Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend And he turned again into the camp but his servant Joshua the son of Nun a young man departed not out of the tabernacle 12. And Moses said unto the LORD See thou sayest unto me Bring up this people and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me Yet thou hast said I know thee by name and thou hast also found grace in my sight 13. Now therefore I pray thee if I have found grace in thy sight shew me now thy way that I may know thee that I may find grace in thy sight and consider that this nation is thy people 14. And he said My presence shall go with thee and I will give thee rest 15. And he said unto him If thy presence go not with me carry us not up hence 16. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight Is it not in that thou goest with us So shall we be separated I and thy people from all the people that are upon the face of the earth 17. And the LORD said unto Moses I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken for thou hast found grace in my sight and I know thee by name 18. And he said I beseech thee shew me thy glory 19. And he said I will make all my goodness pass before thee and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy 20. And he said Thou canst not see my face for there shall no man see me and live 21. And the LORD said Behold there is a place by me and thou shalt stand upon a rock 22. And it shall come to pass while my glory passeth by that I will put thee in a clift of the rock and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by 23. And I will take away mine hand and thou shalt see my back-parts but my face shall not be seen 1. UNto thy seed Gen. 12.7 2. And I will send an Angel Deut. 7.22 Josh 24.11 By the Angel here is meant a Creature one of God's ministring Servants and not the Angel mentioned Exod. 23.20 as is evident by comparing the Text. 3. Stiff-nceked Ch. 32.9 Deut. 9.13 4. And when the people The order in which the things here reported to have been said and done will most clearly appear if after v. 3. we read v. 5. and then v. 4. and 6. And this our Translators seem to be sensible of by their rendring those words v. 5. For the LORD had said c. They could not but see that the threatning words which God bid Moses say to the Children of Israel v. 5. was the reason why the people mourned v. 4. The word For with which the fifth Verse begins plainly shews that this was the reason they mourned They did this upon the sad tidings that God would not go up in the midst of them God does after this promise his Presence v. 14. 5. That I may know We must not think that God did not know his own purpose and the event of things And therefore the Greek render the word as signifying to shew or make known to others And the words That I may know according to this rendring are as much as That I may or and I will discover See the Notes on Gen. 22.12 6. By the mount Or From the mount At some distance possibly from the Mount as being unworthy to come near the place where God did reveal himself 7. The Tabernacle His Tabernacle says the Greek i. e. The Tent of Moses where he was wont to give Judgment and to answer in matters of doubt Without the camp This was an Argument of God's displeasure with the People It is not to be supposed that Moses did this without God's direction and the descent of the cloudy Pillar upon this Tabernacle v. 9. was an argument that God withdrew from the People the token of his Presence and Favour And called it c. By the same name which the Tabernacle which was to be built by God's Command was called This was at present a provisional Tabernacle instead of that v. 9. Which sought the LORD i. e. That sought the knowledge of God's Will by Moses Ch. 18.15 19 20. 8. Rose up c. In expectation of what would follow upon this removal of the Tent. 9. Cloudy pillar The token of the Angel's presence ch 13.21 and ch 14.19 10. Worshipped They bowed down and worshipped God for this token of his presence 11. Face to face i. e. Plainly and familiarly not in Visions and Dreams and dark speeches This was a peculiar privilege to Moses Num. 12.6 8. Deut. 34.10 Departed not He stayed to give Judgment ch 18.26 12. Whom i. e. What Angel I know thee by name In a special manner I know thee Above all men as the Geeek render it See v. 11. 13. Thy way i. e. Thy gracious and mercifull Administration Vid. Ps 103.7 and 67.2 That I may find grace c. That so I may be assured of thy Favour 14. My presence i. e. My self Here God promises the presence of his Divine Majesty and that he will not leave them to the conduct of a created Angel They shall be under the care of the Angel of his Presence according to his Promise Exod. 23.20 Vid. Isa 63.9 15. And he said unto him Which words may be rendred And he had said unto him and so perhaps the words v. 17. The Lord said might have been better rendred The Lord had said 16. Be separated i. e. Distinguished by a peculiar privilege Ps 76.1 18. Thy glory i. e. Thy Face as it is expressed v. 20. That which Moses begs is a more plain and familiar knowledge of the Divine Nature and Essence or such a seeing of God v. 20. as this mortal state will not admit of 19. I will make all my goodness c. i. e. God promises to grant to Moses a knowledge of his goodness he should see the footsteps of his Mercy and he would let him know how he is affected to mankind And will be gracious Rom. 9.15 20. See my face i. e. Perfectly know me 1 Cor. 13.12 22. My glory i. e. Glorious appearance which speaks me present Cover thee with my hand i. e. Powerfully protect thee and hide thee 23. My back-parts This is spoken after the manner of Men For God is a Spirit We know God but imperfectly in this Life we learn something of him by the effects of his Power and Wisdom and Goodness A fuller knowledge is reserved for a future state CHAP. XXXIV The ARGUMENT The two Tables are renewed The Lord's Name proclaimed Moses begs God's Presence and Pardon Idolatry is strictly forbid God renews his Covenant and repeats several Laws that were given before Moses continues fasting in the Mount forty days and forty Nights The Face of Moses
shines He puts a Veil thereon whiles he speaks with the People and removes it when he speaks with God 1. AND the LORD said unto Mâ—ses Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest 2. And be ready in the morning and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai and present thy self there to me in the top of the mount 3. And no man shall come up with thee neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount 4. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up unto mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him and took in his hand the two tables of stone 5. And the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name of the LORD 6. And the LORD passed by before him and proclaimed The LORD The LORD God mercifull and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth 7. Keeping mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin and that will by no means clear the guilty visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and upon the children's children unto the third and to the fourth generation 8. And Moses made hast and bowed his head towards the earth and worshipped 9. And he said If now I have found grace in thy sight O Lord let my Lord I pray thee go amongst us for it is a stiff-necked people and pardon our iniquity and our sin and take us for thine inheritance 10. And he said Behold I make a covenant before all thy people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth nor in any nation and all the people amongst which thou art shall see the work of the LORD for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee 11. Observe thou that which I command thee this day Behold I drive out before thee the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite 12. Take heed to thy self lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee 13. But ye shall destroy their altars break their images and cut down their groves 14. For thou shalt worship no other God for the LORD whose name is Jealous is a jealous God 15. Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice unto their gods and one call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice 16. And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons and their daughters go a whoring after their gods and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods 17. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods 18. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread as I commanded thee in the time of the month Abib for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt 19. All that openeth the matrix is mine and every firstling among thy cattel whether ox or sheep that is male 20. But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb and if thou redeem him not then shalt thou break his neck All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem and none shall appear before me empty 21. Six days thou shalt work but on the seventh day thou shalt rest in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt rest 22. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest and the feast of ingathering at the year's end 23. Thrice in the year shall all your men-children appear before the Lord GOD the God of Israel 24. For I will cast out the nations before thee and enlarge thy borders neither shall any man desire thy land when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year 25. Thou shalt not offer the bloud of my sacrifice with leaven neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of passover be left unto the morning 26. The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk 27. And the LORD said unto Moses Write thou these words for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel 28. And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty-nights he did neither eat bread nor drink water and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant the ten commandments 29. And it came to pass when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses's hand when he came down from the mount that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him 30. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses behold the skin of his face shone and they were afraid to come nigh him 31. And Moses called unto them and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him and Moses talked with them 32. And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai 33. And till Moses had done speaking with them he put a veil on his face 34. But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him he took the veil off untill he came out And he came out and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded 35. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses that the skin of Moses's face shone and Moses put the veil upon his face again untill he went in to speak with him 1. HEW thee The first Tables were the work of God ch 32.16 Deut. 10.1 5. Descended Was revealed says the Chaldee i. e. He manifested himself in the Cloud And proclaimed the name Or He called upon the name and then these words referr to Moses who upon God's glorious manifestation of himself called upon God This agrees well with the Hebrew Text Vid. Gen. 12.8 and is followed by the Vulgar Latin 6. And the LORD passed by c. That is He caused his Divine Presence to pass by as the Chaldee hath it And proclaimed i. e. And the Lord proclaimed ch 33.19 7. Will by no means clear Or Will not utterly cut off For so the Hebrew word is observed sometimes to signifie and is by our Englisâ— rendred to that sense Zech. 5.3 Jer. 46.28 in the Margent Besides when Moses deprecates God's displeasure he makes use of these words Num. 14.18 More Nevoch p. 1. c. 54. Visiting c. ch 20.5 Deut. 5.9 Jer. 32.18 9. If now c. Moses is now encouraged to pray as he doth upon this proclaiming the Mercy and Goodness of God My Lord
forth a Raven and a Dove to discover how far the Waters were abated The time in which the Earth was dried Noah and his Family go out of the Ark at God's command The living Creatures go out also Noah offers a Sacrifice to God who had preserved him which God accepts and promised that he would no more after this manner curse the Earth and destroy the living Creatures therein 1. AND God remembred Noah and every living thing and all the cattel that was with him in the ark and God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters asswaged 2. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped and the rain from heaven was restrained 3. And the waters returned from off the earth continually and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated 4. And the ark rested in the seventh month on the seventeenth day of the month upon the mountains of Ararat 5. And the waters decreased continually untill the tenth month in the tenth month on the first day of the month were the tops of the mountains seen 6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made 7. And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro untill the waters were dried up from off the earth 8. Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground 9. But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot and she returned unto him into the ark for the waters were on the face of the whole earth Then he put forth his hand and took her and pulled her in unto him into the ark 10. And he stayed yet other seven days and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark 11. And the dove came in to him in the evening and lo in her mouth was an olive-leaf pluckt off So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth 12. And he stayed yet other seven days and sent forth the dove which returned not again unto him any more 13. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year in the first month the first day of the month the waters were dried up from off the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and behold the face of the ground was dry 14. And in the second month on the seven and twentieth day of the month was the earth dried 15. And God spake unto Noah saying 16. Go forth of the ark thou and thy wife and thy sons and thy sons wives with thee 17. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh both of fowl and of cattel and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth that they may breed abundantly in the earth and be fruitfull and multiply upon the earth 18. And Noah went forth and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him 19. Every Beast every creeping thing and every fowl and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth after their kinds went forth out of the ark 20. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD and took of every clean beast and of every clean fowl and offered burnt-offerings on the altar 21. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and the LORD said in his heart I will not again curse the ground any more for mans sake for the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth neither will I again smite any more every thing living as I have done 22. While the earth remaineth seed-time and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night shall not cease 1. REmembred This is spoken of God after the manner of Men. The meaning is that God shewed his care of Noah We are said to remember that which we take care of God is said to remember when he relieves and shews Mercy Heb. 6.10 Psal 136.23 A wind This was a Wind sent on purpose by God to remove the Waters from the Earth Exod. 14.21 2. The fountains c. As God by the Winds removed the Waters that were already upon the Earth so he had removed all the immediate Causes of the Floud having stopped the Fountains from beneath and the Heavens from above 3. Abated Or diminished They were asswaged before v. 1. But yet not so far taken away but that they did till this time continue above the Earth chap. 7 verse 24. 4. The seventh month on the seventeenth day i. e. The seventh month of the year This was exactly five months from the beginning of the floud of waters Gen. 7.11 Or an hundred and fifty days allowing thirty days to each month And hence it is evident that the forty days mentioned ch 7. v. 12. are part of the hundred and fifty mentioned v. 24. Vpon the mountains Or upon one of the mountains This is an elliptical way of speaking which is very usual in the Writings of the Jews And we have frequent examples in Scripture to this purpose Of Jephthah it is said that he was buried in the Cities of Gilead i. e. In one of the Cities as we render it Judg. 12.7 1 Sam. 18.21 Psal 1.3 Zechar. 9.9 Jon. 1.5 Compare Matt. 27.44 with Luk. 23.39 Joh. 6.45 Ararat i. e. Armenia That the Ark rested there Josephus affirms And it being a mountainous place hither it was that the Sons of Sennacherib fled for refuge Isa 37.38 Jer. 51.27 5. Tenth month i. e. The tenth month of the year First day i. e. Seventy three day after the above-named hundred and fifty Tops of the mountains seen i. e. The heads of the mountains as it is in the Hebrew were visible They were then considerably higher than the Waters 6. Window Or Casement It is not the same word which is used ch 6.16 And most probable it is by comparing the word used here by the Chaldee with Dan. 6.10 to be understood of some Shut or Casement which being easily removed gave a prospect abroad as well as a passage out for the Raven and Dove and for the rest of the Fowls afterwards 7. To and fro i. e. The Raven returned to the Ark for refuge but it does not appear that he was received into the Ark. 8. He sent forth He did this seven days after he had sent forth the Raven as seems to be intimated verse 10. where it is said that he staid yet other seven days 11. Olive-leaf Or rather an Olive-branch as the Hebrew word signifies See ch 3. v. 7. This being an argument that the Waters were sunk down below the tops of the Olive-trees 13. First month i. e. of the new year From off the Earth i. e. The surface of the ground was dry for so it follows the face of the ground was dry For the body of the ground it self is not said to be dry till the twenty-seventh day of the second month v. 14. 20. Altar
that hear will laugh with me 7. And she said Who would have said unto Abraham that Sarah should have given children suck for I have born him a son in his old age 8. And the child grew and was weaned and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned 9. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian which she had born unto Abraham mocking 10. Wherefore she said unto Abraham Cast out this bond-woman and her son for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son even with Isaac 11. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son 12. And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy bond-woman In all that Sarah hath said unto thee hearken unto her voice for in Isaac shall thy seed be called 13. And also of the son of the bond woman will I make a nation because he is thy seed 14. And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave it unto Hagar putting it on her shoulder and the child and sent her away and she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba 15. And the water was spent in the bâ—ttle and she cast the child mâ—â—er â—â—e of the shrubs 16. And she went and sat her down over against him a good way off as it were a bow shot for she said Let me not see the death of the child And she sat over against him and lift up her voice and wept 17. And God heard the voice of the lad and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her What aileth thee Hagar fear not for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is 18. Arise lift up the lad and hold him in thine hand for I will make him a great nation 19. And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water and she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the lad drink 20. And God was with the lad and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer 21. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt 22. And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke unto Abraham saying God is with thee in all that thou doest 23. Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsly with me nor with my son nor with my sons son but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee thou shalt do unto me and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned 24. And Abraham said I will swear 25. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away 26. And Abimelech said I wot not who hath done this thing neither didst thou tell me neither yet heard I of it but to day 27. And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto Abimelech and both of them made a covenant 28. And Abraham set seven ew-lambs of the flock by themselves 29. And Abimelech said unto Abraham What mean these seven ew-lambs which thou hast set by themselves 30. And he said For these seven ew-lambs shalt thou take of my hand thâ—â— they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well 31. Wherefore he called that place Beer-shabe because there they sware both of them 32. Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba then Abimelech rose up and Rhichol the chief captain of his host and they returned into the land of the Philistines 33. And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba and called there on the Name of the LORD the everlasting God 34. And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines land many days 2108. 1896. 1. VIsited The word denotes the Providence of God whereby he fulfills what he before hath said And sometimes it is to be understood of Evils which are to be inflicted Exod. 20.5 At other times it denotes the bestowing Mercies as here and Psal 8.4 Spoken viz. Ch. 17.19 and ch 18.10 where we have mention of the promised blessing and of the time when it should be fulfilled And we have an account of the fulfilling of all this in the following words 2. At the set-time And thus Isaac was by promise Gal. 4.23 3. Isaac According to God's appointment ch 17. v. 19. 6. To laugh Or rejoice according to the Chaldee Isa 54.1 Laugh with me Or rejoice with me 7. Children Or a Child by an Enallage usual in these Writings See ch 46.15 23. ch 36.25 8. Was weaned Abraham being then confirmed in the hopes of his life 9. Mocking i. e. Deriding and insulting as the elder brother over Isaac and possibly deriding his Piety and contending about the Inheritance also v. 10. and that with violence used for so the Hebrew word signifies 2 Sam. 2.14 which the Apostle calls Persecution Gal. 4.29 10. She said And God approved it v. 12. and the Apostle says that the Scripture saith Cast out the bond-woman c. Gal. 4.30 Be heir Or shall not inherit and shall consequently be reputed not as a Son but as a Servant Gal. 4.7 Joh. 8 35. Gen. 22.2 Heb. 11.17 11. Very grievous It was so from that love which he bare unto Ishmael Because of his Son says the Text. See ch 17.18 He shewed no such grief upon offering up Isaac ch 22.2 3. Because there God commanded him this was Sarah's request And here when God signified his pleasure v. 12. we do not find that he was grieved at it 12. In Isaac shall thy seed be called i. e. The promised Seed to whom the great blessing belongs mentioned ch 12.3 and ch 18.18 shall not descend from Ishmael but from Isaac Rom. 3.7 8. Gen. 28.4 14. Child Or Lad as he is called v. 18. He being now Eighteen years old vid. Hieron quast in Genes Beer-sheba So called afterward v. 31. 15. Cast him The child being faint and ready to perish v. 16. she laid him under the shade of a tree or shrub 17. The voice of the Lad Who cried as well as his Mother though it be not mentioned before 18. Hold him in thy hand Or strengthen thy hand upon him Hebr. i. e. Take care of him Thus Josephus does understand it Antiq. l. 1. c. 13. that she was commanded to take care to nourish him and bring him up 19. Opened her eyes Whatever hindred her from seeing it before God did now discover to her a Well of water 20. With the lad i. e. He blessed him with temporal blessings as he had promised ch 17.20 and 't is said here that he grew 21. His mother c. To whom it now belonged of right she being sent away from Abraham's family 23. Deal falsly c. i. e. Not injure or hurt me as the Greek and Vulgar render it And so the Hebrew word signifies
before his dead i. e. From the place where he saâ—e mourning over his dead Isa 47.1 Job 2.13 Of Heth Those who descended from Heth the Son of Canaan ch 10.15 4. A sojourner Heb. 11.13 6. A mighty Prince Or Prince of God Hebr. They esteemed Abraham highly for his regard to God and upon the score of God's blessings upon him See ch 21. v. 22. His great piety was exemplary and God's mercies visible Hence they call him a Prince of God i.e. a person very eximious and venerable Things that are very excellent are said to be of God Compare Psal 36.6 and 80.10 7. Bowed himself In token of thankfulness as well as reverence 9. Machpelah What we render the Cave of Machpelah the Ancients render the double cave the word Machpelah denoting such a sense 'T is probable that this burying-place had a double Cave whence it was so called 10. Gates Hebr. Gate They that go in at the gate are the Citizens or Inhabitants of that place ch 34. v. 24. 13. Money Abraham will buy a burying-place and in so doing he prevented a future Controversie and withall received a pledge in this purchase of the inheritance which God had promised 15. Four hundred Shekels See the Note on ch 20. v. 16. 16. Weighed Payment was then made by weight not by tale Compare ch 43. v. 21. Currant money with the Merchant i. e. Abraham used no guile or deceit in his payment but weighed so much Silver as those who understood those matters could not refuse 18. For a possession He having before this no possession in that Land 19. After this i. e. After he had paid for this burying-place 20. Made sure Being purchased and that before the whole City CHAP. XXIV The ARGUMENT Abraham takes an Oath of his servant not to take a wife to his son of the daughters of Canaan He takes his journey into the Country whence Abraham came to get a wife for Isaac He prays to God for Success and is heard Rebekah meets him who with her father's Consent goes with Abraham's servant and becomes the wife of Isaac 2148. 1856. 1. AND Abraham was old and well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things 2. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that ruled over all that he had Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh 3. And I will make thee swear by the LORD the God of heaven and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell 4. But thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac 5. And the servant said unto him Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest 6. And Abraham said unto him Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again 7. The LORD God of heaven which took me from my father's house and from the land of my kindred and which spake unto me and that sware unto me saying Vnto thy seed will I give this land he shall send his angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence 8. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from this my oath only bring not my son thither again 9. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and sware to him concerning that matter 10. And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed for all the goods of his master were in his hand and he arose and went to Mesopotamia unto the city of Nahor 11. And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening even the time that women go out to draw water 12. And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham I pray thee send me good speed this day and shew kindness unto my master Abraham 13. Behold I stand here by the well of water and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water 14. And let it come to pass that the damsel to whom I shall say Let down thy pitcher I pray thee that I may drink and she shall say Drink and I will give thy camels drink also let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servent Isaac and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master 15. And it came to pass before he had done speaking that behold Rebekah came out who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah the wife of Nahor Abraham's brother with her pitcher upon her shoulder 16. And the damsel was very fair to look upon a virgin neither had any man known her and she went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up 17. And the servant ran to meet her and said Let me I pray thee drink a little water of thy pitcher 18. And she said Drink my lord and she hasted and let down her pitcher upon her hand and gave him drink 19. And when she had done giving him drink she said I will draw water for thy camels also untill they have done drinking 20. And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough and ran again unto the well to draw water and drew for all his camels 21. And the man wondering at her held his peace to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not 22. And it came to pass as the camels had done drinking that the man took a golden ear ring of half a shekel weight and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold 23. And said Whose daughter art thou tell me I pray thee is there room in thy fathers house for us to lodge in 24. And she said unto him I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah which she bare unto Nahor 25. She said moreover unto him We have both straw and provender enough and room to lodge in 26. And the man bowed down his head and worshipped the LORD 27. And he said Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth I being in the way the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren 28 And the damsel ran and told them of her mother's house these things 29. And Rebekah had a brother and his name was Laban and Laban ran out unto the man unto the well 30. And it came to pass when he saw the ear-ring and bracelets upon his sisters hands and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying Thus spake the man unto me that he came unto the man and behold he stood by the camels at the well 31. And he said Come in thou blessed of the LORD wherefore standest thou without for I
there were lice upon man and upon beast 19. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh This is the finger of God And Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he hearkened not unto them as the LORD had said 20. And the LORD said unto Moses rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh lo he cometh forth to the water and say unto him Thus saith the LORD Let my people go that they may serve me 21. Else if thou wilt not let my people go behold I will send swarms of flies upon thee and upon thy servants and upon thy people and into thy houses and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies and also the ground whereon they are 22. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen in which my people dwell that no swarms of flies shall be there to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth 23. And I will put a division between my people and thy people to morrow shall this sign be 24. And the LORD did so and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants houses and into all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies 25. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said Go ye sacrifice to your God in the land 26. And Moses said It is not meet so to do for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God Lo shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes and will they not stone us 27. We will go three days journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he shall command us 28. And Pharaoh said I will let you go that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness onely you shall not go very far away intreat for me 29. And Moses said Behold I go out from thee and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh from his servants and from his people to morrow but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD 30. And Moses went out from Pharaoh and intreated the LORD 31. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh from his servants and from his people there remained not one 32. And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also neither would he let the people go 2. All thy borders i. e. The whole Land of Egypt 3. Kneading-troughs Or Dough. 7. And the magicians Wisd 17.7 See the Notes on ch 7.12 8. Intreat the LORD Pharaoh is forced to this his Magicians not being able to remove the Frogs which they were permitted to bring upon the Egyptians 9. Glory over me Or Have this honour over me i. e. Have thou the honour of appointing me the time when I shall intreat the Lord for thee See v. 10. and Judg. 7.2 When Or Against when To destroy Heb. To cut off 10. To morrow Or Against to morrow 12. Because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh Or Concerning the appointed time which was agreed on before for the removing the Frogs In this Sense the Greek understood the words 15. Respite i. e. That the Plague was removed 17. Lice One of the Ancients inquires Why God punished the Egyptians with such vile and inconsiderable Animals rather than with Bears Leopards Lions and such ravenous Creatures or the Serpents of Egypt which would quickly have destroyed theâ— And his answer is That God designed to correct not to destroy the Egyptians For had he designed their destruction he needed not the help of any Animals he might have done it by Plague or Famine When Men says he wage War they furnish themselves with the most powerfull assistance but the powerfull God when he designs to inflict evils makes use of the smallest and most inconsiderable Instruments what smaller than Lice and yet the Egyptians were forced to own the Finger of God Phil. de vit Mos l. 1. 18. Did so i. e. They attempted to do the like 19. This is the finger of God Or This Plague is of God's inflicting See the Chaldee The Power of God is represented by his Hand or Finger in the Scripture Phrase Ps 8.3 See Luk. 11.20 The Magicians do here confess God's Work and are not able to do the same And Pharaoh's heart was hardened These are the same words in the Hebr. with those ch 7.13 and they do imply that Pharaoh hardened his own Heart He continued in his obstinacy after the Magicians were baffled and were forced to acknowledge the Finger of God See v. 32. 21. Swarms of flies Or A mixture of noisom Beasts 22. I will sever c. By making this wonderfull difference this Plague was rendered the more convictive and Pharaoh the more inexcusable 23. A division Heb. A redemption And so it was to the Israelites a Rescue and Redemption and a distinguishing Mercy See Psal 111.9 Isa 43.2 3. To morrow Or By to morrow 24. There came See Wisd 16.9 A grievous swarm Not onely a very troublesome but a very numerous swarm Corrupted Or destroyed 26. It is not meet It is not right God having called the Israelites out of Egypt V. ch 3.18 The abomination of the Egyptians Or The things which the Egyptians worship as the Vulgar and the Chaldee understand the words at least the Beasts which the Egyptians abstain from and will neither eat nor kill V. Gen. 43.32 and the Notes on that place 27. As he shall See ch 3.18 32. Hardened his heart at this time also As he had done before v. 19. so he did again after a new Plague that spoke not onely the Power but the peculiar Providence of God v. 22 23. and all this after his Magicians had acknowledged the Power of God CHAP. IX The ARGUMENT A grievous Murrain Pharaoh's Heart is hardened The plague of Boyls The plague of Hail and the grievous Effects of it Pharaoh sues to Moses and Aaron to be delivered from it and promiseth to let the Israelites go The Hail is removed and Pharaoh thereupon hardens his Heart and refuseth to let the People go 1. THen the LORD said unto Moses Go in unto Pharaoh and tell him Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews Let my people go that they may serve me 2. For if thou refuse to let them go and wilt hold them still 3. Behold the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattel which is in the field upon the horses upon the asses upon the camels upon the oxen and upon the sheep there shall be a very grievous murrain 4. And the LORD shall sever between the cattel of Israel and the cattel of Egypt and there shall nothing die of all that is the childrens of Israel 5. And the LORD appointed a set time saying To morrow the LORD shall
thereupon to cease Ps 40.6 Heb. 10.5 as it is thought to be expressly foretold Dan. 9.27 2. To Aaron's sons the priests That is To one of them as appears from the following words And he shall take c. The memorial This upon several accounts may well be so called viz. I. With respect to the Offering it being taken in place of the whole that was due Num. 5.26 II. With respect to the Offerer as a Memorial or Testimony of his acceptance with God Exod. 26.16 Ps 20.4 III. With respect to God to whom the Oblation was made This being an act of Worship and Acknowledgment of his Sovereignty and Divine Perfections Lev. 24.7 which is sometimes expressed by Remembring Eccles 12.1 1 Chron. 16.4 and the Title of Ps 38. 3. The remnant Ecclus 7.31 Most holy Those Oblations were Most Holy which were either intirely offered up to God as the Burnt-offering or Holocaust was or else where the remaining part was to be eaten onely by Aaron and his Sons who were separated to the Priesthood Exod. 29.37 and they also were obliged to eat this remaining part in the holy place Levit. 24.9 i. e. in the Court of the Tabernacle beside the Altar Levit. 10.12 Such were the Meat-offering the Sin-offering and the Trespass-offering Num. 18.9 The Peace-offering was not called Most Holy for though the Altar had one share of that Sacrifice and the Priest another yet the far greater part of it was allowed to the Offerers And for the place of eating it it was not confined to the Sanctuary The Priests might eat their share in any clean place Levit. 10.14 And the Offerers and those who eat of their share are warned onely that they be clean and that the Flesh of the Sacrifice be preserved clean also Lev. 7.19 But the Most Holy Sacrifices were not to be eaten by any but by the Priests onely And those Priests who upon the return from the Captivity of Babylon could not make out their Pedigree and consequently their just claim to the Priesthood were not permitted to eat of these most Holy Things Ezra 2.63 4. Baked This probably was baked within the Tabernacle 1 Chron. 23.28 29. Ezek. 46.20 5. In a pan Or On a flat plate or slice 9. A memorial V. 2. Offering Ex. 29.18 11. With leaven This is to be understood of these Meat-offerings part whereof was offered on the Altar and the remaining part was eaten by the Priests Levit. 7.13 and 23.17 And this Prohibition possibly might be for the perpetuating the Memory of their Deliverance out of Egypt as also to mind the Priest of putting away the Leaven of Malice and Wickedness 1 Cor. 5.8 Nor any honey This is forbidden because it was practised by the Idolaters says Maimon More Nevoch p. 111. c. 46. 12. Be burnt Heb. ascend 13. Shalt thou season with salt Mark 9.49 This was commanded the Jews because not practised by the Idolaters says Maimon Salt gives a savour and being also a preservative from Corruption is commanded here in the Meat-offering The salt of the Covenant i. e. The Salt which they were by this Covenant or Law obliged to offer up in every Oblation Salt may also be esteemed a sign of the perpetuity and inviolableness of the Covenant on God's part vid. Numb 18.19 2 Chron. 13.5 14. And if thou offer a meat-offering c. This is meant of the Sheaf of First-fruits mentioned Levit 23.10 Or else of any other Free-will Offering of First-fruits not any-where enjoyned in the Law 16. Burn the memorial See verse 2. CHAP. III. The ARGUMENT Of the Peace-offering of the Herd and of the Flock whether Lamb or Goat The Israelites are forbidden to eat Fat or Bloud 1. AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offering if he offer it of the herd whether it be a male or female he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD 2. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about 3. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards 4. And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them which is by the flanks and the caul above the liver with the kidneys it shall he take away 5. And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-sacrifice which is upon the wood that is on the fire it is an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 6. And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering unto the LORD be of the flock male or female he shall offer it without blemish 7. If he offer a lamb for his offering then shall he offer it before the LORD 8. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar 9. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace-offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD the fat thereof and the whole rump it shall he take off hard by the back-bone and the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards 10. And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them which is by the flanks and the caul above the liver with the kidneys it shall be take away 11. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD 12. And if his offering be a goat then he shall offer it before the LORD 13. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about 14. And he shall offer thereof his offering even an offering made by fire unto the LORD the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards 15. And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them which is by theâ— flanks and the caul above the liver with the kidneys it shall he take away 16. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour All the fat is the LORD's 17. It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings that ye eat neither fat nor blood 1. A Sacrifice of peace-offering Peace among the Hebrews signifies Prosperity and with respect thereunto this Sacrifice is called a Peace-offering it having a respect unto the Mercies of God to Men. They were of three sorts 1. Sacrifices of Praise and Thanksgiving for Mercies already received Levit. 7.12 Psal 116. 16 17. 2 Chron. 29.31 ch 33.16 Or else with respect to Mercies hoped