I ff/',/ifif ninllI. 'Mlt Air t56 lfrael come into Egypt. GENESIS XLV 1. 18 IMalchiel. 'Thefe, are the fonñesof Zilpah; whom Laban gave , to Leah his daughter : and the bare thefe unto Iakob,fixreen foules. 19 The formes ofRachel,Iakobswife; Iofeph, 20 and Benjamin. And there was borne to Io- feph, in the land of Egypt; whom Afenath daughter of Potipherah Prieíl of On, bare 21 unto him : Manaffeh,and Ephraim.And -the fonnes of Benjamin;Belah, and Becher,and Afhbel;Gera,and Naaman,Æchi,aud Rofh: 22 Muppim and Huppim, and Ard. Theft are the fonnes of Rachel, which were borne to 23 Iakob : and all the fonles,fourteene.And the tonnes of Dan,Chufhim. And the fonnes of Naphtali:Iachzeel, and Guni,and lezer,and 5 Sillem. Thefe are the Fons of Bilhah;whom Laban gave,to Rachel his daughter: and (he bare thefe unto Iakob, all the foules were íe- 26 ven.All the foules that came with lakob into Egypt, whisk carne out of his thigh,befides the wives of Jakobs fonnes : all the foules, 27 were fixtie and fixe. And the fonnes of Io- feph, which were borne to him in Egypt; were two foules : all the foules of the houle of Jakob, that came into Egypt, were feven- 28 tie. And he fens Judah before him, unto Io- feph ;to fignifie before him,to Gofhen: and they came into the land of Gofhen. And Io- 9 feph bound his charret; and went -up, to meet Ifrael his £father, to Gofhen : and hee prefented himfelfe unto him ; and he fell on his neck,and 30 el laid unto ofeph,now let m e dye :fince I have feene thyface, becaufe thou art yet a- 31 live. And Iofeph faid unto his brethren, and unto his fathers houfe;J will goe-up,& thew Pharaoh : and will fay unto him ; my bre- thren, and my fathers houle, which were in the land of Canaan,are come untome. And the men, are (peep- herds; for they are, men thatfeed cattell: and they have brought their flocks & their herds, and all thatthey have. 33 And it (hall be,when Pharaoh (hallcall you; 34 & fhallfay,what are your workes ?Then yee fhall fay ; thy fervants have beene men that feedcattell,from our youth even until! now, both we,and altoour fathers : that,yee may dwell,in the land of Gofhen, becaufe every fheep -herd, u an abomination to the Egyp- tians. Annotations. BEerfheba] in Greeke, The well of the oath, fee Gen.21.14.31. and 26.33. this was the way from Chebron in Canaan,towards Egypt : and a place where he and his fathers had received mer- cies from God,Gen.s 1.31.33. and 26.33. farificed]that is,killed beans for facrifice:fo both givingthankes for the tidings ofJo(eph,and con- limiting with God about his going into Egypt; whither in former time, freak his father was for- bidden to goe, in time of famine, Gen.26. 2.2.3. and whereof fie now roads Come doubt v.3. For he knew the oracle, that his be in Egypt, Gen. 15.13.14. and now hee and his fathers had beene pilgrimes 215 yeeres,from the time that God had promifed the inheritance of Canaan unto Abraham, Gen. a 2. and bee law little hope of the fulfilling of that promife,being now to goe but with 7o.foules into an other bar - barons countrey. Onely, as by faith they had fo- journed in the land of promifè, as in a ftrange countrey , Hebr. 11.9. fo now alto by faith het would goe to fojourne in Egypt, if God ( hould fo command him. Amongthe Gentiles they ufed allo to offer facrifice, when they tooke a journey in hand : Feline 116.14.. Ver12. vifionr] in Greeke, a vifton,orSight. See Gen.15.1. Verf.3. God] Hebr. 1E1; that is, the mighty: fee of Gen.14.18. make thee] Hebr.put thee there unto a great nation. So Gen.z r . r 3: This Godhad prornifed him in times before, Gen. 28. 24. and 35.11. Verf.4. bringing bring -up] that is, fusel" bring thee up : Gr. will bring thee rep unto the end.` iris promife was like that which God gave him when he went to Melopotamia,Gen.28.15.And Iakob himfelfe was brought again into Canaan, dead, Gen. 5o. 5.13. his po11 rity were brought alive a mighty army Iof. 3. &c. And from hence, theHebrew Do &ors gather a generali rule, that wherefoever lfrad are in captivity (or of i &ion) the prefence of God is with them, R. Menachem on Gen.46. upon thine eyes]that is, fhai clef up thine eyes wb;n thou dyefl : and fo bury thee. An ancient and ho- nourable cuftome, ufed of them, and all nations. The enflame (afterwards) in Ifrael about the dead¡ and their burial! , was this ; they elofed up the yet of the dead; and if his mouth were open,ehey tyed up his¡awes and flopped the holes of his body afier that they had veafbed him : and anointed him with ointment made of divert forts of fptces: andfloated of bis haire, and wrapped him in white linnen clothes , that were not of deare price , and they ufed to cover the face of the dead with a napkin of azuz, (that is, a quarter of a fhekel) price, that the poore might be able allo to buy it, &c. And it nose unlawfuil to bury them in fbrowds of frlke, or cloth of gold, or broydrie, though he were a Prince in Ifrael ; for this was grofje pride of fpirit, and the cor. rugs worke of Infidels. And they caned the dead upon their fhoulders unto the grave. Maimoty in MO. tom+ treat. of Mourning, eb.4.S.1.2. Verfe 6. into Egypt] to fojourne there, in the land of Cbam. Pfal. s 05.23. Thisjourney of his is fundry times mentioned, í01.24.4. Efa.5 2.4.Aft. 7.15.Nun1.20.15.Dent.10.22. Thi,wa; in the 130. yeere of Iakobs life , Gen. 47.9. after the promife made to Abraham 215 yeeres,Gen.12.4 in the yeele òf the world, 2r98. feed]thas, hildtiren 2 3 4 6' /1,e1f //dgAliillfigeq 111111111 /l / //y
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