_o sorrow_n his_o birth_n be_v her_o death_n but_o his_o father_n call_v he_o benjamin_n to_o comfort_n rachel_n in_o her_o sorrow_n and_o to_o avert_v the_o sinister_a omen_n jacob_n immediate_o change_v his_o name_n into_o benjamin_n signify_v the_o son_n of_o his_o right-hand_n or_o of_o his_o strength_n as_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v though_o other_o will_v have_v it_o the_o son_n of_o year_n i._n e._n of_o his_o old_a age_n or_o put_v both_o together_o the_o support_n and_o stay_v of_o his_o old_a age._n name_n be_v ofttimes_o strange_o adapt_v to_o thing_n and_o the_o presage_n of_o parent_n have_v ancient_o be_v observe_v to_o be_v fulfil_v heu_fw-la nunquam_fw-la vana_fw-la parentum_fw-la auguria_fw-la which_o be_v in_o no_o instance_n more_o verify_v than_o in_o this_o child_n of_o jacob_n who_o do_v not_o bear_v either_o of_o these_o name_n for_o nought_o there_o be_v two_o very_a different_a fate_n of_o his_o posterity_n as_o dr._n jackson_n observe_v in_o a_o discourse_n of_o he_o upon_o st._n matth._n ii_o 17_o 18._o answerable_a to_o the_o contrary_a importance_n of_o the_o name_n give_v he_o by_o his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n no_o tribe_n in_o israel_n more_o valorous_a yet_o none_o so_o subject_a to_o sorrowful_a disaster_n as_o this_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n it_o be_v almost_o extirpate_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n xx._n 35_o etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o before_o the_o conclusion_n of_o that_o age_n benjamin_n become_v the_o head_n of_o his_o brethren_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n be_v choose_v out_o of_o that_o late_a desolate_a tribe_n and_o though_o that_o king_n prove_v at_o last_o but_o a_o ben-oni_n yet_o this_o tribe_n stick_v close_o to_o judah_n when_o all_o the_o rest_n revolt_v to_o his_o brother_n joseph_n ver._n 20._o jacob_n set_v a_o pillar_n upon_o her_o grave_a after_o that_o law_n be_v make_v deut._n xvi_o 22._o against_o erect_v pillar_n the_o jew_n do_v not_o think_v all_o pillar_n unlawful_a but_o only_o those_o for_o superstitious_a use_n not_o those_o which_o be_v in_o memory_n of_o some_o thing_n as_o maimonides_n his_o word_n be_v l._n the_o idolol_n cap._n 6._o ver._n 21._o and_o israel_n journey_v this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n that_o moses_n call_v he_o israel_n after_o this_o name_n be_v give_v he_o by_o god_n which_o he_o repeat_v twice_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n
this_o list_n of_o their_o king_n that_o the_o kingdom_n at_o this_o time_n be_v elective_a for_o the_o father_n do_v not_o succeed_v the_o son_n which_o may_v have_v be_v the_o reason_n perhaps_o why_o it_o last_v but_o a_o while_n before_o their_o government_n be_v alter_v again_o verse_n 40._o maimonides_n have_v a_o opinion_n different_a from_o all_o other_o that_o none_o of_o these_o king_n be_v of_o the_o race_n of_o esau_n but_o stranger_n who_o oppress_v the_o edomite_n and_o be_v here_o set_v down_o by_o moses_n to_o admonish_v the_o israelite_n to_o observe_v that_o precept_n deut._n xvii_o 15._o not_o to_o set_v a_o stranger_n to_o be_v king_n over_o they_o who_o be_v not_o their_o brother_n i._n e._n one_o of_o their_o own_o nation_n ver._n 35._o who_o smote_n midian_a in_o the_o field_n of_o moab_n the_o midianite_n perhaps_o come_v to_o invade_v they_o and_o hadad_n march_v out_o and_o meet_v they_o in_o the_o frontier_n of_o their_o country_n which_o join_v to_o that_o of_o moab_n where_o he_o get_v a_o great_a victory_n over_o they_o ver._n 37._o and_o saul_n of_o rehoboth_n by_o the_o river_n reign_v etc._n etc._n if_o by_o the_o river_n we_o shall_v understand_v euphrates_n as_o it_o usual_o signify_v near_o to_o which_o stand_v the_o city_n of_o rehoboth_n gen._n x._o 11._o it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o one_o shall_v be_v choose_v from_o so_o remote_a a_o country_n to_o be_v king_n of_o edom_n unless_o we_o suppose_v he_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v there_o but_o to_o have_v live_v in_o edom_n and_o by_o his_o great_a achievement_n to_o have_v get_v into_o the_o throne_n otherwise_o we_o must_v take_v this_o for_o some_o other_o city_n which_o stand_v by_o the_o most_o know_a river_n of_o this_o country_n ver._n 38._o baal-hanan_a this_o name_n be_v the_o reverse_n as_o i_o may_v call_v it_o of_o hannibal_n ver._n 39_o his_o wife_n name_n be_v mehetabel_n etc._n etc._n none_o of_o their_o wife_n much_o less_o their_o pedigree_n be_v name_v beside_o this_o alone_a which_o show_v she_o be_v a_o eminent_a woman_n in_o those_o time_n and_o that_o country_n either_o for_o wisdom_n or_o parentage_n or_o estate_n or_o some_o other_o excellence_n ver._n 40._o and_o these_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o duke_n that_o come_v of_o esau_n they_o seem_v now_o to_o have_v return_v to_o their_o first_o constitution_n and_o king_n be_v lay_v aside_o for_o some_o time_n but_o in_o future_a age_n we_o find_v they_o change_v again_o and_o then_o king_n reign_v successive_o the_o son_n after_o the_o father_n as_o they_o do_v in_o israel_n some_o think_v these_o be_v the_o great_a man_n who_o rule_v in_o edom_n in_o moses_n his_o time_n according_a to_o their_o family_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v the_o head_n of_o different_a family_n and_o live_v in_o different_a place_n and_o perhaps_o reign_v at_o the_o same_o time_n in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o country_n so_o the_o word_n seem_v to_o import_v ver._n 43._o in_o the_o land_n of_o their_o possession_n in_o their_o own_o country_n whilst_o the_o seed_n of_o jacob_n sojourn_v in_o a_o strange_a country_n and_o possess_v no_o land_n of_o their_o own_o he_o be_v esau_n etc._n etc._n he_o end_v as_o he_o begin_v this_o be_v the_o account_n of_o esau_n the_o father_n of_o the_o people_n who_o be_v now_o call_v edomite_n chap._n xxxvii_o ver._n 1._o and_o jacob_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n have_v give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o esau_n removal_n to_o seir_n xxxvi_o 6_o 7._o and_o of_o the_o prosperity_n of_o his_o family_n there_o he_o now_o go_v on_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o jacob_n still_o continue_v in_o the_o country_n where_o his_o father_n have_v sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 2._o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o jacob._n these_o word_n be_v to_o be_v connect_v with_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o xxxv_o 23_o 24_o etc._n etc._n where_o he_o relate_v how_o many_o son_n jacob_n have_v and_o then_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o family_n of_o esau_n in_o the_o xxxvi_o chapter_n which_o be_v end_v he_o return_v to_o finish_v the_o history_n of_o jacob._n and_o the_o lad_n be_v with_o the_o son_n of_o bilhah_n etc._n etc._n these_o word_n vehu_fw-mi naar_n signify_v he_o be_v very_o young_a in_o the_o simplicity_n of_o his_o childish_a year_n and_o come_v in_o by_o way_n of_o a_o parenthesis_n in_o this_o manner_n joseph_n be_v seventeen_o year_n old_a be_v feed_v the_o flock_n with_o his_o brethren_n and_o he_o be_v but_o a_o youth_n unexperienced_a and_o therefore_o call_v a_o child_n verse_n 30._o with_o the_o son_n of_o bilhah_n etc._n etc._n which_o last_o word_n be_v a_o explication_n of_o the_o former_a show_v with_o which_o of_o his_o brethren_n he_o be_v not_o with_o the_o son_n of_o leah_n but_o with_o the_o son_n of_o his_o handmaid_n particular_o with_o bilhah_n who_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o mother_n to_o he_o now_o rachel_n be_v dead_a have_v wait_v upon_o she_o and_o zilpah_n son_n be_v also_o mention_v in_o the_o second_o place_n as_o those_o it_o be_v likely_a who_o be_v think_v to_o have_v less_o emulation_n to_o he_o than_o the_o son_n of_o leah_n but_o we_o see_v by_o this_o how_o much_o our_o great_a prudence_n often_o fail_v for_o reuben_n and_o judah_n the_o child_n of_o leah_n have_v more_o kindness_n for_o joseph_n than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n their_o evil_a report_n what_o evil_a live_v they_o lead_v ver._n 3._o because_o he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o his_o old_a age_n benjamin_n be_v more_o so_o than_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n be_v bear_v not_o many_o year_n before_o he_o but_o he_o be_v so_o call_v because_o he_o have_v be_v marry_v a_o good_a while_n to_o rachel_n before_o he_o have_v he_o and_o he_o be_v the_o great_a comfort_n of_o his_o old_a age_n benjamin_n not_o be_v yet_o grow_v up_o to_o give_v any_o proof_n of_o his_o future_a worth_n he_o make_v he_o a_o coat_n of_o many_o colour_n it_o be_v common_o think_v to_o signify_v a_o garment_n wrought_v with_o thread_n of_o divers_a colour_n or_o make_v up_o of_o piece_n of_o silk_n or_o stuff_n which_o have_v much_o variety_n in_o they_o or_o wrought_z as_o some_o think_v with_o figure_n of_o fruit_n or_o other_o thing_n see_v salmasius_n upon_o flau._n vopiscus_n p._n 396._o but_o braunius_n the_o vestib_n sacerd._n hebr._n l._n i._n cap._n 17._o have_v prove_v i_o think_v that_o the_o hebrew_n word_n passim_fw-la here_o signify_v a_o long_a garment_n down_o to_o the_o heel_n or_o ankle_n and_o with_o long_a sleeve_n down_o to_o the_o wrist_n which_o have_v a_o border_n at_o the_o bottom_n and_o a_o face_n as_o we_o speak_v at_o the_o hand_n of_o another_o colour_n different_a from_o the_o garment_n see_v verse_n 23._o ver._n 4._o can_v not_o speak_v peaceable_o to_o he_o in_o a_o kind_n and_o friendly_a manner_n but_o churlish_o and_o with_o evident_a sign_n of_o hatred_n aben-ezra_n fancy_n they_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o salute_v he_o or_o wish_v he_o peace_n as_o the_o phrase_n than_o be_v peace_n be_v to_o thou_o or_o ask_v he_o how_o he_o do_v as_o our_o custom_n be_v ver._n 5._o joseph_n dream_v a_o dream_n this_o be_v usual_a among_o the_o ancient_a patriarch_n and_o other_o also_o as_o appear_v by_o elihu_n who_o show_v that_o all_o dream_n be_v not_o illusion_n of_o evil_a spirit_n job_n xxxiii_o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n and_o long_a before_o his_o time_n abimelech_n be_v warn_v by_o god_n in_o a_o dream_n chapter_n xx._n of_o this_o book_n verse_n 3_o 6_o 7._o upon_o which_o consideration_n as_o dr._n jackson_n well_o observe_v we_o shall_v not_o mistrust_v the_o report_n of_o several_a ancient_a historian_n who_o tell_v we_o how_o prince_n and_o father_n of_o family_n have_v have_v fore-warning_n of_o future_a event_n either_o concern_v themselves_o their_o kingdom_n or_o posterity_n book_n i._o upon_o the_o creed_n chap._n 9_o he_o tell_v his_o brethren_n this_o argue_v his_o great_a innocence_n and_o simplicity_n that_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o understanding_n enough_o to_o consider_v how_o ill_o this_o dream_n may_v be_v expound_v or_o not_o prudence_n enough_o to_o conceal_v what_o may_v be_v ill_o interpret_v by_o they_o they_o hate_v he_o yet_o more_o the_o first_o ground_n of_o their_o hatred_n be_v their_o father_n be_v great_a love_n to_o he_o and_o then_o his_o inform_v their_o father_n of_o their_o bad_a behaviour_n which_o be_v still_o increase_v by_o the_o fine_a clothes_n his_o father_n bestow_v on_o he_o and_o now_o most_o of_o all_o by_o this_o dream_n which_o they_o interpret_v to_o signify_v his_o superiority_n over_o they_o ver._n 7._o your_o sheaf_n stand_v round_o about_o and_o make_v obeisance_n etc._n etc._n or_o gather_v round_o about_o i_o
esau_n do_v isaac_n by_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o heth._n who_o name_n be_v shuah_n her_o father_n name_n be_v shuah_n verse_n 12._o he_o take_v she_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n verse_n 12._o ver._n 5._o and_o he_o be_v at_o chezib_n when_o she_o bear_v he_o some_o think_v this_o town_n the_o same_o with_o achzib_n belong_v to_o judah_n josh_n xv._o 44._o but_o why_o moses_n mention_n his_o absence_n when_o this_o child_n be_v bear_v and_o why_o he_o set_v down_o the_o place_n where_o he_o than_o be_v we_o can_v give_v a_o account_n though_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n some_o special_a reason_n for_o it_o perhaps_o it_o be_v to_o show_v why_o she_o give_v the_o name_n to_o this_o and_o to_o her_o former_a son_n whereas_o he_o himself_o name_v the_o first_o verse_n 3_o because_o he_o be_v not_o at_o home_n when_o they_o be_v bear_v ver._n 6._o who_o name_n be_v tamar_n she_o seem_v also_o to_o have_v be_v a_o woman_n of_o canaan_n but_o not_o a_o idolater_n ver._n 7._o be_v wicked_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n i._n e._n exceed_o impious_a and_o that_o notorious_o see_v gen._n x._o 9_o what_o particular_a sin_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o be_v but_o conjecture_v some_o fancy_n they_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o his_o next_o brother_n see_v bonfrere_n or_o menochius_fw-la out_o of_o he_o and_o the_o lord_n slay_v he_o cut_v he_o off_o sudden_o by_o some_o unusual_a stroke_n ver._n 8._o go_v in_o unto_o thy_o brother_n wife_n etc._n etc._n this_o say_v the_o hebrew_n doctor_n be_v a_o ancient_a custom_n in_o force_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n which_o only_o enact_v what_o have_v be_v former_o practise_v maimon_n p._n iii_o cap._n 49._o more_n nevoch_n that_o when_o a_o man_n die_v without_o issue_n his_o next_o brother_n shall_v marry_v his_o wife_n deut._n xxv_o 5._o which_o custom_n afterward_o extend_v to_o the_o next_o cousin_n if_o no_o brother_n remain_v and_o raise_v up_o seed_n unto_o thy_o brother_n preserve_v thy_o brother_n name_n and_o family_n by_o beget_v a_o child_n which_o may_v be_v account_v he_o and_o inherit_v his_o estate_n for_o so_o the_o law_n be_v that_o the_o first-born_a of_o such_o a_o match_n be_v not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o the_o child_n of_o he_o that_o beget_v he_o but_o as_o his_o brother_n who_o be_v the_o mother_n first_o husband_n all_o the_o follow_a child_n be_v to_o be_v his_o own_o ver._n 9_o onan_n know_v that_o the_o seed_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o i._n e._n the_o first-born_a shall_v be_v repute_v his_o brother_n child_n lest_o he_o shall_v give_v seed_n to_o his_o brother_n or_o lest_o a_o child_n shall_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o brother_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpret_v it_o very_o exact_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n vii_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 3._o ver._n 10._o the_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v displease_v the_o lord_n this_o make_v his_o sin_n the_o more_o heinous_a that_o he_o act_v against_o the_o divine_a promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n concern_v the_o multiply_a of_o his_o seed_n especial_o against_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n that_o seed_n for_o which_o all_o good_a man_n long_v ver._n 11._o remain_v a_o widow_n in_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v the_o contract_n of_o marriage_n at_o first_o be_v so_o understand_v in_o those_o day_n that_o if_o the_o husband_n die_v without_o issue_n the_o woman_n must_v marry_v his_o next_o brother_n and_o as_o long_o as_o any_o of_o his_o brethren_n remain_v they_o be_v bind_v to_o marry_v his_o wife_n and_o preserve_v their_o brother_n memory_n or_o else_o solemn_o renounce_v she_o to_o their_o great_a infamy_n and_o disgrace_n this_o be_v so_o well_o know_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o law_n that_o enjoin_v any_o new_a solemn_a contract_n in_o such_o a_o case_n because_o the_o first_o husband_n be_v dead_a she_o and_o the_o next_o brother_n be_v man_n and_o wife_n without_o any_o further_a agreement_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o original_a law_n until_o he_o renounce_v she_o yet_o by_o the_o constitution_n afterward_o make_v by_o their_o elder_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o he_o shall_v espouse_v and_o endow_v she_o solemn_o before_o witness_n as_o mr._n selden_n show_v in_o his_o vxor_fw-la hebr._n lib._n i._n cap._n 12._o and_o lib._n ii_o cap._n 2._o and_o 10._o but_o judah_n think_v selah_n be_v too_o young_a to_o perform_v this_o contract_n and_o therefore_o desire_v she_o to_o stay_v till_o he_o be_v grow_v up_o and_o to_o abide_v in_o she_o own_o father_n house_n rather_o than_o in_o he_o that_o selah_n may_v not_o think_v of_o marriage_n too_o soon_o for_o he_o say_v lest_o peradventure_o he_o die_v also_o this_o some_o make_v a_o argument_n that_o he_o never_o intend_v to_o give_v she_o his_o son_n but_o it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o verse_n 24_o and_o 26._o to_o think_v that_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o those_o day_n he_o can_v not_o refuse_v it_o and_o therefore_o he_o think_v it_o be_v their_o youthful_a folly_n which_o make_v his_o two_o other_o son_n perish_v which_o make_v he_o resolve_v to_o keep_v this_o till_o he_o have_v more_o discretion_n and_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o his_o duty_n or_o if_o we_o imagine_v their_o sin_n be_v know_v to_o none_o but_o tamar_n the_o meaning_n may_v be_v that_o he_o think_v their_o marry_v too_o young_a be_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o death_n and_o therefore_o he_o determine_v to_o keep_v this_o only_a remain_a son_n till_o he_o be_v of_o a_o ripe_a age._n ver._n 12._o in_o process_n of_o time_n in_o the_o hebrew_n the_o word_n be_v the_o day_n be_v multiply_v i._n e._n after_o some_o year_n to_o timnath_n a_o town_n not_o far_o from_o adullam_n it_o be_v probable_a for_o it_o be_v also_o within_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh_n xv._o 57_o he_o go_v up_o to_o timnath_n some_o have_v make_v a_o difficulty_n about_o this_o phrase_n for_o samson_n be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v down_o to_o timnath_n judg._n fourteen_o 5._o but_o they_o shall_v have_v consider_v as_o bochart_n observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n iii_o cap._n 4._o that_o these_o be_v two_o different_a place_n one_o call_v timnah_n the_o other_o timnathah_n this_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n the_o other_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan._n to_o this_o they_o go_v up_o because_o it_o be_v in_o a_o mountainous_a country_n to_o the_o other_o they_o go_v down_o because_o it_o be_v in_o a_o valley_n to_o his_o sheep-shearer_n it_o be_v the_o custom_n at_o such_o time_n to_o make_v a_o feast_n as_o we_o do_v now_o and_o to_o invite_v their_o kindred_n and_o friend_n to_o it_o as_o he_o do_v his_o friend_n hirah_n which_o appear_v sufficient_o from_o the_o story_n of_o absalon_n 2_o sam._n xiii_o 23._o for_o in_o those_o country_n where_o they_o have_v vast_a flock_n sheepshearing_a be_v a_o kind_n of_o harvest_n which_o make_v that_o time_n to_o be_v observe_v with_o such_o joy_n as_o there_o use_v to_o be_v in_o harvest_n whence_o david_n servant_n say_v to_o nabal_n that_o they_o be_v come_v to_o he_o on_o a_o good_a day_n for_o he_o be_v shear_v sheep_n 1_o sam._n xxv_o 8._o according_o judah_n have_v finish_v the_o time_n of_o mourning_n for_o his_o wife_n go_v to_o recreate_v himself_o with_o his_o friend_n at_o this_o festival_n season_n ver._n 14._o she_o put_v off_o her_o widow_n garment_n in_o which_o it_o seem_v such_o person_n continue_v till_o they_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o next_o brother_n but_o she_o at_o this_o time_n lay_v they_o aside_o that_o he_o may_v not_o have_v the_o least_o suspicion_n she_o be_v the_o person_n who_o he_o court_v cover_a she_o with_o a_o veil_n as_o all_o woman_n do_v in_o the_o eastern_a country_n when_o they_o go_v abroad_o and_o there_o be_v example_n of_o it_o also_o in_o the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o mr._n selden_n at_o large_a show_n in_o his_o vxor_fw-la hebraica_n l._n iii_o cap._n 17._o where_o he_o produce_v several_a passage_n out_o of_o the_o alcoran_n require_v this_o wrap_v herself_o muffle_a her_o face_n with_o it_o as_o we_o speak_v that_o she_o may_v not_o be_v know_v and_o sit_v in_o a_o open_a place_n where_o two_o way_n meet_v as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n seem_v to_o import_v unless_o we_o take_v it_o for_o a_o proper_a name_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o our_o bibles_n either_o way_n it_o signify_v in_o a_o public_a place_n where_o every_o body_n may_v see_v she_o it_o be_v common_o note_v that_o there_o be_v so_o much_o modesty_n leave_v in_o those_o ancient_a day_n that_o harlot_n both_o
send_v from_o his_o father_n house_n to_o acquaint_v joseph_n with_o his_o weak_a condition_n so_o the_o next_o verse_n teach_v we_o to_o understand_v it_o he_o take_v with_o he_o etc._n etc._n immediate_o he_o go_v to_o receive_v his_o blessing_n and_o take_v with_o he_o his_o two_o son_n that_o he_o may_v bless_v they_o also_o ver._n 2._o one_o tell_v jacob_n etc._n etc._n joseph_n send_v a_o messenger_n before_o he_o to_o let_v his_o father_n know_v he_o be_v come_v to_o visit_v he_o israel_n strengthen_v himself_o this_o message_n revive_v he_o and_o make_v he_o stir_v up_o all_o his_o spirit_n to_o receive_v he_o cheerful_o and_o sit_v upon_o his_o bed_n lean_v it_o be_v likely_a upon_o his_o staff_n for_o the_o support_n of_o his_o feeble_a body_n see_v xlvii_o ult_n ver._n 3._o appear_v to_o i_o at_o luz_n he_o appear_v twice_o to_o he_o in_o this_o place_n first_o when_o he_o go_v to_o padan-aram_n xxviii_o 13._o upon_o which_o he_o give_v this_o place_n the_o name_n of_o bethel_n verse_n 19_o and_o when_o he_o return_v from_o thence_o xxxv_o 6_o 9_o etc._n etc._n and_o both_o time_n make_v he_o the_o promise_n which_o here_o follow_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v likely_a he_o have_v respect_n to_o both_o and_o bless_v i_o promise_a to_o i_o the_o blessing_n which_o follow_v ver._n 4._o for_o a_o everlasting_a possession_n we_o do_v not_o read_v this_o in_o either_o of_o the_o appearance_n in_o so_o many_o word_n but_o he_o say_v it_o in_o effect_n when_o he_o tell_v he_o in_o the_o last_o appearance_n there_o xxxv_o 12._o the_o land_n which_o i_o give_v to_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n to_o thou_o will_v i_o give_v it_o etc._n etc._n now_o he_o give_v it_o to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n for_o ever_o xiii_o 15._o ver._n 5._o and_o now_o thy_o two_o son_n etc._n etc._n have_v assure_v he_o god_n will_v be_v as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n in_o give_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n to_o his_o posterity_n he_o tell_v he_o what_o share_n his_o child_n shall_v have_v in_o it_o be_v i_o thy_o two_o son_n shall_v be_v reckon_v as_o if_o i_o have_v beget_v they_o and_o according_o have_v each_o of_o they_o a_o inheritance_n equal_a with_o the_o rest_n of_o my_o son_n and_o be_v distinct_a tribe_n as_o reuben_n and_o simeon_n shall_v they_o be_v i_o he_o instance_n in_o they_o because_o they_o be_v his_o elder_a son_n who_o he_o say_v shall_v have_v no_o more_o than_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n and_o perhaps_o the_o meaning_n may_v be_v these_o two_o shall_v be_v account_v as_o the_o first-born_a of_o my_o family_n for_o he_o give_v joseph_n the_o primogeniture_n who_o be_v indeed_o the_o first-born_a of_o his_o first_o intend_a wife_n and_o bestow_v a_o double_a portion_n upon_o he_o by_o make_v his_o two_o son_n equal_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o child_n ver._n 6._o and_o thy_o issue_n which_o thou_o begette_v after_o they_o shall_v be_v thou_o i_o will_v make_v no_o distinct_a provision_n for_o they_o as_o i_o have_v do_v for_o these_o two_o but_o they_o shall_v be_v call_v after_o the_o name_n of_o their_o brethren_n in_o their_o inheritance_n i._n e._n be_v reckon_v among_o these_o two_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n and_o not_o make_v distinct_a tribe_n as_o they_o shall_v but_o be_v comprehend_v in_o they_o ver._n 7._o and_o as_o for_o i_o when_o i_o come_v from_o padan-aram_n rachel_n die_v by_o i_o etc._n etc._n he_o mention_n her_o death_n which_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o belong_v to_o the_o forego_n discourse_n because_o it_o happen_v present_o after_o that_o last_o promise_n in_o bethel_n xxxv_o 18._o and_o he_o think_v it_o will_v be_v grateful_a to_o his_o son_n to_o hear_v he_o remember_v his_o dear_a mother_n for_o it_o be_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v and_o now_o my_o son_n this_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o thy_o mother_n who_o die_v immediate_o after_o that_o promise_n of_o multiply_v my_o seed_n and_o yet_o i_o see_v it_o fulfil_v in_o those_o child_n which_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o or_o we_o may_v look_v upon_o these_o word_n as_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o he_o take_v ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n to_o be_v his_o own_o child_n and_o the_o sense_n to_o be_v as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v thy_o mother_n indeed_o and_o my_o belove_a wife_n die_v soon_o after_o she_o begin_v to_o bear_v child_n when_o she_o may_v have_v bring_v i_o many_o more_o and_o therefore_o i_o adopt_v these_o her_o grandchild_n and_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v bear_v of_o rachel_n and_o i_o do_v it_o in_o memory_n and_o honour_n of_o she_o supply_v by_o adoption_n what_o be_v want_v in_o generation_n and_o i_o bury_v she_o there_o he_o can_v not_o carry_v she_o to_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n where_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v lay_v himself_o because_o she_o die_v in_o childbed_n which_o constrain_v he_o to_o bury_v she_o soon_o than_o otherwise_o he_o may_v have_v do_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v he_o have_v not_o in_o his_o travel_n all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o preserve_v her_o body_n long_o by_o embalm_v she_o as_o joseph_n do_v he_o ver._n 8._o and_o israel_n behold_v joseph_n son_n etc._n etc._n he_o see_v two_o other_o stand_v by_o joseph_n but_o can_v not_o discern_v distincly_a who_o they_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o dimness_n of_o his_o sight_n verse_n 10._o ver._n 9_o and_o i_o will_v bless_v they_o as_o he_o have_v just_a before_o promise_v verse_n 5._o ver._n 10._o and_o he_o bring_v they_o near_o unto_o he_o and_o make_v they_o kneel_v down_o before_o he_o as_o the_o twelve_o verse_n seem_v to_o intimate_v and_o he_o kiss_v they_o etc._n etc._n express_v the_o great_a affection_n to_o they_o ver._n 12._o bring_v they_o out_o from_o between_o his_o knee_n it_o appear_v by_o verse_n 2._o that_o jacob_n sit_v upon_o his_o bed_n and_o his_o leg_n hang_v down_o they_o kneel_v between_o his_o knee_n from_o whence_o joseph_n take_v they_o and_o then_o seem_v to_o have_v place_v himself_o in_o the_o same_o posture_n bow_v himself_o with_o his_o face_n to_o the_o earth_n as_o the_o follow_a word_n tell_v we_o to_o give_v his_o father_n thanks_o for_o his_o kindness_n to_o his_o child_n or_o rather_o we_o may_v conceive_v that_o while_n jacob_n embrace_v they_o in_o his_o arm_n and_o kiss_v they_o with_o more_o than_o ordinary_a affection_n joseph_n be_v afraid_a that_o they_o may_v lie_v too_o long_o or_o press_v too_o hard_o upon_o his_o father_n breast_n and_o create_v some_o trouble_n to_o a_o feeble_a old_a man_n and_o therefore_o he_o withdraw_v they_o from_o thence_o and_o dispose_v they_o to_o receive_v his_o blessing_n ver._n 13._o and_o joseph_n take_v they_o both_o etc._n etc._n make_a they_o kneel_v down_o by_o himself_o before_o jacob_n place_v ephraim_n towards_o jacob_n left_a hand_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 14._o stretch_v out_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o lay_v it_o on_o ephraim_n head_n lay_v hand_n on_o the_o head_n of_o any_o person_n be_v always_o use_v in_o this_o nation_n in_o give_v blessing_n and_o design_v man_n to_o any_o office_n and_o in_o the_o consecration_n of_o public_a and_o solemn_a sacrifice_n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o mention_n of_o it_o but_o in_o aftertime_n we_o often_o read_v of_o it_o particular_o when_o moses_n constitute_v joshua_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n god_n order_v he_o to_o do_v it_o by_o lay_v his_o hand_n on_o he_o numb_a xxvii_o 18_o 23._o deut._n xxxiv_o 9_o thus_o child_n be_v bring_v to_o our_o bless_a saviour_n that_o he_o may_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o they_o and_o bless_v they_o and_o so_o he_o do_v matth._n xix_o 13_o 15._o and_o the_o right_a hand_n be_v the_o strong_a and_o that_o wherewith_o we_o common_o perform_v every_o thing_n the_o lay_v that_o on_o ephraim_n head_n be_v give_v he_o the_o pre-eminence_n who_o be_v the_o young_a it_o be_v observe_v by_o theodoret_n upon_o 1_o sam._n xvi_o that_o god_n be_v wont_v from_o the_o beginning_n to_o prefer_v the_o young_a before_o the_o elder_a as_o abel_n before_o cain_n sem_fw-mi before_o japhet_n isaac_n before_o ishmael_n jacob_n before_o esau_n judah_n and_o joseph_n before_o reuben_n and_o here_o ephraim_n before_o manasseh_n as_o afterward_o moses_n before_o aaron_n and_o david_n the_o young_a of_o all_o before_o his_o elder_a brethren_n which_o be_v to_o show_v that_o the_o divine_a benefit_n be_v not_o tie_v to_o the_o order_n of_o nature_n but_o dispense_v free_o according_a to_o god_n most_o wise_a goodness_n guide_v his_o hand_n witting_o he_o do_v not_o mistake_v by_o reason_n of_o his_o blindness_n but_o foresee_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n how_o much_o ephraim_n will_v excel_v the_o other_o he_o design_o and_o on_o purpose_n thus_o
couch_v to_o take_v his_o rest_n which_o all_o fourfooted_a beast_n do_v but_o the_o lion_n be_v observe_v to_o sleep_v whole_a day_n in_o his_o den_n or_o in_o thicket_n that_o he_o may_v be_v fresh_a for_o his_o prey_n in_o the_o night_n jacob_n set_v forth_o the_o ease_n and_o quiet_v that_o judah_n shall_v enjoy_v after_o their_o victory_n without_o any_o fear_n of_o disturbance_n and_o as_o a_o old_a lion_n i_o think_v bochart_n have_v plain_o demonstrate_v that_o labi_fw-la signify_v a_o lioness_n which_o be_v rather_o fierce_a than_o a_o lion_n as_o he_o observe_v out_o of_o herodotus_n and_o other_o author_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n iii_o cap._n 1._o who_o shall_v rouse_v he_o up_o have_v overcome_v his_o enemy_n he_o shall_v live_v in_o secure_a peace_n free_a from_o their_o incursion_n none_o dare_v to_o invade_v he_o no_o more_o than_o to_o stir_v up_o a_o sleepy_a lion_n ver._n 10._o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n etc._n etc._n that_o the_o first_o word_n schebet_n be_v right_o translate_v sceptre_n we_o have_v the_o unanimous_a testimony_n of_o the_o three_o targum_n of_o the_o ancient_a book_n rabboth_n with_o a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o modern_a rabbin_n such_o as_o chaskuni_fw-la bechai_n abarbinel_n etc._n etc._n who_o all_o think_v the_o word_n signify_v a_o sceptre_n and_o not_o a_o tribe_n as_o some_o few_o will_v have_v it_o who_o some_o christian_n follow_v particular_o jac._n altingius_n have_v late_o assert_v it_o in_o his_o schilo_n but_o in_o my_o judgement_n against_o the_o clear_a evidence_n for_o the_o other_o signification_n for_o as_o schebet_n do_v not_o original_o signify_v a_o tribe_n but_o a_o rod_n or_o wand_n shoot_v from_o the_o root_n of_o a_o tree_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v translate_v to_o signify_v a_o tribe_n who_o spring_n out_o of_o a_o common_a stock_n i._n e._n the_o father_n of_o the_o family_n so_o the_o verse_n forego_v be_v a_o plain_a prediction_n of_o judah_n dominion_n not_o only_o over_o external_a enemy_n but_o over_o his_o brethren_n what_o can_v we_o so_o reasonable_o think_v to_o be_v the_o design_n of_o this_o verse_n as_o to_o foretell_v the_o continuance_n and_o duration_n of_o that_o great_a power_n and_o authority_n promise_v in_o the_o forego_n it_o be_v observable_a also_o that_o the_o very_a same_o phrase_n be_v use_v in_o this_o sense_n and_o can_v have_v another_o zachar._n x._o 11._o the_o sceptre_n of_o egypt_n shall_v depart_v away_o where_o there_o be_v two_o of_o the_o word_n here_o use_v signify_v the_o dominion_n which_o the_o egyptian_n then_o exercise_v over_o the_o poor_a jew_n shall_v quite_o cease_v and_o if_o moses_n have_v mean_v a_o tribe_n in_o this_o place_n he_o will_v not_o have_v say_v the_o tribe_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n but_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n shall_v not_o cease_v for_o the_o former_a look_n like_o a_o tautology_n the_o meaning_n of_o this_o word_n then_o be_v settle_v it_o be_v manifest_a jacob_n here_o give_v judah_n the_o high_a superiority_n over_o his_o brethren_n and_o inform_v they_o that_o from_o the_o time_n his_o authority_n shall_v be_v establish_v they_o shall_v continue_v a_o form_n of_o government_n in_o this_o tribe_n till_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o word_n sceptre_n be_v more_o use_v in_o ancient_a time_n as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n to_o signify_v kingly_a power_n than_o either_o crown_n or_o diadem_n which_o have_v be_v use_v more_o in_o latter_a time_n and_o therefore_o the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o authority_n the_o rod_n staff_n or_o sceptre_n be_v the_o ensign_n and_o according_o in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o amos_n i._n 5._o he_o that_o hold_v the_o sceptre_n be_v use_v absolute_o for_o a_o king_n now_o this_o regal_a power_n begin_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n when_o david_n be_v king_n over_o all_o israel_n 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 4._o and_o his_o posterity_n hold_v it_o till_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n but_o then_o the_o next_o word_n in_o this_o verse_n mechokek_n which_o we_o translate_v lawgiver_n signify_v a_o diminution_n of_o this_o dignity_n before_o the_o finish_n of_o this_o prophecy_n for_o mechokkim_n be_v not_o of_o equal_a power_n with_o king_n and_o therefore_o we_o translate_v the_o word_n elsewhere_o governor_n judg._n v._n 9_o 14._o who_o be_v not_o endue_v with_o a_o absolute_a power_n but_o depend_v on_o the_o power_n of_o another_o and_o thus_o r._n solomon_n jarchi_n express_o say_v in_o his_o commentary_n on_o the_o sanhedrim_n that_o as_o schebet_n signify_v the_o high_a authority_n so_o mechokek_n signify_v a_o lesser_a magistrate_n or_o ruler_n who_o be_v set_v over_o the_o people_n by_o the_o authority_n and_o licence_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n for_o this_o kind_n of_o power_n be_v settle_v among_o they_o at_o their_o return_n from_o babylon_n when_o zerobabel_n be_v make_v their_o governor_n and_o after_o they_o be_v invade_v by_o the_o seleucidae_n this_o authority_n be_v recover_v and_o maintain_v by_o the_o maccabee_n till_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o it_o by_o herod_n and_o the_o roman_n at_o which_o time_n christ_n come_v when_o it_o be_v evident_a they_o be_v become_v subject_n to_o the_o roman_n by_o the_o very_a enrol_a that_o be_v make_v of_o they_o at_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o saviour_n which_o be_v a_o public_a testimony_n of_o augustus_n his_o sovereignty_n over_o they_o so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o prophecy_n be_v there_o shall_v be_v either_o king_n or_o governor_n among_o the_o jew_n till_o christ_n come_v so_o j._n christoph_n wagenseil_n who_o have_v discuss_v this_o place_n with_o great_a exactness_n give_v the_o sense_n of_o these_o word_n and_o it_o be_v literal_o true_a till_o the_o captivity_n they_o have_v king_n after_o their_o return_n they_o have_v governor_n under_o the_o persian_n greek_n and_o roman_n see_v his_o confut._n carm._n memorialis_fw-la libri_fw-la nitzachon_n r._n lipmanni_n pag._n 293_o etc._n etc._n to_o strengthen_v which_o interpretation_n he_o make_v this_o judicious_a remark_n in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o same_o book_n pag._n 373._o that_o the_o whole_a time_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n of_o judah_n authority_n be_v well_o nigh_o equal_o divide_v between_o king_n and_o governor_n for_o according_a to_o josephus_n l._n xi_o antiq._n cap._n 4._o they_o live_v under_o king_n from_o david_n time_n to_o the_o captivity_n five_o hundred_o thirty_o two_o year_n and_o under_o the_o mechokkim_n or_o governor_n after_o the_o captivity_n much_o about_o the_o same_o number_n of_o year_n for_o there_o be_v five_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o eight_o year_n from_o the_o captivity_n to_o our_o saviour_n birth_n if_o seventy_o year_n be_v deduct_v which_o be_v the_o time_n their_o captivity_n last_v and_o ten_o be_v add_v in_o which_o after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n herod_n and_o his_o son_n archelaus_n reign_v in_o judaea_n and_o it_o be_v not_o yet_o reduce_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o province_n there_o be_v just_a five_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o eight_o year_n that_o be_v the_o space_n in_o which_o they_o be_v under_o kingly_a authority_n and_o under_o subordinate_a governor_n be_v in_o a_o manner_n of_o the_o same_o length_n which_o make_v it_o the_o more_o wonderful_a that_o jacob_n shall_v so_o many_o age_n before_o exact_o divide_v the_o whole_a power_n he_o foresee_v will_v be_v in_o judah_n between_o they_o that_o wield_v a_o sceptre_n and_o those_o who_o be_v only_o subordinate_a governor_n that_o the_o letter_n vau_fw-fr before_o the_o word_n we_o translate_v lawgiver_n have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o disjunctive_a and_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a copulative_a all_o allow_v and_o there_o be_v many_o example_n of_o it_o in_o other_o place_n particular_o in_o the_o ten_o commandment_n exod._n xx._n 14._o the_o great_a objection_n that_o i_o can_v find_v against_o this_o interpretation_n be_v that_o though_o zerobabel_n the_o first_o governor_n after_o the_o captivity_n be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n yet_o the_o maccabee_n who_o be_v their_o governor_n most_o of_o the_o time_n after_o the_o captivity_n be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi._n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o the_o prophecy_n do_v not_o say_v these_o ruler_n or_o governor_n shall_v be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n but_o only_o in_o that_o tribe_n which_o have_v a_o government_n of_o their_o own_o till_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n beside_o by_o judah_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v mere_o the_o people_n of_o that_o tribe_n but_o all_o those_o that_o be_v call_v jew_n consist_v also_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n and_o levi_n who_o be_v incorporate_v with_o they_o and_o be_v all_o call_v judah_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n for_o benjamin_n