D'f'.///0/1H14 Vlvlll Vt 1N'1/fil/4gi [O} GENESIS XXVIII. 39 40 I Vcri. 3 9, footles] that ís, fat and fertik }laeet: which were upon mount 'Stir, Gen. 36.6, ref this was unto Elate , á gift of God, Jofh. 24.4. Therefore this alto is a biding, which Ifaak by faith, uttered concerning things that were to come, unto Efate, as before unto Jakob , Hebr. i i 20. How- beit, the chiefe, fpirituall and hereditary blef- ling was before given unto Iakob only ; and Efau willing to inherit it , was reletïed, Hebrews 12. 17. and the oracles here following, confirme the fame. Verf4o. Andby] or, But by iby fried: that is, with warres and troubles, (halt thou defend thy Tate and country ; and not injoy peace as Iakgb, Deut.33. 27,28. The fword is oppoled mtto peace, Mat.' o.34. and living by the fword, meaneth the continuance of that troublefome Elate ; as life, is oppoled to momentany troubles,PfaL3o.6. Con- trariwife in Christs kingdome,the fwardt are bea- ten into pew-fharçyEfay 2.4. thou fine] namely, w tby pofleriiy:for Efau in his perfon (erred not Ia- kob,but his children in Davida dales, 2 Sam.& 14. Sobefore, that was fpoken as to Abraham which was properly accomplilhed to and in his feed, Gen.i2.3.& 22.18.&15.7.18. pals get the domi- nioa] or, Jbaltget ftrengtb: and that (hall be, when Jakob (hall for his tunes, lofe the dominion; as carne to paffè in the dales of Iebaram fon of Mo. fephat, who did evils in the eyes of the Lord, 2 King.8. 16, 18, 20. So both the Chaldee para- phrafes fay, Wipe bit faros fhalleranf reffe the words. ofthe Law,:hou_Pak not remove hisyoki (tbeyek of their fervirude) )1omáffthy neck. Otherwife (as the He- brew word fometime fignifieth to mourne,or beoafl dawn with furrow, PIal. 55. 3.) it may be interpre- ted, when thus fbatt mourn, to weet, for that hard fersitude. bisyoke] the yokaof frvittede, as the Ierufalemie Thargum explaineth it. So yoke, alto fignifieth inLevit.26.13. Efay 9.4. & 10.1E7. Jer. 27. 8, s. And Efau broke the yoke, when Edom rebelled from under the hand (Judah, and made a King over tbensféltes, 2 King.8. 20,22. Verf.``41. hated] with an inwardfpitefdl hatred as the word figni6eth, which sheweth his former tearer to proceed not from true repentance. And in bating his brother for the ble/fmg: hee (hewed himfelfe to be of that wicked one, as was Kain, 1" Joh. 3. 2,i 5. This hatred continued alto in his pofteritie againf t Iakob, Obad.v. i 0,11. &c. fir n9 farber]the Hebrew phrafe,as elk the Greek is, ofmy father; but the meaning is, for my fathers death: as the like fpeeches otherwhtre manifelt, Ezck.24.1 7. Jer.6.26. and at burials they ufed to mosrne fevendaies,Gen.5o. io. The Greek tran- flateth , Let the daies of my fathers mourning be nigh, that Imay kill Jakob my brother: fo making it a wills for his fathers fpeedy death; and the Hebrew al- fo will bare that tranflation ; yea his words are Etch , as may imply, not a flay, till his fathers death, but that he would with the fiche opportu- nitie kill lake, and fe his father would footle die With furrow. Thus meaning, he would be a dou- ble parricide. And Rebekáb with the firft, fent Ia- kab away, to prevent danger. Verf.42. comforteth huetfelfe] in refpe£t of his lolfe 42 attic bleffing,with this purpofe and hope to kill thee. So the comfort of the wicked, is grounded on evill. The Greeke tranflatetlt, hee threatneth thee, and the Chaldee bee layeth wait fir thee. VerC 43. flee rhoujor, flee for thy fed : and for 43 thy fafetie. Here the biding, brought fpeedy perfecution and exile upon Iakob, which his mother counfelled him in faith to undergoe, rather then for his life, to make accord with Efau, and to forgot his firft birthright now obtained. Verf. 44. afeo ¿aies] thefe fell out to be mono 44 leeres : as the fequel of the Hiftorie fheweth, Gen. 31. 3 S. and Rebekah Caw him no more, as the He- brew Do£tors gather, by the time of her death, which they thinke was before Iakb came aga(ne. See the noteson Gen.3 5.8. VerC 45. why fhould I be] the Greeke turneth 45 it left "be bereaved: and lime fpeaketh of the Joffe of them both, for that Efan for his murder , was alto to be killed, by the law in Gen. 9. 6. or if man had not punned him, God might have cuffed and tale him out, as bee did Kain, L'en. 4. 1 1,16. of Cbetb] the Greeke faith, dinghies of she fume, of Cheth, theChethites , whom Efau had marled, Gen. 26. 34, 35. This griefs, thee tooke for an occafion alfo, to get Ifaaki con- fect, unto lambs departure. of the land] that is, of the inhabitants ofthe land, whetherChethites, or any other of the Cánaanites : fee Gen. 1 1.1. wherefore have I] that is, what good will my bfa doe me meaning, none at all. C et A r. XXVIII. i , Ifaekbleffth Iakob, and fendetb hint to Paths Aram for a wife. 9 , Efau feevog it , marietb Macba- latb, the daughter of Ifrnael. I o, Iakubby the may bath a ¿reame and Tifton of a ladder ; 13 , God appearing, promifith to bleflè him, and bring him home again. 16, Iakob awaking, and mated with retere,ceof the place, amuoimetb aflue fee rep fir a pillar, and nametb the place Bethel, 20, and maketb a tow to honour God there, when heelball return in peace. ANd Ifaak called Jakob, and bleffed him : and commanded him , and faid unto him ; Thou (halt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arife, toe to Padan Aram, to the houfe of Bethuel, thy mothers father: and take to thee a wife, from thence;ofthe daughters of Laban, thy mothers brother. And God Almightie, bleffe thee; and make theefruitfull,and mul- tiply thee : and be thou an affembly of peo- ples. Andhe give to thee, the bleffing ofA- braham, to thee, and to thy feedwith thee: that thou mad} inherit the land of thy fe- journings, which God gave unto Abraham. Ard 3 4 4/1111117,46/44/11
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