heinous_a iniquity_n be_v abominable_a idolatry_n cruelty_n beastly_a filthiness_n to_o a_o prodigious_a excess_n levit._n xviii_o 22_o 23_o etc._n etc._n see_v theodoret_n upon_o psalm_n cv_o 44._o and_o p._n fagius_n upon_o levit._n v._n 1._o but_o in_o abram_n time_n their_o iniquity_n be_v not_o full_a i._n e._n there_o be_v several_a good_a man_n still_o remain_v among_o they_o as_o mamre_o eshcol_n and_o aner_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v who_o be_v confederate_a with_o abram_n and_o melchizedek_n certain_o be_v who_o be_v priest_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n have_v some_o people_n sure_o worship_v together_o with_o he_o and_o therefore_o god_n stay_v till_o there_o be_v a_o universal_a corruption_n and_o they_o be_v all_o ripe_a for_o destruction_n for_o we_o read_v of_o none_o but_o rahab_n who_o faith_n save_v she_o and_o her_o family_n when_o the_o time_n of_o their_o destruction_n come_v ver._n 17._o behold_v a_o smoke_a furnace_n if_o the_o great_a horror_n verse_n 12_o 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viii_o 3_o etc._n etc._n for_o till_o then_o they_o do_v not_o enlarge_v their_o border_n as_o far_o as_o euphrates_n the_o river_n of_o egypt_n so_o nile_n be_v common_o call_v but_o can_v be_v here_o mean_v because_o the_o israelite_n never_o enjoy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n on_o this_o side_n nile_n therefore_o we_o be_v to_o understand_v by_o it_o that_o little_a river_n which_o come_v out_o of_o that_o branch_n of_o nile_n call_v pelusiacum_n brachium_fw-la from_o whence_o a_o small_a river_n not_o navigable_a run_v towards_o judaea_n fall_v into_o the_o egyptian_a or_o phoenician_n sea_n for_o this_o river_n be_v the_o bound_n of_o palestine_n and_o be_v mention_v by_o strabo_n and_o other_o who_o g._n vossius_fw-la cite_v l._n ii_o de_fw-fr idolol_fw-la c._n 74._o it_o be_v call_v amos_n vi_o 14._o the_o river_n of_o the_o wilderness_n because_o it_o run_v through_o the_o wilderness_n which_o be_v between_o egypt_n and_o palestine_n into_o the_o sea_n ver._n 19_o the_o kenites_n and_o kenizzites_n these_o be_v put_v into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o nation_n who_o country_n god_n give_v to_o abram_n but_o whether_o they_o be_v descend_v from_o any_o of_o the_o son_n of_o canaan_n we_o can_v tell_v nor_o be_v we_o certain_a where_o they_o dwell_v only_o eustathius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n say_v the_o kenites_n dwell_v about_o libanus_n and_o amanus_n and_o the_o kenizzites_n it_o be_v likely_a be_v their_o neighbour_n but_o the_o name_n of_o these_o people_n be_v quite_o extinct_a between_o the_o time_n of_o abram_n and_o moses_n for_o we_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o by_o joshua_n in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n nor_o in_o the_o account_n he_o give_v of_o the_o nation_n he_o conquer_v we_o read_v indeed_o of_o the_o kenezites_n numb_a xxxii_o 12._o josh_n fourteen_o 6_o 14._o but_o they_o be_v of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o the_o kenites_n judg._n i._n 16._o iv_o 11_o 17._o but_o they_o descend_v from_o the_o father-in-law_n of_o moses_n and_o therefore_o those_o who_o moses_n here_o speak_v of_o it_o be_v probable_a lose_v their_o name_n be_v incorporate_v into_o some_o of_o the_o seven_o nation_n who_o inhabit_v this_o country_n when_o joshua_n subdue_v it_o the_o kadmonites_n these_o be_v not_o where_o else_o mention_v but_o be_v think_v by_o bochartus_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o hivites_n who_o live_v about_o mount_n hermon_n towards_o the_o east_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v thence_o call_v kadmonites_n i._n e._n oriental_n see_v x._o 17._o ver._n 20._o hittites_n see_v x._o 15._o perizzites_n they_o be_v a_o people_n inhabit_v the_o mountainous_a and_o woody_a country_n of_o canaan_n as_o appear_v from_o josh_n xi_o 3._o xvii_o 13._o from_o whence_o we_o may_v gather_v they_o be_v a_o wild_a sort_n of_o people_n who_o live_v far_o from_o city_n in_o little_a village_n and_o thence_o perhaps_o have_v their_o name_n for_o pherazoth_v in_o hebrew_n signify_v pagi_n village_n but_o from_o which_o of_o the_o son_n of_o canaan_n they_o descend_v there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o signification_n in_o holy_a scripture_n rephaim_n they_o dwell_v in_o bashan_n and_o perhaps_o in_o other_o country_n thereabouts_o see_v fourteen_o 5._o ver._n 21._o amorites_n these_o be_v the_o mighty_a people_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n see_v x._o 16._o canaanites_n these_o be_v some_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o canaan_n who_o peculiar_o inherit_v his_o name_n live_v upon_o the_o sea-coast_n and_o upon_o the_o bank_n of_o jordan_n num._n xiii_o 30._o deut._n i._n 7._o xi_o 30._o and_o it_o be_v a_o reasonable_a conjecture_n that_o they_o spring_v from_o such_o of_o canaan_n son_n as_o have_v for_o a_o time_n the_o great_a power_n and_o authority_n in_o that_o country_n and_o therefore_o have_v the_o prerogative_n of_o be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n or_o else_o they_o be_v so_o call_v because_o they_o be_v merchant_n and_o great_a trader_n by_o sea_n for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v use_v in_o scripture_n gergasite_n see_v x._o 16._o jebusite_n see_v there_o also_o chap._n xvi_o ver._n 1._o sarai_n bear_v he_o no_o child_n still_o the_o fulfil_n of_o god_n promise_n be_v defer_v for_o the_o great_a trial_n of_o abram_n faith_n which_o now_o have_v hold_v out_o ten_o year_n verse_n 3_o without_o see_v any_o fruit_n of_o it_o she_o have_v a_o handmaid_n a_o egyptian_a a_o egyptian_a by_o nation_n but_o a_o proselyte_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n st._n chrysostom_n think_v pharaoh_n bestow_v she_o upon_o sarai_n when_o he_o take_v she_o into_o his_o house_n or_o when_o he_o send_v she_o away_o xii_o 15_o 20._o which_o he_o learn_v from_o the_o jew_n who_o say_v the_o same_o as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o pirke_n elieser_n c._n 26._o who_o say_v also_o as_o r._n solomon_n jarchi_n do_v that_o she_o be_v pharaoh_n daughter_n by_o his_o concubine_n but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a she_o be_v such_o a_o servant_n to_o sarai_n as_o eliezer_n be_v to_o abram_n bear_v in_o his_o house_n of_o a_o egyptian_a as_o he_o be_v of_o a_o syrian_a woman_n ver._n 2._o and_o sarai_n say_v unto_o abram_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v likely_a he_o have_v acquaint_v she_o with_o the_o promise_n she_o grow_v impatient_a to_o have_v it_o fulfil_v some_o way_n or_o other_o go_v in_o unto_o my_o maid_n i._n e._n take_v she_o to_o wife_n verse_n 3_o it_o may_v be_v i_o may_v obtain_v child_n by_o she_o be_v bear_v of_o her_o bondslave_n they_o will_v be_v sarai'_v child_n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o those_o time_n xxx_o 3._o exod._n xxi_o 4._o and_o abram_n hearken_v to_o the_o voice_n of_o sarai_n think_v perhaps_o that_o god_n may_v fulfil_v his_o promise_n this_o way_n because_o he_o have_v only_o tell_v he_o he_o shall_v have_v seed_n but_o have_v not_o as_o
shechinah_n which_o appear_v from_o the_o beginning_n as_o i_o have_v often_o say_v before_o the_o sight_n of_o which_o cain_n never_o after_o this_o enjoy_v but_o be_v banish_v from_o it_o and_o god_n withdraw_v his_o gracious_a presence_n from_o he_o so_o st._n chrysostom_n he_o be_v also_o forsake_v by_o he_o and_o put_v out_o of_o his_o special_a protection_n if_o cain_n after_o this_o turn_v a_o downright_a idolater_n as_o many_o think_v it_o be_v very_o likely_a he_o introduce_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o be_v the_o most_o ancient_a sort_n of_o idolatry_n as_o the_o best_a resemblance_n he_o can_v find_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o appear_v in_o a_o flame_a light_n and_o in_o aftertime_n they_o worship_v fire_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n as_o the_o best_a emblem_n of_o the_o sun_n when_o it_o be_v absent_a and_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o nod._n at_o last_o he_o settle_v in_o a_o country_n which_o have_v the_o name_n of_o nod_n from_o his_o wander_v up_o and_o down_o like_o a_o vagabond_n till_o he_o fix_v here_o where_o it_o seem_v he_o still_o continue_v restless_a move_v from_o one_o part_n of_o the_o country_n to_o another_o till_z in_o conclusion_n he_o build_v a_o city_n for_o his_o security_n some_o think_v as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o verse_n follow_v some_o translate_v it_o in_o the_o land_n of_o vagabond_n and_o r._n solomon_n fancy_n the_o very_a ground_n shake_v under_o he_o and_o make_v people_n run_v away_o from_o he_o say_v this_o be_v the_o cruel_a man_n that_o kill_v his_o brother_n on_o the_o east_n of_o eden_n he_o still_o go_v eastward_o from_o that_o country_n where_o adam_n settle_v after_o he_o be_v thrust_v out_o of_o paradise_n see_v iii_o 24._o which_o junius_n think_v be_v in_o that_o tract_n of_o ground_n where_o the_o nomads_n afterward_o dwell_v border_v upon_o susiana_n which_o be_v far_o more_o probable_a than_o the_o conceit_n of_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n cosri_n par._n ii_o §_o 14._o who_o will_v have_v cain_n go_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n nothing_o else_o but_o his_o expulsion_n out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n where_o adam_n dwell_v after_o he_o be_v thrust_v out_o of_o paradise_n and_o consequent_o the_o land_n of_o nod_n be_v not_o far_o from_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n nothing_o can_v be_v more_o ungrounded_a than_o this_o which_o overthrow_v also_o all_o that_o moses_n say_v of_o eden_n and_o the_o garden_n plant_v there_o from_o whence_o adam_n go_v out_o on_o the_o east-side_n and_o therefore_o not_o towards_o canaan_n which_o be_v westward_o ver._n 17._o and_o cain_n know_v his_o wife_n there_o have_v be_v no_o mention_n hitherto_o of_o any_o woman_n in_o the_o world_n but_o eve_n much_o less_o of_o cain_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o this_o be_v a_o wife_n he_o take_v before_o he_o kill_v his_o brother_n or_o after_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a before_o because_o we_o 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4._o we_o be_v not_o tell_v how_o many_o but_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a eastern_a tradition_n in_o cedrenus_n say_v he_o have_v thirty_o three_o son_n and_o twenty_o seven_o daughter_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o at_o the_o first_o cain_n can_v marry_v none_o but_o one_o of_o his_o sister_n which_o be_v then_o lawful_a because_o absolute_o necessary_a but_o prohibit_v by_o god_n when_o that_o necessity_n cease_v of_o which_o the_o eastern_a people_n be_v so_o sensible_a that_o they_o take_v care_n to_o have_v it_o think_v that_o cain_n and_o abel_n do_v not_o marry_v those_o who_o be_v near_a of_o kin_n to_o he_o but_o those_o that_o be_v at_o some_o distance_n for_o their_o tradition_n be_v that_o eve_n at_o her_o two_o first_o birth_n bring_v twin_n a_o son_n and_o a_o daughter_n viz._n cain_n with_o his_o sister_n azron_n and_o abel_n with_o his_o sister_n awin_n as_o saidus_n patricide_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n report_v now_o such_o be_v their_o caution_n not_o to_o match_v with_o those_o that_o be_v near_o in_o blood_n but_o with_o those_o further_o off_o as_o much_o as_o be_v then_o possible_a cain_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o marry_v his_o twin-sister_n nor_o abel_n his_o but_o adam_n give_v awin_n to_o cain_n and_o azron_n to_o abel_n i_o can_v vouch_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o story_n which_o i_o mention_v only_o to_o show_v that_o mankind_n have_v have_v a_o sense_n that_o all_o possible_a care_n shall_v be_v use_v to_o avoid_v marriage_n with_o the_o near_a relation_n for_o though_o this_o story_n be_v derive_v perhaps_o from_o the_o jew_n yet_o it_o be_v believe_v by_o other_o people_n see_v mr._n selden_n l._n v._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la n._n &_o g._n c._n 8._o whence_o diodorus_n siculus_n say_v lib._n i._n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o common_a use_n of_o mankind_n that_o brother_n and_o sister_n shall_v not_o be_v join_v in_o marriage_n and_o plato_n l._n viii_o de_fw-fr legib._n call_v such_o marriage_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o no_o mean_n holy_a but_o hateful_a to_o god_n for_o though_o they_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o thing_n they_o become_v so_o afterward_o that_o be_v natural_a in_o one_o state_n of_o thing_n as_o grotius_n well_o observe_v lib._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la b._n &_o p._n c._n 10._o which_o be_v unnatural_a in_o another_o state_n and_o he_o build_v a_o city_n not_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o come_v into_o this_o country_n but_o when_o he_o have_v a_o numerous_a progeny_n able_a to_o people_n it_o and_o consequent_o in_o his_o old_a age._n his_o end_n in_o build_v it_o some_o think_v be_v to_o cross_v the_o curse_n of_o wander_v to_o and_o fro_o other_o to_o defend_v himself_o against_o those_o who_o his_o guilty_a conscience_n make_v he_o fear_n or_o to_o secure_v the_o spoil_n which_o by_o force_n and_o violence_n as_o josephus_n relate_v l._n i._o antiq_fw-la c._n 3._o he_o have_v take_v from_o other_o there_o be_v those_o who_o imagine_v that_o when_o he_o attempt_v 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as_o he_o do_v xv._o 21._o or_o in_o general_a all_o the_o nation_n which_o the_o israelite_n afterward_o destroy_v it_o seem_v to_o i_o the_o first_o of_o these_o be_v mean_v and_o that_o by_o land_n he_o mean_v only_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o sichem_n lie_v which_o be_v then_o possess_v by_o this_o particular_a people_n for_o in_o the_o next_o place_n that_o abram_n go_v to_o it_o be_v say_v the_o canaanite_n and_o the_o perizzite_n dwell_v then_o in_o the_o land_n fourteen_o 7._o i._n e._n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o we_o do_v not_o read_v what_o entertainment_n abram_n meet_v withal_o but_o i_o take_v it_o as_o a_o argument_n of_o abram_n great_a faith_n that_o he_o will_v adventure_v among_o such_o a_o rough_a and_o fierce_a people_n who_o have_v no_o kindness_n for_o the_o posterity_n of_o shem_n upon_o a_o old_a score_n and_o if_o the_o ancient_a tradition_n in_o epiphanius_n be_v true_a upon_o a_o fresh_a account_n for_o he_o say_v 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to_o he_o and_o tell_v he_o this_o be_v the_o country_n he_o intend_v to_o bestow_v upon_o his_o posterity_n it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a that_o he_o no_o soon_o enter_v canaan_n but_o god_n renew_v his_o promise_n to_o he_o make_v before_o he_o come_v out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n and_o it_o be_v further_a observable_a as_o we_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o follow_a story_n that_o abram_n obedience_n be_v constant_o reward_v in_o kind_n according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o service_n he_o perform_v though_o in_o quantity_n the_o reward_n far_o exceed_v the_o service_n thus_o have_v leave_v his_o own_o country_n and_o father_n house_n which_o be_v the_o first_o trial_n of_o his_o obedience_n god_n promise_v to_o give_v he_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o canaan_n and_o to_o make_v his_o posterity_n a_o mighty_a nation_n see_v xvii_o 6._o xxii_o 16._o and_o there_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v so_o glorious_a a_o appearance_n that_o it_o move_v he_o to_o offer_v up_o a_o solemn_a sacrifice_n to_o god_n for_o which_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n here_o in_o sichem_n and_o it_o be_v the_o first_o that_o he_o build_v in_o this_o country_n it_o make_v this_o become_v the_o first_o place_n that_o be_v establish_v for_o public_a worship_n after_o the_o israelite_n conquer_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o here_o be_v the_o sanctuary_n of_o god_n in_o joshua_n time_n near_o this_o very_a grove_n where_o abram_n first_o pitch_v his_o tent_n and_o build_v a_o altar_n josh_n xxiv_o 1_o 25_o 26._o it_o continue_v famous_a also_o in_o aftertime_n as_o appear_v from_o judg._n ix_o 6._o ver._n 8._o and_o he_o remove_v from_o thence_o unto_o a_o mountain_n etc._n etc._n though_o the_o lord_n here_o appear_v to_o he_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o trust_v himself_o among_o the_o canaanite_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o wicked_a nation_n that_o possess_v this_o land_n or_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o see_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o country_n which_o god_n promise_v to_o give_v he_o and_o therefore_o come_v hither_o which_o be_v about_o twenty_o mile_n further_a southward_o and_o there_o he_o build_v a_o altar_n upon_o the_o mountain_n where_o they_o ancient_o choose_v to_o sacrifice_v rather_o than_o in_o other_o place_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a god_n again_o appear_v to_o he_o here_o to_o encourage_v and_o strengthen_v he_o against_o all_o his_o fear_n which_o make_v he_o build_v a_o new_a altar_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n of_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n to_o implore_v his_o continue_a favour_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o promise_n which_o god_n make_v in_o the_o former_a place_n verse_n 7._o he_o renew_v again_o in_o this_o and_o more_o at_o large_a after_o he_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n xiii_o 3_o 4_o 14_o 15_o 16._o on_o the_o east_n of_o bethel_n so_o it_o be_v call_v in_o aftertime_n ver._n 9_o and_o abram_n journey_v etc._n etc._n he_o do_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o fix_v yet_o in_o the_o forenamed_a place_n but_o make_v a_o further_a progress_n into_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o the_o country_n yet_o after_o he_o have_v be_v in_o egypt_n the_o story_n of_o which_o follow_v he_o return_v to_o this_o place_n ver._n 10._o a_o famine_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n he_o go_v down_o egypt_n lay_v low_a in_o comparison_n with_o canaan_n to_o sojourn_v not_o to_o dwell_v there_o for_o he_o doubt_v not_o of_o god_n promise_n to_o he_o of_o possess_v the_o land_n which_o he_o have_v leave_v ver._n 11._o thou_o be_v a_o fair_a woman_n etc._n etc._n she_o be_v now_o threescore_o year_n old_a but_o have_v comely_a feature_n and_o be_v of_o a_o fair_a complexion_n in_o comparison_n with_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v sallow_a she_o seem_v to_o be_v young_a than_o she_o be_v ver._n 12._o they_o will_v kill_v i_o know_v they_o to_o be_v a_o libidinous_a people_n he_o be_v afraid_a they_o may_v be_v tempt_v to_o make_v he_o away_o that_o they_o may_v have_v his_o wife_n ver._n 13._o say_v thou_o be_v my_o sister_n he_o himself_o upon_o another_o occasion_n explain_v in_o what_o sense_n she_o be_v so_o xx._n 12._o therefore_o he_o teach_v she_o not_o to_o tell_v a_o lie_n but_o to_o conceal_v the_o truth_n ver._n 15._o pharaoh_n the_o egyptian_a kingdom_n begin_v about_o three_o hundred_o year_n before_o this_o in_o the_o day_n of_o ragau_n xi_o 18._o if_o the_o arabian_a writer_n say_v true_a and_o now_o be_v grow_v to_o be_v very_o powerful_a by_o the_o mean_n of_o some_o king_n of_o this_o name_n which_o it_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n be_v very_o ancient_a and_o continue_v to_o be_v the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n till_o the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n and_o we_o know_v not_o how_o much_o long_o just_o as_o ptolemy_n be_v their_o name_n after_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n and_o caesar_n and_o augustus_n be_v the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n and_o candace_n of_o all_o the_o queen_n of_o aethiopia_n and_o the_o like_a may_v be_v observe_v in_o several_a other_o country_n ludolphus_n take_v pharaoh_n to_o be_v a_o compound_n word_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o father_n of_o the_o country_n for_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o phar-ot_a in_o the_o aethiopic_a language_n as_o pharmut_n be_v mother_n of_o the_o country_n the_o prince_n also_o etc._n etc._n the_o courtier_n who_o study_v to_o gratify_v their_o prince_n pleasure_n be_v take_v into_o pharaoh_n house_n into_o the_o house_n of_o the_o woman_n it_o be_v probable_a for_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v now_o as_o i_o say_v very_o great_a like_o those_o of_o persia_n in_o aftertime_n intend_v to_o make_v she_o one_o of_o his_o concubine_n ver._n 16._o and_o he_o have_v sheep_n and_o ox_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o
of_o a_o quiet_a possession_n of_o that_o well_o ver._n 30._o a_o witness_n unto_o i_o that_o i_o have_v dig_v this_o well_o by_o this_o token_n it_o shall_v be_v remember_v hereafter_o that_o i_o dig_v this_o well_o and_o that_o thou_o do_v grant_v i_o quiet_a possession_n of_o it_o ver._n 31._o call_v the_o place_n beer-sheba_a the_o hebrew_n word_n sheba_n signify_v both_o a_o oath_n and_o also_o seven_o perhaps_o for_o both_o reason_n this_o place_n have_v this_o name_n we_o be_v sure_a for_o the_o first_o which_o be_v here_o mention_v because_o they_o swear_v to_o each_o other_o ver._n 32._o thus_o they_o make_v a_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n by_o give_v and_o accept_v those_o sheep_n and_o ox_n mention_v verse_n 27._o and_o perhaps_o by_o offer_v sacrifice_n or_o at_o least_o by_o eat_v and_o drink_v together_o as_o isaac_n and_o abimelech_n do_v in_o aftertime_n xxvi_o 30._o here_o some_o observe_v it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n to_o make_v covenant_n with_o infidel_n and_o idolater_n for_o mutual_a defence_n and_o commerce_n or_o such_o like_a reason_n but_o i_o see_v no_o proof_n that_o abimelech_n be_v such_o a_o person_n in_o future_a age_n the_o people_n of_o canaan_n be_v so_o corrupt_v by_o this_o as_o well_o as_o other_o sin_n that_o god_n command_v they_o to_o be_v exterminate_v and_o make_v it_o unlawful_a to_o enter_v into_o a_o covenant_n with_o they_o exod._n xxxiv_o 15._o but_o as_o the_o philistine_n be_v none_o of_o they_o so_o it_o still_o remain_v lawful_a to_o make_v league_n with_o other_o gentile_n who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o seven_o nation_n of_o canaan_n as_o we_o see_v by_o the_o example_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n and_o other_o they_o return_v into_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n into_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n where_o they_o dwell_v for_o both_o abimelech_n and_o abraham_n be_v now_o in_o that_o land_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n ver._n 33._o abraham_n plant_v a_o grove_n for_o a_o solemn_a and_o retire_a place_n wherein_o to_o worship_v god_n for_o as_o servius_n say_v upon_o the_o ix_o aeneid_n nunquam_fw-la est_fw-la lucus_n sine_fw-la religione_fw-la there_o never_o be_v a_o grove_n in_o ancient_a time_n without_o religion_n and_o therefore_o here_o we_o may_v well_o suppose_v abraham_n build_v a_o altar_n which_o be_v fence_v and_o bound_v with_o a_o enclosure_n and_o shade_v with_o tree_n as_o mr._n mede_n discourse_n xix_o observe_v their_o proseucha_n or_o place_n of_o prayer_n to_o have_v be_v in_o aftertime_n for_o that_o this_o be_v intend_v for_o a_o place_n of_o prayer_n appear_v by_o the_o follow_a word_n and_o call_v there_o on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n from_o hence_o some_o think_v the_o custom_n of_o plant_v grove_n be_v derive_v into_o all_o the_o gentile_a world_n who_o so_o profane_v they_o by_o image_n and_o filthiness_n and_o sacrifice_n to_o daemon_n that_o god_n command_v they_o by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o but_o abraham_n make_v use_v of_o a_o grove_n before_o this_o xii_o 6_o 8._o where_o we_o find_v he_o build_v a_o altar_n on_o a_o mountain_n which_o i_o question_v not_o be_v compass_v with_o tree_n see_v xiii_o 18._o therefore_o i_o take_v this_o only_a to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o grove_n that_o he_o plant_v himself_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o everlasting_a god_n i_o find_v that_o maimonides_n in_o several_a place_n of_o his_o more_n nevochim_n translate_v the_o last_o word_n the_o lord_n god_n of_o the_o world_n or_o the_o lord_z the_o almighty_a creator_n of_o the_o world_n for_o this_o be_v the_o great_a article_n of_o faith_n in_o those_o day_n that_o god_n make_v the_o world_n par._n ii_o cap._n 30._o &_o par._n iii_o c._n 29._o ver._n 34._o sojourn_v many_o day_n etc._n etc._n the_o word_n days_n often_o signify_v year_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a signify_v so_o in_o this_o place_n for_o here_o isaac_n be_v bear_v and_o here_o he_o be_v wean_v and_o after_o that_o abraham_n find_v so_o much_o friendship_n from_o abimelech_n and_o so_o many_o conveniency_n of_o life_n that_o they_o invite_v he_o to_o stay_v a_o long_a time_n in_o this_o country_n chap._n xxii_o ver._n 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v after_o these_o thing_n that_o which_o follow_v fall_v out_o while_n abraham_n dwell_v at_o beer-sheba_a or_o near_o it_o verse_n 19_o god_n do_v tempt_v abraham_n prove_v or_o try_v his_o faith_n in_o a_o very_a difficult_a instance_n the_o hebrew_n take_v great_a notice_n that_o the_o name_n of_o elohim_n which_o they_o call_v nomen_fw-la judicii_fw-la be_v here_o use_v as_o it_o be_v in_o several_a of_o the_o follow_a verse_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o abraham_n i_o suppose_v there_o be_v such_o a_o visible_a appearance_n of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n to_o he_o as_o he_o have_v often_o see_v xv._o 1._o xvii_o 1._o xviii_o 1._o here_o i_o be_o a_o phrase_n express_v readiness_n to_o hearken_v and_o to_o give_v answer_n verse_n 7_o 12._o ver._n 2._o take_v now_o immediate_o thy_o son_n a_o hard_a thing_n have_v it_o be_v ishmael_n thy_o only_a son_n isaac_n his_o only_a son_n by_o sarah_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o promise_n xxi_o 12._o who_o thou_o love_v who_o be_v far_o dear_a to_o he_o than_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o world_n dear_a than_o his_o own_o life_n for_o man_n will_v venture_v that_o to_o preserve_v their_o child_n according_a to_o a_o old_a say_n in_o euripides_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d child_n be_v to_o all_o mankind_n their_o very_a life_n or_o soul_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o pacatus_n drepanius_n say_v in_o his_o panegyric_n to_o theodosius_n the_o great_a instituente_fw-la natura_fw-la plus_fw-la ferè_fw-la filios_fw-la quam_fw-la nosmetipsos_fw-la diligimus_fw-la we_o be_v teach_v by_o nature_n to_o love_v our_o son_n in_o a_o manner_n more_o than_o ourselves_o but_o the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o abraham_n be_v strong_a than_o either_o get_v thou_o into_o the_o land_n of_o moriah_n so_o it_o be_v call_v afterward_o from_o god_n appear_v there_o verse_n 14._o for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o isaac_n as_o many_o think_v certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o temple_n of_o solomon_n be_v build_v upon_o mount_n moriah_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 1._o but_o this_o name_n belong_v not_o only_o to_o that_o mountain_n but_o to_o all_o the_o mountainous_a country_n thereabouts_o which_o be_v here_o call_v the_o land_n of_o moriah_n which_o aquila_n translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conspicuous_a for_o it_o be_v derive_v from_o the_o word_n raah_o to_o see_v and_o the_o lxx_o translate_v it_o not_o amiss_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d high_a country_n which_o be_v very_o conspicuous_a but_o mount_v zion_n and_o acra_n and_o other_o neighbour_a mountain_n be_v also_o very_o high_a this_o name_n of_o moriah_n belong_v to_o they_o because_o they_o be_v very_o conspicuous_a in_o so_o much_o that_o mount_n zion_n be_v often_o use_v in_o 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worship_n god_n and_o offer_v sacrifice_n xii_o 8._o which_o god_n himself_o approve_v of_o till_o they_o be_v profane_v as_o the_o grove_n be_v see_v xxi_o 33._o and_o then_o he_o command_v abraham_n posterity_n not_o to_o worship_v in_o high_a place_n but_o only_o in_o one_o certain_a mountain_n where_o he_o order_v his_o temple_n to_o be_v seat_v nothing_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o gentile_a writer_n than_o that_o they_o choose_v mountain_n for_o place_n of_o worship_n and_o herein_o celsus_n the_o epicurean_a compare_v they_o with_o the_o jew_n observe_v particular_o out_o of_o herodotus_n that_o the_o persian_n offer_v sacrifice_n to_o jupiter_n go_v up_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o top_n of_o the_o high_a mountain_n as_o his_o word_n be_v in_o origen_n l._n v._o
the_o mountain_n which_o be_v on_o the_o east_n of_o bethel_n where_o he_o pitch_v his_o tent_n before_o he_o go_v into_o egypt_n xii_o 8._o and_o return_v to_o it_o when_o he_o come_v from_o thence_o verse_n 3_o 4._o of_o this_o chapter_n which_o give_v he_o the_o advantage_n of_o a_o fair_a and_o long_a prospect_n of_o the_o country_n every_o way_n ver._n 15._o for_o all_o the_o land_n thou_o see_v etc._n etc._n that_o whole_a country_n some_o part_n of_o which_o he_o see_v a_o great_a way_n in_o every_o quarter_n of_o it_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n contiguous_a to_o they_o be_v hereby_o assure_v to_o he_o for_o ever_o it_o do_v not_o signify_v strict_o time_n without_o end_n but_o a_o very_a long_a period_n the_o jew_n indeed_o say_v that_o this_o word_n olam_n when_o it_o be_v write_v full_a as_o they_o speak_v that_o be_v with_o vaughan_n denote_v eternity_n though_o without_o vaughan_n they_o confess_v it_o signify_v only_o a_o long_a time_n but_o this_o small_a observation_n be_v 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reverence_v a_o oak_n and_o therefore_o plant_v this_o tree_n very_o frequent_o jacob_n bury_v the_o idolatrous_a trumpery_n of_o his_o family_n under_o a_o oak_n xxxv_o 4._o which_o be_v by_o schechem_n where_o the_o place_n of_o public_a worship_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v fix_v in_o joshua_n time_n josh_n xxiv_o 1_o 26._o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n also_o appear_v to_o gideon_n under_o a_o oak_n judg._n vi_o 11_o 19_o 25._o ix_o 6._o and_o of_o all_o other_o tree_n a_o oak_n be_v hold_v most_o sacred_a by_o the_o heathen_a particular_o by_o the_o druid_n see_v pliny_n l._n xvi_o c._n 44._o max._n tyrius_n dissert_n 34._o and_o pausanias_n in_o his_o account_n of_o arcadia_n say_v the_o ancient_n make_v the_o image_n of_o their_o god_n of_o oak_n be_v the_o most_o durable_a wood._n this_o oak_n some_o fancy_n be_v in_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n and_o there_o be_v great_a resort_n to_o it_o see_v sozomen_n l._n ii_o cap._n 4._o here_o abram_n dwell_v a_o long_a time_n and_o many_o great_a thing_n pass_v here_o before_o he_o remove_v to_o any_o other_o place_n mamre_n be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n among_o the_o amorites_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o next_o chapter_n verse_n 13._o which_o be_v in_o hebron_n or_o rather_o by_o or_o near_o hebron_n for_o so_o the_o particle_n beth_n be_v often_o use_v which_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a city_n build_v seven_o year_n before_o zoar_n i._n e._n the_o famous_a city_n of_o tanis_n in_o egypt_n numb_a xiii_o 22._o it_o be_v call_v arba_n or_o kirjath-arba_n at_o the_o first_o xxiii_o 2._o but_o in_o moses_n his_o time_n hebron_n there_o be_v those_o indeed_o who_o say_v it_o be_v not_o call_v hebron_n till_o the_o time_n of_o joshua_n who_o give_v it_o to_o caleb_n for_o his_o portion_n josh_n xv._o 13_o 15._o and_o thence_o conclude_v this_o passage_n be_v not_o write_v by_o moses_n but_o put_v in_o by_o some_o other_o hand_n after_o his_o time_n but_o i_o see_v not_o the_o least_o proof_n of_o this_o assertion_n that_o caleb_n be_v the_o first_o who_o give_v it_o this_o name_n his_o grandson_n mention_v 1_o chron._n ii_o 42_o 43._o may_v rather_o be_v think_v to_o have_v take_v his_o name_n from_o this_o place_n than_o to_o have_v give_v a_o name_n to_o it_o beside_o there_o have_v be_v two_o occasion_n of_o give_v one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n as_o appear_v by_o what_o be_v say_v of_o beersheba_n xxi_o 31._o xxvi_o 33._o and_o therefore_o this_o city_n may_v have_v the_o name_n of_o hebron_n in_o moses_n his_o time_n and_o it_o may_v be_v confirm_v in_o joshua_n chap._n fourteen_o ver._n 1._o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v etc._n etc._n it_o be_v very_o easy_a to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o this_o war_n which_o the_o king_n of_o the_o east_n make_v upon_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n if_o what_o be_v say_v before_o xii_o 6._o be_v admit_v that_o the_o canaanite_n have_v invade_v the_o right_n of_o the_o child_n of_o shem_n and_o get_v possession_n of_o a_o country_n belong_v to_o they_o which_o they_o now_o endeavour_v to_o recover_v as_o they_o have_v attempt_v before_o verse_n 4._o for_o elam_n of_o which_o chedorlaomer_n be_v king_n descend_v from_o shem_n gen._n x._o 22._o amraphel_n king_n of_o shinar_n i._n e._n king_n of_o babylon_n as_o it_o be_v common_o understand_v but_o it_o can_v well_o be_v think_v that_o so_o potent_a a_o king_n as_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v in_o those_o day_n shall_v need_v any_o associate_n in_o a_o war_n against_o such_o petty_a prince_n as_o those_o mention_a verse_n 2._o or_o that_o the_o king_n of_o elam_n who_o quarrel_n this_o be_v as_o appear_v from_o verse_n 4._o shall_v not_o be_v able_a of_o himself_o to_o grapple_v with_o they_o or_o that_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n etc._n etc._n dare_v have_v adventure_v with_o a_o handful_n of_o people_n in_o comparison_n to_o rebel_v against_o he_o after_o he_o have_v bring_v they_o under_o his_o subjection_n therefore_o we_o must_v either_o take_v amraphel_n to_o have_v be_v some_o small_a prince_n in_o the_o country_n of_o shinar_n i._n e._n assyria_n or_o if_o he_o be_v king_n of_o babylon_n that_o monarchy_n be_v not_o very_o great_a in_o the_o day_n of_o abram_n and_o we_o must_v also_o look_v upon_o the_o rest_n as_o name_n of_o some_o particular_a place_n like_a sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n over_o which_o arioch_n and_o chedorlaomer_n reign_v who_o be_v such_o king_n as_o those_o in_o canaan_n when_o joshua_n conquer_v it_o or_o else_o commander_n of_o colony_n which_o they_o have_v lead_v out_o of_o assyria_n and_o persia_n and_o settle_v thereabouts_o endeavour_v to_o enlarge_v their_o plantation_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v in_o those_o and_o in_o succeed_a time_n when_o the_o captain_n of_o a_o troop_n and_o leader_n of_o a_o small_a body_n of_o man_n be_v call_v prince_n or_o king_n arioch_n king_n of_o ellasar_n there_o be_v a_o city_n mention_v by_o stephanus_n de_fw-fr urbibus_fw-la call_v ellas_n in_o coelo-syria_n on_o the_o border_n of_o arabia_n where_o arioch_n perhaps_o command_v chedorlaomer_n king_n of_o elam_n concern_v this_o country_n see_v x._o 22._o where_o chedorlaomer_n be_v either_o governor_n of_o some_o little_a province_n or_o city_n or_o a_o commander_n of_o some_o troop_n of_o that_o nation_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n some_o take_v gojim_a in_o this_o place_n which_o we_o translate_v nation_n for_o a_o country_n or_o city_n but_o it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o common_a use_n of_o the_o word_n in_o scripture_n to_o take_v it_o to_o signify_v a_o people_n who_o either_o want_v a_o fix_a habitation_n or_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o sundry_a region_n
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 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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
phrase_n be_v use_v here_o of_o the_o death_n of_o ishmael_n that_o be_v verse_n 8._o of_o the_o death_n of_o abraham_n they_o show_v the_o meaning_n be_v no_o more_o but_o that_o they_o leave_v the_o world_n as_o other_o have_v do_v before_o they_o we_o do_v not_o read_v where_o ishmael_n be_v bury_v it_o be_v likely_a in_o his_o own_o country_n not_o in_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n for_o that_o have_v be_v to_o give_v his_o posterity_n a_o claim_n to_o a_o share_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n ver._n 18._o they_o dwell_v from_o havilah_n unto_o shur_n etc._n etc._n see_v gen._n x._o 7._o josephus_n l._n i._o antiq._n cap._n 12._o make_v the_o ishmaelite_n to_o have_v possess_v the_o whole_a tract_n between_o euphrates_n and_o the_o red-sea_n which_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n not_o to_o be_v true_a for_o between_o they_o and_o euphrates_n be_v the_o amalekite_n and_o moabite_n who_o do_v not_o reach_v to_o euphrates_n neither_o the_o ishmaelite_n therefore_o possess_v the_o country_n which_o in_o that_o part_n eastward_o that_o be_v next_o to_o the_o amalekite_n be_v call_v the_o wilderness_n of_o havilah_n and_o in_o that_o part_n next_o to_o egypt_n be_v call_v the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n and_o in_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n be_v call_v kedar_n the_o wilderderness_n of_o paran_n and_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n all_o which_o be_v comprehend_v afterward_o under_o the_o name_n of_o arabia_n for_o stephanus_n as_o salmasius_n observe_v plin._n exerc._n p._n 488._o make_v but_o two_o arabia_n one_o which_o he_o call_v the_o spicy_a between_o the_o persian_a and_o the_o arabian_a sea_n the_o other_o on_o one_o end_n of_o it_o westward_o be_v next_o to_o egypt_n on_o the_o other_o end_n northward_o next_o to_o syria_n as_o thou_o go_v towards_o assyria_n the_o wilderness_n of_o shur_n be_v over_o against_o egypt_n and_o touch_v it_o in_o that_o part_n by_o which_o the_o way_n lie_v from_o egypt_n to_o assyria_n or_o as_o some_o understand_v the_o 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all_o his_o brethren_n and_o be_v in_o a_o flourish_a condition_n ver._n 19_o these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o isaac_n his_o principal_a design_n be_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o those_o descend_v from_o abraham_n by_o isaac_n moses_n return_v to_o that_o after_o a_o short_a account_n of_o his_o other_o posterity_n ver._n 20._o the_o syrian_a of_o padan-aram_n etc._n etc._n bethuel_n and_o laban_n be_v call_v aramite_n or_o syrian_n not_o because_o they_o be_v of_o that_o nation_n but_o because_o they_o live_v in_o the_o country_n of_o aram_n or_o syria_n that_o be_v in_o padan-aram_n as_o it_o be_v here_o explain_v and_o appear_v more_o full_o from_o rebekah_n discourse_n with_o her_o son_n jacob_n when_o she_o send_v he_o thither_o xxviii_o 2_o 5._o where_o he_o live_v twenty_o year_n with_o his_o uncle_n laban_n be_v upon_o that_o account_n call_v a_o syrian_a though_o bear_v in_o canaan_n deut._n xxvi_o 5._o padan-aram_n be_v a_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n i_o say_v a_o part_n of_o it_o for_o mesopotamia_n itself_o be_v call_v aram-naharaim_a that_o part_n of_o syria_n for_o there_o be_v many_o other_o aram_n which_o lie_v between_o the_o two_o great_a river_n of_o euphratis_n and_o tigris_n which_o country_n have_v two_o part_n also_o one_o towards_o the_o north_n from_o the_o mountain_n of_o armenia_n to_o the_o river_n chaboras_n i._n e._n araxes_n from_o whence_o balaam_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v fetch_v numb_a xxiii_o 7._o which_o be_v exceed_v fruitful_a and_o upon_o that_o account_n call_v padan_n which_o signify_v in_o arabic_a the_o same_o that_o seed_n do_v in_o hebrew_a i._n e._n a_o field_n and_o therefore_o what_o moses_n call_v go_v to_o padan-aram_n gen._n xxviii_o 2._o the_o prophet_n hosea_n call_v flee_v to_o sede-aram_n into_o the_o country_n or_o field_n of_o syria_n hosea_n xii_o 12._o this_o be_v a_o cultivated_a country_n abound_v with_o all_o plenty_n the_o other_o part_n of_o mesopotamia_n be_v southerly_a from_o the_o forenamed_a river_n unto_o babylon_n and_o be_v very_o stony_a and_o barren_a the_o syrian_n live_v in_o the_o former_a and_o the_o arabian_n in_o the_o latter_a as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n ii_o phaleg_n cap._n 6._o ver._n 21._o isaac_n entreat_v the_o lord_n for_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n word_n atar_n do_v not_o signify_v bare_o to_o entreat_v or_o pray_v but_o to_o beseech_v with_o earnestness_n vehemence_n and_o importunity_n it_o be_v most_o likely_a he_o continue_v these_o importunate_a prayer_n several_a year_n the_o desire_n of_o see_v the_o messiah_n make_v they_o very_o uneasy_a under_o barrenness_n and_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n fancy_n that_o she_o remain_v barren_a twenty_o year_n isaac_n at_o last_o carry_v she_o with_o he_o to_o mount_n moriah_n where_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v offer_v and_o there_o make_v most_o fervent_a supplication_n for_o a_o son_n as_o if_o he_o will_v remember_v god_n of_o the_o promise_n he_o have_v there_o make_v he_o that_o he_o will_v multiply_v abraham_n seed_n as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n xxii_o 17._o ver._n 22._o and_o the_o child_n struggle_v together_o within_o she_o some_o time_n before_o her_o delivery_n verse_n 24._o she_o feel_v as_o if_o two_o be_v wrestle_v together_o in_o her_o womb_n and_o put_v she_o into_o pang_n by_o strive_v which_o shall_v get_v out_o first_o if_o it_o be_v so_o why_o be_o i_o thus_o if_o i_o can_v be_v deliver_v why_o do_v i_o conceive_v and_o she_o go_v the_o struggle_v and_o pang_n we_o must_v suppose_v cease_v for_o some_o time_n so_o that_o she_o be_v able_a to_o go_v and_o consult_v the_o divine_a majesty_n about_o this_o unusual_a contest_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v some_o place_n where_o the_o divine_a majesty_n use_v to_o appear_v which_o be_v the_o settle_a place_n of_o worship_n see_v iu_o 3._o maimonides_n will_v have_v it_o that_o she_o go_v to_o the_o school_n of_o sem_fw-mi or_o heber_n who_o be_v prophet_n to_o desire_v they_o to_o consult_v the_o divine_a majesty_n about_o her_o case_n more_n nevoch_n p._n ii_o cap._n 41._o and_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o there_o be_v some_o divinely-inspired_n person_n attend_v the_o schechinah_n wheresoever_o it_o be_v such_o as_o melchizedek_n be_v at_o salem_n who_o patricide_n take_v to_o have_v be_v the_o person_n to_o who_o rebekah_n resort_v for_o resolution_n of_o her_o doubt_n ver._n 23._o and_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o she_o by_o melchizedek_n say_v the_o forenamed_a patricide_n by_o a_o angel_n say_v maimonides_n who_o tell_v we_o in_o the_o place_n now_o mention_v their_o master_n be_v so_o settle_v in_o their_o opinion_n that_o she_o go_v to_o inquire_v of_o the_o forenamed_a prophet_n and_o that_o by_o the_o lord_n be_v mean_v his_o angel_n that_o they_o will_v have_v heber_n to_o be_v he_o that_o give_v the_o answer_n for_o prophet_n say_v they_o be_v sometime_o call_v angel_n or_o the_o angel_n that_o speak_v to_o heber_n in_o this_o prophecy_n but_o it_o be_v most_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o she_o by_o a_o angel_n from_o the_o schechinah_n two_o nation_n be_v in_o thy_o womb._n the_o head_n of_o two_o nation_n two_o manner_n of_o people_n shall_v be_v separate_v great_o differ_v in_o their_o disposition_n manner_n course_n of_o life_n and_o country_n which_o will_v make_v they_o perpetual_o disagree_v from_o thy_o bowel_n shall_v issue_n from_o thou_o the_o elder_a shall_v serve_v the_o young_a in_o his_o posterity_n not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n ver._n 24._o when_o her_o day_n to_o be_v deliver_v be_v fulfil_v this_o demonstrate_v the_o time_n of_o her_o delivery_n be_v not_o come_v when_o the_o struggle_a first_o begin_v ver._n 25._o red_a all_o over_o some_o will_v have_v it_o with_o red_a hair_n not_o only_o on_o his_o
body_n else_o we_o find_v nabuchadnezzar_n do_v the_o same_o in_o babylon_n dan._n i._n 7._o and_o it_o be_v still_o the_o custom_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n where_o the_o mogul_n never_o advance_v any_o man_n but_o he_o give_v he_o a_o new_a name_n and_o that_o significant_a of_o something_o belong_v to_o he_o as_o not_o long_o ago_o he_o call_v his_o brother-in-law_n asaph_n chán_n the_o gather_n or_o the_o rich_a lord_n and_o his_o physician_n macrobius_n chan_n the_o lord_n of_o my_o health_n etc._n etc._n as_o peter_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr valle_n relate_v in_o his_o travel_n p._n 465._o where_o he_o observe_v the_o same_o of_o his_o wife_n p._n 470._o zaphnath_a paaneah_n which_o st._n hierom_n interpret_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n but_o the_o whole_a stream_n of_o interpreter_n carry_v it_o for_o another_o signification_n which_o be_v the_o interpreter_n of_o secret_n or_o the_o revealer_n of_o future_a thing_n see_v sixt._n amama_n and_o athan._n kirker_n his_o prodromus_n cap._n v._o and_o our_o countryman_n j._n gregory_n chap._n xvi_o of_o his_o observation_n who_o with_o mr._n calvin_n think_v it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o attempt_v to_o make_v this_o sense_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n language_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v those_o who_o think_v they_o have_v do_v it_o with_o success_n tzaphan_n be_v to_o hide_v or_o cover_v whence_o tzaphnath_n that_o which_o be_v hide_v or_o secret_a and_o panah_n signify_v to_o look_v into_o or_o contemplate_v so_o that_o campeg_n vitrigna_fw-la think_v josephus_n and_o philo_n not_o to_o have_v ill_o interpret_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d observe_v sacr._n lib._n i._o cap._n 5._o a_o interpreter_n of_o dream_n and_o a_o finder_n out_o of_o thing_n hide_v but_o as_o jacchiade_n observe_v upon_o dan._n i._n 7._o that_o the_o egyptian_a and_o persian_a king_n give_v name_n for_o honour_n and_o glory_n in_o token_n of_o their_o supreme_a greatness_n and_o authority_n so_o it_o be_v most_o for_o their_o glory_n to_o give_v they_o out_o of_o their_o own_o language_n and_o therefore_o if_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o zaphnath_a paaneah_n the_o egyptian_a tongue_n and_o the_o hebrew_n have_v a_o great_a affinity_n one_o to_o the_o other_o and_o he_o give_v he_o to_o wife_n either_o the_o king_n then_o dispose_v of_o the_o great_a nobleman_n daughter_n when_o their_o parent_n be_v dead_a as_o our_o king_n late_o do_v of_o their_o ward_n or_o asenath_n be_v of_o pharaoh_n kindred_n and_o so_o he_o provide_v she_o a_o husband_n and_o give_v she_o a_o portion_n or_o the_o meaning_n simple_o be_v he_o make_v this_o match_n for_o he_o the_o daughter_n of_o potipherah_n this_o be_v a_o different_a name_n from_o he_o who_o be_v captain_n of_o the_o guard_n and_o be_v of_o a_o different_a quality_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n from_o some_o likeness_n in_o their_o name_n to_o think_v that_o joseph_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o he_o who_o have_v be_v his_o master_n for_o he_o will_v have_v abhor_v to_o match_v with_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o so_o lewd_a a_o woman_n as_o his_o mistress_n as_o vossius_fw-la well_o observe_v in_o the_o place_n forenamed_a priest_n of_o on._n or_o prince_n of_o on._n as_o the_o margin_n have_v it_o for_o the_o word_n cohen_n signify_v both_o priest_n and_o prince_n see_v 2_o sam._n viii_o ult_n priest_n be_v ancient_o the_o prime_a man_n of_o the_o kingdom_n for_o king_n themselves_o be_v priest_n on_o be_v a_o famous_a city_n in_o egypt_n call_v afterward_o heliopolis_n which_o give_v name_n to_o one_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n province_n of_o egypt_n whereof_o this_o potipherah_a be_v governor_n or_o lieutenant_n concern_v which_o province_n and_o asenath_n and_o potipherah_a see_v mr._n selden_n l._n iii_o de_fw-la synedriis_fw-la p._n 406._o and_o joseph_n go_v out_o over_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n to_o see_v what_o place_n be_v fit_a for_o store_n ver._n 46._o joseph_n be_v thirty_o year_n old_a so_o he_o have_v be_v out_o of_o his_o own_o country_n thirteen_o year_n for_o he_o be_v but_o seventeen_o year_n old_a xxxvii_o 2._o when_o he_o be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n in_o which_o time_n we_o may_v well_o think_v he_o have_v learn_v the_o language_n of_o that_o country_n and_o gain_v much_o experience_n but_o never_o send_v to_o his_o father_n in_o which_o there_o be_v visible_o a_o special_a providence_n of_o god_n for_o his_o father_n may_v have_v use_v mean_n for_o his_o deliverance_n and_o then_o he_o have_v never_o come_v to_o this_o greatness_n when_o he_o stand_v before_o pharaoh_n when_o pharaoh_n make_v he_o his_o prime_a minister_n for_o the_o great_a counsellor_n and_o minister_n alone_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o king_n presence_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n and_o it_o be_v like_a the_o same_o state_n be_v keep_v here_o and_o be_v say_v to_o stand_v before_o the_o king_n dan._n i._n 19_o and_o to_o see_v the_o king_n face_n esther_n i._n 14._o and_o go_v throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n he_o seem_v to_o have_v only_o take_v a_o general_a view_n of_o the_o country_n before_o verse_n 45._o but_o now_o a_o more_o particular_a to_o give_v order_n for_o the_o build_n of_o storehouse_n against_o the_o plenteous_a year_n come_v ver._n 47._o bring_v forth_o by_o handful_n such_o large_a ear_n that_o a_o few_o of_o they_o will_v make_v a_o sheaf_n which_o our_o translation_n seem_v here_o to_o mean_v by_o handful_n for_o sheaf_n be_v bind_v up_o with_o man_n hand_n and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v interpret_v it_o bring_v forth_o sheaf_n or_o heap_n or_o more_o literal_o handful_n upon_o one_o stalk_v i._n e._n vast_a abundance_n some_o conceive_v the_o corn_n be_v lay_v up_o in_o sheaf_n heap_v up_o very_o high_a and_o not_o thrash_v out_o for_o so_o it_o will_v keep_v the_o long_o ver._n 48._o and_o he_o gather_v up_o all_o the_o food_n the_o five_o part_n as_o he_o have_v propose_v verse_n 34._o i_o e._n he_o buy_v it_o which_o he_o may_v do_v at_o a_o small_a price_n when_o there_o be_v unusual_a plenty_n and_o lay_v up_o the_o food_n in_o the_o city_n it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o lay_v it_o up_o as_o it_o be_v gather_v unthrash_v that_o there_o may_v be_v food_n for_o the_o cattle_n also_o so_o the_o vulgar_a in_o manipulos_fw-la reductae_fw-la segetes_fw-la congregatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o horrea_fw-la and_o what_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o plenty_n it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o think_v be_v dispense_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o famine_n etc._n etc._n round_o every_o city_n this_o be_v very_o wise_o order_v for_o it_o be_v less_o charge_n to_o pharaoh_n for_o the_o present_a and_o more_o easy_a to_o the_o country_n when_o they_o want_v provision_n ver._n 49._o gather_v corn_n as_o the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n the_o follow_a word_n explain_v this_o hyperbolical_a expression_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o heap_v up_o so_o much_o be_v that_o there_o may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o supply_v the_o necessity_n of_o other_o country_n as_o well_o as_o of_o egypt_n ver._n 51._o god_n have_v make_v i_o forget_v all_o my_o toil_n the_o great_a affliction_n and_o hard_a labour_n he_o endure_v in_o prison_n and_o all_o my_o father_n house_n the_o unkindness_n of_o his_o brethren_n who_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o his_o trouble_n by_o impose_v this_o name_n on_o his_o first-born_a he_o admonish_v himself_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o prosperity_n of_o his_o former_a adversity_n which_o he_o now_o think_v of_o with_o pleasure_n ver._n 52._o in_o the_o land_n of_o my_o affliction_n in_o the_o country_n where_o i_o have_v suffer_v much_o affliction_n ver._n 53._o and_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o plenteousness_n be_v end_v it_o be_v beside_o the_o intention_n of_o moses_n to_o relate_v any_o of_o the_o affair_n of_o that_o country_n but_o what_o belong_v to_o this_o matter_n and_o therefore_o he_o pass_v over_o all_o other_o transaction_n of_o these_o seven_o year_n as_o he_o do_v all_o the_o thing_n that_o happen_v in_o jacob_n family_n ever_o since_o joseph_n come_v from_o it_o ver._n 54._o the_o dearth_n be_v in_o all_o land_n in_o all_o the_o country_n thereabouts_o canaan_n syria_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v there_o be_v a_o general_a want_n of_o rain_n but_o in_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n there_o be_v bread_n they_o do_v not_o feel_v the_o famine_n present_o because_o they_o have_v much_o to_o spare_v from_o the_o former_a year_n of_o plenty_n ver._n 55._o and_o when_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v famish_v when_o they_o have_v eat_v up_o all_o their_o own_o store_n which_o we_o may_v suppose_v fail_v in_o two_o year_n time_n the_o people_n cry_v to_o pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n
make_a earnest_a petition_n to_o the_o king_n for_o relief_n of_o their_o necessity_n ver._n 56._o and_o the_o famine_n be_v over_o all_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n grow_v still_o great_a in_o all_o the_o neighbour_a country_n and_o the_o famine_n wax_v sore_o in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o the_o egyptian_n themselves_o have_v spend_v all_o their_o own_o store_n be_v sore_o pinch_v ver._n 57_o and_o all_o country_n come_v to_o buy_v corn_n etc._n etc._n i._n e._n the_o neighbour_a country_n as_o be_v say_v before_o verse_n 54_o for_o if_o the_o most_o distant_a have_v come_v the_o storehouse_n have_v be_v soon_o empty_v because_o the_o famine_n be_v sore_o in_o all_o land_n it_o increase_v more_o and_o more_o in_o those_o country_n beforenamed_n which_o be_v grievous_o afflict_v by_o it_o chap._n xlii_o ver._n 1._o and_o when_o jacob_n see_v that_o there_o be_v corn_n in_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n he_o see_v perhaps_o some_o pass_n by_o lade_v with_o corn_n which_o they_o have_v buy_v there_o or_o one_o sense_n as_o be_v frequent_a in_o scripture_n be_v put_v for_o another_o see_v for_o hear_v as_o it_o be_v express_v verse_n 2._o why_o do_v you_o look_v one_o upon_o another_o as_o idle_a people_n use_v to_o do_v while_o none_o of_o they_o will_v stir_v to_o seek_v relief_n or_o rather_o as_o man_n that_o know_v not_o what_o course_n to_o take_v expect_v who_o will_v begin_v to_o advise_v for_o their_o preservation_n ver._n 2._o that_o we_o may_v live_v and_o not_o die_v he_o excite_v they_o to_o make_v no_o further_o delay_v by_o the_o great_a necessity_n wherein_o they_o be_v no_o less_o than_o danger_n of_o perish_v ver._n 4._o lest_o mischief_n befall_v he_o he_o be_v as_o yet_o but_o young_a and_o not_o use_v to_o travel_v jacob_n be_v afraid_a the_o journey_n may_v be_v hazardous_a to_o he_o beside_o he_o can_v not_o but_o desire_v to_o have_v some_o of_o their_o company_n though_o this_o be_v not_o his_o principal_a reason_n ver._n 5._o come_v to_o buy_v corn_n among_o those_o that_o come_v people_n come_v from_o all_o part_n thereabouts_o upon_o the_o same_o business_n and_o jacob_n son_n among_o other_o who_o perhaps_o they_o meet_v withal_o upon_o the_o road._n ver._n 6._o and_o joseph_n be_v the_o governor_n etc._n etc._n the_o hebrew_n word_n schallit_fw-la signify_v sometime_o one_o that_o have_v absolute_a power_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v use_v here_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o high_a authority_n which_o joseph_n exercise_v under_o pharaoh_n he_o it_o be_v that_o sell_v to_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n appoint_a at_o what_o rate_n corn_n shall_v be_v sell_v in_o every_o part_n of_o the_o country_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o he_o in_o person_n can_v treat_v with_o every_o man_n that_o come_v to_o buy_v but_o he_o by_o his_o deputy_n who_o observe_v his_o order_n and_o joseph_n brethren_n come_v it_o shall_v seem_v by_o this_o that_o all_o foreigner_n be_v order_v to_o come_v to_o he_o in_o the_o royal_a city_n where_o he_o reside_v or_o at_o least_o their_o name_n be_v bring_v to_o he_o that_o he_o may_v speak_v with_o such_o as_o he_o think_v fit_a and_o thereby_o get_v the_o better_a intelligence_n of_o the_o state_n of_o their_o several_a country_n and_o be_v sure_a to_o see_v his_o brethren_n who_o he_o know_v will_v be_v constrain_v to_o come_v thither_o they_o bow_v themselves_o before_o he_o etc._n etc._n unwitting_o fulfil_v his_o dream_n this_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v do_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o own_o and_o other_o eastern_a country_n not_o of_o egypt_n where_o they_o only_o bow_v the_o knee_n xli_o 40._o ver._n 7._o speak_v rough_o to_o they_o give_v they_o hard_a word_n as_o we_o speak_v or_o speak_v in_o a_o harsh_a tone_n to_o they_o and_o with_o a_o stern_a countenance_n ver._n 8._o and_o they_o know_v not_o he_o they_o have_v not_o see_v he_o in_o twenty_o year_n in_o which_o time_n a_o youth_n alter_v far_o more_o than_o grow_v man_n do_v so_o that_o though_o he_o know_v they_o they_o may_v not_o know_v he_o who_o appear_v also_o in_o such_o pomp_n and_o state_n that_o it_o make_v they_o not_o think_v of_o he_o and_o he_o speak_v also_o to_o they_o by_o a_o interpreter_n verse_n 23_o which_o represent_v he_o as_o a_o stranger_n to_o they_o ver._n 9_o you_o be_v spy_n he_o do_v not_o think_v they_o be_v such_o person_n but_o say_v this_o to_o provoke_v they_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o themselves_o and_o of_o his_o father_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o reason_n to_o look_v upon_o this_o as_o a_o lye_n for_o they_o be_v not_o word_n of_o affirmation_n but_o of_o probation_n or_o trial_n such_o as_o judge_n use_v when_o they_o examine_v suspect_v person_n or_o inquire_v into_o a_o crime_n of_o which_o man_n be_v accuse_v and_o therefore_o have_v the_o force_n of_o a_o interrogation_n be_v you_o not_o spy_n or_o i_o must_v take_v you_o for_o spy_n till_o you_o prove_v the_o contrary_n to_o see_v the_o nakedness_n of_o the_o land_n be_v you_o come_v the_o weak_a place_n of_o the_o country_n which_o be_v least_o defensible_a or_o as_o other_o will_v have_v it_o the_o secret_n of_o the_o land_n for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n that_o be_v use_v to_o express_v the_o privy_a part_n ver._n 11._o we_o be_v all_o one_o man_n son_n there_o need_v no_o more_o than_o this_o to_o take_v off_o his_o suspicion_n for_o no_o man_n will_v have_v send_v his_o son_n but_o rather_o his_o servant_n if_o they_o have_v come_v upon_o a_o ill_a design_n or_o at_o least_o not_o all_o his_o son_n or_o not_o all_o of_o they_o together_o in_o a_o company_n but_o disperse_v they_o rather_o about_o the_o country_n nor_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o one_o man_n can_v have_v a_o design_n upon_o egypt_n but_o all_o the_o great_a man_n of_o canaan_n must_v have_v join_v in_o it_o and_o then_o they_o will_v have_v send_v man_n of_o different_a family_n not_o all_o of_o one_o alone_a we_o be_v true_a men._n this_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n that_o they_o say_v true_a when_o they_o tell_v he_o verse_n 10._o they_o have_v no_o other_o business_n in_o egypt_n but_o to_o buy_v corn._n ver._n 12._o and_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o nay_o etc._n etc._n unless_o you_o have_v better_a argument_n than_o this_o i_o must_v take_v you_o for_o spy_n he_o slight_v their_o argument_n as_o great_a man_n sometime_o do_v when_o they_o know_v not_o present_o how_o to_o answer_v it_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n also_o to_o have_v they_o give_v a_o further_a account_n of_o their_o family_n that_o he_o may_v be_v inform_v what_o be_v become_v of_o his_o brother_n benjamin_n ver._n 13._o thy_o servant_n be_v twelve_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n they_o enforce_v their_o former_a argument_n by_o relate_v their_o condition_n more_o full_o and_o distinct_o but_o still_o it_o amount_v to_o no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a a_o parent_n will_v venture_v all_o his_o child_n in_o such_o a_o design_n as_o they_o be_v suspect_v to_o come_v about_o the_o young_a be_v this_o day_n with_o our_o father_n this_o be_v the_o thing_n he_o desire_v to_o know_v and_o one_o be_v not_o be_v dead_a so_o they_o think_v because_o they_o have_v hear_v nothing_o of_o he_o in_o twenty_o year_n space_n ver._n 14._o this_o be_v that_o i_o speak_v unto_o you_o etc._n etc._n this_o confirm_v what_o i_o say_v and_o give_v i_o just_a ground_n for_o suspicion_n that_o you_o be_v spy_n because_o you_o pretend_v to_o have_v another_o brother_n which_o be_v not_o likely_a for_o why_o shall_v not_o your_o father_n send_v all_o as_o well_o as_o so_o many_o this_o be_v but_o a_o cavil_v but_o serve_v to_o compass_v his_o end_n which_o be_v to_o see_v his_o brother_n ver._n 15._o hereby_o shall_v you_o be_v prove_v by_o this_o very_a thing_n shall_v you_o be_v try_v whether_o you_o be_v honest_a man_n or_o no._n by_o the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n as_o sure_o as_o pharaoh_n live_v or_o ita_fw-la salvus_fw-la sit_fw-la so_o let_v pharaoh_n be_v safe_a and_o in_o health_n as_o i_o will_v keep_v you_o here_o till_o i_o see_v your_o young_a brother_n other_o expound_v it_o if_o pharaoh_n have_v any_o authority_n here_o i._n e._n be_v king_n of_o this_o country_n you_o shall_v not_o stir_v from_o hence_o etc._n etc._n but_o most_o author_n take_v this_o for_o a_o oath_n the_o original_a of_o which_o be_v well_o explain_v by_o mr._n selden_n in_o his_o title_n of_o honour_n p._n 45._o where_o he_o observe_v that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v give_v to_o king_n very_o early_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o aristotle_n speak_v l._n vi_o ethic._n cap._n 1._o from_o the_o excellence_n
of_o their_o heroic_a virtue_n which_o make_v they_o ancient_o great_a benefactor_n to_o mankind_n thence_o arise_v the_o custom_n of_o swear_v by_o they_o which_o aben_n ezra_n say_v continue_v in_o his_o time_n about_o 1170._o when_o egypt_n be_v govern_v by_o caliphs_n if_o any_o man_n swear_v by_o the_o king_n head_n and_o be_v find_v to_o have_v swear_v false_o he_o be_v punish_v capital_o and_o when_o schach_n ishmael_n the_o first_o sophi_n get_v the_o persian_a empire_n no_o oath_n be_v hold_v so_o sacred_a as_o leunclavius_n report_v as_o to_o swear_v by_o his_o head_n i._n e._n in_o effect_n by_o his_o life_n but_o st._n basil_n will_v not_o have_v this_o to_o be_v a_o oath_n but_o a_o solemn_a asseveration_n to_o persuade_v belief_n for_o say_v he_o tom._n i._n hom._n in_o psal_n xv._o p._n 155._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n there_o be_v certain_a speech_n which_o have_v the_o fashion_n of_o oath_n and_o yet_o be_v not_o oath_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d serve_v only_o to_o persuade_v the_o auditor_n such_o he_o take_v this_o to_o be_v and_o that_o of_o st._n paul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o our_o rejoice_v 1_o corinth_n xv._o 31._o where_o he_o say_v the_o apostle_n be_v not_o unmindful_a of_o the_o evangelical_n commandment_n not_o to_o swear_v but_o by_o a_o speech_n in_o form_n of_o a_o oath_n he_o will_v have_v they_o believe_v that_o his_o glory_v in_o they_o or_o rather_o in_o christ_n be_v dear_a to_o he_o than_o any_o thing_n else_o and_o the_o truth_n be_v judah_n seem_v to_o have_v take_v these_o word_n of_o joseph_n only_o for_o a_o solemn_a protestation_n xliii_o 3._o wherein_o he_o expose_v the_o life_n of_o pharaoh_n which_o be_v most_o dear_a to_o he_o unto_o execration_n if_o he_o be_v not_o as_o good_a as_o his_o word_n so_o g._n calixtus_n understand_v it_o ver._n 16._o send_v one_o of_o you_o and_o let_v he_o fetch_v your_o brother_n at_o first_o he_o propose_v that_o only_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v return_v home_o to_o bring_v their_o brother_n to_o he_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n remain_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n prisoner_n in_o egypt_n ver._n 17._o and_o he_o put_v they_o all_o together_o into_o ward_n etc._n etc._n that_o they_o may_v consult_v one_o with_o another_o which_o of_o they_o shall_v go_v to_o fetch_v benjamin_n about_o which_o it_o seem_v they_o can_v not_o agree_v every_o one_o fear_v to_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o such_o sad_a tiding_n to_o their_o father_n who_o may_v suspect_v they_o be_v all_o lose_v ver._n 18._o joseph_n say_v unto_o they_o the_o three_o day_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o destroy_v you_o for_o i_o know_v there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o will_v punish_v all_o injustice_n and_o cruelty_n therefore_o i_o make_v this_o new_a proposition_n to_o you_o ver._n 19_o let_v one_o of_o your_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n this_o shall_v be_v the_o proof_n of_o your_o honesty_n instead_o of_o send_v one_o of_o you_o to_o your_o father_n you_o shall_v all_o go_v but_o one_o who_o shall_v remain_v bind_v in_o prison_n till_o you_o bring_v your_o young_a brother_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n carry_v provision_n for_o your_o family_n ver._n 20._o but_o bring_v your_o young_a brother_n etc._n etc._n fail_v not_o to_o let_v i_o see_v your_o young_a brother_n and_o so_o shall_v you_o justify_v yourselves_o to_o be_v no_o spy_n and_o suffer_v nothing_o and_o they_o do_v so_o they_o consent_v to_o this_o proposal_n ver._n 21._o and_o they_o say_v one_o to_o another_o they_o that_o have_v the_o chief_a hand_n in_o the_o conspiracy_n against_o joseph_n begin_v upon_o this_o occasion_n to_o make_v the_o follow_a reflection_n on_o it_o we_o be_v very_o guilty_a etc._n etc._n see_v the_o power_n of_o conscience_n which_o fly_v in_o their_o face_n and_o reproach_n they_o for_o a_o fact_n commit_v above_o twenty_o year_n ago_o in_o that_o we_o see_v the_o anguish_n of_o his_o soul_n etc._n etc._n we_o will_v have_v no_o pity_n when_o he_o beseech_v we_o with_o tear_n and_o now_o nothing_o that_o we_o can_v say_v will_v move_v this_o man._n they_o observe_v their_o gild_n in_o their_o punishment_n for_o as_o they_o have_v throw_v joseph_n into_o a_o pit_n so_o they_o have_v be_v throw_v into_o a_o prison_n themselves_o and_o as_o nothing_o he_o can_v say_v will_v incline_v they_o to_o spare_v he_o so_o now_o they_o find_v joseph_n inexorable_a to_o they_o this_o anguish_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o his_o entreaty_n be_v not_o mention_v before_o chap._n xxxvii_o but_o can_v not_o but_o be_v suppose_v if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v mention_v here_o ver._n 22._o and_o reuben_n answer_v they_o etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v have_v hearken_v unto_o i_o and_o then_o you_o have_v not_o come_v into_o this_o distress_n behold_v also_o his_o blood_n be_v require_v you_o kill_v he_o and_o now_o you_o must_v pay_v for_o it_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o your_o life_n for_o he_o think_v he_o to_o be_v dead_a ver._n 23._o speak_v to_o they_o by_o a_o interpreter_n this_o show_v the_o egyptian_a tongue_n and_o the_o hebrew_n be_v different_a though_o in_o some_o word_n they_o may_v agree_v ver._n 24._o and_o he_o turn_v himself_o about_o from_o they_o and_o go_v into_o some_o other_o room_n and_o weep_v natural_a affection_n be_v too_o strong_a for_o the_o person_n he_o put_v on_o and_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o counterfeit_v any_o long_o return_v to_o they_o and_o commune_v with_o they_o when_o he_o have_v vent_v his_o passion_n and_o compose_v himself_o to_o his_o former_a temper_n he_o repeat_v to_o they_o what_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o before_o but_o add_v withal_o that_o if_o they_o bring_v benjamin_n with_o they_o they_o may_v traffic_n in_o the_o land_n verse_n 34._o and_o take_v from_o they_o simeon_n who_o the_o hebrew_n say_v be_v the_o person_n that_o put_v joseph_n into_o the_o pit_n and_o therefore_o be_v now_o serve_v in_o his_o kind_n this_o i_o think_v may_v be_v fair_o conjecture_v that_o reuben_n be_v resolve_v to_o save_v he_o and_o judah_n also_o incline_v to_o favour_v he_o if_o simeon_n have_v join_v with_o they_o their_o authority_n may_v have_v prevail_v to_o deliver_v he_o and_o bind_v he_o before_o their_o eye_n cause_v he_o to_o be_v bind_v in_o their_o presence_n to_o strike_v the_o great_a terror_n into_o they_o ver._n 25._o to_o give_v they_o provision_n for_o the_o way_n that_o they_o may_v carry_v what_o they_o buy_v entire_a for_o the_o use_n of_o their_o family_n and_o thus_o he_o do_v unto_o they_o thus_o the_o person_n to_o who_o joseph_n give_v that_o command_n do_v unto_o they_o ver._n 26._o and_o they_o jade_v their_o ass_n with_o corn_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o say_v how_o many_o ass_n they_o jade_v but_o one_o will_v guess_v by_o what_o follow_v only_o each_o man_n one_o for_o they_o go_v only_o to_o fetch_v a_o present_a supply_n not_o think_v of_o provide_v against_o a_o long_a famine_n ver._n 27._o and_o as_o one_o of_o they_o open_v his_o sack_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o be_v their_o provision_n for_o the_o way_n verse_n 25._o ver._n 28._o he_o say_v unto_o his_o brethren_n etc._n etc._n who_o all_o present_o open_v their_o sack_n and_o find_v their_o money_n there_o for_o so_o the_o story_n be_v tell_v by_o judah_n at_o their_o return_n to_o egypt_n xliii_o 21_o and_o both_o by_o that_o place_n and_o this_o it_o appear_v this_o happen_v to_o they_o when_o they_o come_v unto_o their_o inn_n to_o rest_v themselves_o in_o their_o first_o day_n be_v journey_n and_o their_o heart_n fail_v they_o etc._n etc._n their_o gild_n make_v they_o afraid_a otherwise_o they_o will_v have_v rejoice_v but_o all_o thing_n terrify_v a_o evil_a conscience_n which_o make_v they_o think_v some_o design_n be_v lay_v to_o undo_v they_o all_o what_o be_v this_o that_o god_n have_v do_v unto_o we_o now_o god_n be_v in_o all_o their_o thought_n as_o the_o chief_a governor_n of_o all_o thing_n whosoever_o be_v the_o instrument_n ver._n 30._o the_o man_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o land_n by_o this_o it_o appear_v joseph_n be_v little_o less_o than_o a_o king_n i._n e._n in_o his_o authority_n and_o sway_n which_o he_o bear_v in_o that_o country_n take_v we_o for_o spy_n in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v he_o give_v we_o i_o e._n treat_v we_o as_o spy_n by_o deliver_v we_o to_o be_v put_v in_o prison_n ver._n 34._o and_o you_o shall_v traffic_v in_o the_o land_n buy_v corn_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o the_o country_n afford_v without_o any_o let_v or_o impediment_n ver._n 35._o when_o both_o they_o and_o their_o father_n see_v the_o bundle_n of_o money_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v see_v the_o same_o before_o therefore_o this_o be_v
this_o a_o three_o time_n that_o they_o may_v see_v he_o do_v not_o think_v so_o much_o on_o their_o unkindness_n as_o on_o god_n great_a goodness_n and_o therefore_o be_v confident_a he_o will_v not_o remember_v what_o they_o have_v do_v to_o he_o but_o what_o god_n have_v do_v for_o they_o all_o have_v make_v a_o father_n unto_o pharaoh_n give_v i_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o father_n with_o he_o so_o that_o he_o honour_n i_o and_o do_v nothing_o without_o my_o advice_n and_o counsel_n and_o there_o be_v very_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o his_o wisdom_n be_v so_o great_a and_o experience_a ut_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la responsa_fw-la dari_fw-la viderentur_fw-la as_o trogus_n a_o ancient_a historian_n among_o the_o heathen_a observe_v that_o his_o answer_n seem_v not_o to_o be_v give_v by_o a_o man_n but_o by_o god_n which_o make_v he_o regi_fw-la percharum_fw-la very_o dear_a to_o the_o king_n as_o the_o same_o author_n relate_v who_o tell_v also_o the_o story_n of_o his_o be_v sell_v by_o his_o brethren_n who_o envy_v his_o excellent_a wit._n see_v justin_n lib._n xxxvi_o cap._n 2._o lord_n of_o all_o his_o house_n the_o principal_a person_n in_o his_o court._n and_o ruler_n throughout_o all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n chief_a governor_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n in_o which_o be_v several_a province_n which_o have_v distinct_a governor_n who_o be_v all_o under_o the_o government_n of_o joseph_n ver._n 10._o thou_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o goshen_n this_o be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o low_a egypt_n which_o lie_v next_o to_o arabia_n and_o palestine_n abound_v with_o fair_a pasture_n be_v water_v by_o many_o stream_n from_o the_o nile_n certain_a it_o be_v it_o lie_v next_o to_o canaan_n for_o jacob_n go_v direct_o thither_o when_o he_o come_v into_o egypt_n and_o stay_v there_o till_o joseph_n come_v to_o he_o xlvi_o 28._o and_o thou_o shall_v be_v near_o unto_o i_o therefore_o the_o royal_a city_n where_o joseph_n reside_v that_o he_o may_v be_v always_o near_o to_o pharaoh_n be_v at_o this_o time_n in_o the_o low_a egypt_n at_o zoan_n psalm_n lxxviii_o 43._o which_o other_o author_n call_v tanis_n which_o be_v situate_v not_o far_o from_o that_o mouth_n of_o nile_n which_o plutarch_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o part_n of_o egypt_n be_v call_v the_o high_a where_o nile_n run_v only_o in_o one_o stream_n that_o the_o low_a where_o it_o divide_v into_o many_o and_o from_o its_o triangular_a form_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o eastern_a part_n of_o which_o or_o very_o near_o it_o towards_o the_o red_a sea_n be_v this_o country_n call_v the_o land_n of_o goshen_n this_o argue_v the_o great_a authority_n of_o joseph_n that_o he_o make_v such_o promise_n as_o these_o before_o he_o have_v ask_v the_o consent_n of_o pharaoh_n ver._n 12._o and_o behold_v your_o eye_n see_v etc._n etc._n you_o can_v but_o be_v convince_v by_o the_o lineament_n you_o see_v in_o my_o face_n and_o by_o the_o language_n which_o i_o speak_v and_o by_o all_o the_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v relate_v concern_v the_o state_n of_o our_o family_n that_o indeed_o it_o be_v your_o brother_n joseph_n who_o speak_v to_o you_o or_o more_o simple_o you_o have_v it_o not_o by_o hear-say_n which_o may_v deceive_v you_o but_o be_v eye-witness_n that_o i_o be_o alive_a and_o say_v these_o thing_n to_o you_o ver._n 13._o tell_v my_o father_n of_o all_o my_o glory_n of_o the_o great_a honour_n which_o be_v do_v i_o in_o egypt_n ver._n 15._o his_o brethren_n talk_v with_o he_o after_o their_o fright_n be_v over_o and_o he_o have_v so_o affectionate_o embrace_v they_o they_o converse_v free_o and_o familiar_o with_o he_o acknowledge_v it_o be_v likely_a their_o crime_n and_o acquaint_v he_o with_o what_o have_v pass_v in_o their_o family_n since_o they_o commit_v it_o ver._n 16._o and_o the_o fame_n thereof_o etc._n etc._n all_o the_o court_n ring_v as_o we_o speak_v with_o the_o news_n of_o joseph_n brethren_n be_v come_v and_o that_o they_o be_v to_o fetch_v their_o father_n and_o settle_v in_o egypt_n for_o joseph_n it_o appear_v by_o the_o next_o verse_n go_v and_o acquaint_v pharaoh_n with_o his_o desire_n and_o it_o please_v pharaoh_n well_o and_o his_o servant_n no_o wonder_n that_o pharaoh_n who_o have_v raise_v joseph_n so_o high_a be_v please_v to_o be_v kind_a to_o his_o father_n and_o family_n and_o the_o court_n follow_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o king_n ver._n 17._o pharaoh_n say_v unto_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n this_o no_o doubt_n be_v the_o answer_n pharaoh_n make_v to_o joseph_n petition_n wherein_o he_o grant_v he_o not_o only_o what_o he_o ask_v but_o all_o conduce_v to_o it_o ver._n 18._o i_o will_v give_v you_o the_o good_a of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n the_o rich_a part_n of_o the_o country_n which_o produce_v the_o noble_a fruit_n ver._n 19_o now_o thou_o be_v command_v now_o that_o thou_o have_v my_o warrant_n for_o it_o go_v about_o it_o present_o ver._n 20._o regard_v not_o your_o stuff_n if_o there_o be_v not_o wagon_n enough_o to_o bring_v all_o your_o stuff_n do_v not_o matter_n it_o you_o shall_v have_v better_o here_o but_o the_o vulgar_a seem_v to_o take_v it_o in_o a_o quite_o contrary_a sense_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v leave_v nothing_o behind_o you_o but_o bring_v all_o you_o have_v with_o you_o if_o you_o think_v good_a though_o whatsoever_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n afford_v be_v all_o you_o all_o the_o good_a of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v not_o want_v when_o you_o come_v hither_o if_o it_o be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o egypt_n ver._n 21._o give_v they_o wagon_n and_o horse_n no_o doubt_n to_o draw_v they_o with_o which_o egypt_n abound_v ver._n 22._o to_o each_o man_n change_v of_o raiment_n two_o vest_n or_o robe_n as_o st._n hierom_n translate_v it_o otherwise_o there_o will_v not_o have_v be_v a_o change_n these_o be_v part_n of_o the_o ancient_a riches_n as_o much_o as_o money_n ver._n 23._o after_o this_o manner_n the_o hebrew_n word_n cezoth_v signify_v according_a to_o that_o which_o he_o have_v give_v to_o benjamin_n i._n e._n money_n and_o several_a change_n of_o raiment_n beside_o what_o follow_v ten_o ass_n lade_v with_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n bread_n and_o meat_n i._n e._n all_o manner_n of_o provision_n ver._n 24._o see_v that_o you_o fall_v not_o out_o etc._n etc._n about_o what_o you_o have_v former_o do_v to_o i_o or_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o i_o have_v say_v to_o you_o but_o when_o you_o reflect_v upon_o your_o sell_v i_o adore_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n which_o by_o that_o mean_v bring_v about_o your_o happiness_n and_o i_o ver._n 26._o his_o heart_n faint_v at_o the_o mention_n of_o joseph_n name_n he_o fall_v into_o a_o swoon_n be_v full_o persuade_v he_o be_v dead_a and_o give_v no_o credit_n to_o what_o they_o say_v of_o his_o be_v alive_a ver._n 27._o and_o they_o tell_v he_o all_o the_o word_n of_o joseph_n when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o himself_o they_o relate_v all_o that_o have_v pass_v between_o they_o and_o joseph_n how_o great_a a_o man_n he_o be_v and_o how_o desirous_a to_o see_v he_o etc._n etc._n verse_n 13._o and_o when_o he_o see_v the_o wagon_n have_v not_o only_o hear_v their_o relation_n but_o see_v also_o those_o carriage_n which_o no_o doubt_n be_v splendid_a and_o suitable_a to_o joseph_n quality_n that_o be_v come_v to_o bring_v he_o into_o egypt_n he_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o a_o sufficient_a confirmation_n of_o the_o good_a news_n the_o spirit_n of_o jacob_n revive_v which_o bochart_n translate_v pristino_fw-la vigori_fw-la restutus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v restore_v to_o his_o former_a vigour_n not_o only_o recover_v perfect_o from_o his_o faint_a fit_a but_o raise_v to_o a_o great_a liveliness_n than_o he_o have_v feel_v since_o the_o loss_n of_o joseph_n ver._n 28._o it_o be_v enough_o etc._n etc._n i_o wish_v for_o no_o more_o but_o to_o live_v to_o see_v he_o and_o then_o i_o shall_v be_v content_a to_o die_v chap._n xlvi_o ver._n 1._o come_v to_o beersheba_n which_o be_v in_o his_o way_n from_o hebron_n where_o he_o now_o live_v xxxv_o 27._o into_o egypt_n lie_v in_o the_o most_o southerly_a part_n of_o canaan_n near_o that_o wilderness_n through_o which_o the_o israelite_n go_v when_o they_o come_v from_o egypt_n and_o offer_a sacrifice_n recommend_v himself_o and_o his_o family_n unto_o god_n protection_n in_o his_o journey_n to_o egypt_n and_o unto_o his_o preservation_n when_o he_o come_v there_o and_o he_o the_o rather_o call_v upon_o god_n in_o this_o place_n because_o both_o his_o father_n and_o grandfather_n have_v find_v favour_n with_o
whence_o he_o think_v come_v the_o name_n of_o pecunia_n for_o money_n and_o peculium_n for_o riches_n à _fw-la pecoribus_fw-la from_o cattle_n because_o the_o ancient_n have_v no_o other_o possession_n et_fw-la adhuc_fw-la apud_fw-la quasdam_fw-la gentes_fw-la unum_fw-la hoc_fw-la reperitur_fw-la divitiarum_fw-la genus_fw-la and_o to_o this_o day_n say_v he_o there_o be_v no_o other_o riches_n to_o be_v find_v among_o some_o nation_n which_o be_v still_o true_a of_o the_o abyssine_n especial_o of_o the_o beklenses_n as_o ludolphus_n assure_v we_o l._n i._n hist_o aethiop_n cap_n 10._o §_o 8._o and_o comment_n in_o histor_n l._n iu._n cap._n 4._o n._n 13._o ver._n 4._o to_o sojourn_v in_o the_o land_n be_v we_o come_v we_o do_v not_o desire_v to_o settle_v but_o only_o to_o sojourn_v here_o during_o the_o famine_n for_o the_o famine_n be_v sore_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n it_o be_v a_o high_a country_n in_o comparison_n with_o egypt_n and_o the_o grass_n soon_o burn_v up_o there_o than_o in_o goshen_n which_o be_v a_o very_a low_a country_n they_o find_v some_o pasture_n in_o it_o for_o their_o flock_n and_o therefore_o beseech_v he_o to_o suffer_v they_o to_o dwell_v there_o for_o as_o st._n austin_n observe_v from_o those_o that_o know_v the_o country_n there_o be_v more_o grass_n in_o the_o marsh_n and_o fenny_a part_n of_o egypt_n when_o the_o nile_n do_v not_o overflow_n enough_o to_o make_v plenty_n of_o corn._n quest_n clx_o in_o gen._n ver._n 6._o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n be_v before_o thou_o it_o be_v all_o in_o thy_o power_n dispose_v of_o they_o as_o thou_o please_v any_o man_n of_o activity_n vigorous_a and_o industrious_a and_o that_o understand_v his_o business_n make_v they_o ruler_n over_o my_o cattle_n such_o as_o doeg_n be_v to_o saul_n 1_o sam._n xxi_o 7._o and_o those_o great_a officer_n mention_v 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 29_o 30_o 31._o be_v to_o king_n david_n for_o the_o eastern_a king_n raise_v part_n of_o their_o revenue_n from_o cattle_n and_o so_o do_v the_o egyptian_a it_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n who_o have_v some_o prime_a officer_n to_o oversee_v the_o low_a sort_n of_o shepherd_n this_o show_v that_o all_o shepherd_n be_v not_o a_o abomination_n to_o the_o egyptian_n but_o only_o those_o of_o other_o neighbour_a nation_n the_o arabian_n phoenician_n and_o aethiopian_n who_o be_v either_o a_o ill_a sort_n of_o people_n or_o forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o egypt_n which_o abound_v with_o cattle_n to_o traffic_n with_o they_o there_o ver._n 7._o jacob_n bless_a pharaoh_n give_v he_o thanks_o for_o his_o favour_n and_o pray_v for_o his_o health_n and_o safety_n for_o that_o be_v the_o blessing_n of_o a_o inferior_a to_o a_o superior_a thus_o naaman_n pray_v elisha_n take_v a_o blessing_n of_o thy_o servant_n i._n e._n a_o acknowledgement_n of_o my_o obligation_n to_o thou_o ver._n 9_o pilgrimage_n so_o good_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v their_o life_n though_o they_o never_o stir_v from_o their_o native_a soil_n look_v upon_o it_o as_o a_o passage_n not_o a_o settlement_n but_o jacob_n have_v reason_n to_o call_v his_o life_n so_o more_o literal_o have_v be_v toss_v from_o place_n to_o place_n ever_o since_o he_o go_v from_o his_o father_n house_n into_o mesopotamia_n and_o return_v from_o thence_o into_o canaan_n where_o he_o dwell_v a_o while_n at_o succoth_n and_o then_o at_o shechem_n and_o after_o that_o remove_v to_o bethel_n and_o so_o to_o hebron_n unto_o his_o father_n isaac_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v now_o come_v into_o egypt_n few_o and_o evil_n have_v be_v the_o day_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v be_v few_o in_o comparison_n with_o his_o forefather_n and_o evil_a because_o full_a of_o labour_n and_o care_n grief_n and_o sorrow_n upon_o many_o occasion_n ver._n 10._o jacob_n bless_a pharaoh_n at_o meeting_n and_o at_o part_v such_o salutation_n be_v usual_a see_v verse_n 7._o ver._n 11._o in_o the_o land_n of_o ramese_n in_o that_o part_n of_o goshen_n which_o in_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n be_v call_v ramese_n from_o the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n which_o the_o hebrew_n build_v there_o for_o pharaoh_n unless_o perhaps_o the_o city_n be_v call_v so_o from_o the_o country_n of_o ramese_n wherein_o it_o stand_v ver._n 12._o and_o joseph_n nourish_v his_o father_n etc._n etc._n though_o there_o be_v some_o pasture_n in_o this_o country_n for_o their_o cattle_n yet_o not_o food_n enough_o for_o themselves_o which_o joseph_n therefore_o take_v care_n to_o supply_v they_o withal_o according_a to_o their_o family_n according_a as_o their_o child_n be_v more_o or_o few_o so_o he_o proportion_v their_o allowance_n ver._n 13._o there_o be_v no_o bread_n in_o all_o the_o land_n this_o be_v the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n xlv_o 6._o in_o which_o all_o the_o corn_n which_o man_n have_v store_v up_o in_o their_o several_a family_n be_v whole_o spend_v ver._n 14._o and_o joseph_n gather_v up_o all_o the_o money_n etc._n etc._n as_o long_o as_o the_o egyptian_n have_v any_o money_n leave_v they_o buy_v corn_n of_o joseph_n which_o support_v they_o all_o the_o three_o and_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o four_o and_o five_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n and_o joseph_n bring_v the_o money_n into_o pharaoh_n house_n into_o the_o treasury_n which_o he_o fill_v and_o not_o his_o own_o coffer_n as_o philo_n observe_v ver._n 15._o and_o when_o money_n fail_v this_o we_o may_v probable_o conceive_v be_v in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n when_o they_o be_v force_v to_o sell_v their_o cattle_n for_o food_n ver._n 18._o they_o come_v the_o second_o year_n i._n e._n the_o next_o year_n after_o the_o sale_n of_o their_o cattle_n which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o famine_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o next_o verse_n ver._n 19_o wherefore_o shall_v we_o die_v we_o and_o our_o land_n the_o land_n be_v say_v to_o die_v as_o bochart_n observe_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o hierozoicon_n cùm_fw-la inculta_fw-la iaceo_fw-la &_o desolata_fw-la when_o it_o lie_v untilled_a and_o desolate_a as_o he_o show_v by_o example_n out_o of_o some_o poet_n we_o and_o our_o land_n will_v be_v servant_n unto_o pharaoh_n we_o that_o be_v free_a will_v become_v the_o king_n bondman_n and_o our_o land_n which_o be_v our_o own_o we_o will_v hold_v of_o he_o and_o give_v we_o seed_n etc._n etc._n this_o show_v it_o be_v now_o the_o last_o year_n of_o the_o famine_n they_o desire_v corn_n not_o mere_o for_o food_n but_o also_o to_o sow_n in_o hope_n to_o have_v a_o crop_n the_o next_o year_n for_o joseph_n have_v tell_v they_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o seven_o year_n of_o famine_n and_o it_o be_v likely_a nilus_n have_v now_o begin_v to_o overflow_v the_o country_n as_o formerly_z which_o confirm_v his_o word_n ver._n 20._o and_o joseph_n buy_v all_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n for_o pharaoh_n so_o the_o whole_a country_n become_v the_o king_n be_v demesne_n in_o which_o no_o man_n have_v any_o propriety_n but_o himself_o ver._n 21._o as_o for_o the_o people_n he_o remove_v they_o to_o city_n remote_a from_o those_o wherein_o they_o have_v former_o dwell_v under_o the_o word_n city_n be_v comprehend_v all_o the_o village_n about_o they_o from_o one_o end_n of_o the_o border_n of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n transplant_v they_o into_o far_o distant_a part_n of_o the_o country_n from_o whence_o he_o bring_v other_o in_o like_a manner_n into_o their_o place_n that_o they_o may_v in_o time_n forget_v the_o dominion_n they_o former_o have_v in_o the_o land_n they_o have_v sell_v and_o that_o there_o may_v be_v no_o combination_n afterward_o to_o regain_v they_o the_o old_a owner_n be_v separate_v far_o one_o from_o another_o ver._n 22._o only_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n buy_v he_o not_o this_o be_v common_o note_v as_o a_o great_a piece_n of_o religion_n in_o joseph_n that_o he_o take_v not_o away_o the_o land_n of_o those_o who_o be_v god_n minister_n though_o engage_v it_o be_v think_v in_o superstitious_a if_o not_o idolatrous_a service_n for_o that_o the_o word_n cohanim_fw-la here_o signify_v priest_n not_o prince_n as_o sometime_o it_o do_v the_o ancient_a version_n general_o agree_v but_o it_o be_v plain_a they_o be_v in_o no_o necessity_n to_o sell_v their_o land_n have_v their_o diet_n continual_o from_o the_o king_n which_o be_v give_v as_o the_o reason_n in_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o this_o verse_n why_o he_o do_v not_o buy_v they_o this_o therefore_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v observe_v that_o the_o priest_n have_v ancient_o some_o public_a land_n allot_v to_o they_o for_o the_o support_n of_o their_o dignity_n for_o both_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n tell_v we_o they_o have_v a_o public_a maintenance_n as_o vossius_fw-la observe_v lib._n i._n de_fw-fr idolol_n cap._n 29._o the_o priesthood_n be_v confine_v to_o certain_a
family_n as_o it_o be_v in_o israel_n to_o that_o of_o aaron_n and_o hold_v in_o such_o veneration_n that_o they_o be_v all_o not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d free_a from_o pay_v tribute_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d next_o to_o the_o king_n in_o honour_n and_o in_o power_n but_o receive_v a_o three_o of_o the_o royal_a revenue_n out_o of_o which_o they_o maintain_v the_o public_a sacrifice_n and_o their_o servant_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d provide_v for_o their_o own_o necessity_n thus_o diodorus_n siculus_n l._n i._o as_o i_o find_v he_o allege_v by_o jac._n capellus_n in_o his_o hist_n sacra_fw-la &_o exot._fw-la ad_fw-la a._n m._n 2294._o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o part_n imitate_v this_o constitution_n in_o that_o law_n of_o he_o which_o make_v even_o all_o the_o professor_n of_o learn_v free_a from_o all_o public_a charge_n of_o any_o sort_n beside_o the_o salary_n he_o allow_v they_o that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o cheerful_o follow_v their_o several_a study_n ver._n 23._o behold_v i_o have_v buy_v you_o this_o day_n and_o your_o land_n etc._n etc._n the_o bargain_n can_v not_o be_v deny_v but_o he_o will_v not_o be_v so_o rigid_a as_o to_o tie_v they_o strict_o to_o it_o for_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n he_o require_v only_o a_o five_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o their_o ground_n for_o the_o king_n and_o tell_v they_o the_o rest_n shall_v be_v their_o own_o a_o act_n of_o great_a humanity_n and_o equity_n wherein_o he_o show_v himself_o both_o a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o wise_a statesman_n in_o take_v away_o all_o matter_n of_o complaint_n from_o the_o people_n for_o a_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n be_v due_a in_o all_o likelihood_n to_o the_o king_n before_o xxviii_o 22._o which_o he_o now_o only_o double_v when_o he_o may_v have_v take_v all_o or_o give_v they_o but_o one_o or_o two_o part_n and_o keep_v all_o the_o rest_n for_o the_o king_n ver._n 25._o thou_o have_v save_v our_o life_n etc._n etc._n we_o owe_v our_o very_a life_n to_o thou_o and_o therefore_o let_v we_o but_o have_v thy_o favour_n and_o we_o shall_v willing_o be_v pharaoh_n servant_n this_o be_v a_o high_a expression_n of_o their_o thankfulness_n for_o such_o good_a term_n as_o he_o offer_v they_o which_o they_o ready_o accept_v with_o profession_n of_o their_o obligation_n to_o be_v pharaoh_n bondman_n ver._n 26._o joseph_n make_v it_o a_o law_n by_o his_o advice_n this_o law_n be_v enact_v whereby_o the_o power_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v mighty_o increase_v for_o we_o read_v not_o of_o the_o like_a constitution_n in_o any_o other_o nation_n thucydides_n indeed_o relate_v that_o the_o people_n of_o attica_n pay_v to_o pisistratus_n the_o twenty_o part_n of_o their_o corn_n and_o appianus_n alexandr_n say_v the_o old_a roman_n pay_v the_o ten_o of_o their_o corn_n and_o the_o five_o of_o their_o fruit_n but_o it_o be_v the_o peculiar_a prerogative_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n to_o have_v the_o five_o of_o all_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o field_n which_o joseph_n procure_v they_o by_o his_o admirable_a management_n ver._n 27._o and_o israel_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n see_v verse_n 11._o and_o they_o have_v possession_n therein_o they_o can_v have_v no_o land_n of_o their_o own_o for_o all_o the_o country_n be_v become_v pharaoh_n but_o the_o meaning_n be_v they_o farm_a as_o we_o speak_v land_n of_o the_o king_n to_o who_o they_o become_v tenant_n and_o grow_v and_o multiply_v exceed_o and_o consequent_o enlarge_v their_o habitation_n beyond_o the_o territory_n of_o ramese_n where_o they_o be_v first_o place_v into_o other_o part_n of_o goshen_n which_o we_o must_v not_o fancy_n to_o have_v be_v a_o country_n now_o empty_a of_o people_n for_o though_o perhaps_o about_o rameses_n there_n may_v be_v some_o vacant_a ground_n sufficient_a for_o jacob_n family_n when_o they_o come_v first_o to_o plant_v there_o yet_o when_o they_o increase_v very_o much_o no_o doubt_n they_o live_v among_o the_o egyptian_n where_o they_o can_v find_v admission_n this_o plain_o appear_v at_o their_o go_v from_o thence_o exod._n xii_o 22_o 23._o where_o god_n command_v they_o to_o sprinkle_v their_o door-post_n with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o paschal_n lamb_n to_o secure_v they_o from_o the_o destruction_n which_o be_v come_v upon_o their_o neighbour_n who_o want_v this_o mark_n of_o safety_n 29._o if_o i_o have_v now_o find_v grace_n in_o thy_o sight_n this_o be_v a_o phrase_n use_v a_o little_a before_o verse_n 25._o in_o a_o little_a different_a sense_n for_o there_o it_o signify_v the_o favour_n show_v to_o another_o but_o here_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o thou_o love_v i_o put_v thy_o hand_n under_o my_o thigh_n i._n e._n swear_v to_o i_o as_o it_o be_v explain_v in_o verse_n 31._o see_v xxiv_o 2._o deal_v kind_o and_o true_o with_o i_o show_v i_o true_a kindness_n in_o promise_v and_o perform_v what_o i_o desire_v see_v xxiv_o 27_o 49._o ver._n 30._o i_o will_v lie_v with_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n so_o all_o man_n natural_o desire_v to_o do_v but_o he_o have_v a_o peculiar_a reason_n for_o it_o which_o be_v his_o belief_n that_o the_o country_n where_o their_o body_n lay_v be_v his_o in_o reversion_n and_o that_o god_n in_o due_a time_n will_v put_v his_o child_n into_o possession_n of_o it_o for_o which_o time_n they_o can_v not_o but_o the_o more_o earnest_o long_a because_o the_o body_n of_o their_o ancestor_n be_v there_o bury_v see_v l._n 5._o which_o explain_v the_o reason_n why_o jacob_n exact_v a_o oath_n of_o joseph_n not_o because_o he_o doubt_v he_o may_v not_o otherwise_o fulfil_v his_o desire_n but_o that_o pharaoh_n may_v be_v willing_a to_o let_v he_o carry_v his_o body_n thither_o when_o he_o find_v he_o lie_v under_o so_o sacred_a a_o obligation_n to_o do_v it_o ver._n 31._o and_o israel_n bow_v himself_o upon_o the_o bed_n head_n raise_a up_o his_o head_n from_o his_o pillow_n and_o bow_v either_o to_o joseph_n in_o thankfulness_n for_o his_o promise_n or_o to_o god_n for_o the_o assurance_n he_o have_v receive_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v bury_v with_o his_o pious_a forefather_n or_o else_o this_o bow_n be_v the_o usual_a ceremony_n wherewith_o a_o oath_n be_v attend_v the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v think_v the_o divine_a glory_n now_o appear_v which_o jacob_n devout_o worship_v but_o if_o the_o author_n to_o the_o hebrew_n have_v not_o understand_v his_o bow_v to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o worship_n the_o interpretation_n of_o some_o modern_a writer_n may_v perhaps_o have_v be_v think_v reasonable_a who_o translate_v these_o word_n thus_o he_o lay_v himself_o down_o upon_o his_o pillow_n as_o weak_a man_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v after_o they_o have_v sit_v up_o a_o while_n to_o dispatch_v some_o business_n for_o the_o hebrew_n word_n schacah_n which_o signify_v to_o bow_v the_o body_n signify_v also_o to_o fall_v down_o upon_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o may_v be_v here_o translate_v lie_v down_o but_o the_o apostle_n as_o i_o say_v have_v overrule_v all_o such_o conceit_n if_o we_o suppose_v he_o to_o translate_v this_o passage_n hebr._n xi_o 21._o which_o to_o i_o indeed_o do_v not_o seem_v evident_a for_o the_o apostle_n be_v there_o speak_v of_o another_o thing_n not_o of_o what_o jacob_n do_v now_o when_o joseph_n swear_v to_o he_o but_o of_o what_o he_o do_v after_o these_o thing_n xlviii_o 1._o when_o he_o bless_v joseph_n son_n then_o the_o apostle_n say_v he_o worship_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o his_o staff_n which_o be_v not_o the_o translation_n of_o moses_n his_o word_n in_o this_o place_n but_o word_n of_o his_o own_o whereby_o he_o explain_v the_o follow_a story_n and_o show_v how_o strong_a his_o faith_n be_v when_o his_o body_n be_v so_o weak_a that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o bow_v himself_o and_o worship_n without_o the_o help_n of_o his_o staff_n this_o clear_o remove_v all_o the_o difficulty_n which_o interpreter_n have_v make_v about_o reconcile_a the_o word_n of_o moses_n here_o in_o this_o verse_n to_o the_o apostle_n word_n in_o that_o but_o however_o this_o be_v jacob_n bow_v here_o i_o doubt_v not_o signify_v worship_v as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a take_v it_o where_o the_o word_n god_n be_v add_v which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o hebrew_n and_o these_o word_n thus_o translate_v israel_n worship_v god_n turn_v himself_o to_o the_o bed_n head_n chap._n xlviii_o ver._n 1._o after_o these_o thing_n sometime_o after_o though_o not_o long_o for_o jacob_n be_v nigh_o his_o end_n when_o he_o send_v for_o joseph_n to_o make_v he_o swear_v he_o will_v bury_v he_o with_o his_o father_n he_o grow_v so_o weak_a that_o he_o conclude_v he_o can_v not_o live_v long_o one_o tell_v joseph_n a_o messenger_n be_v
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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so_o many_o be_v the_o day_n of_o mourn_v for_o their_o king_n it_o seem_v reasonable_a to_o they_o that_o as_o they_o give_v the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o increase_n of_o their_o land_n to_o their_o king_n when_o he_o be_v alive_a so_o they_o shall_v bestow_v the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o year_n upon_o he_o in_o mourn_v for_o he_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a which_o be_v just_a lxxii_o not_o reckon_v the_o five_o odd_a day_n which_o do_v not_o come_v into_o their_o account_n as_o to_o those_o who_o object_n that_o this_o be_v immoderate_a mourn_v have_v more_o of_o ambition_n than_o piety_n in_o it_o his_o answer_n be_v that_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v true_a joseph_n do_v not_o bring_v in_o this_o custom_n and_o have_v peculiar_a reason_n to_o follow_v what_o he_o find_v in_o use_n there_o that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o more_o condemn_v who_o vex_v the_o innocent_a posterity_n on_o who_o parent_n they_o have_v bestow_v royal_a honour_n beside_o there_o be_v something_o due_a to_o king_n and_o great_a man_n to_o distinguish_v they_o from_o the_o dregs_o of_o the_o people_n ver._n 4._o and_o when_o the_o day_n of_o mourning_n be_v pass_v that_o be_v the_o lxx_o day_n beforenamed_n joseph_n speak_v unto_o the_o house_n of_o pharaoh_n to_o the_o great_a officer_n of_o the_o court_n unto_o who_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a he_o speak_v by_o a_o messenger_n strict_a mourner_n such_o as_o joseph_n be_v use_v to_o keep_v close_o in_o their_o chamber_n and_o not_o to_o appear_v in_o public_a or_o make_v visit_n at_o least_o it_o be_v against_o the_o custom_n to_o appear_v in_o the_o court_n if_o the_o same_o usage_n be_v there_o in_o these_o day_n which_o be_v in_o the_o persian_a court_n in_o mordecai_n time_n and_o such_o rational_a custom_n one_o not_o but_o think_v be_v very_o ancient_a in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o mourner_n esth_n iv_o 1_o 2._o for_o which_o reason_n he_o do_v not_o go_v himself_o to_o make_v the_o follow_a request_n to_o pharaoh_n they_o who_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o mourn_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o defile_v ver._n 5._o my_o father_n make_v i_o swear_v etc._n etc._n see_v xlvii_o 29_o 30._o where_o jacob_n engage_v he_o by_o a_o oath_n to_o carry_v his_o body_n into_o canaan_n to_o be_v bury_v there_o that_o he_o may_v keep_v up_o some_o claim_n to_o that_o country_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o sepulchre_n which_o his_o grandfather_n have_v there_o purchase_v and_o where_o his_o father_n isaac_n lie_v bury_v which_o i_o have_v dig_v for_o i_o in_o the_o cave_n that_o abraham_n have_v buy_v gen._n xxiii_o which_o be_v a_o large_a place_n jacob_n it_o seem_v have_v take_v care_n to_o have_v a_o grave_a dig_v for_o himself_o from_o which_o and_o such_o like_a example_n st._n austin_n argue_v in_o the_o place_n quote_v above_o on_o verse_n 3_o the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a especial_o of_o good_a man_n be_v to_o be_v treat_v with_o such_o a_o regard_n as_o they_o themselves_o think_v be_v due_a to_o they_o ver._n 6._o according_a as_o he_o make_v thou_o swear_v the_o religion_n of_o a_o oath_n it_o appear_v from_o hence_o be_v in_o those_o day_n so_o sacred_a that_o the_o king_n who_o have_v not_o swear_v himself_o will_v not_o have_v another_o man_n violate_v it_o for_o his_o sake_n who_o may_v have_v pretend_v he_o can_v not_o spare_v joseph_n so_o long_o from_o his_o business_n be_v his_o chief_a minister_n in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n such_o heathen_a king_n as_o these_o will_v rise_v up_o in_o judgement_n against_o those_o christian_a prince_n who_o make_v a_o jest_n of_o their_o oath_n ver._n 7._o all_o the_o servant_n of_o pharaoh_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v explain_v by_o the_o next_o word_n the_o elder_n of_o his_o house_n the_o principal_a officer_n of_o court._n for_o the_o word_n all_o must_v be_v understand_v with_o some_o limitation_n as_o usual_o in_o scripture_n some_o be_v leave_v behind_o no_o doubt_n to_o wait_v upon_o the_o king_n thus_o in_o matth._n iii_o 5._o all_o judaea_n be_v say_v to_o have_v go_v out_o to_o john_n baptism_n i._n e._n a_o great_a many_o the_o elder_n of_o his_o house_n etc._n etc._n i_o have_v observe_v before_o on_o xxiv_o 2._o that_o elder_a be_v a_o name_n of_o dignity_n as_o the_o jerusalem_n targum_fw-la there_o expound_v it_o instead_o of_o his_o servant_n the_o elder_a of_o his_o house_n have_v these_o word_n his_o principal_a servant_n who_o be_v set_v over_o all_o the_o rest_n as_o their_o governor_n and_o it_o appear_v by_o this_o place_n that_o this_o be_v use_v not_o only_o by_o the_o hebrew_n but_o by_o the_o egyptian_n long_o before_o moses_n his_o time_n as_o a_o title_n of_o honour_n and_o dignity_n as_o it_o have_v since_o be_v by_o all_o nation_n whatsoever_o see_v mr._n selden_n lib._n i._n de_fw-fr synedr_n cap._n 14._o all_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n the_o principal_a person_n in_o authority_n and_o dignity_n throughout_o the_o whole_a country_n as_o well_o as_o those_o of_o the_o court_n such_o as_o be_v governor_n of_o province_n and_o city_n and_o counsellor_n etc._n etc._n which_o honour_n they_o do_v to_o jacob_n in_o all_o likelihood_n by_o pharaoh_n command_n for_o how_o well_o soever_o they_o may_v stand_v affect_v to_o joseph_n they_o can_v not_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n desert_n their_o charge_n ver._n 8._o all_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n their_o whole_a family_n except_o such_o as_o be_v necessary_a to_o look_v after_o their_o little_a one_o and_o their_o flock_n etc._n etc._n this_o verse_n also_o show_v the_o word_n all_o must_v have_v a_o limit_a sense_n ver._n 9_o and_o there_o go_v up_o with_o he_o both_o chariot_n and_o horseman_n as_o a_o guard_n to_o he_o which_o it_o be_v likely_a always_o attend_v he_o as_o viceroy_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o now_o may_v be_v necessary_a for_o his_o safety_n as_o he_o pass_v through_o the_o desert_n or_o shall_v meet_v with_o any_o opposition_n when_o he_o come_v to_o challenge_v his_o buryingplace_n though_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o matter_n be_v settle_v beforehand_o with_o the_o canaanite_n who_o be_v in_o no_o condition_n to_o oppose_v the_o kingdom_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v grow_v very_o rich_a and_o they_o very_o poor_a by_o the_o late_a famine_n and_o it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a company_n that_o he_o may_v appear_v in_o great_a state_n at_o such_o a_o solemnity_n ver._n 10._o and_o they_o come_v to_o the_o threshing-floor_n of_o atad_n some_o take_v atad_v for_o a_o place_n and_o translate_v the_o word_n before_o it_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v they_o come_v to_o goren-atad_a but_o forsterus_n in_o his_o lexicon_n think_v atad_n be_v the_o proper_a name_n of_o a_o man_n who_o be_v eminent_a in_o that_o country_n for_o his_o threshing-floor_n though_o there_o be_v those_o who_o take_v it_o for_o a_o bramble_n with_o which_o that_o floor_n be_v fence_v in_o for_o so_o the_o word_n signify_v judg._n ix_o 14._o and_o the_o african_n call_v a_o bramble_n atadim_n as_o bochart_n observe_v l._n ii_o canaan_n cap._n 15._o which_o be_v the_o plural_a number_n of_o atad_n but_o the_o talmudist_n be_v so_o fanciful_a that_o not_o satisfy_v with_o such_o reason_n they_o say_v jacob_n coffin_n be_v here_o surround_v with_o garland_n crown_n they_o call_v they_o just_a like_o a_o threshing-floor_n which_o be_v hedge_v about_o with_o thorn_n for_o the_o tradition_n they_o say_v be_v that_o the_o son_n of_o esau_n ishmael_n and_o keturah_n all_o meet_v here_o and_o see_v joseph_n crown_n hang_v over_o the_o coffin_n they_o all_o pull_v off_o they_o and_o hang_v they_o up_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n so_o the_o excerpt_a gemarae_fw-la in_o sota_n cap._n i._o §_o 45._o beyond_o
infect_v with_o idolatry_n see_v xi_o 18_o 22._o some_o of_o shem_n posterity_n forget_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o and_o worship_v the_o sun_n as_o the_o great_a god_n and_o the_o star_n as_o less_o go_n so_o maimonides_n in_o his_o more_n nevoch_n p_o iii_o c._n 29._o where_o he_o say_v the_o zabii_n relate_v in_o one_o of_o their_o book_n which_o he_o there_o name_n that_o abram_n contradict_v their_o worship_n the_o king_n of_o the_o country_n imprison_v he_o and_o afterward_o banish_v he_o into_o the_o utmost_a part_n of_o the_o east_n and_o confiscate_v all_o his_o estate_n a_o tale_n invent_v to_o take_v away_o from_o he_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o voluntary_a leave_v his_o country_n and_o to_o discredit_v this_o sacred_a history_n which_o tell_v we_o he_o direct_v his_o course_n quite_o another_o way_n towards_o the_o west_n abarbinel_n and_o other_o will_v not_o have_v this_o call_v of_o god_n to_o abram_n to_o have_v be_v when_o he_o be_v in_o ur_fw-la but_o after_o they_o come_v to_o haran_n to_o which_o he_o fancy_n terah_n come_v because_o of_o some_o misfortune_n he_o have_v in_o ur_fw-la but_o this_o be_v invent_v to_o contradict_v st._n stephen_n act_v vii_o 2._o with_o who_o aben_n ezra_n agree_v who_o expound_v these_o word_n of_o his_o call_n out_o of_o ur_fw-la for_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o find_v any_o other_o reason_n why_o he_o design_v to_o go_v to_o canaan_n xi_o 31._o the_o place_n whither_o he_o go_v after_o terah_n be_v dead_a into_o a_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o he_o have_v the_o divine_a direction_n it_o seem_v all_o along_o to_o conduct_v he_o in_o his_o journey_n but_o it_o argue_v as_o the_o apostle_n observe_v a_o great_a faith_n in_o god_n that_o he_o will_v follow_v he_o not_o know_v the_o country_n to_o which_o he_o will_v lead_v he_o ver._n 2._o and_o i_o will_v make_v of_o thou_o a_o great_a nation_n first_o by_o multiply_v his_o posterity_n and_o then_o by_o make_v they_o a_o select_a peculiar_a people_n who_o he_o distinguish_v by_o his_o favour_n from_o all_o other_o nation_n so_o it_o follow_v i_o will_v bless_v thou_o bestow_v many_o benefit_n both_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a upon_o they_o and_o make_v thy_o name_n great_a make_v he_o famous_a throughout_o the_o world_n as_o he_o be_v to_o this_o day_n not_o only_o among_o the_o jew_n but_o among_o christian_n and_o mahometan_n so_o maimonides_n observe_v that_o all_o mankind_n admire_v abraham_n even_o they_o that_o be_v not_o of_o his_o seed_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o blessing_n other_o shall_v be_v the_o better_a for_o thou_o as_o lot_n be_v and_o the_o king_n of_o sodom_n etc._n etc._n or_o as_o the_o hebrew_n understand_v it_o thou_o shall_v be_v so_o prosperous_a that_o when_o man_n will_v wish_v well_o to_o other_o they_o shall_v use_v thy_o name_n and_o say_v the_o lord_n bless_v thou_o as_o he_o do_v abraham_n ver._n 3._o i_o will_v bless_v they_o that_o bless_v thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o high_a token_n of_o a_o particular_a friendship_n which_o he_o here_o contract_v with_o abram_n who_o be_v call_v the_o friend_n of_o god_n in_o promise_v to_o espouse_v his_o interest_n so_o far_o as_o to_o have_v the_o same_o friend_n and_o enemy_n that_o he_o have_v which_o be_v the_o form_n wherein_o king_n and_o prince_n make_v the_o strict_a league_n one_o with_o another_o and_o curse_v they_o that_o curse_v thou_o maimonides_n will_v have_v it_o in_o the_o place_n beforenamed_n that_o the_o zabaean_n load_v abram_n with_o all_o manner_n of_o curse_n and_o reproach_n when_o he_o be_v send_v out_o of_o their_o country_n which_o he_o bear_v patient_o god_n turn_v upon_o themselves_o and_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o family_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v which_o be_v most_o eminent_o fulfil_v in_o christ_n and_o here_o it_o must_v be_v remark_v that_o this_o promise_n of_o bless_v all_o the_o world_n in_o abram_n be_v make_v to_o he_o before_o he_o receive_v circumcision_n while_o he_o be_v in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n and_o before_o he_o have_v any_o issue_n for_o sarai_n be_v barren_a and_o have_v no_o child_n xi_o 30._o and_o therefore_o before_o any_o preference_n of_o isaac_n to_o ishmael_n or_o any_o distinction_n make_v between_o his_o posterity_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n in_o token_n that_o they_o be_v all_o concern_v in_o this_o promise_n whether_o descend_v from_o abraham_n or_o not_o in_o short_a this_o promise_v only_a limit_n the_o birth_n of_o the_o messiah_n to_o the_o seed_n of_o abraham_n but_o declare_v that_o his_o benefit_n shall_v be_v common_a to_o all_o other_o nation_n ver._n 4._o so_o abram_n depart_v etc._n etc._n have_v stay_v some_o time_n in_o haran_n where_o his_o father_n fall_v sick_a and_o die_v he_o prosecute_v his_o journey_n from_o thence_o to_o canaan_n after_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a so_o st._n stephen_n tell_v we_o express_o act_v vii_o 4._o from_o thence_o i._n e._n from_o charran_n when_o his_o father_n be_v dead_a he_o remove_v he_o into_o this_o land_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a effect_n of_o abraham_n faith_n i_o observe_v before_o to_o move_v he_o to_o leave_v his_o own_o native_a country_n and_o go_v to_o haran_n but_o it_o be_v still_o a_o great_a after_o he_o have_v travel_v a_o long_a way_n from_o ur_fw-la hither_o to_o go_v three_o hundred_o mile_n more_o from_o hence_o to_o canaan_n a_o country_n of_o which_o he_o have_v no_o knowledge_n nor_o have_v send_v any_o body_n before_o he_o to_o discover_v it_o take_v his_o journey_n through_o the_o dangerous_a and_o barren_a desert_n of_o palmyrena_n and_o have_v nothing_o to_o support_v he_o but_o only_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n which_o make_v he_o climb_v over_o the_o high_a mountain_n either_o of_o libanus_n hermon_n or_o gilead_n for_o in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n he_o enter_v as_o sir_n w._n raleigh_n have_v observe_v see_v verse_n 5._o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o he_o may_v conclude_v perhaps_o that_o abram_n be_v call_v in_o a_o special_a manner_n out_o of_o chaldaea_n be_v thereby_o distinguish_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o shem_n posterity_n and_o that_o he_o join_v with_o he_o in_o obey_v the_o same_o call_v may_v claim_v the_o privilege_n of_o fulfil_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o messiah_n no_o less_o than_o abram_n and_o abram_n be_v seventy_o and_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o depart_v out_o of_o haran_n see_v xi_o ult_n ver._n 5._o all_o the_o soul_n they_o have_v get_v hebr._n have_v make_v in_o haran_n i._n e._n all_o the_o slave_n bear_v in_o their_o house_n or_o buy_v with_o their_o money_n the_o chaldee_n paraphra_v interpret_v this_o of_o the_o proselyte_n they_o have_v win_v to_o god_n for_o such_o only_a will_v abram_n carry_v with_o he_o and_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n be_v so_o nice_a as_o to_o say_v that_o abram_n instruct_v the_o man_n and_o sarai_n the_o woman_n in_o the_o true_a religion_n concern_v which_o he_o write_v a_o book_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v maimonides_n de_fw-fr idolol_n c._n 1._o and_o leave_v it_o to_o his_o son_n isaac_n we_o read_v also_o in_o pirke_n elieser_n c._n 25._o that_o he_o take_v a_o house_n which_o front_v charran_n where_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a piety_n he_o keep_v great_a hospitality_n and_o invite_v those_o that_o go_v in_o or_o come_v out_o of_o the_o town_n to_o refresh_v themselves_o if_o they_o please_v set_a meat_n and_o drink_n before_o they_o say_v there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n in_o the_o world_n and_o into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n they_o come_v we_o be_v tell_v before_o xi_o 31._o that_o terah_n go_v forth_o to_o go_v to_o this_o country_n but_o can_v not_o reach_v it_o as_o abram_n do_v who_o enter_v into_o it_o at_o the_o north_n part_n of_o it_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o the_o story_n where_o we_o read_v he_o go_v to_o sichem_n etc._n etc._n and_o verse_n 9_o go_v on_o still_o towards_o the_o south_n ver._n 6._o sichem_n and_o the_o plain_a of_o moreh_n or_o as_o mr._n mede_n follow_v the_o lxx_o will_v have_v it_o the_o oak_n of_o moreh_n understanding_n by_o oak_n not_o only_o one_o single_a oak_n but_o a_o holt_n or_o grove_n of_o oakes_n see_v xiii_o 18._o where_o i_o suppose_v he_o intend_v to_o have_v fix_v his_o dwell_n have_v not_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o people_n who_o inhabit_v that_o country_n make_v it_o inconvenient_a and_o the_o canaanite_n be_v then_o in_o the_o land_n it_o be_v very_o pertinent_a to_o moses_n his_o design_n speak_v of_o abram_n passage_n through_o this_o country_n to_o tell_v who_o be_v at_o that_o time_n possess_v of_o it_o but_o it_o be_v dubious_a whether_o he_o mean_v by_o the_o canaanite_n a_o particular_a people_n descend_v from_o canaan_n