icz Hethleatnethlaçob. GENES IS XXVII. ble(fing, my father; bieffe me,.me alto, my father : and Erma lifted up his voice, and 39 wept. And If ak his father anfwered,and fail unto him + Behold , of the fatnelfes.of the earth (hall thy dwelling be; and of the 40 dew of the heavens from aboye. And by thy lìvord (halt thou live; and thy brother (halt thou reeve: and it (hall be, wren thou (halt get- the - dominion , that thou fltalt 41 breaks his yoke from off thy necke. And Efau, hated Jakob; for the bleffing,with which his father had bleffed him: and E- fan laid in his heart, The daies of mourning for my father, are nigh ; and I will kill.Ja- 42 kob my brother. And the words of Efau, her elder fon, were told to.Rebekah ; and Iheefent and called Jakob, her yonger fon; and Paid unto him,Behold Efau thy brother, comforteth himfelfe as touching thee, to 43 kill thee. And now my forme, obey my voice ; and arife, flee thou onto Laban my 44 brother, to Charran. And tarry with him, a few dates: utitill the hot-wrath of thy bro- 45 ther, tune- away. Vntill the anger of thy brother, torn -away from thee; and he for- get, that which thou haft done to him ; and I wslf fend, andtakc thee from thence: why fhou!d I be bereaved even of you both, is 46 one day e And Rebekah Paid unto Ifaak : I am yrked of my, life, becaufe of the daugh- ters of Cheth: if Jakob take a wife of the daughters of Cheth like there of the daughters of the land ; wherefore have I life e I 2 3 4 t/Innoteetions. d THat bee could not fee] Hebr. from feing : which phrafe the Apoftle tnrneth inGreeks , not to fee, Rom. r 1.10. fromPfal.69.24. Upon this oc- cafton, Gods workes were (hewed in Ifsak, (as Joh. 9.3.) for in his b1indneffe he gave Mob the lofting, which hee would not Co have done, if free had Peen: verf. 23. elder] in Hebrew, greater, to weer, of age, or by birth; as theGreek tranflateth, Elder: and leffer foryonger: verf. 15. fee Gen. to. 2t. Verf. a. my death] theGreeks faith, my end: yet lived hee after this, above forty yeares, Geneuis 35. 28, 29. Verf 3.Venifin]Hebr. hunting: whereof venifon hath the name, as being gotten by hunting. So ver. 5.19. &c. Verf.4. tbat I may] or, and I will cote : fo in v. 7. & t o. There two phrafes art (fed indifferently : as, thatyee be not judged, Matth.7.1. which another E'wgelift faith, atulyee fhall net be judged, Luke 6. 37. See alío Gen. Ia. 12. that my f ule] or, to ' the end my Pik : that is, I myfelfe : as after in ver.7. it is repeated. Ifaakbeing to give the bleib ng in faith, Heb.'t t. 20. would eat fàvoury meat, and drink wine;ver.25.to fir rap and cheere his fpirit, that he might he the more it inflrument of the fpirit of God. For forrow,anger,and other filch pallions, doe deitentper the mind. which may be mitigated by outward mcanes , as wine maketh men to forget their mite :ie,Pro.31.6,7. &nmficke allaieth anger:wherfore El fia the Prophet,when hoe was moved againft King Iehoram, called for a Mufician, who when hee played, the handof the Lord came upon the Prophet, 2 King.3. 14,15. Reg _tbee]asthe Priefts withauthority bleffed and put the name of God upon the people, Gen. 14.19. Numb. 6.23. 27. So the Patriarches derived the bleffing before their death, unto their children, (or fome one of them)as an inheritance by tefta- nlent: wherefore Paul fpeaketh of inheriting the b/efng,Heb.12.I7.which alío was of great autho- rity and ftrength , as being done by the fpirit of God; and in faith, and before the Lord as vet('y. See Gen.as;. 3,4. & 48.15,16,2o. & 49.25,26,28. Heb.i 1,20,21. & 12.17. Efau(whohad his flame of Doing) i5 here prontifed the bleffing upon his deeds; as the Law. alto prémifeth biding and life to the doers thereof,Rem. t 0.5. but Iakob got the bleffing by faith,as do all the faithfull,Gal.3 9. Verf7.before lehavab] that is, in his prefence,by his power and authority, and for ever, (the like phrafe is of curf:ag, I Sam. 26. 19.) And being done before his death , it was with the more power, care, reverence, and as by his lair will and refit- ment. So Dem. 33. 1. Vert. s 2.1f fo be] or, Peradventure my ether will facklh me, and Ifhall be,&c.] The Greeke tranflateth it, Me' pate, which word Paul (feth, 2 Tim.a. 25. in like fenf; If fe be, (or, if peradventure) God will give them repentance. at a driver] or, at one that caufeth to erne : the Greeke tranflateth it, a defpifer, the Chaldee, a =deer. Or wemay Englifh ic,a ze- ry deceiver : for in the Hebrew, te, is often a Pure affirmation, Nehem. 7. a. and fo the Greekean- fwering thereto, John t. 14. a curfe] not fea- red without cane, for curfed is he that mahetb the blind toerre in the way,Deut.27.18. & deteitfubref in all Gods workes , maketh men liable to the curfe, Jer. 48. t o. Mal. i. 14. Verf. t 3. uponme thy curfe]a fpeech of her faith, to incourage him, (though it may be mixt with infirmity of rariage:) for it feemeth (he relied on the oracle of God, in Gen. 25.23. thegreater:fball feerve the le f: which oracle,lfaakntight underhand not of the perfons of Efau and Iakob , but of the nations and peoples, their pofterity ; and therefore thought it his dutie to give the bleffing of the fin i birthright unto Efau, to whom by nature it belonged, & which might not be changed for af- feftion, as the Law after provideth, in Dent. 21. 15,t 6,17.13u4 Rebekah underftood it of there very perfons alto, and therfore attempted this ftrange and perillous way, to procure the bleffing unto Iakeb. A like different meaning of that oracle, is gathered by men at this day. The Chaldee para- phrafeth 7 12 13 11uí
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