GENE SIS ft.11V I. Ver15, land of Canaan] though they were there 5 borne,and ofCanaaniti(h mothers,yec they went, out of the land; and Iakobs fonues borne in Me- fopotamia, carne in to po(feffe it, as their inheri- tance given of God,Gen, 3 5.26 and 37.1. 6 Verf 6. Cooke] or, bad taken, to weet, beforeJa- kobs comming ; as appeareth by Gen. 32. 3. and 33. I 4. Gods providence thus making way,for to fulfill the pronrifes unto lakób : Gen.28. 4.13. Ades] that is, perfns : in Greeke bodies : fee Gen.12.5. & 46. 2 6. unto a land] that is, as theChaldee expoundeth it, to another land: or het wentfrom the land;and fo the Greeke tranflateth it, from the land of Canto. For though the Hebrew (el) ufually fignifieth unto; yet filch words often vary their fenfe , as the text it felfe fometime fheweth.For that which in t King.8.3o. is el,tmto (or in) thy develingplaee, unto heaven, in Chron. 6. 31, is written, from thydwelling place , from heaven. So, the Redeemer f all come unto Sion, 6-ay 59.20. is by the Apoft le tranflated, out of SiayRom.11.26. Alto in 2 Ghron. t. t 3. to the high plaee,is in Greeke according to the fence there, from the high place; fo in Iudg.17.2. taken from thee: and fundry the like. from the face] or,from 6efere,which may mean beferehis comniing: asGen.30.30. Verf.7. more then c. or,mneb, f r to dwell together. A like occafion parted Lot and Abram ; ceenefis 13.6. of their fojournings] that is, reberein the1y reerefjenrners. $ Verf..S. of Seirjaman, mentioned verfe 2o.Who dwelling there,themountain countrey was cal- led by his name: and to Efau God gave this mount,for a poffeffton, I0124.4. Deut.a.5. 9 Verf.,9. of Edon, ] that is , as the Chaldee ex- pounds it, of thc'Edomites: fee Gen. 19.37. in the annotations. VerC t 1. Zephe ] called Zephi , r Chron. t.36. The Greeke here nameth them , 7haiman, Omar, Sep bar, Gotham, and Kenez. a Versa a 2.7imna] flee was fitter to Lot an, of the race of the Cboriter,verC22. Amale] he was a Duke, v. 16. his polterity were called' Amalekitts, and proved great enemies to Ifrael, Exnd. 17.8. 14..God therefore commanded the memory of them to be blotted out from under leaven, Deut.2 5. 27.19. 13 Ragovel, Ñachotbt Z Greeke are, Zome, àndMazee arc (or Som- me and Ala ze,asl Chron. .37.) It} Verf t 4. Iaalam] in Greek; Iegiom, and Kore. 15 Verf.15. dukes] that is, Governors,Chiefe- leaders but inferiour to Kings. A Duke is named in He- i brew /Mph, that is , a Chiefs- leader, or Guide, or Qaptaine of a thonfattd; in Chaldee Rabba,a Mailer : in Greeke Hgemon, a Ruler or Governour. Here fourteens Dukes arereckoned to Efau; leven that cause of his wife Adah , four, of Dafemath, and three of Aholibamah. Vert 16. Karah]in v.18. there is another Duke of this name, that came of another mother. Al- beit there is no mention of this Korab before a- mong Eliphaz his children,v. t s .s a. neither in 1 Cehr, t.36.unleffe hethere bear the name of limns II 16 Verf. t 9. Elm] the Greeke tranflateth, theft fg are the fmnatbf Edom. Verf. 20. the Chorire] orChoreaa whereof fee 20' Gen. 14.6. there feeme to bee of theEvieer fore mentioned , v.2. for Zibeon there called an Evite, commeth of this race here, and inv.24. inhabitants] in Greeke, tingalarly, the inhabitant. Zibeon] in Greek, Sekgon. Vert:2a. Difhen] called &tier, Dilhan,v.26. the Greek in bóchplaces calleth him Deftm. Ever] in Greeke Afar. DifhaiQ in Greeke Rifon: fee the notes on Gen.4.18. So accts in verC 28.3 o. Verf 22. Hemam] called Ilomam, in t Chron. t. 39. Here in Greeke Haiman.in r Chron. l.39.He. man. 7imnab] inGreeke 'name%, concubine to Eliphaz forte of Elan: vest, 12. So he and his father Efau(vera.)nsarying Into the.ftock of the Chorites; therefore is this genealogy let down. That the occafion may be feene,how Efau and his feed,came to inherit the Chorites land in mount Stir : Deut. 2. 12. .and fo got his living by his fword,Gen.27.40. Verf.23. A:van] called Alyan; 1 Chron. a. 40. 23 in Greeke Golom. Sbepho] called Sbephi,i Chro. a .40. in Greeke Soplar : but ire a Ciaron. a .4.0.t he Greeke is, Sapphi. Verl24. both Ajah] Hebr. a s d Ajab: the Greeke omitteth the word and,as füpee-fluous,faying, the forts of Shebegon, Aie, andOnan. The Hebrew text doth the liske in I Chron. 1.1.0', and in other pla- cessas 2 King. 11.1. and 2 Chron.13.z.compared with 2 Ghron.2 2.Io.and I King. r 5.1.So in Gen. 40.9. Anab] father in law to Efau,ver.a. mules]The Idebr. Iemim,is no where found but in this place: mules elfewhere are called Peradim, I. Kings 0.25. z. Kin.ç.17.It is therefore doubted what Iemim here meaneth.And the Greek leaveth it untranflated, tamein , as not'jcnowing what it fhonld be. The Chaldee turneth it Gibbaraja, that is, Mightier,or Giants, as the world is nfed, Gen.6. 4. Others, becaufe lemon hath affinity with lam the Sea,and majim,waters,tranflave it hot- waters,os' hatlses, whichAnah fhould find in the defart. But becaufe it is knowne that mtela are ingendred of Ole mixture of horfes and coffer, or of he -affes and mares, as Pliny fheweth in Hiflor.b.8.cb.44. (tran- fluted commonly therefore inGreeke hemionono, that is, half -afs, 1 King.10.25. &c.)and mules of themfelves are barren,and doe not encreafe,as the philolopher noteth,Arifl.de Animal.1.I 5 it is like= ly they were not created at the flrft of God; be- caufè he gave all filch creatures this bleffing,to be fruitful and to multiply,. en.1.22.28 ".and -8.17. And .- that therefore they were found out by the wit of this man, who feeding his fathers affes , castled them to ingender with another kind , as !Orris,' which was both againft nature, as firft God let every thing according tohitkind, Gen: r .24. & 6.19. 20.and again(} the plain law,which he after gave unto Ifrael,Levit. 19. 19. thou fhalt not let thy castel engender with adizerfcled. And the namelemim frlt given them by Anab, might be changed into Peradim, which path the figniticatign of Parteed, or Separated; as differing from all other beads. Verf. 2S 22 24 L
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