//////1///aII1dVi I11,ï1fVn// 153 24 26 27 s 28 29 GENESIS XL VII. that Dan had.So in verf. 7. daughters; for one daugb- ter. Change of number is often in the Hebrew. As tribes of Benjamin, I Sam. 9. 21. Sepulclmes, 2 Chron. 16.14. formes for fnne, Gen.2I.7. Num. 26.42.2 Chron. 24.25. theeves, for one of them, Match. 27.44. Luke 23. 39, 43. ales, Zach. 9.9. for an ap, Matth.2I.5. and he fate upon them, Mat. 21.7. forwhich in Mark.t .7. is written, b.efate ,upon him. Chufhim] called alto Shuham, Numb. 26. 42. In Greeke, Afam. Verf.24. lachziel, &c.] in Greeke Afel, and Gou- ni, and lflàchar. Sillem: ] or Shi lem : called allo Sallum,1 Chron.7. 3. in Greeke, Sulrm. Vert. 26. his thigh] that is, bis body, or lynes : of his feed : a modeft manner of fpeech: fo Exo. t.5. fextie and fx] fo alto the Greeke here is. This number , is befrde Ialiob himfelfe , with whom they came. Verf..z7awofoulea]thefe words the Greek tran- flation doth emit : having added more in verso. came] underftand, with 'yip!, and his fonnes who were there before. feventie]with Jakob and Iofeph in the Jimmie. The Greek tranflateth, feven- tie five; and fo Stephen alleageth the number,Aéts 7.14. the caufe is before touched in verl 20. The like is in Exod. 1.5. But in Dent. I o. 22 . the Lxxij. Greek Interpreters,as well as the Hebrew, have but 7o. foules. Which manifefteth the He- brew text here to be exalt; and the fine to be ad- ded by theTranilators.The Hebrew Do &ors fay, that things beneath, doe myfücally fsgn fie things above; and thefe 70. foules fignified the 70. Angels that are a- bout (Gods) glorious throne, the Prefedents over the (fe- ventie)nations. R. Menarbem on Gen. 46. See alfo the notes on Deut. 32.8. In that Abrahams feed, in 215.yeeres, were but 7o.foules : it fheweth the flow and fmall increafe of the Church at the be- ginning. But in 215.yeeresmore, they were mul- tiplied tofix hundredthaufandmen,befìdes women & children,Exo.12.77. Num.1.46. Hereupon Mofees laid, eby fathers went down into Egypt, with 7o foules: and now , lehevah tby God, bath made thee as the fiar., of heaven for multitude, Deut.10.2 2. Verf. 28. to informe] or, to teach; that is, that bee might infarme(or teach) him. And it may be under- ftood,both that Index might informe Iofeph of his fathers comming;and efpecially that Iofeph might informe and teach where Ialfob Ihould abide at Gen, when there bee came ; and fo as the Chaldee tranflateth it, to prepare before him. Like - wife Thargma Ierufalemie expoundeth it, to prepare a place fir him , wherein to dwell in Gofhen. before him] that is, before himfeyi came to Gothen : fo the phrafe fometime meaneth, as Gen. 3o. 3o. or, to his face, that is, tomeet him; fo the Greeke tranfla- teth, be tent Judas before him unto Jofeph, to meet at Hieropolis in the landofRameffes. Vert. 29. bound] that is, ordered and made ready, (as the Chaldee expounds it: )tying and coupling the hprfes in it. So Exod. 14. 6. King. 18.44. The Greek tranflateth, jyned. prefianedhimfel] ot, wasfeene; appeared; this was to honour his fa- ther. The fame word is ufed in the law,for mens appearing (or prefinting themfelves) unto the Lord, Exod. 23. 17. Ju li] or yet ; that is, a good while; and as the Greeke tranflateth, with much weeping. Vert 3o. he mee die] that is, I am willing to die. The Chaldee tranflateth, now though Ifhoutd die;yet am I comfrted, finer I fie shy face. So Simeon when he fawChrift, Luke2.29,3o. Vert 32. fbeepherds] or feeders of fheeppe : fo verfe 34 men that teed catteU] fo the (,reekewell ex- plaineth the Hebrew phrafe, men ofcattell, that is, which feed or nourifh them : Grafters. The Chal- dee faith, Lords (or pofirs) of jioeks. So,man of the ground,for an husbandman,Gen.9.zo.Iofepb was not afhamed of his kindred, and their bale trade, be- fore King Pharaoh: though bee knew their occu- pation was abhominable in Egypt : verf. 33. Verf..33. worrkesJ in Greek work: that is,your occupation, or trade. So in Gen. 47.3. an abbe - mination] therefore the Egyptians would not fo much as Bate with them : fee Gen.43.3 a. This is the condition ofGods Church on earth; they are made m the filth cf theworld; the off- feourirg oral! things, r Cor. 4.13. Even Chrift hinilelfe (the fhepherd of our fades, I Pet. 2.25.) was the reproach of men, and defifedoftbepeople,Pfal.22.7. Efa.53.3. Gna P. XLVII. 1 Iofeph prefenteth five of bit brethren , 7, and bit father befire Pharaoh. 11, Heegiveth them habitation and maintenance. 13, The famine increafing, Iofeph for corne,getteth all the Egyptians money; 16, their mead , 18, their lands to Pharaoh. 22, The Pries land row not bought. 23 ' Hee lettetb the land to the E- gyptiansfrafifi part. 28, Ialoobsade; 29, He fevea- reth Iofeph, to bury him with his fathers. ANd Jofeph came, and told Pharaoh; and Paid, my father and my brethren; and their flockes and their herds, and all that they have, are come,ourofthe land of Canaan : and behold they are in the land of Gofhen. And he tooke fome of his bre- a thren,five men: and prefented them,before Pharaoh. And Pharaoh faid, unto his bre- thren, what are your works e And they laid, unto Pharaoh, thy fervants are fheepherds; both we,and are our fathers. And they faid unto Pharaoh; for to fojourn in the land,are wee come : for there is no pafture, for the flocks, which thy fervants have ; for the fa- mine is heavie, in the land of Canaan : and now, we pray thee,let thy fervants dt*tell,in the land of Gothen. And Pharaoh faid,unto Jofeph, Paying: thy father, and thy bre- thren , are come unto thee. The land of Egypt, it is before thee ; in the beft of the land make thou thy father and thy bre- thren to dwell : let them dwell in the land of Gothen; and if thou knoweft, that there , be 30 32 33 3 4 i 6
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