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 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the_o same_o valley_n for_o rather_o than_o contend_v he_o recede_v from_o his_o right_n in_o the_o other_o well_o ver._n 22._o he_o remove_v from_o thence_o to_o avoid_v strife_n he_o quit_v that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n and_o go_v to_o another_o where_o he_o be_v not_o disturb_v in_o his_o pasturage_n for_o now_o the_o lord_n have_v make_v room_n for_o we_o he_o be_v straighten_v before_o for_o want_n of_o sufficient_a water_n for_o his_o flock_n which_o now_o he_o enjoy_v in_o abundance_n and_o we_o shall_v be_v fruitful_a in_o the_o land_n increase_v more_o than_o former_o now_o that_o they_o can_v water_v their_o flock_n quiet_o and_o plentiful_o ver._n 23._o go_v up_o from_o thence_o to_o beer-sheba_a where_o he_o and_o his_o father_n have_v ancient_o live_v xxi_o 33._o xxv_o 11._o ver._n 24._o and_o the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o he_o the_o same_o night_n as_o he_o have_v do_v before_o he_o come_v to_o gerar_n verse_n 2._o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n who_o be_v so_o kind_a to_o he_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o he_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o my_o special_a providence_n be_v over_o thou_o as_o be_v explain_v before_o verse_n 3_o ver._n 25._o build_v a_o altar_n there_o to_o offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o the_o lord_n call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n as_o abraham_n have_v do_v before_o he_o in_o this_o very_a place_n xxi_o 33._o and_o pitch_v his_o tent_n there_o resolve_a to_o settle_v in_o this_o place_n ver._n 26._o phicol_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o name_n and_o the_o same_o office_n that_o he_o have_v who_o be_v mention_v xxi_o 22._o but_o he_o be_v not_o the_o same_o man_n no_o more_o than_o abimelech_n the_o same_o king_n it_o be_v probable_a this_o be_v a_o name_n of_o some_o dignity_n among_o they_o like_o that_o of_o tribunus_n or_o dictator_n among_o the_o roman_n which_o pass_v from_o one_o to_o another_o ver._n 28._o we_o see_v certain_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v observe_v such_o a_o special_a providence_n over_o thou_o that_o we_o come_v to_o establish_v a_o perpetual_a friendship_n with_o thou_o by_o a_o solemn_a oath_n if_o thou_o will_v consent_v to_o our_o desire_n they_o be_v afraid_a it_o seem_v lest_o be_v disoblige_v by_o their_o send_v he_o out_o of_o their_o country_n he_o shall_v fall_v upon_o they_o one_o time_n or_o other_o be_v mighty_a than_o they_o as_o they_o acknowledge_v verse_n 18._o ver._n 29._o have_v send_v thou_o away_o in_o peace_n they_o remember_v he_o how_o they_o dismiss_v he_o peaceable_o and_o do_v not_o go_v about_o to_o seize_v upon_o his_o estate_n while_o he_o live_v among_o they_o which_o they_o make_v a_o argument_n why_o he_o shall_v contract_v a_o near_a friendship_n with_o such_o civil_a people_n thou_o be_v now_o the_o bless_a of_o the_o lord_n this_o look_n like_o a_o high_a compliment_n or_o flatter_a expression_n ver._n 30._o he_o make_v they_o a_o feast_n etc._n etc._n so_o covenant_n be_v make_v by_o eat_v and_o drink_v together_o ver._n 32._o tell_v he_o concern_v the_o well_o they_o have_v dig_v etc._n etc._n they_o have_v begin_v to_o dig_v before_o abimelech_n and_o phicol_n come_v verse_n 25._o and_o now_o they_o come_v at_o a_o spring_n of_o water_n ver._n 33._o he_o call_v it_o sheba_n from_o the_o oath_n which_o be_v late_o make_v between_o he_o and_o abimelech_n it_o have_v be_v call_v so_o before_o by_o abraham_n xxi_o 31._o but_o that_o name_n perhaps_o be_v forget_v and_o so_o he_o revive_v it_o as_o he_o have_v do_v other_o verse_n 18._o ver._n 34._o the_o daughter_n of_o beeri_n the_o hittite_n etc._n etc._n josephus_n say_v these_o two_o man_n beeri_n and_o elon_n who_o daughter_n esau_n marry_v be_v dynastae_n powerful_a man_n among_o the_o hittite_n which_o be_v not_o improbable_a but_o his_o father_n sure_o have_v give_v the_o same_o charge_n to_o he_o that_o abraham_n have_v do_v concern_v his_o own_o marriage_n xxiv_o 3._o and_o then_o it_o be_v a_o very_a undutiful_a nay_o a_o impious_a action_n to_o marry_v with_o those_o people_n who_o be_v under_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n the_o scripture_n may_v well_o call_v he_o profane_a who_o seem_v not_o to_o have_v regard_v either_o the_o curse_n or_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o almighty_a ver._n 35._o a_o grief_n of_o mind_n his_o very_a marry_v with_o they_o sore_o afflict_v his_o father_n and_o mother_n or_o as_o other_o interpret_v it_o their_o idolatry_n and_o bad_a manner_n extreme_o grieve_v they_o chap._n xxvii_o ver._n 1._o when_o isaac_n be_v old_a a_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n old_a as_o many_o have_v demonstrate_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o my_o son_n etc._n etc._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o and_o what_o follow_v that_o though_o esau_n have_v displease_v he_o by_o his_o marriage_n yet_o he_o retain_v his_o natural_a affection_n to_o he_o which_o he_o have_v from_o the_o beginning_n ver._n 3._o thy_o quiver_n some_o take_v the_o hebrew_n word_n to_o signify_v a_o sword_n which_o be_v as_o necessary_a for_o a_o huntsman_n as_o a_o bow_n and_o arrow_n ver._n 4._o make_v i_o savoury_a meat_n etc._n etc._n to_o raise_v his_o feeble_a spirit_n and_o enable_v he_o to_o deliver_v his_o last_o and_o solemn_a benediction_n with_o the_o more_o vigour_n my_o soul_n may_v bless_v thou_o before_o i_o die_v it_o seem_v isaac_n do_v not_o understand_v the_o divine_a oracle_n xxv_o 25._o as_o rebekah_n do_v or_o she_o have_v not_o acquaint_v he_o with_o it_o for_o he_o intend_v to_o bestow_v upon_o esau_n the_o promise_a land_n which_o be_v that_o god_n tell_v abraham_n he_o will_v bless_v his_o posterity_n withal_o for_o the_o last_o benediction_n of_o these_o great_a man_n be_v the_o settle_n of_o their_o inheritance_n and_o make_v those_o their_o heir_n upon_o who_o they_o bestow_v their_o blessing_n now_o the_o birthright_n which_o esau_n have_v sell_v jacob_n give_v he_o right_o only_o to_o the_o great_a part_n of_o isaac_n estate_n but_o not_o to_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v to_o be_v dispose_v of_o by_o isaac_n according_a to_o divine_a direction_n ver._n 7._o and_o bless_v thou_o before_o the_o lord_n these_o word_n show_v it_o be_v not_o a_o common_a blessing_n but_o a_o solemn_a benediction_n and_o by_o divine_a authority_n or_o approbation_n which_o isaac_n mean_v to_o give_v his_o son_n esau_n ver._n 8._o obey_v my_o voice_n etc._n etc._n rebekah_n have_v just_a reason_n to_o conclude_v that_o esau_n have_v forfeit_v the_o blessing_n which_o she_o be_v desirous_a to_o preserve_v in_o her_o family_n by_o marry_v with_o the_o people_n of_o canaan_n who_o be_v curse_v by_o god_n think_v of_o this_o device_n to_o get_v jacob_n prefer_v before_o he_o and_o indeed_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o it_o be_v a_o profane_a thing_n as_o i_o note_v before_o to_o marry_v with_o a_o daughter_n of_o heth._n and_o he_o seem_v afterward_o to_o have_v have_v no_o good_a design_n in_o marry_v with_o a_o daughter_n of_o ishmael_n xxviii_o 9_o for_o it_o look_v as_o if_o he_o go_v about_o to_o set_v up_o the_o pretension_n of_o that_o family_n against_o isaac_n ver._n 9_o two_o good_a kid_n of_o the_o goat_n two_o fat_a suck_a kid_n as_o aben_n ezra_n expound_v this_o phrase_n kid_n of_o the_o goat_n upon_o exod._n xxiii_o 19_o which_o in_o old_a time_n be_v account_v very_o delicious_a meat_n a_o present_a fit_n for_o a_o king_n 1_o sam._n xvi_o 20._o and_o which_o manoah_n prepare_v for_o the_o angel_n who_o he_o take_v for_o a_o noble_a guest_n judg._n xiii_o 15_o and_o which_o be_v most_o proper_a to_o be_v here_o consider_v allow_v to_o decay_a and_o weak_a people_n as_o a_o excellent_a nourishment_n both_o these_o kid_n be_v not_o prepare_v for_o isaac_n but_o she_o take_v the_o most_o tender_a and_o delicate_a part_n of_o both_o and_o dress_v they_o for_o he_o and_o i_o will_v make_v they_o savoury_a meat_n dress_v it_o so_o as_o to_o please_v his_o palate_n and_o not_o to_o be_v distinguish_v by_o he_o from_o venison_n for_o we_o know_v the_o natural_a taste_n of_o thing_n may_v be_v quite_o alter_v by_o various_a sort_n of_o season_v as_o we_o call_v they_o and_o order_v in_o such_o manner_n that_o bochartus_n say_v he_o know_v skilful_a huntsman_n take_v a_o pastry_n make_v of_o beef_n for_o venison_n ver._n 11._o a_o hairy_a man._n in_o the_o hebrew_n isch_fw-mi sair_n a_o rough_a man_n hairy_a like_o a_o goat_n for_o the_o same_o word_n sair_n signify_v a_o goat_n gen._n xxxvii_o 31._o leu._n ix_o 15._o and_o other_o place_n ver._n 12._o a_o deceiver_n one_o that_o cheat_v his_o father_n impose_v on_o his_o age_n and_o on_o his_o blindness_n which_o he_o wise_o consider_v will_v have_v be_v a_o high_a provocation_n if_o it_o have_v be_v discover_v
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
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 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the_o night_n not_o in_o a_o dream_n and_o say_v jacob_n jacob_n xlvi_o 2._o see_v more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o c._n 41._o god_n be_v not_o a_o stranger_n to_o other_o nation_n when_o he_o be_v peculiar_o kind_a to_o abraham_n but_o speak_v to_o they_o in_o dream_n and_o sometime_o in_o vision_n as_o appear_v in_o eliphaz_n and_o elihu_n job_n iu._n 13._o xxxiii_o 14_o 15_o etc._n etc._n thou_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a man._n viz._n if_o thou_o do_v not_o restore_v abraham_n his_o wife_n verse_n 7._o she_o be_v a_o man_n wife_n or_o marry_v to_o a_o husband_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n so_o complete_o that_o he_o have_v enjoy_v she_o as_o his_o wife_n for_o from_o this_o place_n the_o jewish_a doctor_n prove_v that_o the_o marriage_n contract_n be_v not_o perfect_v in_o these_o day_n till_o the_o party_n have_v lie_v together_o after_o which_o if_o any_o other_o person_n lie_v with_o the_o woman_n he_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o a_o adulterer_n but_o not_o 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from_o abraham_n but_o he_o and_o she_o consent_v to_o it_o ver._n 6._o and_o god_n say_v unto_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n the_o same_o expression_n be_v still_o retain_v which_o we_o have_v verse_n 3._o to_o show_n that_o this_o be_v a_o low_a degree_n of_o divine_a manifestation_n than_o be_v in_o abraham_n family_n i_o know_v thou_o do_v this_o in_o the_o integrity_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n that_o thou_o do_v not_o design_n any_o evil._n for_o i_o also_o etc._n etc._n or_o rather_o and_o i_o also_o withhold_v thou_o i_o deal_v well_o with_o thou_o because_o of_o thy_o integrity_n some_o think_v he_o be_v withhold_v by_o a_o disease_n in_o the_o secret_a part_n verse_n 17._o from_o sin_v against_o i_o from_o commit_v adultery_n ver._n 7._o he_o be_v a_o prophet_n this_o be_v the_o first_o time_n we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n nabi_n a_o prophet_n and_o abraham_n be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v honour_v with_o this_o name_n which_o signify_v one_o familiar_a with_o god_n who_o may_v 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wander_v because_o it_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o they_o that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v he_o stay_v any_o long_o in_o his_o own_o country_n but_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o these_o device_n nothing_o be_v more_o usual_a in_o the_o hebrew_n language_n than_o for_o the_o plural_a number_n to_o be_v put_v instead_o of_o the_o singular_a especial_o when_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o many_o place_n gen._n xxxv_o 7._o exod._n xxxii_o 4._o psalm_n cxlix_o 2._o eccles_n xii_o 1._o see_v hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n ii_o c._n 34._o nay_o hackspan_n have_v right_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v noun_n of_o the_o plural_a
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ver._n 15._o in_o this_o will_v we_o consent_v unto_o you_o upon_o these_o term_n we_o will_v agree_v to_o the_o match_n ver._n 17._o we_o will_v take_v our_o daughter_n and_o be_v go_v by_o this_o it_o appear_v they_o treat_v in_o their_o father_n name_n as_o be_v note_v before_o verse_n 13._o ver._n 18._o and_o their_o word_n please_v hamor_n etc._n etc._n it_o may_v seem_v strange_a they_o shall_v so_o easy_o consent_v to_o be_v circumcise_v till_o we_o consider_v how_o passionate_o shechem_n love_v dinah_n and_o the_o great_a affection_n hamor_n have_v to_o shechem_n who_o be_v his_o belove_a son_n verse_n 19_o beside_o this_o be_v but_o a_o poor_a prince_n and_o his_o city_n little_a and_o mean_a which_o he_o think_v to_o enrich_v and_o strengthen_v by_o jacob_n family_n who_o be_v very_o wealthy_a be_v incorporate_v with_o they_o verse_n 23._o ver._n 19_o he_o be_v more_o honourable_a in_o great_a esteem_n with_o his_o father_n and_o all_o the_o family_n than_o any_o other_o belong_v to_o it_o ver._n 20._o come_v unto_o the_o gate_n of_o their_o city_n where_o all_o public_a affair_n be_v transact_v and_o commune_v with_o the_o man_n of_o the_o city_n such_o great_a matter_n can_v not_o be_v conclude_v without_o the_o public_a consent_n see_v xxiii_o 18._o xxix_o 22._o ver._n 21._o these_o man_n be_v peaceable_a they_o use_v many_o argument_n to_o persuade_v the_o people_n to_o consent_v and_o the_o first_o be_v that_o the_o israelite_n have_v hitherto_o live_v inoffensive_o among_o they_o let_v they_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n and_o trade_n therein_o by_o a_o public_a decree_n or_o law_n for_o the_o land_n be_v large_a enough_o this_o be_v the_o second_o argument_n there_o be_v land_n enough_o in_o their_o country_n uncultivated_a which_o these_o man_n will_v improve_v ver._n 23._o shall_v not_o their_o cattle_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o great_a argument_n of_o all_o take_v from_o the_o profit_n they_o shall_v have_v by_o they_o the_o gain_n of_o no_o less_o than_o all_o they_o have_v which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o they_o intend_v to_o overpower_v they_o and_o seize_v upon_o all_o their_o stock_n but_o that_o by_o intermarriage_n their_o estate_n will_v be_v inherit_v by_o they_o as_o much_o as_o by_o the_o israelite_n ver._n 24._o all_o that_o go_v out_o of_o the_o gate_n of_o his_o city_n i._n e._n all_o the_o citizen_n xxiii_o 18._o who_o be_v meet_v together_o in_o the_o common-hall_n or_o place_n of_o public_a assembly_n and_o be_v soon_o persuade_v to_o yield_v to_o the_o reason_n which_o have_v persuade_v their_o ruler_n ver._n 25._o on_o the_o three_o day_n when_o they_o be_v sore_o and_o begin_v to_o be_v a_o little_a feverish_a for_o the_o great_a pain_n and_o anguish_n the_o jew_n observe_v be_v upon_o the_o three_o day_n after_o circumcision_n which_o very_o much_o indispose_v they_o see_v pirke_n eli'_v cap._n 29._o and_o vorstius_n his_o annotation_n p._n 195._o and_o indeed_o hypocrates_n observe_v the_o same_o of_o all_o wound_n and_o ulcer_n that_o they_o be_v then_o most_o inflame_v by_o a_o conflux_n of_o sharp_a humour_n to_o they_o two_o of_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n etc._n etc._n with_o their_o servant_n for_o they_o two_o alone_o can_v not_o destroy_v a_o whole_a city_n though_o but_o small_a slay_v all_o the_o male_n the_o woman_n and_o child_n in_o those_o day_n be_v always_o spare_v in_o the_o most_o deadly_a war_n as_o when_o the_o midianite_n be_v kill_v numb_a xxxi_o 7_o 9_o and_o the_o edomite_n 1_o king_n xi_o 16._o and_o so_o moses_n command_v they_o shall_v do_v even_o with_o the_o canaanite_n deut._n xx._n 13_o 4._o see_v bochart_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n ii_o cap._n 56._o selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n lib._n vi_o cap._n 16._o p._n 745._o and_o de_fw-mi synedr_n l._n i._o p._n 81._o ver._n 26._o take_v dinah_n out_o of_o shechem_n house_n where_o it_o seem_v she_o remain_v after_o the_o rape_n he_o have_v commit_v in_o hope_n of_o a_o marriage_n and_o go_v out_o carry_v she_o home_o ver._n 27._o and_o the_o son_n of_o jacob._n the_o rest_n of_o his_o son_n who_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v arm_n come_v after_o the_o slaughter_n and_o help_v to_o plunder_v the_o city_n thus_o they_o be_v all_o involve_a in_o the_o gild_n which_o be_v very_o great_a and_o manifold_a as_o bonfrerius_n and_o out_o of_o he_o menochius_fw-la have_v observe_v because_o they_o have_v defile_v their_o prince_n have_v defile_v she_o who_o fact_n it_o seem_v they_o do_v not_o disapprove_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o they_o all_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o slaughter_n ver._n 28._o they_o take_v their_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o reasonable_a conjecture_n of_o bonfrerius_n that_o jacob_n cause_v all_o these_o to_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o wife_n and_o child_n of_o the_o slay_v who_o he_o set_v at_o liberty_n and_o spoil_v even_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o hamor_n and_o shechem_n which_o perhaps_o they_o keep_v to_o themselves_o in_o compensation_n of_o the_o wrong_n he_o have_v do_v and_o none_o of_o the_o family_n perhaps_o survive_v to_o own_v they_o ver._n 30._o you_o have_v trouble_v i_o disturb_a my_o quiet_n and_o make_v it_o unsafe_a for_o i_o to_o live_v in_o this_o country_n where_o i_o hope_v to_o have_v settle_v make_a i_o to_o stink_v etc._n etc._n make_a i_o odious_a to_o all_o the_o country_n as_o a_o murderer_n a_o robber_n and_o a_o breaker_n of_o my_o faith_n ver._n 31._o shall_v he_o deal_v with_o our_o sister_n as_o with_o a_o harlot_n as_o with_o a_o common_a whore_n that_o prostitute_v herself_o to_o his_o lust_n if_o she_o have_v do_v so_o there_o have_v be_v no_o ground_n for_o their_o quarrel_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n because_o shechem_n have_v not_o then_o offend_v against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n as_o they_o speak_v i._n e._n the_o right_a of_o nation_n which_o be_v not_o violate_v by_o a_o man_n lie_v with_o a_o single_a woman_n by_o her_o free_a consent_n but_o dinah_n be_v force_v and_o violent_o ravish_v as_o they_o take_v the_o sense_n of_o verse_n 2._o to_o be_v they_o tell_v their_o father_n they_o may_v right_v themselves_o by_o make_v war_n upon_o they_o for_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o deal_v with_o prince_n who_o they_o can_v not_o implead_v in_o any_o court_n and_o therefore_o betake_v themselves_o to_o arms._n see_v mr_n selden_n l._n vii_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n_n &_o g._n juxta_fw-la hebr._n cap._n 5._o chap._n xxxv_o ver._n 1._o and_o god_n say_v unto_o jacob._n there_o be_v several_a way_n as_o maimonides_n observe_v whereby_o god_n communicate_v himself_o unto_o the_o prophet_n unto_o who_o he_o be_v say_v sometime_o to_o
and_o then_o call_v he_o jacob_n again_o in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o it_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o search_v for_o a_o reason_n some_o of_o the_o jew_n will_v have_v it_o that_o he_o call_v he_o israel_n because_o he_o bear_v the_o death_n of_o his_o belove_a wife_n with_o admirable_a patience_n and_o submission_n to_o god_n will._n but_o they_o can_v give_v so_o good_a a_o reason_n why_o he_o immediate_o alter_v his_o style_n and_o call_v he_o jacob_n again_o see_v verse_n 22._o beyond_o the_o tower_n of_o edar_fw-la i._n e._n the_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n as_o some_o translate_v it_o who_o think_v there_o be_v such_o a_o tower_n near_o jerusalem_n because_o of_o those_o word_n of_o micah_n iu_o 8._o o_o tower_n of_o the_o flock_n the_o strong_a hold_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o zion_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o do_v not_o prove_v there_o be_v no_o tower_n in_o jacob_n day_n call_v by_o that_o name_n but_o rather_o that_o in_o future_a age_n this_o tower_n be_v renew_v in_o the_o same_o or_o a_o neighbour_a place_n and_o call_v by_o the_o ancient_a name_n which_o it_o have_v in_o the_o day_n of_o jacob._n ver._n 22._o go_v and_o lie_v with_o bilhah_n his_o father_n concubine_n she_o be_v call_v his_o wife_n xxx_o 4._o and_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o those_o time_n be_v true_o so_o as_o i_o have_v often_o observe_v all_o those_o call_v concubine_n be_v though_o not_o the_o principal_a wife_n but_o of_o a_o low_a rank_n see_v mr._n selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n l._n v._o cap._n 7._o p._n 570_o 571_o etc._n etc._n and_o israel_n hear_v it_o and_o high_o resent_v it_o as_o we_o find_v xlix_o 4._o but_o in_o this_o short_a history_n moses_n pass_v over_o israel_n censure_n of_o this_o incest_n till_o he_o come_v to_o die_v which_o show_v sufficient_o how_o he_o be_v affect_v when_o the_o fact_n be_v commit_v or_o perhaps_o these_o word_n israel_n hear_v it_o may_v signify_v that_o though_o reuben_n think_v to_o have_v commit_v this_o 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doubt_v he_o have_v be_v with_o he_o before_o since_o he_o come_v from_o mesopotamia_n but_o now_o come_v to_o stay_v with_o he_o till_o death_n part_v they_o unto_o the_o city_n of_o arba_n etc._n etc._n call_v kirjath-arba_n xxiii_o 2._o from_o a_o great_a man_n josh_n fourteen_o 15._o among_o the_o anakim_v who_o name_n be_v arba_n and_o either_o be_v bear_v or_o dwell_v or_o rule_v here_o it_o be_v afterward_o call_v hebron_n where_o abraham_n dwell_v a_o long_a time_n xiii_o 18._o and_o where_o he_o buy_v a_o buryingplace_n for_o his_o family_n xxiii_o 19_o ver._n 28._o the_o day_n of_o isaac_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o year_n he_o live_v five_o year_n long_o than_o his_o father_n abraham_n xxv_o 7._o ver._n 29._o his_o son_n esau_n and_o jacob_n bury_v as_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n have_v do_v abraham_n xxv_o 9_o and_o not_o doubt_v in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o sojourn_v there_o as_o be_v say_v before_o as_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v the_o friendship_n between_o esau_n and_o jacob_n continue_v after_o the_o interview_n they_o have_v at_o jacob_n return_n into_o this_o country_n chap._n xxxvi_o ver._n 1._o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o esau_n which_o be_v here_o set_v down_o to_o show_v how_o effectual_a his_o father_n blessing_n be_v xxvii_o 29_o and_o as_o maimonides_n think_v p._n iii_o cap._n 50._o more_n nevoch_n to_o prevent_v the_o destruction_n of_o any_o of_o the_o family_n of_o esau_n but_o only_o those_o of_o amalek_n who_o descend_v from_o the_o first-born_a of_o esau_n by_o a_o concubine_n the_o sister_n of_o lotan_n a_o horite_n one_o of_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o seir_n verse_n 12_o &_o 22._o his_o descendant_n be_v to_o be_v destroy_v by_o a_o express_a precept_n for_o a_o particular_a offence_n exod._n xvii_o but_o the_o divine_a justice_n take_v care_n of_o the_o rest_n by_o distinguish_v they_o thus_o exact_o from_o he_o that_o they_o may_v not_o perish_v under_o the_o name_n of_o amalekites_n ver._n 2._o esau_n take_v his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n the_o name_n of_o these_o wife_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o those_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v marry_v xxvi_o 34._o therefore_o it_o be_v probable_a his_o former_a wife_n die_v without_o issue_n and_o so_o he_o take_v another_o daughter_n of_o elon_n when_o judith_n be_v dead_a call_v adah_n and_o the_o daughter_n of_o a_o man_n call_v anah_n by_o who_o he_o have_v such_o child_n as_o here_o follow_v the_o daughter_n of_o zibeon_n the_o word_n daughter_n here_o signify_v niece_n or_o she_o be_v call_v zibeon_n daughter_n because_o he_o breed_v she_o as_o the_o child_n of_o michal_n be_v mention_v 2_o sam._n xxi_o 8_o though_o she_o have_v none_o at_o all_o but_o only_o educate_v the_o child_n of_o her_o sister_n as_o zibeon_n perhaps_o do_v his_o brother_n anah_n daughter_n verse_n 20._o ver._n 3._o bashemath_n ishmael_n daughter_n she_o be_v call_v by_o another_o name_n xxviii_o 9_o but_o it_o be_v likely_a esau_n change_v her_o name_n from_o mahalah_n which_o signify_v sickly_a and_o infirm_a into_o this_o of_o bashmath_n which_o signify_v aromatic_a and_o fragrant_a either_o because_o the_o name_n better_o please_v he_o or_o he_o think_v will_v better_o please_v his_o father_n or_o she_o grow_v more_o healthy_a after_o marriage_n or_o perhaps_o she_o have_v two_o name_n give_v she_o at_o the_o first_o ver._n 6._o go_v into_o the_o country_n from_o the_o face_n of_o his_o brother_n jacob._n into_o another_o country_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n into_o which_o he_o late_o come_v to_o bury_v his_o father_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o last_o chapter_n which_o be_v do_v he_o and_o jacob_n no_o doubt_n agree_v about_o the_o division_n of_o isaac_n estate_n out_o of_o which_o a_o large_a share_n come_v to_o esau_n who_o have_v something_o also_o of_o his_o own_o there_o before_o all_o his_o son_n beforementioned_a be_v bear_v to_o he_o in_o canaan_n verse_n 5._o beside_o what_o he_o have_v in_o seir._n his_o brother_n jacob._n he_o know_v of_o no_o other_o name_n his_o brother_n have_v that_o of_o israel_n it_o be_v likely_a be_v not_o yet_o publish_v and_o common_o use_v ver._n 7._o for_o their_o riches_n be_v more_o than_o that_o they_o may_v dwell_v together_o there_o be_v not_o room_n enough_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n where_o they_o be_v but_o sojourner_n and_o can_v have_v no_o more_o than_o the_o present_a possessor_n will_v let_v to_o they_o for_o such_o a_o vast_a stock_n as_o they_o have_v between_o they_o and_o therefore_o be_v constrain_v to_o separate_v as_o abraham_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n have_v do_v from_o lot_n xiii_o 6_o etc._n etc._n and_o esau_n have_v begin_v before_o to_o settle_v in_o seir_n do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o bring_v what_o he_o have_v there_o hither_o but_o carry_v what_o his_o father_n leave_v he_o thither_o where_o he_o have_v enlarge_v his_o dominion_n since_o jacob_n return_n to_o canaan_n ver._n 8._o thus_o dwell_v esau_n in_o mount_n seir._n it_o be_v a_o question_n how_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v to_o dwell_v in_o seir_n upon_o this_o occasion_n see_v we_o find_v he_o there_o before_o when_o jacob_n come_v out_o of_o mesopotamia_n xxxii_o 3._o but_o the_o answer_n be_v easy_a that_o then_o he_o have_v only_o some_o part_n of_o the_o country_n and_o not_o the_o best_a of_o it_o neither_o and_o therefore_o perhaps_o have_v some_o of_o his_o estate_n still_o in_o canaan_n while_o the_o rest_n of_o it_o be_v in_o seir._n and_o it_o seem_v remarkable_a to_o i_o that_o he_o be_v not_o say_v till_o now_o to_o dwell_v in_o mount_n seir_n but_o
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 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o messenger_n of_o the_o great_a god_n jupiter_n and_o his_o goddess_n juno_n who_o homer_n as_o he_o observe_v represent_v as_o send_v with_o a_o peremptory_a command_n to_o neptune_n not_o to_o aid_v the_o grecian_n by_o the_o swell_a we_o may_v suppose_v of_o water_n which_o much_o annoy_v the_o trojan_n my_o bow_n it_o be_v call_v his_o not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o have_v natural_a cause_n as_o there_o be_v of_o this_o but_o because_o he_o appoint_v it_o to_o a_o special_a end_n as_o a_o signification_n and_o assurance_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o mankind_n ver._n 14._o when_o i_o bring_v a_o cloud_n over_o the_o earth_n i._n e._n when_o there_o be_v great_a sign_n of_o rain_n which_o come_v out_o of_o the_o cloud_n that_o the_o bow_n shall_v be_v see_v in_o the_o cloud_n not_o always_o but_o at_o certain_a time_n often_o enough_o to_o put_v man_n in_o mind_n of_o this_o promise_n and_o stir_v up_o their_o belief_n 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wine_n perhaps_o make_v he_o throw_v off_o the_o clothes_n or_o he_o be_v negligent_a being_n not_o himself_o ver._n 22._o and_o ham_n the_o father_n of_o canaan_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v some_o circumstance_n which_o follow_v that_o make_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n not_o improbable_a that_o canaan_n first_o see_v noah_n in_o this_o indecent_a posture_n and_o make_v sport_n with_o it_o to_o his_o father_n who_o be_v so_o far_o from_o reprove_v he_o as_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v do_v that_o he_o also_o do_v the_o same_o and_o tell_v his_o two_o brethren_n without_o in_o the_o street_n public_o before_o the_o people_n he_o proclaim_v his_o father_n shame_n and_o mock_v at_o it_o for_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o think_v that_o god_n curse_v he_o mere_o for_o his_o irreverence_n but_o there_o be_v something_o of_o derision_n join_v with_o it_o and_o perhaps_o of_o profaneness_n and_o irreligion_n in_o laugh_v we_o may_v conceive_v at_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n 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xviii_o 2._o escape_v for_o thy_o life_n make_v haste_n if_o thou_o love_v thy_o life_n look_v not_o behind_o thou_o to_o see_v what_o become_v of_o thy_o good_n or_o as_o if_o thou_o be_v loath_a to_o leave_v sodom_n make_v no_o delay_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o turn_v about_o and_o look_v back_o neither_o stay_v thou_o in_o the_o plain_a do_v not_o rest_n till_o thou_o have_v get_v out_o of_o the_o plain_a for_o every_o place_n in_o it_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v ver._n 18._o and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o etc._n etc._n both_o the_o angel_n be_v still_o with_o he_o but_o he_o seem_v particular_o to_o speak_v to_o he_o that_o lead_v he_o and_o his_o wife_n out_o of_o sodom_n who_o have_v speak_v before_o to_o he_o and_o bid_v he_o make_v haste_n verse_n 17._o but_o there_o be_v those_o franzius_n for_o instance_n who_o will_v have_v the_o word_n adonai_n translate_v not_o my_o lord_n but_o my_o lord_n as_o if_o he_o speak_v to_o both_o ver._n 19_o i_o can_v escape_v to_o the_o 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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 the_o conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n and_o see_v their_o own_o city_n and_o country_n destroy_v by_o fire_n imagine_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o seminary_n of_o mankind_n remain_v only_o in_o their_o father_n and_o they_o and_o if_o what_o they_o do_v be_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n to_o restore_v the_o world_n they_o do_v no_o worse_a than_o the_o stoic_n think_v their_o wise_a man_n may_v do_v if_o the_o race_n of_o mankind_n be_v extinct_a so_o that_o none_o but_o he_o and_o his_o daughter_n be_v leave_v alive_a irenaeus_n make_v the_o same_o excuse_n for_o they_o and_o say_v they_o do_v this_o innocent_o and_o in_o their_o simplicity_n believe_v all_o mankind_n be_v destroy_v l._n iu._n cap._n 51._o but_o i_o take_v their_o conjecture_n to_o be_v high_o probable_a who_o conceive_v that_o the_o eager_a desire_n which_o then_o possess_v the_o heart_n of_o good_a people_n to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v that_o which_o put_v they_o upon_o this_o otherwise_o monstrous_a crime_n for_o which_o there_o be_v these_o reason_n first_o that_o they_o have_v live_v so_o chaste_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o impurity_n of_o sodom_n that_o one_o can_v think_v a_o spirit_n of_o uncleanness_n now_o enter_v into_o they_o and_o carry_v they_o to_o this_o action_n and_o indeed_o second_o their_o join_v together_o in_o this_o contrivance_n whereas_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n use_v to_o be_v careful_o conceal_v from_o the_o near_a friend_n or_o make_v they_o fall_v out_o if_o they_o find_v themselves_o engage_v in_o the_o same_o intrigue_n show_v that_o they_o be_v act_v by_o counsel_n and_o design_n and_o not_o by_o brutish_a lust_n and_o three_o their_o perpetuate_n the_o memory_n of_o this_o fact_n in_o the_o name_n of_o their_o child_n be_v a_o demonstration_n there_o be_v something_o extraordinary_a in_o it_o and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o ashamed_a of_o it_o but_o rather_o glory_v in_o 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
number_n in_o their_o termination_n which_o in_o signification_n be_v singular_a with_o which_o it_o be_v usual_a to_o join_v a_o verb_n of_o the_o plural_a number_n because_o of_o the_o plural_a termination_n of_o the_o noun_n a_o plain_a example_n of_o which_o we_o have_v gen._n iu._n 6._o why_o be_v thy_o countenance_n in_o the_o hebrew_n face_n fall_v the_o like_a he_o observe_v in_o the_o syriack_n language_n john_n i._n 4._o the_o life_n in_o the_o syriack_n life_n be_v the_o light_n of_o men._n ver._n 16._o i_o have_v give_v thy_o brother_n a_o thousand_o piece_n of_o silver_n the_o word_n piece_n be_v not_o in_o the_o hebrew_n but_o by_o ceseph_n silver_n all_o in_o a_o manner_n understand_v shekel_n for_o ancient_o there_o be_v no_o shekel_n of_o gold_n or_o brass_n but_o only_o of_o silver_n yet_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v he_o do_v not_o give_v he_o thus_o much_o in_o money_n but_o in_o the_o good_n beforementioned_a verse_n 14._o which_o be_v worth_a a_o thousand_o shekel_n see_v xxiii_o 16._o he_o be_v unto_o thou_o a_o cover_n of_o the_o eye_n etc._n etc._n these_o word_n be_v very_o various_o expound_v according_a as_o the_o first_o word_n hu_o be_v interpret_v which_o may_v relate_v either_o to_o the_o gift_n beforementioned_a and_o be_v translate_v this_o or_o to_o abraham_n and_o be_v translate_v he_o as_o it_o be_v by_o we_o if_o they_o refer_v to_o the_o former_a than_o the_o sense_n be_v i_o have_v give_v he_o that_o sum_n of_o money_n to_o buy_v thou_o a_o veil_n that_o all_o who_o converse_n with_o thou_o here_o or_o in_o any_o other_o country_n where_o thou_o shall_v come_v may_v know_v thou_o to_o be_v a_o marry_a woman_n for_o a_o veil_n be_v wear_v in_o token_n of_o subjection_n to_o the_o power_n of_o the_o husband_n and_o that_o thereby_o their_o chastity_n may_v be_v preserve_v safe_a from_o the_o snare_n of_o other_o as_o g._n vorstius_n observe_v upon_o pirke_n elieser_n cap._n xxxii_o or_o as_o other_o interpret_v it_o this_o money_n will_v be_v a_o cover_n to_o thy_o eye_n that_o be_v a_o defence_n to_o thy_o modesty_n it_o be_v a_o testimony_n that_o abimelech_n pay_v dear_a for_o take_v thou_o into_o his_o house_n if_o they_o refer_v to_o abraham_n than_o the_o meaning_n be_v thou_o need_v no_o other_o defence_n of_o thy_o modesty_n and_o chastity_n than_o he_o nor_o have_v any_o reason_n to_o say_v hereafter_o he_o be_v thy_o brother_n for_o he_o be_v so_o dear_a to_o god_n that_o god_n will_v defend_v he_o and_o he_o will_v defend_v thou_o without_o such_o shift_n as_o this_o thou_o have_v use_v nay_o not_o only_o thou_o but_o all_o that_o be_v with_o thou_o and_o that_o even_o against_o stranger_n i_o omit_v other_o interpretation_n and_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o l._n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr thus_o she_o be_v reprove_v or_o instruct_v as_o some_o translate_v it_o not_o to_o dissemble_v her_o condition_n or_o this_o be_v the_o reprehension_n he_o give_v she_o for_o say_v abraham_n be_v her_o brother_n ver._n 17._o so_o abraham_n pray_v unto_o god_n etc._n etc._n beseech_v god_n to_o restore_v they_o all_o to_o their_o health_n now_o that_o his_o wife_n be_v restore_v to_o he_o verse_n 14._o ver._n 18._o for_o the_o lord_n have_v fast_o close_v up_o etc._n etc._n by_o such_o swell_n some_o understand_v it_o in_o the_o secret_a part_n that_o the_o man_n can_v neither_o enjoy_v their_o wife_n nor_o the_o woman_n who_o be_v with_o child_n be_v deliver_v chap._n xxi_o ver._n 1._o and_z the_o lord_z visit_v sarah_n etc._n etc._n bestow_v upon_o she_o the_o blessing_n he_o have_v promise_v she_o i._n e._n make_v she_o conceive_v for_o so_o the_o word_n visit_n signify_v either_o in_o a_o bad_a sense_n to_o inflict_v punishment_n exod._n xx._n 5._o or_o in_o a_o good_a sense_n to_o confer_v blessing_n as_o here_o and_o exod._n iii_o 16._o and_o many_o other_o place_n and_o he_o do_v unto_o she_o as_o he_o have_v speak_v perform_v his_o promise_n by_o make_v she_o bring_v forth_o a_o child_n for_o so_o it_o be_v explain_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n sarah_n conceive_v and_o bare_a abraham_n a_o son_n ver._n 2._o sarah_n conceive_v etc._n etc._n god_n not_o only_o make_v her_o womb_n fruitful_a but_o bring_v the_o fruit_n of_o it_o to_o perfection_n and_o then_o bring_v it_o into_o the_o world_n at_o the_o set_a time_n of_o which_o god_n have_v speak_v to_o he_o xviii_o 14._o it_o be_v not_o say_v where_o isaac_n be_v bear_v for_o we_o be_v not_o tell_v here_o whether_o abraham_n depart_v from_o gerar_n into_o any_o other_o part_n of_o this_o country_n as_o abimelech_n kind_o offer_v and_o give_v he_o liberty_n to_o do_v xx._n 15._o but_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o chapter_n that_o he_o continue_v a_o long_a time_n in_o abimelech_n country_n though_o not_o at_o gerar_n it_o be_v probable_a isaac_n be_v bear_v at_o beersheba_n verse_n 31._o ver._n 6._o god_n have_v make_v i_o to_o laugh_v i._n e._n to_o rejoice_v exceed_o so_o that_o all_o that_o hear_v will_v laugh_v with_o i_o all_o my_o friend_n and_o neighbour_n will_v congratulate_v my_o happiness_n and_o rejoice_v with_o i_o ver._n 7._o give_v child_n suck_v it_o be_v usual_a to_o put_v the_o plural_a number_n for_o the_o singular_a as_o be_v observe_v before_o xix_o 29._o or_o she_o hope_v perhaps_o to_o have_v more_o child_n after_o this_o and_o her_o give_v he_o suck_v be_v a_o certain_a proof_n that_o she_o have_v bring_v he_o forth_o of_o her_o own_o womb_n and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o a_o supposititious_a child_n as_o menochius_fw-la well_o observe_v other_o note_v that_o the_o great_a person_n in_o those_o ancient_a day_n suckle_v their_o own_o child_n which_o favorinus_n a_o greek_a philosopher_n press_v as_o a_o duty_n upon_o a_o noble_a woman_n by_o many_o strong_a argument_n which_o be_v record_v by_o a._n gellius_n who_o be_v present_a at_o his_o discourse_n l._n xii_o noct._n attic._n cap._n 1._o ver._n 8._o the_o child_n grow_v and_o be_v wean_v at_o the_o 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say_v why_o shall_v such_o praise_n be_v bestow_v on_o abraham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o he_o have_v attempt_v a_o thing_n altogether_o new_a which_o private_a man_n and_o king_n and_o whole_a nation_n do_v upon_o occasion_n the_o learned_a reader_n can_v but_o know_v that_o one_o of_o our_o own_o countryman_n sir_n j._n marsham_n in_o canon_n chronic._n §_o v._o have_v set_v this_o in_o the_o front_n of_o all_o his_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o abraham_n be_v not_o the_o first_o who_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n without_o acquaint_v the_o reader_n with_o philo_n answer_n to_o this_o which_o quite_o overthrow_v all_o his_o pretension_n for_o he_o say_v lib._n de_fw-la abrahamo_fw-la p._n 375_o 376._o edit_fw-la paris_n that_o some_o barbarian_n have_v do_v this_o follow_v the_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n or_o be_v in_o great_a distress_n etc._n etc._n but_o nothing_o of_o this_o nature_n can_v move_v abraham_n to_o it_o for_o the_o custom_n of_o sacrifice_a child_n be_v neither_o in_o babylon_n nor_o mesopotamia_n nor_o chaldaea_n where_o he_o have_v live_v a_o long_a time_n no_o nor_o as_o it_o follow_v a_o little_a after_o in_o that_o country_n where_o he_o than_o live_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o beginner_n of_o a_o perfect_o new_a and_o unusual_a example_n what_o plain_a confutation_n can_v there_o be_v of_o what_o the_o forenamed_a author_n pretend_v than_o this_o which_o he_o most_o disingenuous_o conceal_v nor_o be_v there_o more_o strength_n in_o what_o follow_v in_o he_o out_o of_o sanchuniathon_n who_o say_v that_o saturn_n offer_v his_o only_a son_n for_o by_o saturn_n it_o be_v evident_a he_o mean_v abraham_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o
yet_o he_o see_v they_o degenerate_v apace_o into_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n especial_o into_o idolatry_n which_o will_v bring_v they_o he_o know_v to_o utter_v desolation_n when_o they_o have_v fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o their_o iniquity_n xv._o 16._o ver._n 4._o but_o go_v into_o my_o country_n i._n e._n into_o mesopotamia_n where_o he_o live_v for_o some_o time_n in_o haran_n after_o he_o come_v from_o ur_fw-la which_o be_v also_o in_o that_o country_n as_o i_o observe_v upon_o xi_o 31._o it_o seem_v also_o his_o brother_n have_v remove_v hither_o follow_v his_o father_n terah_n and_o abraham_n example_n see_v xi_o 31._o and_o my_o kindred_n the_o family_n of_o his_o brother_n nahor_n which_o he_o hear_v late_o be_v increase_v xxii_o 20._o who_o though_o they_o have_v some_o superstition_n among_o they_o retain_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n as_o appear_v from_o this_o very_a chapter_n verse_n 31_o 50._o and_o take_v a_o wife_n unto_o my_o son_n isaac_n which_o no_o doubt_n be_v by_o isaac_n consent_n as_o well_o as_o his_o father_n command_n ver._n 5._o must_v i_o needs_o bring_v thy_o son_n again_o into_o the_o land_n from_o whence_o thou_o come_v he_o desire_v like_o a_o conscientious_a man_n to_o understand_v the_o full_a obligation_n of_o his_o oath_n before_o he_o take_v it_o and_o his_o doubt_n be_v whether_o if_o a_o woman_n will_v not_o come_v with_o he_o into_o canaan_n he_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o go_v again_o a_o second_o time_n and_o carry_v isaac_n to_o she_o ver._n 6._o beware_v that_o thou_o bring_v not_o my_o son_n thither_o again_o he_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n his_o son_n shall_v go_v to_o that_o country_n which_o god_n command_v he_o to_o forsake_v that_o command_n oblige_v not_o only_a himself_o but_o his_o posterity_n see_v verse_n 8._o ver._n 7._o the_o lord_n god_n of_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n he_o who_o rule_v all_o thing_n above_o as_o well_o as_o below_o who_o bring_v i_o from_o my_o own_o into_o this_o 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family_n xii_o 5._o who_o if_o isaac_n go_v to_o settle_v there_o must_v have_v go_v with_o he_o as_o part_v of_o his_o substance_n ver._n 10._o and_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o camel_n etc._n etc._n camel_n be_v of_o great_a use_n in_o those_o country_n as_o they_o be_v at_o this_o day_n some_o of_o they_o be_v make_v for_o carriage_n of_o burden_n and_o other_o for_o swift_a travel_n which_o latter_a sort_n be_v call_v by_o a_o peculiar_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dromedary_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o his_o plinian_n exercit_fw-la p._n 987._o these_o perhaps_o be_v of_o that_o kind_n for_o the_o great_a expedition_n like_o those_o we_o read_v of_o 1_o sam._n xxx_o 17._o for_o all_o the_o good_n of_o his_o master_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n he_o may_v choose_v what_o accommodation_n he_o please_v for_o his_o journey_n have_v every_o thing_n belong_v to_o his_o master_n at_o his_o command_n who_o be_v a_o great_a person_n it_o be_v fit_v his_o principal_a servant_n shall_v be_v well_o attend_v as_o it_o appear_v he_o be_v verse_n 32._o especial_o when_o he_o go_v upon_o such_o a_o â—…rand_n as_o to_o court_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o master_n son_n most_n refer_v this_o to_o the_o present_v he_o carry_v along_o with_o he_o and_o r._n solomon_n will_v have_v it_o that_o he_o carry_v a_o write_n with_o he_o under_o his_o master_n hand_n a_o inventory_n we_o call_v it_o specify_v all_o his_o good_n and_o riches_n that_o they_o may_v know_v what_o a_o great_a match_n his_o son_n be_v city_n of_o nahor_n which_o be_v haran_n from_o whence_o abraham_n come_v xi_o 31._o and_o to_o which_o jacob_n go_v to_o find_v his_o kindred_n xxviii_o 10._o how_o far_o it_o be_v thither_o we_o be_v not_o tell_v nor_o how_o long_o they_o be_v go_v to_o it_o and_o moses_n omit_v also_o whatsoever_o pass_v in_o the_o way_n as_o not_o pertinent_a to_o his_o story_n ver._n 11._o camel_n kneel_v down_o the_o posture_n wherein_o they_o rest_v themselves_o ver._n 12._o o_o lord_n god_n of_o my_o master_n abraham_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v observe_v the_o kindness_n of_o god_n to_o have_v be_v so_o great_a to_o abraham_n and_o abraham_n to_o have_v such_o a_o peculiar_a interest_n in_o his_o favour_n that_o in_o confidence_n he_o will_v make_v good_a abraham_n word_n verse_n 7._o &_o 40._o he_o not_o only_o beg_v he_o may_v have_v good_a success_n in_o his_o journey_n but_o desire_v a_o sign_n of_o it_o to_o confirm_v his_o faith_n and_o such_o a_o sign_n as_o be_v most_o apposite_a to_o denote_v the_o person_n that_o will_v make_v a_o good_a wife_n by_o her_o courtesy_n humility_n condescension_n hospitality_n prompt_a and_o laborious_a charity_n all_o which_o be_v include_v in_o what_o he_o desire_v and_o she_o do_v ver._n 14._o thereby_o shall_v i_o know_v that_o thou_o have_v show_v kindness_n to_o my_o master_n he_o have_v no_o confidence_n that_o god_n will_v do_v any_o thing_n for_o his_o own_o sake_n but_o for_o his_o master_n be_v who_o god_n have_v most_o wonderful_o bless_v ver._n 15._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v before_o he_o have_v do_v speak_v etc._n etc._n this_o show_v it_o be_v by_o a_o divine_a suggestion_n that_o he_o make_v this_o prayer_n which_o be_v answer_v immediate_o such_o be_v the_o divine_a goodness_n or_o rather_o to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o sam._n bochartus_fw-la upon_o occasion_n of_o many_o such_o instance_n sic_fw-la enim_fw-la parata_fw-la &_o obvia_fw-la esse_fw-la solent_fw-la dei_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la preces_fw-la nostras_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la sequantur_fw-la quam_fw-la occupent_fw-la alque_fw-la antecedant_fw-la p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n 2._o cap._n 49._o so_o forward_o be_v god_n to_o bestow_v his_o benefit_n upon_o we_o that_o they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o follow_v our_o prayer_n as_o prevent_v and_o go_v before_o they_o see_v verse_n 45._o with_o her_o pitcher_n upon_o her_o shoulder_n behold_v the_o simplicity_n frugality_n and_o industry_n of_o that_o age._n ver._n 20._o draw_v for_o all_o his_o camel_n there_o be_v ten_o of_o they_o verse_n 10._o and_o they_o be_v a_o very_a thirsty_a sort_n of_o creature_n and_o therefore_o she_o take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o serve_v he_o who_o be_v but_o a_o stranger_n in_o this_o manner_n which_o show_v extraordinary_a goodness_n and_o a_o most_o oblige_a disposition_n at_o which_o he_o may_v well_o be_v amaze_v as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 21._o wonder_v at_o she_o hold_v his_o peace_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v so_o astonish_v at_o her_o kindness_n readiness_n to_o do_v good_a and_o laborious_a diligence_n etc._n etc._n and_o also_o at_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o make_v thing_n fall_v out_o so_o pat_o to_o his_o desire_n that_o for_o the_o present_a he_o can_v not_o speak_v have_v his_o mind_n employ_v in_o mark_v and_o observe_v every_o passage_n whereby_o he_o may_v judge_v how_o to_o conclude_v whether_o this_o be_v the_o woman_n or_o no_o who_o god_n design_v for_o his_o master_n son_n ver._n 22._o the_o man_n take_v give_v she_o as_o the_o phrase_n be_v often_o use_v but_o he_o first_o ask_v she_o who_o daughter_n she_o be_v as_o appear_v from_o verse_n 47._o a_o golden_a ear-ring_n or_o rather_o as_o the_o margin_n have_v it_o a_o jewel_n for_o the_o forehead_n and_o so_o we_o translate_v the_o hebrew_n word_n ezek._n xvi_o 12._o and_o this_o person_n himself_o expound_v it_o verse_n 47._o i_o put_v the_o ear-ring_n or_o jewel_n upon_o her_o face_n i._n e._n her_o forehead_n for_o such_o ornament_n be_v use_v in_o those_o time_n and_o country_n hang_v down_o between_o the_o eyebrow_n over_o the_o nose_n two_o bracelet_n for_o her_o hand_n i._n e._n wrist_n ver._n 26._o bow_v his_o head_n and_o worship_v the_o lord_n
year_n to_o make_v up_o the_o sense_n which_o some_o think_v rather_o to_o be_v this_o that_o he_o be_v satisfy_v and_o have_v enough_o of_o this_o world_n desire_v to_o live_v no_o long_o like_o that_o expression_n in_o seneca_n epist_n lxi_o vixi_fw-la lucili_n charissime_fw-la quantum_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la mortem_fw-la plenus_fw-la expecto_fw-la gather_v to_o his_o people_n it_o do_v not_o relate_v to_o his_o body_n which_o be_v not_o bury_v with_o they_o and_o therefore_o must_v relate_v to_o his_o soul_n which_o be_v suppose_v by_o this_o still_a to_o live_v in_o that_o place_n where_o his_o pious_a forefather_n be_v go_v or_o else_o it_o be_v a_o hebrew_n idiotism_n signify_v no_o more_o but_o that_o he_o leave_v this_o world_n as_o all_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o ver._n 9_o his_o son_n isaac_n and_o ishmael_n etc._n etc._n by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o isaac_n and_o ishmael_n be_v not_o stranger_n one_o to_o another_o nay_o some_o of_o the_o oriental_n tell_v we_o that_o abraham_n go_v to_o see_v ishmael_n at_o his_o house_n and_o that_o ishmael_n come_v to_o see_v he_o after_o he_o be_v send_v away_o which_o be_v not_o at_o all_o improbable_a for_o no_o doubt_n abraham_n provide_v for_o he_o suitable_a to_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o birth_n and_o ishmael_n can_v not_o but_o be_v convince_v that_o the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o father_n belong_v of_o right_a to_o isaac_n who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o a_o freewoman_n and_o he_o only_o of_o a_o bondwoman_n nor_o can_v he_o well_o be_v ignorant_a that_o isaac_n be_v to_o be_v heir_n of_o abraham_n estate_n by_o god_n designation_n in_o the_o field_n of_o ephron_n etc._n etc._n see_v xxiii_o 17._o ver._n 11._o isaac_n dwell_v by_o the_o well_o lahairoi_a he_o continue_v after_o abraham_n death_n his_o former_a habitation_n which_o he_o have_v when_o he_o marry_v xxiv_o 62._o ver._n 12._o now_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o ishmael_n etc._n etc._n have_v mention_v the_o blessing_n of_o god_n which_o go_v along_o with_o isaac_n after_o his_o father_n death_n in_o the_o forego_n verse_n he_o take_v this_o occasion_n to_o show_v that_o god_n be_v not_o unmindful_a of_o his_o promise_n make_v to_o abraham_n concern_v ishmael_n also_o xvii_o 20._o ver._n 13._o nebaioth_n as_o he_o be_v the_o first-born_a of_o ishmael_n so_o his_o posterity_n give_v the_o denomination_n to_o the_o whole_a country_n of_o arabia_n petraea_n in_o the_o best_a part_n of_o which_o see_v verse_n 3._o they_o inhabit_v which_o pliny_n strabo_n and_o ptolemy_n call_v nabataea_n and_o sometime_o other_o author_n call_v nabathis_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v call_v nabataei_n who_o be_v mention_v also_o by_o dionysius_n periegetes_n in_o his_o description_n of_o the_o world_n and_o by_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o demetrius_n who_o he_o say_v be_v send_v to_o subdue_v the_o arab_n call_v nabataei_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o perish_v by_o fall_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o place_n where_o there_o be_v no_o water_n these_o be_v common_o call_v in_o scripture_n ishmaelites_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v the_o sole_a heir_n of_o their_o progenitor_n and_o they_o dwell_v near_o to_o the_o midianite_n their_o half_a brethren_n for_o in_o the_o story_n of_o joseph_n he_o be_v say_v in_o one_o place_n to_o be_v sell_v unto_o the_o ishmaelite_n in_o another_o to_o the_o midianite_n gen._n xxxvii_o 27_o 28_o 36._o they_o be_v neighbour_n and_o copartner_n in_o traffic_n the_o country_n of_o moab_n also_o be_v near_o to_o these_o nabataei_n as_o appear_v from_o epiphanius_n haeres_fw-la liii_o where_o speak_v of_o the_o country_n that_o lay_v beyond_o the_o dead-sea_n he_o mention_n this_o which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o region_n of_o nebaioth_n ituraea_n and_o moabitis_fw-la see_v salmasius_n plin._n exercit._n p._n 615._o kedar_n his_o posterity_n call_v kedareni_n be_v also_o seat_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n together_o with_o their_o elder_a brother_n and_o their_o name_n also_o be_v so_o famous_a that_o some_o author_n call_v the_o whole_a country_n kedar_n for_o the_o language_n of_o kedar_n be_v the_o arabian_a language_n and_o when_o david_n complain_v that_o he_o have_v dwell_v long_o in_o the_o tent_n of_o kedar_n the_o chaldee_n expound_v it_o in_o the_o dwell_n of_o the_o arabian_n but_o those_o arabian_n call_v scenitae_n be_v proper_o the_o people_n of_o kedar_n and_o yet_o not_o all_o the_o scenitae_n i._n e._n all_o the_o arab_n who_o dwell_v in_o tent_n but_o those_o only_o who_o dwell_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n for_o there_o be_v divers_a kind_n of_o they_o all_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o near_a euphrates_n other_o in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o salmasius_n show_v in_o his_o plin._n exercit._n p._n 484._o some_o take_v they_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o those_o who_o ptolemy_n call_v pharanitae_n for_o what_o the_o psalmist_n call_v dwell_v among_o the_o tent_n of_o kedar_n be_v call_v 1_o sam._n xxvi_o 1._o dwelling_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o paran_n pliny_n only_o say_v pharanitis_n border_v upon_o the_o arab_n in_o or_o a_o contermina_fw-la gentis_fw-la arabiae_n and_o so_o late_a writer_n make_v pharan_n and_o arabia_n petraea_n to_o be_v near_a neighbour_n as_o the_o same_o salmasius_n show_v p._n 485._o ver._n 14._o dumah_n he_o seem_v by_o isaiah_n xxi_o 11._o to_o have_v be_v seat_v near_o idumaea_n ver._n 15._o hadar_n some_o think_v the_o athritae_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la come_v from_o he_o in_o which_o likewise_o there_o be_v a_o city_n call_v tema_n from_o the_o next_o son_n of_o ishmael_n and_o jetur_fw-la the_o next_o son_n to_o he_o may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o ituraei_n in_o coelo-syria_n and_o kedemah_n the_o last_o of_o his_o son_n to_o have_v dwell_v near_o his_o brother_n kedar_n for_o so_o jacobus_n capellus_n expound_v those_o word_n jer._n xlix_o 28._o go_v up_o to_o kedar_n and_o spoil_v the_o man_n of_o kedem_fw-la which_o we_o translate_v the_o man_n of_o the_o east_n and_o there_o be_v some_o other_o people_n in_o those_o country_n who_o name_n sound_v something_o like_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n but_o not_o so_o like_a as_o these_o i_o have_v mention_v which_o make_v i_o omit_v all_o further_a search_n after_o they_o enough_o have_v be_v say_v to_o show_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o account_n which_o moses_n give_v we_o of_o ishmael_n posterity_n ver._n 16._o these_o be_v their_o name_n by_o their_o to_n though_o some_o of_o they_o dwell_v in_o tent_n and_o thence_o be_v call_v scenitae_n arabe_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o live_v so_o scatter_o but_o pitch_v they_o together_o and_o make_v a_o town_n and_o their_o castle_n they_o have_v even_o then_o place_n of_o defence_n which_o may_v make_v it_o probable_a that_o they_o have_v also_o wall_a town_n to_o which_o they_o resort_v from_o their_o tent_n in_o the_o field_n when_o they_o be_v in_o any_o danger_n isai_n xlii_o 11._o for_o it_o must_v be_v here_o note_v that_o as_o there_o be_v divers_a people_n of_o this_o name_n of_o scenitae_n arabe_n so_o there_o be_v this_o difference_n among_o they_o as_o salmasius_n observe_v in_o the_o forenamed_a place_n that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v nomades_n who_o wander_v from_o place_n to_o place_n other_o of_o they_o be_v not_o particular_o the_o sabaean_a scenitae_n and_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n dwell_v in_o tent_n but_o be_v fix_v in_o their_o habitation_n and_o do_v not_o remove_v from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o as_o those_o that_o dwell_v in_o mesopotamia_n do_v who_o be_v both_o scenitae_n and_o also_o nomades_n they_o therefore_o who_o be_v settle_v in_o tent_n as_o the_o son_n of_o ishmael_n be_v have_v reason_n to_o build_v fortress_n for_o the_o security_n of_o their_o slender_a habitation_n twelve_o prince_n according_a to_o their_o nation_n or_o rather_o as_o dr._n jackson_n well_o gloss_n book_n i._o on_o the_o creed_n c._n 25._o twelve_o head_n of_o so_o many_o several_a house_n tribe_n or_o clan_n which_o kind_n of_o government_n they_o continue_v till_o four_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o be_v better_a express_v by_o heathen_a writer_n than_o by_o many_o christian_a interpreter_n when_o they_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ruler_n of_o their_o tribe_n as_o strabo_n speak_v l._n xvi_o in_o his_o description_n of_o syria_n and_o so_o the_o late_a writer_n speak_v of_o the_o saracen_n who_o be_v the_o same_o people_n former_o call_v scenitae_n arabe_n who_o governor_n they_o call_v phylarchi_fw-la saracenorum_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o sextus_n rufus_n and_o jornandes_n see_v salmas_n as_o before_o p._n 484_o 485._o ver._n 17._o gather_v unto_o his_o people_n the_o same_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
be_v a_o noble_a employment_n in_o those_o day_n to_o keep_v sheep_n whence_o god_n himself_o have_v the_o name_n of_o the_o shepherd_n of_o israel_n she_o have_v those_o under_o she_o we_o be_v to_o suppose_v who_o take_v the_o great_a pain_n about_o they_o but_o she_o be_v the_o chief_a shepherdess_n who_o inspect_v they_o all_o ver._n 10._o go_v near_o and_o roll_v the_o stone_n he_o be_v strong_a or_o more_o dextrous_a at_o such_o thing_n than_o any_o body_n there_o or_o the_o meaning_n be_v he_o assist_v in_o this_o work_n and_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o that_o set_v to_o his_o hand_n about_o ver._n 11._o jacob_n kiss_v rachel_n have_v tell_v she_o who_o he_o be_v and_o satisfy_v she_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o than_o after_o the_o custom_n use_v among_o near_a relation_n at_o their_o first_o meeting_n he_o salute_v she_o and_o that_o with_o more_o than_o ordinary_a affection_n for_o he_o weep_v for_o joy_n to_o see_v she_o laban_n in_o like_a manner_n kiss_v he_o ver._n 12._o her_o father_n brother_n so_o all_o near_a relation_n be_v call_v verse_n 15._o ver._n 13._o he_o tell_v laban_n all_o these_o thing_n which_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o foregoing_a and_o this_o chapter_n the_o reason_n of_o his_o come_n from_o home_n god_n providence_n over_o he_o in_o his_o journey_n and_o his_o happy_a meeting_n with_o rachel_n ver._n 14._o sure_o thou_o be_v my_o bone_n and_o my_o flesh_n so_o very_o near_o of_o kin_n to_o i_o that_o i_o can_v deny_v thou_o nothing_o ver._n 15._o because_o thou_o be_v or_o as_o de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr translate_v the_o word_n haci_n and_o give_v many_o instance_n of_o it_o be_v thou_o not_o my_o brother_n be_v it_o fit_a then_o that_o thou_o shall_v serve_v i_o for_o nothing_o ver._n 17._o leah_n be_v tender-eyed_n some_o translate_v it_o have_v delicate_a eye_n so_o the_o chaldee_n and_o then_o the_o meaning_n be_v all_z her_o beauty_n lie_v in_o her_o eye_n beautiful_a and_o well-favoured_a be_v every_o way_n amiable_a be_v well_o shape_v have_v good_a feature_n and_o a_o fine_a complexion_n ver._n 18._o i_o will_v serve_v thou_o seven_o year_n for_o rachel_n etc._n etc._n he_o have_v not_o bring_v money_n enough_o with_o he_o to_o purchase_v a_o wife_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v in_o those_o day_n and_o therefore_o offer_v his_o service_n for_o seven_o year_n instead_o of_o it_o ver._n 19_o it_o be_v better_a that_o i_o give_v she_o thou_o etc._n etc._n he_o seem_v to_o answer_v cunning_o and_o yet_o one_o not_o but_o take_v it_o for_o a_o contract_n as_o it_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v by_o verse_n 21._o ver._n 20._o they_o seem_v unto_o he_o but_o a_o few_o day_n he_o value_v rachel_n so_o much_o that_o the_o price_n at_o which_o he_o purchase_v she_o seem_v inconsiderable_a ver._n 21._o give_v i_o my_o wife_n so_o she_o have_v be_v by_o contract_n ever_o since_o it_o be_v make_v verse_n 19_o and_o he_o do_v not_o now_o demand_v that_o he_o may_v have_v she_o to_o wife_n but_o that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v she_o be_v already_o his_o wife_n by_o that_o solemn_a agreement_n make_v seven_o year_n ago_o ver._n 22._o laban_n gather_v together_o the_o man_n of_o the_o place_n all_o such_o private_a contract_n be_v complete_v by_o the_o elder_n or_o governor_n of_o the_o place_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o the_o people_n we_o have_v a_o instance_n of_o this_o before_o in_o abraham_n purchase_n of_o a_o sepulchre_n for_o his_o family_n xxiii_o 11_o 18._o which_o be_v a_o sacred_a and_o religious_a thing_n as_o well_o as_o the_o rite_n of_o marriage_n and_o therefore_o both_o of_o they_o publici_fw-la juris_fw-la as_o cornel._n bertram_n speak_v part_n of_o the_o public_a care_n ver._n 23._o in_o the_o evening_n at_o bedtime_n bring_v she_o to_o he_o the_o modesty_n of_o those_o time_n make_v they_o bring_v the_o bride_n to_o her_o husband_n bed_n veiled_z and_o without_o light_n so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o easy_a for_o laban_n to_o deceive_v jacob_n by_o bring_v leah_n to_o he_o who_o he_o can_v not_o hope_v so_o ready_o to_o dispose_v in_o marriage_n as_o rachel_n because_o she_o be_v homely_a ver._n 24._o give_v unto_o his_o daughter_n zilpah_n his_o maid_n etc._n etc._n a_o very_a poor_a portion_n yet_o all_o that_o he_o give_v to_o rachel_n afterward_o verse_n 29._o which_o make_v they_o say_v that_o he_o use_v they_o as_o stranger_n not_o as_o his_o child_n put_v they_o off_o without_o any_o portion_n xxxi_o 14_o 15._o ver._n 26._o it_o must_v not_o be_v so_o do_v in_o our_o country_n etc._n etc._n we_o do_v not_o read_v of_o any_o such_o ancient_a custom_n and_o therefore_o this_o seem_v a_o mere_a shift_n or_o a_o jest_n or_o if_o it_o have_v be_v true_a he_o shall_v have_v tell_v it_o jacob_n beforehand_o ver._n 27._o fulfil_v her_o week_n etc._n etc._n perfect_a this_o marriage_n with_o leah_n by_o keep_v a_o seven_o day_n feast_n as_o the_o custom_n be_v and_o then_o thou_o shall_v have_v rachel_n also_o for_o he_o do_v not_o speak_v of_o a_o week_n of_o year_n but_o of_o day_n as_o mr._n selden_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 5._o where_o he_o have_v this_o plain_a commentary_n upon_o these_o word_n marriage_n be_v to_o be_v celebrate_v according_a to_o custom_n by_o a_o seven_o day_n be_v feast_n complete_a this_o marriage_n thou_o have_v begin_v with_o leah_n and_o then_o upon_o condition_n of_o another_o seven_o year_n service_n thou_o shall_v marry_v rachel_n also_o and_o keep_v her_o wedding-feast_n seven_o day_n ver._n 30._o and_o serve_v with_o he_o yet_o other_o seven_o year_n after_o he_o have_v solemn_o marry_v rachel_n and_o bed_v she_o as_o we_o speak_v for_o that_o he_o do_v seven_o day_n after_o his_o marriage_n with_o leah_n be_v accomplish_v so_o this_o verse_n begin_v and_o he_o go_v in_o also_o unto_o rachel_n and_o then_o begin_v his_o other_o seven_o year_n service_n there_o be_v no_o positive_a law_n as_o yet_o against_o such_o marriage_n as_o this_o with_o two_o sister_n which_o be_v afterward_o express_o condemn_v but_o at_o present_a indulge_v as_o the_o marriage_n of_o a_o man_n be_v own_o sister_n be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n whence_o that_o say_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o gemara_fw-la hierosol_n upon_o the_o title_n sanhedrim_n the_o world_n be_v build_v by_o indulgence_n and_o jacob_n it_o be_v very_o likely_a think_v there_o be_v a_o unavoidable_a necessity_n for_o his_o marry_v these_o two_o sister_n for_o rachel_n be_v his_o true_a wife_n leah_n be_v impose_v upon_o he_o by_o a_o cheat._n but_o have_v know_v she_o he_o conclude_v he_o can_v not_o honest_o leave_v she_o no_o more_o than_o he_o can_v rachel_n to_o who_o he_o be_v first_o contract_v ver._n 31._o leah_n be_v hate_v comparative_o not_o absolute_o for_o leah_n have_v join_v with_o her_o father_n to_o deceive_v he_o he_o can_v not_o love_v she_o so_o well_o as_o rachel_n to_o who_o he_o have_v engage_v his_o first_o affection_n ver._n 32._o reuben_n the_o name_n of_o this_o son_n and_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o follow_v be_v derive_v from_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n which_o show_v that_o laban_n family_n speak_v the_o same_o language_n with_o abraham_n with_o some_o little_a variation_n as_o appear_v afterward_o xxxi_o 47._o chap._n xxx_o ver._n 1._o envy_v her_o sister_n be_v so_o grieve_v that_o it_o make_v she_o fret_v into_o impatience_n and_o rage_n for_o it_o be_v a_o frantic_a speech_n which_o follow_v give_v i_o child_n or_o i_o die_v i_o shall_v make_v myself_o away_o as_o we_o now_o speak_v or_o die_v with_o grief_n see_v here_o the_o great_a danger_n of_o two_o eager_a and_o impatient_a desire_n the_o fulfil_n of_o which_o be_v her_o death_n indeed_o ver._n 2._o jacob_n anger_n be_v kindle_v he_o conceive_v a_o just_a indignation_n against_o her_o impatience_n which_o he_o express_v with_o some_o heat_n be_o i_o in_o god_n stead_n etc._n etc._n be_v it_o in_o my_o power_n to_o give_v what_o god_n think_v fit_a to_o deny_v thus_o he_o put_v she_o in_o mind_n of_o what_o the_o psalmist_n say_v afterward_o child_n be_v a_o gift_n that_o come_v of_o the_o lord_n as_o the_o old_a translation_n have_v it_o cxxvii_o 3._o ver._n 3._o behold_v my_o maid_n bilhah_n go_v in_o unto_o she_o she_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o sarah_n jacob_n grandmother_n xvi_o 1._o in_o adopt_v the_o son_n of_o her_o maid-servant_n who_o she_o give_v to_o jacob_n out_o of_o the_o same_o principle_n that_o sarah_n give_v hagar_n to_o be_v abraham_n wife_n a_o vehement_a desire_n to_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n that_o their_o seed_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n and_o especial_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n which_o make_v they_o
respect_n to_o the_o cattle_n and_o child_n more_n nevoch_n p._n i._o cap._n 28._o or_o because_o of_o the_o cattle_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v over-driven_a until_o i_o come_v to_o my_o lord_n unto_o seir._n moses_n omit_v this_o journey_n to_o seir_n as_o he_o do_v his_o visit_n to_o his_o father_n which_o one_o can_v think_v he_o defer_v for_o so_o many_o year_n as_o be_v between_o his_o return_n to_o canaan_n and_o the_o mention_n of_o his_o come_n to_o mamre_n xxxv_o 27._o or_o jacob_n be_v hinder_v perhaps_o by_o something_o which_o he_o can_v not_o foresee_v from_o perform_v this_o promise_n to_o his_o brother_n of_o which_o no_o doubt_n he_o give_v he_o a_o account_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o break_v his_o word_n ver._n 15._o let_v i_o now_o leave_v with_o thou_o etc._n etc._n he_o will_v have_v leave_v some_o of_o his_o follower_n with_o jacob_n to_o show_v he_o the_o way_n and_o to_o be_v a_o guard_n to_o he_o or_o honourable_o attend_v he_o let_v i_o find_v grace_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o my_o lord_n in_o this_o also_o be_v so_o kind_a as_o to_o gratify_v my_o desire_n xxxiv_o 11._o ver._n 16._o esau_n return_v that_o day_n the_o same_o day_n they_o meet_v together_o because_o he_o will_v not_o be_v a_o burden_n to_o jacob._n ver._n 17._o journey_v to_o succoth_n after_o he_o have_v be_v with_o his_o brother_n in_o seir_n if_o he_o do_v follow_v he_o thither_o as_o it_o be_v likely_a he_o do_v though_o not_o here_o mention_v no_o more_o than_o the_o entertainment_n he_o give_v he_o and_o such_o like_a thing_n which_o one_o can_v think_v be_v want_v at_o this_o meeting_n build_v he_o a_o house_n intend_v to_o make_v some_o stay_n in_o this_o place_n ver._n 18._o and_o jacob_n come_v to_o shalem_n a_o city_n of_o schechem_n or_o he_o come_v safe_a and_o sound_a so_o the_o hebrew_n general_o understand_v the_o word_n shalem_n to_o that_o city_n call_v schechem_n and_o it_o may_v refer_v either_o to_o the_o soundness_n of_o his_o leg_n which_o be_v perfect_o well_o so_o that_o he_o halt_v no_o long_o or_o to_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o person_n in_o that_o he_o be_v not_o at_o all_o hurt_n by_o esau_n or_o rather_o to_o the_o safety_n of_o every_o thing_n he_o have_v no_o evil_a accident_n have_v befall_v he_o of_o any_o sort_n since_o he_o leave_v laban_n which_o be_v the_o rather_o now_o mention_v because_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n moses_n give_v a_o relation_n of_o a_o very_a sad_a misfortune_n which_o befall_v his_o family_n when_o he_o come_v from_o padan-aram_n some_o think_v this_o need_v not_o to_o have_v be_v add_v whereas_o it_o express_v more_o full_o what_o be_v say_v before_o that_o he_o come_v safe_a all_o the_o way_n from_o thence_o hither_o and_o pitch_v his_o tent_n before_o the_o city_n because_o it_o be_v the_o sabbath-day_n say_v menasseh_n be_v israel_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n probl._n viii_o de_fw-fr creatione_fw-la which_o make_v he_o stop_v and_o rest_v here_o and_o not_o enter_v the_o city_n till_o it_o be_v end_v but_o this_o be_v a_o mere_a fancy_n for_o the_o rest_n from_o all_o labour_n on_o this_o day_n be_v not_o command_v to_o be_v observe_v till_o they_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o the_o true_a reason_n of_o pitch_v his_o tent_n here_o be_v for_o the_o convenience_n of_o pasturage_n ver._n 19_o and_o he_o buy_v a_o parcel_n of_o a_o field_n he_o make_v a_o small_a purchase_n that_o he_o may_v be_v the_o less_o impose_v upon_o by_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o that_o country_n who_o have_v disturb_v abraham_n and_o isaac_n about_o the_o well_n they_o dig_v in_o the_o ground_n they_o hire_v of_o they_o for_o a_o hundred_o piece_n of_o money_n the_o margin_n have_v a_o hundred_o lamb_n but_o this_o be_v the_o right_a translation_n it_o appear_v from_o act._n vii_o 16._o and_o bochart_n have_v take_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o pain_n to_o show_v that_o resita_n do_v not_o signify_v a_o lamb_n but_o some_o sort_n of_o money_n though_o of_o what_o value_n be_v uncertain_a p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n i._o cap._n 2._o and_o lib._n ii_o cap._n 43._o for_o a_o great_a while_n before_o this_o time_n money_n be_v in_o use_n with_o which_o they_o traffic_v and_o not_o by_o exchange_v one_o commodity_n for_o another_o see_v xxiii_o 16._o ver._n 20._o call_v it_o el-elohe-israel_n this_o altar_n be_v dedicate_v to_o god_n the_o god_n of_o israel_n who_o have_v deliver_v he_o from_o laban_n and_o esau_n and_o late_o honour_v he_o with_o a_o new_a name_n import_v his_o great_a power_n with_o he_o chap._n xxxiv_o ver._n 1._o go_v out_o from_o her_o mother_n tent_n which_o be_v without_o the_o city_n xxxiii_o 18._o to_o see_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o land_n into_o the_o city_n of_o shechem_n to_o look_v about_o she_o with_o the_o young_a woman_n as_o the_o hebrew_n word_n import_v who_o as_o josephus_n relate_v celebrate_v a_o festival_n at_o this_o time_n where_o some_o fine_a spectacle_n be_v present_v ver._n 2._o and_o when_o shechem_n from_o who_o the_o city_n perhaps_o have_v its_o name_n prince_n of_o the_o country_n or_o one_o of_o the_o prime_a nobility_n of_o the_o country_n verse_n 19_o take_v she_o etc._n etc._n by_o force_n as_o both_o the_o targum_n and_o many_o other_o understand_v it_o and_o ravish_v she_o from_o whence_o we_o learn_v that_o this_o be_v do_v some_o year_n after_o jacob_n return_n into_o canaan_n for_o then_o dinah_n be_v not_o much_o old_a than_o joseph_n and_o now_o we_o must_v suppose_v she_o at_o least_o fifteen_o and_o indeed_o the_o bloody_a fact_n of_o her_o brethren_n show_v as_o much_o who_o must_v be_v grow_v up_o to_o be_v man_n which_o they_o be_v not_o when_o jacob_n return_v to_o canaan_n the_o elder_a of_o they_o be_v then_o scarce_o a_o stripling_n of_o fourteen_o year_n old_a ver._n 3._o his_o soul_n cleave_v unto_o dinah_n he_o can_v think_v of_o nothing_o else_o but_o she_o for_o he_o love_v she_o extreme_o as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o next_o word_n speak_v kind_o to_o the_o damsel_n court_v she_o to_o marry_v he_o with_o such_o profession_n of_o sincere_a affection_n as_o may_v gain_v her_o heart_n notwithstanding_o the_o injury_n he_o have_v do_v she_o ver._n 4._o get_v i_o this_o damsel_n to_o wife_n treat_v with_o her_o father_n about_o our_o marriage_n ver._n 5._o and_o jacob_n hear_v etc._n etc._n by_o some_o of_o dinah_n servant_n or_o companion_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o she_o go_v out_o alone_o now_o his_o son_n be_v with_o the_o cattle_n in_o the_o field_n which_o he_o have_v late_o purchase_v xxxiii_o 19_o or_o in_o some_o hire_a ground_n remote_a from_o the_o city_n hold_v his_o peace_n etc._n etc._n take_v not_o notice_n of_o what_o he_o hear_v till_o he_o can_v have_v their_o advice_n and_o assistance_n ver._n 6._o and_o hamor_n go_v out_o of_o the_o city_n to_o treat_v with_o jacob_n in_o his_o tent_n xxxiii_o 18._o ver._n 7._o and_o the_o son_n of_o jacob_n etc._n etc._n as_o they_o be_v treat_v in_o come_v jacob_n son_n who_o hear_v how_o their_o sister_n have_v be_v abuse_v be_v very_o much_o afflict_v and_o no_o less_o angry_a wrought_a folly_n in_o israel_n or_o against_o israel_n commit_v a_o wickedness_n high_o to_o the_o disgrace_n and_o injury_n of_o israel_n family_n which_o thing_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v do_v contrary_n to_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n that_o a_o virgin_n shall_v be_v violate_v without_o punishment_n so_o rasi_fw-la ver._n 8._o hamor_n commune_v with_o they_o with_o the_o whole_a family_n jacob_n leah_n and_o dinah_n brethren_n long_v be_v extreme_o in_o love_n for_o your_o daughter_n the_o daughter_n of_o jacob_n and_o leah_n unto_o who_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o her_o brethren_n ver._n 9_o and_o make_v you_o marriage_n with_o we_o etc._n etc._n become_v one_o people_n with_o we_o verse_n 16._o ver._n 10._o and_o you_o shall_v dwell_v with_o we_o settle_v yourselves_o among_o we_o and_o the_o land_n shall_v be_v before_o you_o in_o any_o part_n of_o our_o country_n dwell_v you_o he_o repeat_v it_o again_o to_o beget_v in_o they_o a_o confidence_n of_o a_o settlement_n among_o they_o in_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o all_o their_o right_n and_o privilege_n as_o much_o as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v native_n and_o trade_v you_o exercise_v what_o traffic_n you_o please_v up_o and_o down_o the_o country_n without_o any_o let_v or_o impediment_n and_o get_v you_o possession_n therein_o purchase_n land_n ver._n 11._o let_v i_o find_v grace_n in_o your_o eye_n grant_v this_o petition_n which_o my_o father_n make_v in_o my_o behalf_n xxxiii_o 15._o and_o what_o you_o shall_v say_v unto_o i_o etc._n etc._n make_v your_o own_o term_n
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
only_o in_o the_o land_n of_o seir_n or_o bare_o in_o seir_n to_o which_o he_o invite_v jacob_n at_o his_o return_n xxxii_o 3._o xxxiii_o 14_o 16._o this_o mountainous_a country_n which_o be_v rich_a than_o the_o other_o he_o get_v into_o his_o possession_n after_o that_o time_n esau_n be_v edom._n the_o father_n of_o the_o edomite_n as_o it_o follow_v verse_n 9_o ver._n 12._o she_o bear_v to_o eliphaz_n amalek_n this_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v set_v down_o as_o i_o observe_v on_o verse_n 1_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o amalekite_n who_o be_v to_o be_v destroy_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n concern_v who_o it_o be_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o abhor_v a_o edomite_n because_o he_o be_v thy_o brother_n deut._n xxiii_o 7._o thus_o joseph_n albo._n for_o though_o they_o make_v a_o distinct_a people_n from_o the_o edomite_n and_o live_v in_o a_o neighbour_a country_n yet_o they_o possess_v that_o part_n of_o mount_n seir_n which_o be_v near_o kadesh_n barnea_n as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o numb_a xiii_o 29._o and_o fourteen_o 43._o ver._n 15._o these_o be_v duke_n the_o word_n allouphe_fw-mi if_o we_o may_v believe_v r._n solomon_n jarchi_n signify_v head_n chief_n or_o ruler_n of_o family_n who_o may_v be_v call_v prince_n though_o their_o government_n be_v not_o yet_o regal_a but_o a_o kind_n of_o aristocracy_n in_o the_o beginning_n ver._n 16._o duke_n korah_n he_o be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o son_n of_o eliphaz_n verse_n 11._o but_o call_v the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n verse_n 14._o and_o according_o say_v to_o rule_v over_o a_o family_n descend_v from_o she_o verse_n 18._o we_o must_v suppose_v therefore_o there_o be_v two_o korah_n one_o the_o son_n of_o aholibamah_n the_o other_o a_o nephew_n of_o eliphaz_n by_o some_o of_o his_o son_n or_o grandson_n who_o come_v to_o be_v a_o great_a ruler_n and_o to_o get_v the_o government_n of_o some_o of_o these_o family_n and_o according_a to_o the_o style_n of_o scripture_n be_v reckon_v for_o eliphaz_n his_o son_n ver._n 20._o these_o be_v the_o son_n of_o seir_n the_o horite_n from_o this_o seir_n the_o country_n have_v its_o name_n but_o from_o who_o he_o descend_v be_v not_o record_v who_o inhabit_v the_o land_n who_o be_v the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o this_o country_n before_o esau_n conquer_v it_o and_o perhaps_o be_v the_o first_o that_o possess_v it_o after_o the_o flood_n who_o genealogy_n i_o suppose_v be_v here_o mention_v because_o esau_n posterity_n marry_v with_o some_o of_o they_o particular_o his_o elder_a son_n eliphaz_n take_v timna_n sister_n of_o lotan_n one_o of_o seir_n son_n for_o his_o concubine_n verse_n 22._o yea_o esau_n himself_o seem_v to_o have_v marry_v one_o of_o this_o family_n viz._n aholibamah_n who_o father_n and_o uncle_n be_v say_v to_o be_v hivites_n verse_n 2._o but_o here_o plain_o call_v horites_n be_v descend_v from_o seir_n the_o horite_n though_o dwell_v then_o among_o the_o hivites_n ver._n 21._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n of_o the_o horites_n the_o head_n of_o their_o family_n who_o govern_v the_o country_n before_o esau_n and_o his_o posterity_n dispossess_v they_o and_o settle_v themselves_o in_o the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n which_o they_o find_v among_o these_o horites_n in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n ver._n 24._o this_o be_v that_o anah_n who_o find_v the_o mule_n in_o the_o wilderness_n not_o by_o accident_n but_o by_o his_o art_n and_o industry_n he_o invent_v as_o we_o speak_v this_o mixture_n and_o produce_v this_o new_a kind_n of_o creature_n so_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v but_o the_o word_n find_v though_o use_v four_o hundred_o time_n in_o scripture_n never_o signify_v as_o bochart_n have_v observe_v p._n i._n hierozoic_a lib._n ii_o cap._n 21._o the_o invention_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o before_o but_o the_o find_v that_o which_o already_o be_v in_o be_v nor_o do_v jemim_n signify_v ass_n in_o scripture_n and_o therefore_o other_o have_v read_v the_o hebrew_n word_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v write_v jamim_a as_o st._n hierom_n observe_v imagine_v that_o as_o anah_n feed_v his_o father_n ass_n he_o find_v a_o great_a collection_n of_o water_n see_v vossius_fw-la l._n iii_o the_o idolol_n cap._n 75._o which_o some_o fancy_n to_o have_v be_v hot_a water_n or_o bath_n as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a interpret_v it_o but_o then_o we_o must_v read_v the_o hebrew_n quite_o otherwise_o than_o we_o do_v now_o and_o bochart_n give_v other_o reason_n against_o this_o interpretation_n and_o endeavour_n to_o establish_v another_o opinion_n that_o by_o jemim_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v emim_a a_o gigantic_a sort_n of_o people_n mention_v in_o scripture_n and_o next_o neighbour_n to_o the_o horites_n these_o anah_n be_v say_v to_o find_v i._n e._n to_o meet_v withal_o and_o encounter_v or_o rather_o to_o have_v fall_v upon_o on_o a_o sudden_a and_o unexpected_o as_o this_o phrase_n he_o show_v signify_v in_o scripture_n this_o opinion_n he_o have_v confirm_v with_o a_o great_a many_o reason_n to_o which_o another_o late_a learned_a writer_n wagenseil_n think_v a_o answer_n may_v be_v give_v though_o he_o incline_v to_o it_o if_o one_o thing_n be_v not_o in_o the_o way_n which_o make_v he_o think_v here_o be_v rather_o mean_v some_o herb_n or_o plant_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n the_o lxx_o retain_v not_o know_v how_o to_o translate_v it_o and_o thus_o aben-ezra_n affirm_v many_o interpreter_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v understand_v it_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o probable_a conjecture_n of_o all_o other_o see_v wagenseil_n in_o his_o annot._n upon_o that_o title_n of_o the_o talmud_n call_v sota_n p._n 217_o 218_o etc._n etc._n as_o he_o feed_v the_o ass_n of_o zibeon_n his_o father_n the_o son_n of_o prince_n be_v wont_a to_o follow_v this_o employment_n in_o ancient_a time_n as_o bochart_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n particular_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o homer_n odyssey_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierozoic_n p._n i._o l._n ii_o cap._n 44._o ver._n 28._o the_o child_n of_o dishan_n be_v these_o us_o etc._n etc._n from_o this_o man_n the_o whole_a country_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o we_o lament_n iv_o 21._o which_o be_v in_o arabia_n petraea_n in_o the_o border_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 30._o these_o be_v the_o duke_n that_o come_v of_o hori_n this_o hori_n be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o seir_n by_o who_o this_o country_n be_v first_o plant_v among_o their_o duke_n or_o according_a to_o their_o family_n or_o principality_n ver._n 31._o and_o these_o be_v the_o king_n that_o reign_v in_o the_o land_n of_o edom._n it_o appear_v by_o this_o that_o after_o several_a duke_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o have_v rule_v the_o country_n the_o edomite_n change_v their_o government_n into_o a_o monarchy_n and_o here_o follow_v a_o catalogue_n of_o their_o king_n for_o i_o can_v find_v no_o ground_n for_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n that_o alluph_n a_o duke_n differ_v in_o nothing_o from_o melech_n a_o king_n but_o that_o the_o latter_a be_v crown_v the_o former_a not_o crown_v before_o there_o reign_v any_o king_n over_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n moses_n have_v a_o little_a before_o this_o xxxv_o 11._o mention_v the_o promise_n of_o god_n to_o jacob_n that_o king_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n observe_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n remarkable_a be_v a_o great_a exercise_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o esau_n posterity_n shall_v have_v so_o many_o king_n and_o there_o be_v as_o yet_o no_o king_n in_o israel_n when_o he_o write_v this_o book_n nor_o as_o it_o be_v common_o interpret_v a_o long_a time_n after_o this_o moses_n may_v well_o write_v without_o a_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n to_o say_v this_o passage_n be_v insert_v by_o some_o body_n else_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n we_o may_v rather_o affirm_v if_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o moses_n his_o meaning_n be_v all_z these_o be_v king_n in_o edom_n before_o his_o own_o time_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n in_o israel_n deut._n xxxiii_o 5._o for_o he_o true_o exercise_v royal_a authority_n over_o they_o as_o mr._n selden_n observe_v l._n ii_o de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 1_o 2._o ver._n 32._o the_o name_n of_o his_o city_n be_v dinhabah_n of_o which_o he_o be_v governor_n perhaps_o before_o he_o be_v make_v king_n and_o wherein_o he_o reign_v ver._n 33._o of_o bozrah_n which_o be_v afterward_o the_o principal_a city_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n xxxiv_o 6._o and_o jeremiah_n xlix_o 3._o and_o amos_n i._n 12._o it_o seem_v by_o
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 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three_o and_o thirty_o reckon_v jacob_n himself_o also_o for_o one_o of_o they_o ver._n 9_o hanoch_n from_o who_o come_v the_o family_n of_o the_o hanochites_n as_o we_o read_v numb_a xxvi_o 5._o phallu_n from_o who_o in_o like_a manner_n spring_v the_o family_n of_o the_o phalluite_n as_o moses_n there_o note_n and_o say_v the_o same_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o reuben_n son_n that_o they_o be_v the_o father_n of_o family_n when_o they_o come_v into_o egypt_n ver._n 10._o jemuel_n this_o son_n of_o simeon_n be_v call_v nemuel_n in_o numb_a xxvi_o 12._o and_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o ohad_n he_o be_v name_v among_o the_o son_n of_o simeon_n when_o moses_n be_v send_v to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o egypt_n exod._n vi_o 15._o but_o either_o he_o have_v no_o posterity_n or_o they_o be_v extinct_a for_o short_o after_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o he_o in_o numb_a xxvi_o 12._o nor_o be_v he_o to_o be_v find_v among_o his_o son_n in_o 1_o chron._n iu_o 24._o jachin_n be_v call_v jarib_n in_o 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possible_a that_o their_o mother_n be_v with_o child_n of_o they_o when_o jacob_n go_v down_o into_o egypt_n for_o then_o pharez_n be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v fourteen_o year_n old_a at_o which_o age_n it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v incredible_a that_o he_o may_v have_v two_o son_n that_o in_o these_o latter_a age_n some_o have_v beget_v a_o child_n when_o they_o be_v young_a jul._n scaliger_n a_o man_n of_o unquestionable_a credit_n assure_v we_o that_o in_o his_o memory_n there_o be_v a_o boy_n not_o quite_o twelve_o year_n old_a who_o have_v a_o daughter_n by_o a_o cousin_n of_o he_o who_o be_v not_o quite_o ten_o rem_fw-la notam_fw-la narro_fw-la &_o cujus_fw-la memoria_fw-la adhuc_fw-la recens_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aquitania_n this_o be_v a_o know_a thing_n the_o memory_n of_o which_o be_v then_o fresh_a in_o aquitain_n ver._n 13._o and_o the_o son_n of_o issachar_n tola_n some_o have_v wonder_v that_o he_o shall_v give_v his_o elder_a son_n a_o name_n that_o signify_v a_o worm_n perhaps_o it_o be_v as_o bochart_n conjecture_n because_o he_o be_v a_o poor_a shrivel_a child_n when_o he_o be_v bear_v not_o likely_a to_o live_v and_o yet_o it_o please_v god_n that_o he_o become_v a_o great_a man_n from_o who_o spring_v a_o numerous_a offspring_n numb_a xxvi_o 23._o and_o so_o fruitful_a that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n there_o be_v number_v above_o two_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o of_o they_o 1_o chron._n vii_o 2._o who_o be_v man_n of_o may_v and_o valour_n ver._n 15._o which_o she_o bear_v unto_o jacob_n in_o padan-aram_n she_o bear_v the_o father_n of_o they_o there_o but_o the_o child_n be_v bear_v in_o canaan_n all_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n etc._n etc._n see_v verse_n 7._o ver._n 19_o rachel_n jacob_n wife_n she_o be_v his_o only_a choice_n as_o be_v note_v before_o on_o xliv_o 27._o ver._n 21._o the_o son_n of_o benjamin_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v now_o but_o about_o twenty_o four_o year_n old_a we_o can_v well_o think_v he_o have_v all_o these_o son_n when_o he_o go_v down_o into_o egypt_n but_o some_o of_o they_o be_v bear_v afterward_o before_o jacob_n die_v as_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 12._o yet_o they_o be_v all_o here_o mention_v because_o they_o be_v most_o of_o they_o now_o bear_v and_o all_o become_v the_o head_n of_o family_n in_o their_o tribe_n it_o be_v possible_a he_o may_v begin_v so_o early_o to_o beget_v child_n as_o to_o have_v all_o these_o before_o they_o go_v into_o egypt_n see_v verse_n 12._o ver._n 26._o come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n in_o the_o hebrew_n out_o of_o his_o thigh_n a_o modest_a expression_n the_o part_n serve_v for_o the_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n be_v place_v between_o the_o thigh_n all_o the_o soul_n be_v threescore_o and_o six_o i._n e._n leave_v out_o joseph_n and_o his_o two_o son_n who_o do_v not_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n but_o be_v there_o already_o and_o jacob_n himself_o who_o can_v not_o be_v say_v to_o come_v out_o of_o his_o own_o loin_n they_o make_v just_a this_o number_n ver._n 27._o all_o the_o soul_n which_o come_v into_o egypt_n be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o there_o be_v a_o remarkable_a difference_n between_o this_o verse_n and_o the_o forego_n there_o verse_n 26._o they_o only_o be_v number_v who_o come_v with_o jacob_n into_o egypt_n which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o threescore_o and_o six_o but_o here_o be_v number_v all_o that_o come_v into_o egypt_n viz._n first_o and_o last_o which_o plain_o comprehend_v jacob_n joseph_n and_o his_o two_o son_n and_o make_v up_o threescore_o and_o ten_o ver._n 28._o and_o he_o send_v judah_n before_o he_o who_o seem_v by_o the_o whole_a story_n
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
lay_v his_o hand_n across_o so_o that_o the_o right_a hand_n lay_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o ephraim_n who_o be_v next_o to_o his_o left_a etc._n etc._n ver._n 15._o he_o bless_a joseph_n in_o the_o blessing_n he_o bestow_v on_o his_o child_n all_o my_o life_n long_o the_o hebrew_n word_n mehodi_n signify_v à _fw-la die_fw-la quo_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la as_o bochart_n interpret_v it_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o lib._n ii_o c._n 14._o ever_o since_o i_o have_v a_o be_v ver._n 16._o the_o angel_n which_o redeem_v i_o who_o by_o god_n order_n and_o as_o his_o minister_n preserve_v i_o in_o all_o the_o danger_n wherein_o i_o have_v be_v many_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n as_o athanasius_n l._n iu_o contra_fw-la arianos_fw-la cyril_n upon_o this_o place_n procopius_n gazaeus_n etc._n etc._n understand_v hereby_o a_o increated_a angel_n viz._n the_o second_o person_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n but_o the_o discourse_n be_v not_o concern_v the_o send_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o our_o 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and_o keep_v they_o from_o be_v ruin_v or_o shepherd_n may_v signify_v his_o be_v make_v governor_n of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o stone_n of_o israel_n the_o support_n of_o his_o family_n for_o shepherd_n be_v a_o name_n of_o dignity_n and_o authority_n and_o stone_n signify_v the_o foundation_n as_o abarbinel_n here_o expound_v it_o upon_o which_o the_o whole_a building_n rely_v as_o jacob_n and_o all_o his_o child_n do_v upon_o joseph_n for_o their_o sustenance_n some_o i_o find_v particular_o d._n chytraeus_n refer_v the_o word_n from_o thence_o unto_o joseph_n and_o then_o by_o the_o shepherd_n and_o stone_n of_o israel_n understand_v those_o excellent_a man_n who_o by_o their_o wisdom_n and_o valour_n support_v the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n such_o as_o joshua_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o lord_n host_n and_o abdon_n one_o of_o the_o judge_n who_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n and_o gideon_n jair_a and_o jephthah_n who_o be_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n but_o the_o follow_a word_n incline_v rather_o to_o the_o former_a sense_n ver._n 25._o even_o by_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o father_n or_o from_o he_o that_o bless_v i_o and_o advance_v thou_o to_o be_v the_o support_n of_o my_o family_n for_o it_o refer_v to_o all_o that_o go_v before_o who_o shall_v help_v thou_o have_v say_v what_o god_n have_v already_o do_v for_o he_o he_o now_o foretell_v what_o he_o will_v do_v hereafter_o which_o relate_v to_o all_o his_o posterity_n who_o god_n will_v protect_v and_o defend_v and_o by_o the_o almighty_a or_o from_o he_o who_o be_v all-sufficient_a by_o which_o name_n he_o reveal_v himself_o unto_o abraham_n when_o he_o enter_v into_o covenant_n with_o he_o and_o with_o his_o seed_n xvii_o 1._o and_o bless_v thou_o with_o the_o blessing_n of_o heaven_n above_o blessing_n of_o the_o deep_a that_o lie_v under_o the_o meaning_n seem_v to_o be_v that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v plant_v in_o a_o very_a fertile_a soil_n water_v from_o above_o with_o the_o dew_n of_o heaven_n and_o with_o shower_n of_o rain_n and_o water_v beneath_o with_o spring_n and_o rivers_n as_o g._n vossius_fw-la well_o interpret_v it_o lib._n i._n de_fw-fr idolol_n cap._n 77._o blessing_n of_o the_o breast_n and_o of_o the_o womb._n a_o promise_n of_o a_o numerous_a and_o thrive_a progeny_n or_o of_o a_o vast_a increase_n of_o cattle_n so_o well_o feed_v that_o they_o shall_v bring_v up_o their_o young_a prosperous_o as_o well_o as_o bring_v they_o forth_o abundant_o ver._n 26._o the_o blessing_n of_o thy_o father_n either_o the_o blessing_n bestow_v by_o god_n upon_o jacob_n or_o the_o blessing_n jacob_n confer_v on_o his_o son_n joseph_n have_v prevail_v be_v great_a above_o the_o blessing_n of_o my_o progenitor_n than_o the_o blessing_n god_n bestow_v upon_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n who_o have_v not_o so_o many_o son_n as_o god_n have_v bless_v he_o withal_o upon_o every_o one_o of_o who_o also_o he_o confer_v a_o share_n in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n whereas_o ishmael_n be_v exclude_v by_o abraham_n and_o esau_n by_o isaac_n or_o the_o meaning_n may_v be_v i_o have_v do_v more_o for_o thou_o than_o they_o for_o i_o i._n e._n thou_o shall_v be_v happy_a than_o i_o for_o jacob_n lead_v a_o unsettle_a life_n but_o joseph_n flourish_v in_o great_a splendour_n in_o egypt_n to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o day_n unto_o the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o the_o everlasting_a hill_n as_o long_o as_o the_o world_n shall_v last_v for_o perpetuity_n be_v express_v in_o scripture_n by_o the_o durableness_n of_o mountain_n isai_n liv._o 10._o and_o here_o he_o seem_v to_o allude_v to_o the_o noble_a mountain_n which_o fall_v to_o be_v the_o portion_n of_o joseph_n child_n viz._n bashan_n and_o mount_n ephraim_n but_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v he_o have_v not_o respect_n to_o the_o durableness_n of_o these_o mountain_n but_o to_o their_o fruitfulness_n translate_n the_o hebrew_a word_n tavath_n not_o bound_n but_o desire_v as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a do_v and_o then_o the_o sense_n be_v unto_o all_o that_o be_v most_o desirable_a in_o those_o ancient_a hill_n which_o abound_v with_o the_o most_o excellent_a fruit._n and_o this_o translation_n be_v ground_v on_o moses_n his_o blessing_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o interpretation_n of_o jacob_n deut._n xxxiii_o 15._o where_o he_o bless_v he_o for_o the_o chief_a thing_n of_o the_o ancient_a mountain_n and_o for_o the_o precious_a thing_n of_o the_o last_a hill_n of_o he_o that_o be_v separate_v from_o his_o brethren_n the_o word_n nazir_n which_o we_o translate_v separate_v signify_v one_o that_o be_v separate_v from_o other_o vel_fw-la voto_fw-la vel_fw-la dignitate_fw-la as_o bochart_n observe_v p._n ii_o hierozoic_n l._n v._o cap._n 6._o either_o by_o a_o vow_n or_o by_o his_o dignity_n and_o in_o the_o latter_a sense_n joseph_n be_v call_v nazir_n because_o of_o his_o eminent_a dignity_n whereby_o he_o be_v advance_v above_o all_o his_o brethren_n be_v the_o viceroy_n of_o egypt_n ver._n 27._o benjamin_n shall_v raven_n as_o a_o wolf_n this_o set_v forth_o the_o warlike_a temper_n of_o this_o tribe_n a_o wolf_n be_v both_o a_o strong_a and_o undaunted_a and_o also_o a_o very_a rapacious_a creature_n and_o thence_o in_o aftertime_n dedicate_v to_o mars_n from_o whence_o wolf_n be_v call_v martii_fw-la and_o martiales_fw-la in_o virgil_n and_o in_o horace_n and_o warlike_a man_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o wolf-like_a temper_n and_o the_o history_n justify_v this_o character_n the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n alone_o maintain_v a_o war_n with_o all_o the_o other_o tribe_n in_o which_o they_o overcome_v they_o in_o two_o battle_n though_o they_o have_v sixteen_o to_o one_o against_o they_o and_o they_o kill_v then_o more_o man_n of_o israel_n than_o they_o have_v in_o their_o whole_a army_n see_v bochart_n p._n i._n hierozoic_a l._n iii_o cap._n 10._o in_o the_o morning_n he_o shall_v devour_v the_o prey_n and_o at_o night_n he_o shall_v divide_v the_o spoil_n this_o do_v not_o signify_v as_o the_o forenamed_a author_n observe_v in_o the_o same_o place_n the_o whole_a day_n but_o the_o whole_a night_n one_o part_n of_o which_o be_v the_o evening_n and_o the_o other_o the_o morning_n and_o therefore_o the_o particle_n and_o signify_v here_o as_o much_o as_o after_o and_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n the_o tribe_n benjamin_n shall_v be_v like_o a_o raven_a wolf_n who_o shall_v have_v his_o prey_n to_o eat_v till_o morning-light_n after_o he_o have_v divide_v it_o in_o the_o evening_n for_o the_o division_n of_o the_o prey_n go_v before_o the_o eat_n of_o it_o this_o passage_n be_v like_a that_o josh_n vii_o 25._o they_o burn_v they_o with_o fire_n and_o stone_v they_o with_o stone_n i._n e._n burn_v they_o after_o they_o have_v stone_v they_o as_o we_o there_o right_o translate_v it_o and_o this_o apply_v to_o benjamin_n signify_v such_o success_n in_o their_o war_n that_o they_o shall_v come_v home_o load_v with_o the_o spoil_n of_o their_o enemy_n i_o omit_v the_o fancy_n of_o the_o talmudist_n who_o imagine_v benjamin_n be_v compare_v to_o a_o wolf_n because_o the_o altar_n of_o burnt-offering_a where_o the_o morning_n and_o evening-sacrifice_n be_v daily_o consume_v stand_v in_o this_o tribe_n they_o that_o will_v know_v what_o they_o say_v of_o this_o may_v look_v into_o codex_fw-la middoth_n cap._n 3._o §_o 1._o and_o l'_n empereur_n annotation_n there_o ver._n 28._o all_o these_o be_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n from_o these_o spring_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n or_o these_o be_v the_o blessing_n of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n for_o these_o word_n plain_o show_v that_o what_o he_o have_v say_v be_v not_o to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o their_o person_n but_o in_o their_o posterity_n and_o bless_v they_o every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o blessing_n etc._n etc._n he_o do_v not_o give_v they_o a_o new_a blessing_n after_o all_o this_o but_o the_o meaning_n be_v he_o bless_v they_o in_o the_o manner_n forego_v every_o one_o according_a to_o the_o blessing_n design_v by_o god_n for_o they_o there_o seem_v indeed_o to_o be_v no_o benediction_n bestow_v on_o the_o three_o first_o tribe_n but_o that_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v only_o comparative_o for_o he_o provide_v for_o they_o all_o a_o portion_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 29._o i_o be_o to_o be_v gather_v to_o my_o people_n must_v die_v short_o bury_v i_o with_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n the_o reason_n of_o this_o injunction_n be_v well_o explain_v by_o mercer_n to_o who_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n ver._n 30._o in_o the_o cave_n that_o be_v etc._n etc._n he_o describe_v the_o place_n so_o particular_o in_o this_o and_o the_o two_o next_o verse_n because_o he_o will_v
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 give_v up_o his_o own_o to_o isaac_n and_o so_o dwell_v in_o a_o tent_n by_o himself_o where_o he_o find_v it_o necessary_a to_o have_v a_o wife_n to_o look_v after_o his_o family_n and_o her_o name_n be_v keturah_n we_o be_v not_o tell_v what_o family_n she_o be_v of_o but_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a she_o have_v be_v bear_v and_o breed_v in_o his_o own_o house_n as_o elieser_n his_o steward_n be_v and_o perhaps_o be_v chief_a among_o the_o woman_n as_o he_o among_o the_o men-servant_n many_o of_o the_o jew_n will_v have_v she_o to_o be_v hagar_n who_o sarah_n who_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o her_o expulsion_n be_v dead_a he_o now_o receive_v again_o so_o the_o jerusalem_n paraphrase_n and_o jonathan_n also_o but_o aben_n ezra_n confute_v this_o opinion_n with_o good_a reason_n for_o no_o account_n can_v be_v give_v of_o abraham_n have_v more_o concubine_n than_o one_o verse_n 6._o unless_o we_o make_v keturah_n distinct_a from_o hagar_n nor_o can_v any_o body_n tell_v why_o he_o shall_v call_v hagar_n by_o the_o name_n of_o keturah_n here_o when_o he_o call_v she_o by_o her_o own_o name_n verse_n 12._o ver._n 2._o and_o she_o bear_v he_o he_o be_v now_o a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n old_a but_o so_o vigorous_a as_o to_o beget_v many_o child_n which_o need_v not_o seem_v strange_a consider_v the_o age_n to_o which_o they_o then_o live_v for_o he_o live_v thirty_o and_o five_o year_n after_o this_o marriage_n verse_n 7._o and_o that_o now_o in_o our_o time_n man_n have_v have_v child_n after_o they_o have_v be_v seventy_o nay_o eighty_o year_n of_o age._n to_o the_o truth_n also_o of_o this_o history_n we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o pagan_a writer_n for_o alexander_n polyhistor_n mention_v by_o josephus_n and_o by_o eusebius_n l._n ix_o praepar_fw-la evang._n cap._n 20._o tell_v we_o that_o cleodemus_n call_v by_o some_o malchas_n write_v the_o history_n of_o the_o jew_n report_n just_a as_o moses_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o abraham_n have_v a_o good_a many_o child_n by_o keturah_n three_o of_o which_o he_o mention_n by_o name_n zimran_n this_o son_n of_o he_o with_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o brethren_n be_v send_v by_o abraham_n into_o the_o east_n country_n as_o we_o read_v verse_n 6._o and_o therefore_o we_o must_v seek_v for_o they_o in_o those_o part_n viz._n in_o arabia_n and_o the_o country_n thereabouts_o where_o some_o footstep_n of_o they_o have_v remain_v for_o many_o age_n particular_o of_o zimran_n from_o who_o we_o may_v well_o think_v the_o zamareni_n be_v descend_v a_o people_n mention_v by_o pliny_n with_o their_o town_n in_o arabia_n foelix_fw-la l._n vi_o cap._n 28._o and_o jokshan_n concern_v who_o i_o can_v find_v nothing_o but_o only_o this_o that_o theophanes_n a_o chronographer_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o ix_o century_n after_o he_o have_v treat_v of_o the_o ishmaelite_n and_o madianites_fw-la the_o latter_a of_o which_o come_v from_o one_o of_o keturah_n child_n and_o the_o part_n of_o arabia_n where_o mahomet_n be_v bear_v immediate_o add_v that_o there_o be_v other_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o in_o the_o bowel_n of_o arabia_n descend_v from_o jectan_n call_v amanitae_n that_o be_v homeritae_n perhaps_o it_o shall_v be_v write_v jokshan_n not_o jectan_n for_o philostorgius_n express_o say_v of_o the_o homerite_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o they_o be_v one_o of_o the_o nation_n descend_v from_o keturah_n and_o abraham_n l._n iii_o hist_n eccles_n §_o 4._o where_o he_o relate_v a_o famous_a embassy_n which_o constantius_n send_v to_o they_o to_o win_v they_o to_o christianity_n and_o the_o good_a success_n of_o it_o and_o there_o be_v this_o strong_a proof_n of_o their_o descent_n from_o some_o of_o abraham_n family_n that_o they_o retain_v the_o rite_n of_o circumcision_n even_o when_o they_o be_v idolater_n for_o he_o say_v express_o that_o it_o be_v a_o circumcise_a nation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o circumcise_v also_o on_o the_o eight_o day_n which_o be_v not_o the_o custom_n of_o all_o the_o arabian_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n c._n 23._o and_o eustathius_n in_o hexaemeron_n etc._n etc._n who_o say_v the_o arabian_n stay_v till_o they_o be_v thirteen_o year_n old_a before_o they_o be_v circumcise_v medan_n from_o who_o the_o country_n call_v madiania_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n it_o be_v likely_a have_v its_o name_n midian_a from_o who_o midianitis_n in_o arabia_n petraea_n have_v its_o denomination_n and_o ishbak_v i_o can_v find_v no_o footstep_n of_o his_o posterity_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o bacascami_n which_o pliny_n say_v be_v one_o of_o the_o town_n of_o the_o zamareni_n who_o descend_v from_o his_o elder_a brother_n zimran_n there_o be_v a_o people_n also_o hard_o by_o call_v bachilitae_n as_o he_o tell_v we_o l._n vi_o nat._n hist_o cap._n 28._o and_o shuah_n perhaps_o he_o have_v no_o child_n or_o so_o few_o that_o they_o be_v mix_v with_o some_o of_o their_o other_o brethren_n and_o leave_v no_o name_n behind_o they_o yet_o pliny_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n mention_n a_o town_n call_v suasa_n in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n which_o be_v next_o to_o egypt_n l._n vi_o cap._n 29._o ver._n 3._o and_o jokshan_n beget_v sheba_n i_o observe_v before_o upon_o x._o 7._o that_o there_o be_v four_o of_o this_o name_n or_o near_o it_o all_o comprehend_v by_o the_o greek_a and_o roman_a writer_n under_o the_o name_n of_o sabaean_n one_o of_o they_o the_o son_n of_o raamah_n have_v a_o brother_n call_v dedan_n as_o this_o sheba_n here_o have_v but_o they_o be_v the_o father_n of_o a_o distinct_a people_n as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o scripture-story_n and_o from_o other_o author_n for_o beside_o the_o
sabaei_n in_o the_o furthermost_a part_n of_o arabia_n near_o the_o persian_a and_o the_o red-sea_n there_o be_v also_o a_o people_n of_o that_o name_n descend_v it_o be_v very_o probable_a from_o this_o son_n of_o jokshan_n in_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n as_o strabo_n tell_v we_o who_o say_v that_o they_o and_o the_o nabataei_n be_v the_o very_a next_o people_n to_o syria_n and_o be_v wont_a to_o make_v excursion_n upon_o their_o neighbour_n by_o which_o we_o may_v understand_v which_o otherwise_o can_v not_o be_v make_v out_o how_o the_o sabaean_n break_v into_o job_n country_n and_o carry_v away_o his_o cattle_n for_o it_o be_v not_o credible_a they_o can_v come_v so_o far_o as_o from_o the_o persian_a or_o arabian_a sea_n but_o from_o this_o country_n there_o be_v a_o easy_a passage_n through_o the_o desert_n of_o arabia_n into_o the_o land_n of_o we_o or_o ausitis_fw-la which_o lie_v upon_o the_o border_n of_o euphrates_n see_v bochart_n in_o his_o phaleg_n l._n iu._n cap._n 9_o and_o dedan_n there_o be_v one_o of_o this_o name_n as_o i_o say_v before_o the_o son_n of_o rhegma_n gen._n x._o 7._o who_o give_v name_n to_o a_o city_n upon_o the_o persian_a sea_n now_o call_v dadan_n but_o beside_o that_o there_o be_v a_o inland_a city_n call_v dedan_n in_o the_o country_n of_o idumaea_n mention_v by_o jeremiah_n xxv_o 23._o xlix_o 8._o who_o inhabitant_n be_v call_v dedanim_fw-la isai_n xxi_o 13._o and_o this_o dedan_n here_o mention_v may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o it_o as_o the_o same_o bochart_n observe_v l._n iu._n cap._n 6._o and_o the_o son_n of_o dedan_n be_v ashurim_n and_o letushim_n and_o leummim_v if_o these_o be_v head_n of_o nation_n or_o family_n the_o memory_n of_o they_o be_v lose_v for_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n of_o cleodemus_n who_o mention_n the_o first_o of_o these_o in_o euseb_n praepar_fw-la evang._n l._n ix_o c._n 20._o to_o derive_v the_o assyrian_n from_o this_o ashurim_n they_o have_v their_o original_a from_o ashur_n one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o shem_n x._o 22._o ver._n 4._o and_o the_o son_n of_o midian_a ephah_n the_o name_n of_o ephah_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o midian_a continue_v a_o long_a time_n for_o these_o two_o be_v mention_v by_o isaiah_n as_o near_a neighbour_n lx._n 6._o and_o not_o only_a josephus_n eusebius_n and_o st._n hierom_n but_o the_o nubiensian_a geographer_n also_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o city_n call_v madian_n in_o the_o shoar_n of_o the_o red-sea_n near_o to_o which_o be_v ephah_n in_o the_o province_n of_o madian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epha_n or_o hipha_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o place_n the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o ptolemy_n mention_n both_o a_o mountain_n and_o a_o village_n of_o this_o name_n on_o the_o same_o shoar_n a_o little_a below_o madiane_a which_o be_v the_o madian_a here_o mention_v as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o his_o hierozoic_a p._n i._o l._n 2._o cap._n 3._o and_o epher_n i_o can_v find_v no_o remainder_n of_o his_o family_n unless_o it_o be_v among_o the_o homeritae_n beforementioned_a who_o metropolis_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o theophilus_n send_v by_o constantius_n to_o convert_v that_o country_n build_v a_o church_n as_o philostorgius_n relate_v l._n iii_o hist_n eccles_n §_o 4._o which_o city_n be_v mention_v by_o many_o other_o author_n as_o jacobus_n gotofredus_fw-la observe_v in_o his_o dissertation_n upon_o philostorgius_n particular_o by_o arrianus_n in_o his_o periplus_n of_o the_o red-sea_n where_o he_o call_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o homeritae_n express_o by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o one_o can_v well_o doubt_n come_v from_o this_o epher_n and_o hanoch_n in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n foelix_n where_o the_o adranitae_n be_v seat_v there_o be_v a_o great_a trade_n town_n call_v cane_n as_o ptolemy_n tell_v we_o and_o show_v its_o distance_n from_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n viii_o pliny_n also_o mention_n a_o country_n in_o arabia_n which_o he_o call_v regio_n canauna_n which_o may_v be_v think_v to_o have_v take_v its_o name_n from_o this_o person_n and_o his_o posterity_n and_o abidah_n the_o relic_n of_o this_o name_n remain_v if_o the_o two_o last_o syllable_n as_o be_v usual_a be_v invert_v in_o the_o people_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o live_v in_o a_o island_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o lie_v between_o arabia_n and_o india_n and_o be_v by_o author_n say_v to_o belong_v sometime_o to_o the_o one_o and_o sometime_o to_o the_o other_o philostorgius_n say_v only_o they_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o indian_n in_o the_o place_n beforenamed_n where_o he_o say_v theophilus_n who_o be_v send_v to_o convert_v the_o homerite_n be_v bear_v here_o but_o pliny_n reckon_v up_o the_o tract_n of_o arabia_n place_n the_o isle_n call_v devadae_n which_o i_o take_v to_o be_v this_o over_o against_o the_o forenamed_a region_n call_v canauna_n l._n vi_o cap._n 28._o and_o strabo_n as_o gothofred_n observe_v agatharcides_n and_o other_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o eldaah_o i_o know_v not_o where_o to_o find_v any_o remain_n of_o this_o name_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o the_o city_n elana_n which_o may_v easy_o be_v form_v from_o eldaah_o by_o leave_v out_o the_o dale_v and_o turn_v the_o ain_z into_o nun_n than_o which_o nothing_o more_o common_a which_o be_v seat_v in_o the_o sinus_n arabicus_n towards_o the_o east_n call_v by_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aelana_n from_o whence_o the_o sinus_n itself_o be_v call_v elanite_n and_o the_o people_n that_o live_v in_o it_o elanitae_n as_o salmasius_n show_v out_o of_o many_o author_n exercit._n in_o solinum_n p._n 482._o ver._n 5._o give_v all_o he_o have_v to_o isaac_n as_o he_o design_v long_o before_o xxiv_o 36._o ver._n 6._o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n which_o be_v hagar_n and_o keturah_n who_o be_v wife_n but_o of_o a_o inferior_a sort_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o those_o time_n and_o country_n keturah_n be_v express_o call_v his_o concubine_n 1_o chron._n i._n 32._o as_o she_o be_v above_o verse_n 1._o of_o this_o chapter_n call_v his_o wife_n which_o r._n bechai_n in_o mr._n selden_n cap._n 3_o de_fw-la successionibus_fw-la thus_o explain_v she_o be_v his_o concubine_n because_o of_o a_o servile_a condition_n but_o his_o wife_n because_o marry_v with_o covenant_n to_o provide_v for_o she_o and_o her_o child_n though_o they_o be_v not_o to_o heir_n his_o estate_n the_o talmudist_n indeed_o do_v not_o perfect_o agree_v in_o this_o matter_n for_o though_o they_o all_o agree_v and_o prove_v it_o evident_o that_o they_o be_v real_a wife_n yet_o some_o say_v they_o be_v make_v so_o only_o by_o solemn_a espousal_n without_o any_o marriage_n settlement_n in_o write_v as_o the_o principal_a wife_n have_v other_o think_v they_o have_v a_o write_n also_o but_o not_o with_o such_o condition_n as_o the_o principal_a wife_n enjoy_v abarbinel_n have_v a_o accurate_a discourse_n about_o this_o which_o buxtorf_n have_v translate_v into_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sponsalibus_fw-la n._n 17._o and_o see_v also_o mr._n selden_n l._n v._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n cap._n 7._o p._n 570_o etc._n etc._n and_o g._n sckickard_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regio_fw-la cap._n 3._o p._n 70._o give_v gift_n some_o portion_n of_o his_o money_n or_o movable_a good_n or_o perhaps_o of_o both_o which_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o give_v to_o ishmael_n as_o well_o as_o to_o these_o son_n though_o it_o be_v not_o mention_v gen._n xxi_o 14._o because_o moses_n here_o say_v he_o give_v gift_n to_o the_o son_n of_o his_o concubine_n of_o which_o hagar_n be_v one_o into_o the_o east_n country_n into_o arabia_n and_o the_o adjacent_a country_n as_o be_v say_v before_o for_o the_o midianite_n be_v call_v the_o child_n of_o the_o east_n in_o judg._n vi_o 3_o 33._o vii_o 12._o viii_o 10._o ver._n 7._o these_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o year_n of_o abraham_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v speak_v by_o anticipation_n to_o finish_v the_o story_n of_o abraham_n for_o esau_n and_o jacob_n be_v bear_v before_o he_o die_v and_o be_v now_o fifteen_o year_n old_a for_o isaac_n be_v but_o sixty_o year_n old_a when_o they_o be_v bear_v verse_n 26._o and_o seventy_o five_o when_o abraham_n die_v who_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a at_o isaac_n birth_n and_o live_v to_o the_o age_n of_o one_o hundred_o seventy_o and_o five_o ver._n 8._o abraham_n give_v up_o the_o ghost_n die_v of_o no_o disease_n but_o old_a age._n in_o a_o good_a old_a age._n without_o pain_n or_o sickness_n full_o of_o year_n the_o hebrew_n have_v only_o the_o word_n full_a we_o add_v