Y.-7S/'I//n//9111I Vvt1YItlDe//l 106 GENESIS XXVII!. maeliter: forIfmael himfelfe was now dead, Gen. 25. 17. See the notes on Gen. 19.37. Nadia- lath] called alfo Bafemath, Gen.36.3, he took her, (being of his kinred)co pleafe his father; though neither according to Gods will, nor his fathers. So the wickedwould feeme to amend one evill, by running into another. of Nabaioth] that is,of the fame mother that Nabajoth ( Ifmaeh eldefl forme) was. uwabit] that is, betides andunto thetwo Canaanitifh wives which hee already had Gen. 26.34. fo now he had three wives. O b b Here beginneth the feventh faction of Motes law, whereof fee the annotations on Gen. 6.9. Which lè &ion when it is lelle abfolute, the Hebr. call Parafha, adandiest; and lignifie it by a threefoldP: but whcai it is more flu P en ill and ablolute, they name it Seder, an order, and denote it by a b` I threefold S* asan this place. 10 Verf. 1 o Charms] of which place,fee Gent 1. 31. It was diltant from Beeriheba,almofl soo En- glifh.miles. And Jakob was now about 77 yeares of age, when het .undertooke this pilgrimage, as may be gathered by the hiftory following,aod by Gen.47.9. Of which journey the Prophet after fpeaketh , how Iskob Aed into the land of Syria, and Ifìoel raved for a wife,I3o1:12.12. Só the afi&i- mes of the fathers,are examples unto the children in all ages,even whatfoever is written,Rom.4.23 24. and 15.4. a Con 1 0.11. Of Jakobs age, the Rabbines alto fay, Smartie and fevenyeerer olde wàr Iakob,wben ke departedfrom bid fathers houfe,Pirkei R. Flitter, eh. 3.5 I I Verl e s. be lightedupen,] or happened.,net witb,by Gods providence, not of his owne purpofe or choife ;, who would have gone further had not night prevented him : and madeno reckning of thiS.place,above any other. It was about 48 Eng- lifhmiles diftant from Beerfheba, whence Jakob came: and from Jerufalem 8 miles northward. psllowes] or bead- Itoufiers fo. in a Sam. 26. 7. The Greekc tranflateth, at bis bead. As this pillow of Jakob, fheweth his hard diftreffc for the prefent in body:fo Gods appearing and word here revea- led, naauifefeth the comforts and refrefhing of the fpirit,which the faithfull have in their afflic- tions and pilgrintage,Hof.1a.4.Gen.35.7. 2 Cor. 1.5. Sec after,on verle8. 12 Vert'. s a. dreamed] a divine dreamt, fuch as in times paft God ufed to (peak unto men by, Jo b 33 24,15. Dan.7, 1. and fo he ufually fpake unto the Prophets,as it is fayd, If there bee a Prophet among you, I lebovab, will make my title known unto him in a zifon, will puke unto him in a dreamt: Num. 12.6. See the notes on Genef.15.12. ladder,] reprc- fencing Chrift, the line of man, on whom the Angels ofGedaftmdand defcend,Joh.1.5 s. applyed now in fpeciall to lacob,and his journey,as followeth in verlè 13. i 5. The Hebrew Dohtors fay ; The things made known to a Prophet by prophetical! zifian, were made knou2re to him ly way of parable: ar:d immediately, the interpretation of the parable, was writ - tat in his heart,and he knew what it wor. As the Ladder which Jakob our father fame, and the Angels afeen- ding and defeending on it: Andthat mar a parable of the (fame) monarchies. Mymary in Mifn. in Ilia ha- torah, ch.7.S.3. Other Rabbines alto apply this vifon to the monarchies 18 Daniel; but our Savi- our is the bell interpreter, John 1.51. on the earth] ftgnifying Chrilts humane nature,and con verfingwithmen,Iohn s6.28,and 17.4. the heavens] tignifying Chrifis heavenly nature, and mediation for men with God, Hebr. 8.1. and 9. 24. By whom all things are reconciled unto God, and both the things inearth, and things in heaven, are let at peace through the bloudof his croe, Cololh 1. zo. He is theway, no man comnteth to the Father, but by him : John 14. 6. alien- ding, eve.] that is, looking with defile into the myfteries of Chrift, s Pet. 1.12. miniftring un- to him, and through hint unto his people, Mar. 1. Heb. 1.i 4. and now in fpeciall, guar- ding Iakob from all peril's in his journey : Gen. 32. 1,4. Verf: 13. Iebovab] whole providence and grace is towards his in Chrift.The Chaldee tranflateth it, the glaryof the Lord. Codof Abraham, áe.] See Gen. s 7.7.He is not Aimed to be called their God,for he bath prepared for than a ci y, bleb. es. 16. Hereby alas the refurrelion of the dead ,was taught unto MO; Cod calling himfelfe no lefle the God of Abraham (now dead to the world, then of Ifaak now living: for Abraham alfo was alive unto hi41),Luk.zo.37,38, to thy feed] that is, as the Chaldee expounds it, to thyforme} : when as yet he had no child, (as is noted of Abraham,A &. 7.5.) nor wife. Here God confirmeth to Iakb,the biding of Abraham, which his father Jf akhad bequeathedunto him,before invert 3.4. And as the former, fo this prcmife allo was fpirituall,to beaccomplifhed by Chrift, in whom (under the name of David) God prorOfeth, that his people fhoesld dwell in the land, ¡bat heegaze to Jakob his fer- vent, Ezek. 37.24, 25. So the ladder which Jakob law,fhould be for him (belides this earthly voy- age)2o climbe by,unto his beazenycouesrey,and inheritance eternall;Heb.11.14.16,&9.15.So ab. ter,in Gen.35. 11,12. Verf: 14. theduft] that is innumerable: fee Genet. 13. 16. and 32. t z. So Balsam Paid, who can count the dull of lahcb, Numb. 23.20. In Cenci: 32. 12. for duff, is laid find of the fra. The Chaldee here tranflateth, thy fames fhall bee mubi- pyed, as daft. freaa= abtead] Hebr. brake forth; that is, greatly inrteafe and *dal, Jpread abroad. So the word is aho ufed in Exod. 1. 12. Genet: 3o. 30.43. a Chrcn.4.38. The Greeke tranflateth it, inlarge; the Chaldeeprozaile. It is a Prophefie of the fprcadingg of the Church, through all parts of theworld, the tea] that is, as the Chaldee expomeds it, the craft :. fee Cm. 12. 8. all families] So the prcmife unto Iakob,pertaineth alto to us who may fay with the Prophet, God found him in Bethel, and there Ire pale!' with us : Hof12.4. And it implieth the bier- ling of eternal life. and inthy feed]that isClerifl: feeGen.z2.18,and 12.3. And; may here bee taken for That is to fay; for it explaineth the former prontife. 13 =4 MIR
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