GENE SIS XXVI 32 Iin peace. And it was, the fame day ; that Ifaaks fervant came, and (heweduntó him, concerning the well which they had digged: & they faid unto him, we have found water. 33 And he called ir,Shibeah:therfore the name of the City, is Beer-fheba,unto this day. 34 And Efau was forty yeares old ; and !lee tooke a wife, Judith; the daughter of Beeri, a Chethite: and Bafemath, the daughter of 35 Eton, a Chethite. And they were, a bitter- neffe of fpirit : to Ifaak, and to Rebekah. t lnnotationr. FIrflfamine]whereof fee Gen.12. {o. me &oh] of whom fee Gen. 20. s, 2, &c. which hiftory is to be compared with this. 2 Verf a.,ÆE ypt] as Abraham did,Gen. t z. r o.and whither it feemeth Ifaakwas purpofing to goe. Vert .tbis lam ofCanaan,the land of promife, 3 and figure of the place of heavenly tell; fee the notes on Gen. 12.5. So by David he exhorteth, Dwell in the land, and feed on faith, Pfat 37.3. See Gen.37.1. I well be _It he Chaldee expoundeth ie,my word frail be an belpe unto thee: fo in verC 24. and 28. there lands] or countries, pollèffed by fo many nations,Gen.15. 19,20,21. foPfalm.ro5. 44. The Greek tranflateth fingularly, land; and fo was the promife made to Abraham,Gen.r 3.15. and 15.1 $.and 17.8. fee the notes there. is blifh the oath] that is,performe the promifer fworne,tren. 22. 56,17. Verf.4. f arres] that is, innumerable : fee GeneC 4 15.5. fed] nieaningCbrif : Ga1.3.16.8. bkgb themfelves]or as the Greeke tranflateth, pall be blend, fee Gen. 22.18. 5 , Verf.5.ebarge]Heb. keeping, or obfervatian:that is, ordinances to be kept. So in Lev.8.35.and z2.9.Deut. 11.1. lames] for this word, elfewhere the Scripture faith, judgements, Deut. i 1. t. and 5. t . 31. and 6.1.20. and 7. t r.and 8. t 1,&c. and under there three particulars, the whole charge or en- fody forefpoken of, is comprehended; as after- ward by Mofes God gave the ten Commandements, or morali preceps,Exod 20. Iudgements,or judici- al l lawes for punifhing tranfgreffors,Exod.a 1, &e. and f mutes ,or rubs ,ordinances and decreer for the fer- vice of God,Lev.3.17.and 6.i8. z2. Exod. t 2.24. & 27.31.& 29.9.& 30.21. All which Abraham ob- fcrved,and is commended of God therefore. 7 VerC7.my fifer] He imitateth his father Aka. haw pra&ice, Gen.l z.i t. t 2. t ;.and 20.2. kill me]'Mofes expreffeth this as /Pak own words of hinrfelfe. The Greeke tranflateth ie, fhould kil1 him : fo elfewhere that verfion changeth the per - fon,for more eafie order of fpeech,and underfean- ding to the reader. See Pfa1.144.12. good coon - p Hance] elfewhere it is faire of countenance, (or ai- (.ige)Gen.12.5 i.fo the Greek turneth it here: and 8 'bcfore,goodis ufed for faire,orgood4y,Gen.24.16. VerCB.byhim]or to bin,: that is,wben be bad teem a lsng time there. forting] or laughing, playing, to 99 ;fling : it is the word whereof Ifaakhimfelfe had his name,Gen.17. 17.19. and 21.6. Solomon faith, Rejoyee with the wife of th ouch, &c.Prov.5. 18,x 9. Ver f. i o.might lightly] or, bad abnoff ben. I 6 gniltineffè]a hunemaking us guilty ofpunifhment, afhamefell crime : named in Hebrew Ajham: the Greek tranflateth it Ignorance : and fo Paxl talleth the Pinnes of the people Ignorances, origtwrant eref- pafjès, Heb.9.7. rightly fo gathered fromLevit.4. 22. See the further explication of this word, there. Abimekch by this word Abram, meaneth boththc lin and the punifhment tor the fame; as in the law, Afbam; is both the Guilty fm, and the Sacrifia for the fame,Lev.5.5,6. Vert 1 a. toucbeeh] that is, hurteth, or injtereth : fo I in vert. 29. and in Jof..g.rg. Rnth.z.9. Job. i . ii. Pfal.105. i 5.Zach.2.8. or]Heb. sed: which is often Mid for or ,as is obferved on Gen. 13.8. eyitrg]thatis,he fhal furef be put todeath:asGen.2.17 VerIlz. too mea floes] that is, as the Chaldee explaineth it, a htmdredfer one when bee otea(ìsred it : or an hundred may meant many : as an hundred fold, Matth.19. 29. is elièwliere called manifoldmore, Luk. 18. 23. The word Sbegnarim, ftgnifieth pub - like meafures, filchas were ufed at the gates of ci- ties, whichwere full and large. And this increafe (which is the molt that -our Saviour fpeaketh of in Matth.t 3.23.) theweth the fruitfiilneffe of the land ofCan :anwhen God blelfed it ; and figured the bountifull reward which the godly (hall find of their labours, in the heavenly country, which we feeke,Ga1.6.7.8,9. Heb.i 1.14.16. The frait- fulneffe of Canaan, fignifyed alto the graces of the Gofpel,Ezek.34.27.Zac.8.t s.Pfa1.67.7. blend him]and his bleflingmaketb ricb,Prov.eo.zz. Job.42. 12. This the next words of Ifaak,do alto confirme. Verf..14. pofrffwn] or catteil: fo Gen.47.17. 14 husbandry] fo alto the Greeke turneth itgeergia. It implieth all manner worke and fervice belonging to a family;and fo fervants Sc tillage of all forts. The like is faid of Job, Job.1.3. envied]had an envious zeale and emulation. So S01acoat faw how all labour and righttseffe of worke, brought envie to. a taonfrom hie neighbour, Ecclef4.4 Verft5.wieb daft] orearth, as the Greek tranf- 15 lateth. This al fo they cnvionfly did againft their oath before, Gen.as.3o.3 i. And this injury was great,hecaufe of fcarcity of waters there,Gen.2 t. 25. It figured out the corrupting of the cleare dokrines cf the Gofpell, by earthly glofles and traditions of Antichriftians. Pfal.65.to.and 84. Í . 7. Song 4.15.Num.21.16.18. John 4.1 0.14. Verbs 7. pitched] to weet, his tents: er, encamped. 7 Aword ufed for pitching of campes or armies, Exod. 14.9. and 15.27, &c. applied firft hereto Ifaaks family, afterwards to Iakobs, GencC33.18. and fo to his ppofterity ; and betokeneth a red- ding,or quieGtting: oppofed to removing, or journeying, Num.1.50,51,52. and 9. 17,18. The Chaldee tranflateth it dwelled Verf. i8. returned anddigged] that is,as the Greek 18 explaineth it, again digged. Figuring the refto- ring of the ancient truth, out of corruption : as Ka v.15. I2
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