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king_n of_o gerar_n who_o say_v we_o have_v not_o touch_v thou_o 23._o gen._n 26.29_o 23._o we_o have_v do_v unto_o thou_o nothing_o but_o good_a and_o have_v send_v thou_o away_o in_o peace_n even_a philistine_n indulge_v this_o servant_n of_o god_n and_o among_o they_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n and_o worship_v his_o god_n without_o disturbance_n jacob_n pay_v his_o devotion_n at_o bethel_n and_o have_v his_o liberty_n and_o indulgence_n in_o laban_n house_n from_o who_o persuasion_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n he_o much_o differ_v in_o his_o return_n from_o thence_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n 20._o gen._n 33.18_o 19_o 20._o he_o purchase_v a_o field_n and_o build_v a_o altar_n and_o be_v indulge_v by_o hamor_n the_o hivite_n prince_n of_o the_o country_n he_o enjoy_v the_o like_a freedom_n at_o bethel_n 35.5_o gen._n 35.5_o and_o in_o egypt_n after_o he_o go_v down_o thither_o both_o he_o and_o all_o his_o family_n enjoy_v their_o liberty_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n and_o be_v 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spirit_n make_v he_o ruler_n of_o the_o land_n targum_fw-la gen._n 41.41_o 42_o 43._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldee_n of_o onkeles_n and_o knathan_n hierosol_n targum_fw-la and_o to_o ride_v in_o the_o second_o chariot_n and_o they_o cry_v before_o he_o bow_v the_o knee_n the_o hebrew_n word_n for_o which_o abrech_n signify_v father_n of_o the_o tender_a king_n or_o the_o tender_a father_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v the_o high_a title_n and_o honour_n whereof_o a_o subject_a be_v capable_a among_o they_o and_o the_o high_a trust_n that_o can_v be_v under_o the_o king_n be_v confer_v on_o joseph_n though_o he_o be_v a_o nonconformist_n and_o the_o difference_n of_o persuasion_n in_o spiritual_a matter_n between_o the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o egyptian_n be_v such_o that_o they_o will_v not_o eat_v together_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o entertainment_n which_o joseph_n make_v for_o his_o brethren_n when_o they_o set_v on_o bread_n for_o he_o by_o hemself_n 43.32_o gen._n 43.32_o 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