1 Efau íels his birthright. GENES I S XXV. z8 29 3° 31 32 33 34 And Ifaak loved Efau, becaufevenifon troaa' !Janie tobean Hebrew, Gen. ii.i7.andi4.r3.and from whom he was the feventh generation, as E. noch was from Adam. Verf.8.hoary age] as was promifed, Gen. t 5.15. ofdayes] fotheGreekand Chaldee explain - eth it, and the Hebrew it felfe elfewhere, Gen.3 5 29. Such words are often to be understood, as a full,foraAll cup, Pfa.73,io.feeGen.4.2o.and5.3. and by being full ofdryer, is meant a willingnelfe to dye,witbont defining longer life onearth. his peoples] the Greekc tranflateth , hit people : the like isfaidoflftnael, V, I7.ofIfaak, Gen.35.29. oflaakob,Gen49 3.ofAaron,Nnm.20.25 -of Mofes,Dcu.3 2.5 o.and others: fometime it is Paid, gathered to their fathers, 2 King.22. ao. Iudg.a. r o. Aft., 3.36. and by Abrahams peoples, are meant hisfathers, Gen. r 5.15 and the phrafe lignifieth the immortality of foulcs : for Abrahams body was gathered to the body of Sarah onely, as the next words Thew : and by his fatbers,are meant the jpirits of jufl men made per fiti, l-Ieb. z 2.23. See af- ter, in verfe 17. Ver. z o. and Sarah] as is (hewed in Gen.2.19. Afterwards Ifaak and Iakob with their wives, wereburied there alto, Gen.49.29,3 t. Ver:11.ble4d Ifaak] fo applying andconfir- ming to him, the promifes made to Abraham, Gen. r 2.2.aud i 4.19And 17.19 and fo Ifaak com- mended to Iakob, the bleffing ofAbraham, Gen. 28.3,4. and by this biding, the righteoufneffe of faith is implyed , to Abrahams feed, Galat.3.8, 9.&c. Eeo -lachai -roi] in Greeke, the well ofvi- flan 5 in Chaldee, the well at which the Angell of life appeared: this place oflCaaks feating,is not with- out myftery : fee Gen.16.14 acid 24..62. Verf., 2.generations] a rehearfall of Ifmaels off - fpring;asGen.5.1. And here, the fulfilling of Gods promifeisfeene, made in Gen.16.Io.12. and 17.2o. and how hee that was borne after the flefh, and cuff out of Abrahams honk, M1.4. 23.3o. was nniltiplyed before Ifaak the child and heyre of thepronsife. See the like of Efau, Gcn.36.43 Vert s 3,, Nebajotb] he and his brethren feared inArabia,Efay 20.53,14,56 Ezek,27.21. where peoples and places retained the footfteps oftheir names: they gave themfelvcstofhepherdy,asap- peareth,Efa.6o.7.Ier.49,29.And here are twelve Eons reckned,which werePrinces of their tribes, as was promifed in Gen. 7. zo. anfwerable in number to the twelve Eons of Iakob, heads of the twelve tribes of Ifrael; but thefe Ifmaelites are a generation before them , as Ifinael himfelfe was borne before Ifaak. For, that is fist[ which is na- turali , and afterward that which is fpirituall, ì Corinth., 5.46. Verf.i 6.caß.'er, 1 or,vìllagq : dwelling houfes fo named of being faire and high built Ma row or order. In Greeke habitations, as in Aa.t.ao.from Pfa1.69. V.17.137 yeeres] So he lived not fo long as his father Abraham, or his brother Ifaak, or as did Iakob; though he lived till a great old age. And this mention of the terme of his life, and Bathe - ring in his mouth : and Rebekah loved Jakob. And Jakob fod pottage:and Efau came from the field,and he was faint. And Efau laid to Jakob; Let me rafte I pray thee, of that red, that red pettage,for I am faint : therefore he called his name Edom. And Jakob faid,Sell to nie this "day thy firft birthright. And Efau Enid, Loe I am going to dye : and wherefore ( pryer h) this first- birthright un- to mer And Jakob faid, Sweare unto me this day, and he (ware unto him : and hee fold his farft- birthright unto Jakob. And Ja- kob gave toEfau, bread and pottage of len- tiles ; and he did eat and drinke, and rofe up and went away : and Efau defpifed the £rrft- birthright. vinnotations. I Deed] that is, did againe take a wyi, when hee A was an hundred and fourty yeeres old, and had of her fixe fonnes,by the extraordinary blef- fiug of God:whereas fourey yeeres before,his bo- dy was even dead, in refpc& of naturali strength and vigour,as the Apo[lle noteth, Rom.4.I 9. a wife] called elfewhere a concubine,' Chron.s. 3 2.what manner of wife that was, fee onGen.aa. 24. Keturab] in Greeke CI,ettonra. 2 Verf.2. Zimran] in Greeke Zambian. Ielt- (lian]in Greeke lezan] Medan] whole potteri- ty are called Medanites, Gen.37.36. Median] in Greeke Madiamand Median, Aa.7.29.of him came the people called Madianises;that foone fell from Abrahams faith to idolatry; Nn111.25. Shuach] in Greek, Soie : of him cane Si/dad, Iobs friend called the Shuebite, lob 2.11. 3 V.3.Sbeba] in Greek, Saba : his pofterity rob- bedlob of his oxen and affes,Iob t.15. 4 Verf:4.Ephah]orGepha: in Greeke, Gop/oar.. Epber] or Gepher, in Greek Apheir: of hint the country Apbrica Is thought to have the name. Enoch] i n Heb. Cbanocb : as Gen.5.18. 5 Verl5.to Ifaak] as being his onely heyre, and child of promife,Gen.a I.1 s.a figure of Unfit and C::riltiäns, heyres by promife of all things, Hcb. 1.2 Iolm 3.3 4.Rev.2 t.7,cìal3.29.and 2.28. 6 Verl6. eoneubi. -es] Hagar, and Keturab: verfr. Eafl coumtrÿ] or,land of the Ea f} a part of Ara - bia: hereupon mention is nude of the hunts afthc tali, Iob 1.3 And Iob himfelfe was in likelihood the fon of one ofthefe Ions or nephewes of Abra- ham by Keturah. 7 Verf,7.175 jeerer] This funtme of his yeeres fheweth,how,Abraham had lived a pilgrim in Ca- naan a hundred yeers after he carne out ofChar - ran, Gen. r 2.4.That he attained not to the yeeres of his forefathers, who all lived longer then he, Gen. t,.i 1.&c. as did allo his fon lCaak,Gen.35. eS.That he left alive behind him,Hebcr,that great Patriarch and Prophet, of whom he had the fur- 95 8 IO II 12 13 16 17
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