GENESIS XXXIX. lofeph cold. I39 18 21 24 26 28 29 Vcrf t 8. f¡met] or feale : the Greeke tratiflateth it ring on the finger. Men did weare fuch for ho- nour : Luk.15.22. Ier.22.24. bracekt] or, .ri- band, or handkerchief. Verf.2 .ber place] that is, theplace where jhe war. So,the prayer ufthit place; that is, made in thu place, 2 Chron.6.4o. the whore] the word hereufed, in Hebrew Kedefah,commeth from Kadät, which commonly fignifieth holineJf : and the man thus proftitute unto filthinell-e,is called Kades,ufnally Englifhed a Sodomite t King.' 4.24. This name is thought to be given (by a contrary meaning,)to common whores,who are moftwlwly,and unchaff. But it may bee filch abomination was cons Acted among theGanaanites, under a pretext of religi- on &holines. For in the apoftafie of Ifrael,houles of fuch uncleane perfons,were in the houfb of the Lord, 2 King.23.7.and they facrificed with filch whsres, H0C4.14. An ex reffe law was given to Ifrael, that there lhoald be no fuch Sodomite , or Sodomite0 among them, nor their hire brought into Gods honk, for any vow, Deut.23. t y, i 8. become in contempt] or to be contempt : be laughed to fcorne , for being thus deceived by a Whore. A- mong the heathens this fin was infamous. Verf.24.be burnt] by Gods law after given, to defile a betrothed woman (which here was Tha- mars cafe with Sclah,)was death,by 'toning them Deu 22.2 3,24.and a Priefts daughter if the plaid the harlot, was to burnt with fire, Levft.zt.9. Thefe !awes itfeemeth were executed before,and after even among the heathens:fo the King of Ba- bylon rol?cdtwo Jewes in the fire for committing adulterie,Ier.29.22.23.Here Iudas in judging an- other,condemnedhimfelfc, Rom.2,t. fo David in like cafe, z Sam.12.5. 7. Vert:26.01w her] that is, lye with ber : fee Gen. 4. t .By this free confef iioñ (according to Iud.ths name, which fignifieth aConfJr) and abftainint Irons further evill with her; appeareth the true repentance of the Patriarch. And though he was now (in all likelihood) not above thirty years 'of age : yet find we no mention of any children that ever he had more, but thefe two of Thamar, and Selah his fon before:from wca three onely,the fa- milies of Iudah are reckned,Gcn.46. t z.Num.z 6. 19.22.tChr.2.3,4.Either he maried not afterthis eime,orGod blelled him.not with ahy more feed. Vert:28.gave out] that is put forth : tise Greeke tranllateth , the one brought forth the hand. This fheweth the birth to be ntofthard and dangerous, not according to the conn a of nature. God fo chaftening the fin of Thamar with ber father.See the like alto in Iakobtbirth, Gen.25.26. is come out]the Greeke tranflateth , Seal! come out : as comforting the woman in the extremity of her travel'. V.erf.29. Hap thou broke(tth] orhafl thoumade- a-breach ? upon thee] that is,the breach it thine, thou haft made it , and (halt cary the name of it upon thee. The Greek tranflateth;Why it the parti- tion dieidedfer shoe ? The Chaldee, How great Jirengtb bath beenein thee that thou michtfi prevai /e? This ftrange and petitions child- birth, may be cotta- pared with that of IalCdi and Efau, Gen.2 5.22. -- 26. who (trove for the firft birth-right in the wombe,as thefe alto did at the birth. Pharez] Hebrew Perets, t hat is, by interpretation Breach, lb named upon this faft of his, at the birth, Hee violently tooke the dignitie of the birth-right froth his brother,is fet before him in the genealo -. gis, Ntunb.26, an. t Chron.2.4,5. and became father ofChrilt, after thefiefh, Matth.t.3. Zaràh] Hebrew Reracb, which fignifieth Rifen,or fprungup : (as the Sun is faid to rig .) becaufe he should hrlt have rifen, that is, have beetle borne, but for the breach which his brother made. The Hebrew Do&ors fay; that Zarah h:odbir name of the Sim, and Pharèz bad bia name of the Moose, which fometime is broken ( as in peeces ) fonetimes it full.: And that in Pbarez, the firengtb of Druids houfe was portended : and tbereföre from him prùceedeth the king- dome of the houfe of David,R. Menachem, on Gen.38. In the birth of thefe two brethren , eh? eftate of the two Churches of levees and Gentiles, may as in a figure, be confidered : The Iew, as the elder, drawing backe the hand through unbcleife ,Rom. 10.3.21. The Gentiles as by violencegetting the heavenly birth-right, Math.tr.r2.Luk.r5.rt.-- 32. AB 13, 46.-48. and when the Gentiles are fully borne, then (hall theloves (that had the figue of the firft bhthright On their hand) come forth againe.Rom.í 1;t t.-25 26. *17:3:2ttlin194 ii2c12* CHAP. XXXIX. , 7, Zofeph being fldiruo E: ypt , it there advaneedin Potipbars boufe. 5, The Lord blef th the ha fe f r Ic- fepha fake. 7, Hit Mj refii tempted, him to lye with ber , but berefefetband fbtinneth ber. 15, S bee com- plaineth oflofeph so the men of btr beef : 17, and f fly aceutech him to her htiaband. r 9, mho in anger cat erli him into prifon. 33s but God is with him there. Nd Iofeph, was brought-downe to E- gypt:and Potiphar ari EÌinuch of Pha- raoh, the Provof'MarthaI', an Egyp- tian man,bought him; of the hand of the If- maelites,which had brought him down thi- ther. And Jehovah was with- Jofeph, and he was a p rofperous man : and he was , in the !mule of his Lord the Egyptian. And his lord faw, that Jehovah tvaa with him ; and all that he did, Jehovah made :it pròfperin his hand. And Jofeph found glace , in his eyes , and miniftred to him : and he made him over- feer,over his houfe,end all that he had hee gave into hit hand. And it was, f r o m the time that b ee liad..hide him over - feer,in his houfe , and over all that he had ; that Jehovah bleffcd the houfeof the Eóyp. tian,for Jofeph sfake ; and the blefhngofJe- hovah,was upon all that he had, in the houfe, and in the field. And he left all Chit he had, 6 P 2 i, 4 s- in
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