GENESIS XXXIII. vtnnotat ions . I u Andmaids] in the Chaldee,concubines. So one .0 .( of them is called, Gen. 35.2.2. 3 Vcrf 3. f ven] this they be taken for many times: as, the barren bath bornefeeven, that is, many, i Sam. 2. 5. fever (that is , many) abhoniinations are in (the hateful! mans) heart,Prov.26i25. and fundry the like. Here Jakob doth that bimlèlfe, which God promiled fhould be done unto him, Gen. 27.29. But humility goeth before honour. And it is no- ted by the Hebrew Do &ors, as a decree of God, that Efau fhould be ruler over lakob in thisworld; and Ialrnb ruler over Eras in the world to come. Pirkei, R. Elie,ser, 4 Verf; 4. ki ffedhim] There were fignes Of Efaus affe &ions changed from his former hatred, Gen. 27.4 t .Luke 1.5.20. and of Iakobs prevailing with men; ás he had with God, Genef. 32. 28. for his wales pleating the Lord, hee made his enemies at peace with him,Prov. 16.7. Therefore the word kiffid, is extraordinarily noted in the Hebrew, with three pricks over it,as leading the reader to obferve well this matter. In the words follow- ing, the Greeke addeth, they wept both. $ Verf. 8. what meanest ,thou] Hebr. what to thee ? company] or, camp, the drone lent before, Geller.. 32. 16. ;sshnelg that is, that Imayfindo: the Gr. explaineth it, that thy fervant may finde grace. 9 Verf.9. much] Hereby he may meane, enough, or, a great (kale : the Greeke tranflateth it, many things. Jakob in verle It. fpeaketh more fèeely, Iñaveall things. Thus Efau had received his Welling, Gen; 27. 39. be thine] that is,keepe it to thy flfi: or,(as the Chaldee explaineth it) much good doe it thee, that which thou haft. Io Verf: O. sherefore] or, becaufe: as this word fig- r,ifiech inGen. 38" 26. face of God] that is, ho- norable and comfortable: TheChaldee, for God, (Ehbim) trandateth, Princes : as the word fdme- time fignifieth,PGl.8a. pleafed] or,thou hafl fa- vourably accepted me. Verf i I. biding] that is, the gifI,which by the blef ing of God I have received and doe with a willing and liberali heart, give [into thee. Here- upon the Scripture often ulëth a bhngfor boun- teous gift , orliberalitie, t Sam. 25.27. and 3ó 26. 2 Ifing.5.i 5.and fo the Apoltlé Meth it,in 2 Cor. 9. y ,6 The Ghaldee keepeth here, the word tiled in the former verfe,eheprefvtt. all] that is,enough ofaU: the Greeke tttrneth it plurally,all shiv6;. A more full acknowledgement and contentatiotì then E aur, who laid he had much, verf: 9. bee make it) Iakob herein had the preeminence, for it is more bled to give, than to receive, AEt :2 o.3 5. and A- braham would not be inriched by the King of So- dom, Geu.14.23. The Hebrew Do &ors in Brefrth rabbah heere fay that all the gifts that Jakobgave to Elan , the Rings of the world f all reflore unto the King C%riff; as Pfd. 72. io. 12 Verf. s 2. and gee] meaning, urto- Seir,where he would lovingly entcrtaine his brother,and grati- fie his kindnefle. By lalOs anfwer in v.14. it fee - meth he did fo underhand him. II 823 Verf.13. witbyotlg] or,giving Eck, as the Chat- 13 dee trandateth it. The Hebrew may imply both; as Sam.af.7. Verf t 4. willleadon] or, will gently lead-- fftly. As 14 laugh here with his ttocke, fo Chrtlt the good fhepherd, is prophefied to deale with his people, Efa. 40. I T. the foot of the worke] that is, the pace ofthe'eatteil, as they are able togoe : called a worke, becaufe about them his labour was imployed So in Exod. 2 z.8. Thus Chrift preached as men were able to heare, Mark. 4. 33. and fo did his Apolties, becomming weake to the weake, t Cor.3.2. & 9.22: Rom.15. t . For font, theGreeke trantiatet h leifurs. Verfi 5. appoint] or fit; and confequently leave, 15 as the Greeke and Ghaldee doe tranflate ic. So in Exod. 10.24. let me findegrace] that is,grant my defire aud.leave none. So, to fndegrace, is to have arequeft granted,Gen.34. i s. & 47. 25. i Sam. 2 5.8. Or,as the Greek trandateth, it m enough that j haze found grace ; as being a thankfuli refufàll: and fo the Hebrew phrafe feemeth elfwhere to import, as in Ruch 2.13.2 Sani. 16.4. Verf. 17. an houfee] in Greeke, boufer : they were 17 cottages for 'Herein ufe; for hee flayed not there long. Succoth] that is, bootbes, or tents : hereof the place had the name, and fo the citie that was after there budded, was called Succoth, Judg.8.15 16. Likewife the place whither Nobs tonnes firft came, after they wentout of .,t£gypt, was called Suceoth, Exod. 12.37. and in memorial! of their dwelling ist bootbes, God appointed a yeerly feaft for all the people,called the feaft ofSuecotb; that is, of eoothes,or teats, made of green boughs of trees, wherein they dweltfever daies in a yeere, Levis. 23.34,--42,43. Verf 18. came fate] or came in pese; found andi IS whole, bee and all that hee had; having got the vi- ¿tory over all troubles and dangers, according to the prom Wes ofGod,Gen.31. ;. & 32.28. The Hebrew Salem is fo interpreted here by theGhal- dee paraphrafe, fafe, or found: but the Greeke ma- keth it the name of a place, to Salem the citie of the Siclrmites: howbeit we fine elfewhere no men- tion of fisch a title. Yet if foie be and rftood, it is another then that Salem where Melchifcdeck raigned, Gen. 14. 18. which was lerufalem; front which this Salem was 40 miles distant. In Joh.3. 23. there is mention of a Salem by Ênmt, where lohn baptifed; which is thought to be that Saalim fpoken of in i Sam.9.4. Sechem] or Syehem, as in Greeke it is called,A&.7.16. called alto Siebar, Joh. 4. 5. PadanAram] or114efopetamiaofSyla, as the Greeke hath'it. See Gen. 25.20. mum= ped] pitched his tents. Verf. 19. he bought] yet was that land given of ; God, to him and his fathers, Gen.i 2.6,7. but he was a pilgrim on it,as were they, Heb. 11.9. and in hope of that promife in tittle to be fulfilled,hc purchafed this field; as leremie bought a field,for like fignification,Jer.3 2.9.15 4fter,it became the' portion of lofèph and his çhildren,.10f:24.32. Hamoe] or Emmo', as it is written, A&. 7. t 6. in ? Hebrew Chaixor. 100. lambs] fo the Greek and Ghaldee doch tranflate the word. Others thinke' M s they
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