122 32 I 2 3 G È Iv E S IS XX X 1 I 1. l akobs ptàrchaíè. goeth down while it is yet day, Jer. 15.9. Amos 18.9. Sec Gen.) 9.13. The Greeke tranflateth , TheSun arofe,when thefhape (or appearance)ofGod pallid away. halted] which fsgnifieth infirmitie,which the belt doe bewray in their tentations and wraftlings withGod,2 Cor., 2.7,9.Pfa1.35., 5.& 38.18. Verf. 32. eat not] or, Jhall not (may not) eat. For it feemeth to be a law fit of God, that as the hal- ting upon this thigh, figured our Infirmities; fo the abstinence from the eating of that finew, fhould figure our mortification, and abftaining from evil'. The Hebrew Doltors fay, Jakobs fi- new being touched became like the fat efa dead thing: therefore it is unlawful! fir the fins of Ifrael to tate o the finew,d.c. Pirkei R.Eliez.ch.37. thatfbranke] or, that was removed; or, fargate his place.; The Greek tranflateth, the fnnete that wat benummed. By the He- brew canons, they are bound to abftaino from ea- ting this finew,both within the land (of Ifrael) and without the land in common meats, andin holy : in caste!! and in wild beafls; in the right thigh (of the beatit) and in the left. But not in fowler, beeamec they have no hallow (in the thigh:) And whofo eatcth of the fnew that fbranke, the quantity of an Olive, it beaten with 40. fl rip es; 7balmud. Bab. in Cholin, ch. 7. and Maimouy in treat, of Forbidden meats , ch. 8. Therefore the Jewes arc careful' to cut away , out of all beafls which they kill and eat, this finew, with aft the branches of it underneath,and themufcle,of flefh wherein they are,for more affurance.Alfo in their facrifices,when the members of the burnt -offring were cut in pieces and fatted ; then all thepieces were laid upon the Altar : and they woke out the finew that fiiraalte, being upon the top of the Altar, and threw it upon the afhes, which war in the midff of the Altar: faith Maimony in Mifn. treat. of Offring for facri- ftees, chap. 6. feft.4. Among the Webrewes alto, that paine in the thigh , with us named the Sci- atica, is by them called Gid haotafheh, that is, The finew that floranke. ithikÑ IdlbtMAYMMAàs8idairt CHAP. XXXIII. I , Jakob gattb before his family, and bewetb unto Efau fezen Heiser. 4, the kindneffe of Iakob and Efau at their meeetiñg. 6, Ialgbr wives and children bow unto Efau. lo, With much ioreaty, bee receiceth Ia- kobs prefent. 12, Offered) to accompany Iakob, but his court efie io modeffr refufed. 17, Iabab eommetb to Stre- wth. 18, At the elute of Seebem he buyeth a field, and buildetb an Altar called El- Elohe- Ifrael. A Nd Jakob , lifted up his eyes ; and law, and behold Efau came; and with him, loure hundred men : and he di- vided the children , untoLeah and unto Ra- chel ; and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children, firft : and Leah and her children, after ; and Ra- chel and Jofeph , aftermoft. And lac paffed over before them: and bowed himfelfeto the ground, feven times; outil' hee came neere to his brother. And Elan ran tomeet him,and imbraced him; and fell on his neck, and kiffed him : and they wept. And helif- ted up his eyes; and faw the women and the children; and Paid , who are thefe with thee e and hefaid,The children;which God bath gracioufly given to thy fervent. And the hand -maids came-neere, they and their children, and bowed-themfelves.And Leah alfocame- neere,and her children ; and they bowed- themfelves: and aftercamelofeph neere, and Rachel , and they bowed-them- felves. And he Paid, what meaneft thou, by all this company,which I mete And he Paid, to find grace, in the eyes of my Lord. And Efau Paid, I have much : my brother,letthat which is thine , be thine. And Iakobfaid ; Nay I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thine eyes; then take my prefent , at My hand : for therefore I have fee= thy face as though I have feene the face of God, and thou waft pleated with me.Take I pray thee my blefling, which is brought to thee; bet caufe God bath dealt gracioufly withmee, and becaufe I have all: and he urged him,and bee tookeit.And he laid, let us takeoff. jour- ney and goe : and I will goe, before thee. And hee laid unto him , my Lordknoweth, that the children are tender; and the flocks and herds , are with youngwith me : and if they overdrive them one day , then all the flocks will dye. Let my Lord, I pray thee pall¢ offer before his (avant: and I will lead on foftly, according to the foot of the work which is before me, and to thefoot of the children ; untill I come unto my Lord , to Seir. And Efau Paid ; Let me appoint I pray thee with thee, fame of the folke which are with me : and bee Paid, wherefore is this e let mee'find grace in the eyes of my Lord. And Efau returned,in that day; on his way, to Seir. And Jakob journeyed tò Succoth ; and built him an houle : and made boothes for hiscattell ; therefore he called the name of the place, Succoth. And lakob came fate, to the Citie of Se- chem;which is in the land of Canaan;when he came from Padan Aram : and bee en- camped, before theCitie. And he bought a parcell of a field , where he had ftretched- out his tent; at the hand of the fons of Ha -. ,nor, the father of Sechem : for an hundred lambs. And her let_up there an altar: and called ir,El- Elohe - Ifrael. eilnnotatioár. 4 5 6 7 8 9 fo II I2 13 Ig I$. 16 r7 t8 19 20 /,/////////G1//IIIItlII111111u1N
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