Ilaaksdeath. GENES i s XXXV. IS 16 17 18 19 20 2I 22 23 24 25 26 27 13 29 2 of flone:and hee powred-out a drink-offring thereon : and he powred oile thereon. And Iakob called the name of the place , where God fpake with him,Bethel.And they jour- neyed, from Bethel ; and there was yet a lit- tle peece of ground , 'to come to Ephrath : and Rachel bare a child, add had hard child- birth. And it was,when the was in her hard child - birth: that the midwife faid unto her, feare not ; for thou (halt haw this fonalfo. And it was , when her foùle wasdeparting, for Thee dyed ; that (he called his name Ben - oni : but his father called him Ben - jamin. And Rachel dyed; and the-was buried,in the way to Ephrath ; that is Bethlehem. And Jakob fet up a pillar, upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachels grave, unto this day. And Ifrael journeyed : and lice ftretch-out his tent, beyond the tower of Geder. And it was, when Ifrael dwelt in that land ; that Reuben went, and lay with Bilhah, his fathers concubine : and Ifrael heard it. o And the fonnes of Iakob, were twelve. The fonnes of Leah; Reuben , Ìakobs firft- borne: and Simeon,and Levi,and Iudah,and Iffachar, and Zebulun. The fonnes of Ra- chel; Iofeph and Benjamin. And the fonnes ofBilhah,Rachels handmaid; Dan,&Naph- tali. And the fonnes o f Zilpah,Leahs hand - maid;Gadand Mir: thefe,are the fonnes of Iakob ; which were borne to him in Padan Aram. And Iakob came, unto Ifaak his fa. ther to Mamiee, to the citie o f Arba : that is Chebron ; where Abraham and Ifaak, had fojourned. And the days of Ifaak, were: an hundred yeeres, and fourefcore yeeres. And Ifaak gave -up the ghafl, and dyed, and was gathered unto his peoples; an old man, and full of dayes: and Efau and Iakob his fonnesburied him. Annotations. SEthel] that is,Godr kw/aft ; a place diftant from Sechen,, about 30. English miles,fouthward : of it,fee Gen. 28.11.19. an altar ] that is, offer facrifice and pay thy vow with thankfgi- sing for thy former deliverances, and ftrengthen thy faith,againft thy prefent feares, Gen. 28 :2o. 22. &31.13. and 34.30. Verfi. his houfe }t he folke of his houfe, he carefully clenfeth of idols, (which have no agreement with the houfe' of God, 2 Cor.6.16.)and informeth in Gods wayes , as did other Saints , Gen.' 8.t9.IoC24.15. with him] this may be meant of the captived Sechemites , Gen. 34. 29. ffra ge Gods] or jirangers Gads ; the Hebrew I:,7 fignifieth either Gods of alienation, that is, aliene or firange Gsds,as the Greekeexplainetir it,or Gods of the alien, ghat is, of a firanger,or firange nation ; and fo the Chaldee turneth it, Idrh (or erroneous Gods) of thereo, ler. By there ftrange Gods are meant idoli, images, or reprefentations of God, as appeared by serf. 4. So thofe which are called the Phili- ftims Gods; which David burned, 2 Chron.14.1 z. are by another Prophet raid to be their /dots, in 2 Sam.5.21. amongyou] either privily-brought from Labans house, whence Rachel had Lionel her fathers Gods,Gen.3 1.19 or lately taken from, and come with the captive Sechemites, which were idolaters. After this example, *tab, Samu- el; and others, purged theChurch of idols, when by repentanceand frith, they turned and were reconciled to the Lord,Jof.24.23. 2 Sam. 7.3.4. Iudg.io.16. elenfe] orpurifie, 'which out- wardly was (according to the law) by wafhing inwater, and other carnall rites Levit.15. 13. Numbs 31.23. inwardly , by the grace and fpirit of God, Pfal.51.4.12. Ezek.36.25. Heb.i0.22. It behoveth all, to take heed to their feete, when they goe to the Isoufe ofGoel,that they give not the facrifice of fooles,Ecclef..5. i. garment] ano- ther-figne of renning by faith and repentance: for when men came before God, their garments wereeither changed if they were undecent, z Sam. 12.20. or otherwife, mafhed, Exod.I9.10.14.Lev, 15.13. So are we exhorted to chugour likes from all filthinof fi of theflefh andfpirit , z Cor.7.1. and to hate even the garment fpotiedby,be flefh,Iudè, ver.23. From this praftife of Iakob the Hebrew Do &ors have gathered a pollution by Idols, Paying: Idols de defile , by the dottrine of the Seribes , and it it clofely fgnijiedin the law, (Gen. 35.2.) put away the ffrange Gods that are amorg yeu,and elenfe yourfelves,an change your garments. And thereinare foure principal! tmclean- nef s ; by the Idol it fel,Pe,and by the minifieriall inf ru- mmu thereof, and by the Oblation offeredthereto , and by the wine that is powred unto it. And they defile men and veffils,by touching them,erc.7. Deu.26.Efa.3o.2 2.Pfa. s o6.28. Deut. 32.28. Maimony in Mifn. tom. 3. in AbathMammoth, chap. 6.5.1. &e. Ver.3. anfweredme] the Chaldee tran(lateth, received my prayer in the time of my dill iejè,andhis word was my helpe in the way which I bavegone.'Gods anfwe- ring of his people,is when by word or worke, he granteth their revel} : as he is laid to anftver by fire, when by fuch afigne he teftifieth his appro- batior,, 1 King.18, 24. fo he anfovereob by given mien his bleffings , Efay 41.17. 18, or delivering them from miferies,Pfa.2 2.2 a.it is therforemore then bare hearing, as Elay 30.19. when bee beards thee bee will =fiver thee. So here IaAob calleth the vifion and oracle of God (Gen, 28. 1 2.13. 8tc.)' his anfwer. Ver.4.earc-rings] idolatrous jewels, and fuper- ffitions moniment , which are to be abolished as 4 well as idols; & which may eafily be turnedintó Idols themfelves,Hof z. t 3. Iudg.8, 2 1..27. Deut.7. 25. and 12.2.3. Exod.32.3.4. So by the Hebrew canons,It is commanded (they fly) in Deut.12. 2.3; to deftrq Idolary,and the minifleriad inffrremenrs tberef, ánds. 3
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