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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 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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 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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 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