./Y///%///IC l'11'1U/her gi lakobscomplaint. (iENEsis XLII. 35 36 37 38 brumer ; and yee thull tratticke in the land. And it was, theyemptying their Packs; that behold every mans bundle of money roar in his facke: and they law the bundles of their money, they and their tàther,and they feared. And Iakob their father, Paid unto them ; Me, have yé bereaved of children : hfeph is not, and Simeon-is not ; and Ben- jamin ye will rake away; all there things ,are againftme. And Reuben laid unto his hi- ther , laying ; Slay, my two Cannes ; it I bring him nor, unto thee; give him, intomy hand; and I,wil l bring himagaine unto thee. And he laid, my fon (hall not goe down, with you : for his brother is dead, and he, is left himfelfe alone; and mifchiefe (hall be- fall him by the way, in the which yegoe ; and ye (hall bring.downe my gray - hayres, with forrow, unto hell. Annotatioxs. I Ornato fdl J or fair of come; fo the Hebrew 1/41 Shelter, (which is brealting,) is here tran9ated in Greeke thefelling of wheat : the Chaldee alto fo exprefl'eth it. See Gen. 41. 56. akob faro, that is, tinderftaodthis,by the report of ttherS; he beard it, verf.2.So the people yaw the vgeel,Exod. r 8.2 o. one on another] or,gnyour felves as negligent, or as men helpleffe, not knowing what to doe. The Greeke tranflateth, why are yee fotbfull. By the famine eh:. t came over all Egypt and Canaan, there was great 444:lion, that our fathers fatmd no fwfcnarue: A&.7 s i. In Abrams daycs, Canaan was vexed with famine, Gen. Is. I o. againe in Ifaaks tinte, Gen. 26. t. and now in Jakobs. So God excrcifed the frith and patience of the Saints, in the common calamities of the world. The like was in Af2.i 1.28. Verf.4. left mifehiefe] underhand, i:mu/teaks 4 beedleft, &c. fee Gen.3.2z. Formifchiefe,theChal- dee putreth death: the word implieth it.,and leffer evil] alfc,, as appeareth by Exod. 21. 22.23, 24. The Greeke caller's it, fckef, 6 Verfe 6. the ruler] her that had authority and power, in his hand ; as the originali word figs i- fieth, Ecc]ef 8.8.4. and David confiraseth , Pfal. 105.22. Of the HebrewS ballet , and Sbiltan, is made in Arabike the nanteSnßan,a title whereby the chicle rulers of Egypt and Babylon are gill called. boweddownejfo fulfilling the Oracle, inGcn.37.7.8. Verl7. made himfell f range] in Greeke, bee mar 7 alienatedfrom them. The Chaldee expounds it, bee bethought bim what bee fbeuld pea&e with than. with them] or, ,mto them: for the Scripture ufeth their phrafes indifferently, as /Peak not with Of in the levees language, 2 King. 18.26. or fpeale not unto us, Efay 36.1 I. and, fpakeritb him, 2 Chron. s o. 1o. or, f ai;e, unto him,' King. s 2.10. and in Greek, as, he fpa//e with them, Mark.6:5o. or, bee /pare tmto tbem,Mat. a 4.27. Vert: 9. fpies] The Hebrew bath the fignifica- tion of /holing, or going from place to place. The Apolile inGreeke tranflateth it (pies, Heb.11.31. n:e(tednef ] that is, the nalted, wealre,or ruined places, is the Chaldeeexplaineth it. The Greeke tranflateth it footfeps. Iofeph dealeth with his brethren in lane, as God doth with his chil- dren : who often efirangethhimfelfefrom them, dealeth roughly, and counteth them unto him as his enemies, Job.' 9,1 I. and 13.24. Verf11. nrre]or upright, honey men.The Greeke I I Lith, peaceable. Vert,l3. ism] that is, he is dead: as the phrafe Ggnifieth, Matt. 2.16.18. and fo it is expounded in Gen.44.ao. Vetf.15. as Pharaoh lizetb ] a kind of a/fevera- t'ion or fwearing, (as the like phrafe of God ma- nifelteth , 3er. 5. z.) which fometime is- joyned with the name of God, as I. Sans. áo. 3. as the Lord live:b, andas thy fittletiveoG: fo 2 King.2.2.4. 6. a Sam. r5. 21. I Sam. 25. 26. And to fwcare by the lugs -life, was a great oath in Egypt. The Greeke tranflateth, by the healtb f Pharaoh. It may alto be read as a with ; lb Pharaoh live: and is like- wile an earnell alíeveration. if ye gee} hat is, yea fhallnot gee; as the Greeke explaineth it: fee Gems 4.23. yongef] Hebrew, little: fo sítes- in verfe 20.32.34. Verf. 16, be ye in herds] you /hall be botend,or pri- faners. In Greeke, be ye led-away, instill your words bee maenfeft whetheryon fpeal truth or not. Verf t7. put them altogether.] Hebrew, gathered 17 them. ward] orprifn: called the beufeofward (or ewfodie) verf. 9. and fo by the Chaldee here Here God by tribulation calleth the Patriarchs to repentance for their Gnnes : hoe chalicneth us for our prefix, that wee might be partakers f lm heli,e /è; Hebr.t 2.10. Vert 18.the thirdday] of which number,divers t 8 things are obferved, on Gcn. a 2.4. Verlag. bring] to your families. corn] for the famine : or, after the Hebrew phrafe, the break ingof the famine: meaning come : as Gen. 41. 56. The Chaldee fáith, cone which wanted; in your honf s. Verf. z !.guilt ] the Greeke tranflateth infirm. 2 I our brother]] kfpb they tneane,whobefought them when they fold hiss intoEgypt Gen,37, Thus by afili &ions they are brought to acknow- ledge their finne committed about s 3. yeeres be- fore, which their confciences did now accufe them of. So God frith I wi Igoe and return to my place, till they acknowledge theirguiltinefje, and feekemy face: intheir affifïion they will feekeemeeearly: 1301.5. 15. dtfre ] orasegstifh,the Creche tranfla- teth, wee defpifd tit trihrslaiice. Verf.22. isrequited] that is, Cod punifheth us for killingour brother: as is threatned,Gen.9.5 After many yeeres, the guilt of innocent blood cculd not he removed out of their hearts; but the memory is rensed upon this their trouble. Verlè 23. beard] that is, under -pod: as Gen. 23 11.7. Verf. 24. wept] íhewing leis love and natural] affe &ion 9 1.3 s6 19 22 24 /I,/ /N/l /A111ßhllfl
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