®.//N,PO/IIIdN'l'1'11!1111fi/" 142, lofeph forgotten. GENE s the fowles, did eat them out of the basket, upon my head. And Jofeph anfwered and faid ; This is the interpretationthereof: the three basket s,they are three daies.Yet with- in three daies,ihall Pharaoh lift up thy head from offthee; and flail hang thee, on a tree: and the fowles fhall eat thy flefh; from off thee. An itwas,in the thir ay,m is was Pharaohs birth day,that he made a banquet,. unto all his fervanrs: and hee litted-up the head, of the chiefe of the Butlers; and the head,of the chiefe of the Bakers, among his fervants. And he reftored the chide of the Butlers, onto his butlerlhip :' and hee gave the cup, into Pharaohs hand. And the chiefe of the Bakers, he hanged : as Jofeph had interpreted to them. Yet did not the chiefe of the Butlers, remember Jofeph,but forgat him. Is XL. trueGod,asDeut.18. o,t1,i2.Efa.8.19. And 8 taxeth the vanity of fuch in our times, as write bookes of the art of interpreting dreames. Vert9.behold]Hebrew, and behold': but the word 19 and fometime is redundant in that tongue, as is obferved on Gen. 36.24. Vent o. or though] or,rohen it budded. f¡iot -up] Hebrew, afeeewled. 20 d' dd h ñ Vert: t2. theya re] tlaat is, :by fignifietbreedaies: So in Gen. 41. 26. Verf. 13. within three dais] which is explained verf..2o. to be is the third day : fee a like phrafe in Gen. 7.4. and the enyftitall munber three. See Gen. 32.4. life up] [his phrafe fometime fig - 2I nifseth, to promote unto honour , as Jer. 52. 31. fometime head is tiled for fumme, and it nteaneth 22 to talc the fumme,or to reeltan, as Exo.3o,12. which may allo be intended here. The Greeke tranfla- teth, thatl remember thy principality: the Chaldee 23 thatl remember thee. place] or ba fe, flat : meaning his eftce,ef6utlerfhip, as theGreek and Gbaldee ex- llahae it; and is confirmed by verf.21. Vert; 14. this houfe] tbia pram; fo the Greek faith, this hold. I feph, thoughpatient in adverfitie, yet uferh all good meancs to procure his libertie. Vert, 15, flollen by health] or indeed follm : Nebr. fealing flohen, 3 be Fjebrewes] the land of Canaan, wherein the children of Abraham dweltwho was 2 ] fu bald called an Hebrue, Gen.14,13. Thus lot pb calleth it,by faith in Gods promiCes. Io Zaeh.2.12. it is called the holy land. dungeon] or pit: in Chair dee, the boute of prifoners. T ins lafeph pleadeth his innoceneie; as Danielalfo did , Dan. 6.22, and Paul, Aft: 24. 12,13, 20. & 25.10,1 r. Verf.t 6. taw] this word the G,{eekeaddetb, I law a dreame. white] or, with haler; for the He- brew word fignifieth both : and may measte baf- kets made of white rods , with holes , as net - worke. But the Gr. and Tharg. Jerufalemie doe msderfiand it of white bread, or meats in them. Vert 19, lift-uy] or (as the Greeketranflateth it,) take away thine ead; in a contrary meaning to 6 the former, verft 3. but it may be mrderftood of reckoning , as before; and putting this man out of the number of his officers. a tree] the Chal- dee tranflateth it,agaRom iree,orgybba,eroffe: fuch as that wheren Chrill was crucified ;called fome- time onely a tree,as AfL5.; o.& 10.39.1 Per.2.24. After by the Law, fesch as died on tree, had the crrfe of God upon them, Dent.22.23. Verf 20. a banquet] Hebrew, a ebrin&bog. This cuflome to keepe banquets on birth daies,appea- reth to be molt ancient ; and it continued till Challis time on earth, Matt. 14.6. and fo till this day. hired -up] the Chaldee tranflateth, he rentembred the head, &c. N. 22. hanged] As Iaf phwas in prifon with there two malefaétors, as according to his word, the one was uttered to his former honour.,the o- ther put to death: fo Ghrift was in the middefi of two malefaaors ; who , one of them rcdtored to eternall life , the other left to die in his fines, Luke23. 33,39,-43. Verf. 23. forgat him] which was both great un- thankful nes, Annotatiens. Viler] or eupbearer , who ufed to give the cup into the Kings hand, v. 13.So 15th. 1. I I. Vert z. branches] oro ers,inC ee Prinwa, fee Gen. 37.36. chief] or Prince. The Greeke tranflateth Arrhitinoboo.r, the Chiefe mine panrer: and Arcbifitoppoior, the Chief bread-maker. The Chaldee, Rablha4i. Vert. 3. Prevail hdarfball] fee Gen. 37.36. tower] prifon, Gen.3 9.20. Vert. 4. force dales] or,a ye are : for fo the word dales often fgnifieth ; fee Gen.24.5 5 & 4.3 Vert. 5. according to the interpretation] that is, no vain dreamebnt lignificant, and [hewing things to come,according to the interpretation that Io- fepb gave of them. Of dreaming, fee the notes on Geniis 20. 3. Verf.6. f the Greek tranflateth troubled, and fo the Hebrew importeth an angerly difcontent, and fretf,ell trouble ofmind,Pro.l9.3.with a fad and lowring countenance,Ddn.1.10. So dreames and vifions Cent of God , uCe much to affea men, Gen. 4 r. 8. Dan. 2.3 ,3. Matth. 27.19. Ver1.7. evil!] that is, fad; as the Greeke tranfla- teth, slepthrepa, which word the Evangelifis ufe in like fenle,Lnke 24.17. Mat.6. 16. Co good, is often ufed for merrie or cheerful!, Elth. r. a o. Efa.6 9.14. Verf. 8. no interpreter] they being prifoners, couldnot go to the Soothfayers and wife men of Egypt, as that people was wont to doe, Gen.4 r . 8. When Gods Oracles are not opened and under - ftood, it is a caule of laeavines,Rev.5.4. tell me] Iofeph was in bonds,as an evil doer : but the word of God is not bound : and fo Paul , 2 Tim.2. 9. Here lofepbe faith fitewed it felfq before, he him- felfe was a dreamer, Gen.37.5, 9 now he becom- meth an interpreter, and maketh a way for the accomplifhment of thofe promifes : and calleth thefe idolaters from their fuperfiitions, to the 9 14 15 16 r9 20 22 23
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