A71/1/!//IIIIdV, li1111IN/A/ i Judah tuppliçatech, GENE S I SXL1 V. and oflerech to ferve. he faid, farre be it from me,to doe this: the man, in whofe hand the cup is found, hee (hall be my fervant : and you, get ye up in peace, unto your father. IS And Judah came n ere unto him,and laid, O my Lord;'et thy fervant,I pray thee,fpeak a word in the Bares of my Lord; and let not thy anger be kindled,againft thy fervant:for I9 thou art, even as Pharaoh. My Lord asked his fervants, Paying; Have yee a father, or a zo brother t' And wee Paid unto my Lord, wee have a father,an old -man; and a child of his old - age,the yongeft:and his brother is dead; and he himfelfe alone, is left of his mother, z I and his father loveth him. And thou faidt unto thy fervants ; bring him downe, unto 22 me: that I may fet mine eye,upon him. And we Paid unto my Lord ; the yong-man, can- not leave his father : and f he Ihould leave 23 his father, then hee would die. And thou faid(tunto thy fervants; if your yongeft bro- ther, come not downe,with you; ye !hall no 24 more, fee my face. And it was, when wee came -tip unto thy fervant, my father: then 24 wee told him, the words of my Lord. And our father laid ; Returne, buy for us a little 26 food. And we Paid, we cannot goe downe: if our yongeft brother be with us, then will we goe- downe; for we cannot fee the mans face: and our yongeft brother , not be with 27 us. And thy fervant,my father,faid unto us : you doe know, that my wife bare unto mee 28 two. And the one, went -our from me; and iI laid , furely he is torne is tome -in- pieces : 29 and I law him not, fnce. And if ye take this I alfo,frommy face,andmifchiefe befall him: ¡ then (hall ye bring -downe my gray- hams 3o with evil unto hell. And now, when I came to thy fervant,my father;and the Yong -min, he be not with us : and his foule, is bound. up 3 r in his foule. Then will it be , when he feeth that the yong- man is not, that hee will die : and thy fervants fhall bring-downe , the gray - haires of thy fervant our father with forrow unto hell. For thy fervant, became furety for the yong-man, unto my father, laying : if I bring him nor, unto thee ; then will I , be a fanner tomy father , all daies. 33 And now, I pray thee,ler thy fervant abide, in Read of the yong-man ; a fervant to my Lord : and let the yong-man, iaoe -up, with 34 his brethren. For how , íhall I goe.up to my father ; and the yong -man, be not with mee c left I fee the evill, that (hall finde my father. vinnatations. Okir his haufe] that is, hit flemard: fee Gen. 43. I 16. 19. The Chaldee calleth him , Prm;ofi aver hie hiufe. So in verfe 4. feed] that is, corn as the Chaldee explaines it: fo in verfe 25. Verf a.yongelij Hebr. lea fl : meaning,in age : fo after. By this, lofeph meant to trie his brethrens love to Benjamin, and to their father : whether they would affili him, in his utmof- peril]. The hard meafttre which before they had offered un- to lofeph himfelfe, moved hint hereunto. Ver1:5.Is net thin &c.] Here the Greeke tranfla- tion addeth : Wherefore bate je fiollen my filter sup? Is not tbia, &c, would fearchmg fearch] fo the Chaldee here tranflateth it : or would learnt byex- perienee by it, that is, would try your truth and loyaltie. So the word was ufed befcre,in Gen.3o. 27. The Hebrew Nachafb (whereof the Serpent in that tongue hath his nante,Gen.3,.1.)fignifieth firft a diligent obfervation,triall or fearch,r Kin. 20.33. Ge11.30.27. fecondly,a too curious fearch or binding out , by foothlaying or divination, which Gods law foibiddeth,Dcut.18.1o. And fo the Greeke tranflateth it here, and Tbargam Peru - falemie; as if lofeph could find out thetheft, by di- vination, or by conhdting with the Soothfayers of Egypt : or ufed the cup for fùch an art. So atter in verfe 15. Verf.7.such words] or, according to theft words. 7 ferre be it] or, be it a prophase thing: fee Gen.' 8.25. Inch a thing] or, according to this word. Verf. 8. fiver] the Chaldee expounds it, s of is 8 of rizer, or reff cù of gold. Verb: to. blamelef] or, cteare, innocent, and fo 10 without punifhment : theGreeke faith, purr. Verf 13. rent their garments] for griefe of heart. 13 See Gen. 37.29.34. Verf. t 6. iniquity] other finites, for which they 16 were under Cods wrath: though in this they were innocent. This was the end,why God by lo- feph brought this tentation upon them, that they might fee their former fins,& repent. So the Pro- phet fa ith,By this (hall the íniquitie of Jakob be purged and this is all the fruit, to talg array his fin, Efa.2 j.9. 000 Here beginneth the eleventh Seftion of the Law called Veji{gafb, that is, And (Judah) came -here : fee Gen. 6.9. Vent 8. Oh] or, Have refpe& unto me: fee Gen. 43.20. The Greek and Chaldee explain. it,I pray thee my Lord, as Pharaoh] that is, ofprincely power and Majellie: fo Iltewing a reafon why hee be- fought him not to be angry : for, the Kings wrath, is like the roaring ofa Lyon, Prov. 19.12. V erla o.and a childe] underftand, be bath a ehilde, as fheGreeke explaineth it. of old age] that is, borne him when he was old; fce Genet: 37.3 theyonge11] or, a little one. Verb. 2 I. that I may fit] or, and I will fit mine eye, that is behold him. The Greeke tranflateth, and I will haze care of him. So, felting of the eeje, fontetime fignifieth, as Jer.4o.4. In this fenfe,it was a pro- mire 2 S Ió 20 2I /LY,f/ / / // /dfñi 119@I11111Á,11
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