17//i ,'UHMNlu', larrolAir t6z GENESIS XLVIII. you; and will return you , ufito the land 22 of your fathers. And I doe give unto thee one portion, above thy brethren: which I have taken, out of the hand of the Ammo- rite ; with my fword, and with my bow. Annotations. THmgs] Hebr. words. one fair!] or it was fail: fo verfe 2. 3 Verle;. in Luz] called alto Bethel : fee Gen.a 8. 15.1-9.8c 35.6. 4 Verf.4. give thee to] that is, make, thee an affem- b/y, that is, a multitude : fee Gen. 35. I I. The Greeke expounds it a fynagogue (or afmby) f na- tions; the Chaldee; of tribu. . Verf.;. Andnow] or, as the Greeke tranflateth, New therefore. From she former promiles, hee groundeth his bleffings to Iofephs children,as au- thorized of God hereunto; and putteth them in mind of returning to the promifed land. ; before,] or, unili I came : which the Greeke tran- Ilatethbefore: fo inExod.a2.26. mine] as my next children , and not my childs children . fo there two, are made heires by adoption with la- kobs fonnes, & Iofeph hath a double portion,the firft birth -right being taken fromReuben , & gi- ven unto him,Gen.49. ;.4. r Chron.5.I.2. and of Iofeph are reckoned two tribes, both in the Pro- phets and Evangelifts, Num. 1.32.34. Rev. 7.6.8. 6 Verf..6. name of their brethren] of Ephraim and Manaffes; counted of their ftocke and tribe, as if they were their fonnes, not their brethren. For children are ufnally called by their fathers name, not by their brethren. See after verl 16. So E- phraim and Manaffes are adopted into Iofephs place, as fathers of tribes: that if Iofeph had ever begotten moe children,they fhonld have bin rec- koned as born to Ephraim & Manaffes , his Eons. 7 Verf.7. Padan] or, as the Greeke hath it,Mefi- potamiaof Syria: fee Gen.25.2o. This mention of Rachels death , is to Thew how by right the firft birth- right came to Iofeph her firft borne the be- ingindeed Iakobs firft and molt lawful! wife, Gen.29.I8. &c. a little piece of grCund1a little way : fee Gen.3 5. i 6. Verfe 9. take ] and bring'ohem, as the Greeke 9 tranflateth. See Gen.15.9. and I will] or, (as theGreeke) that Imayblo : viz. in the name and authority of God : fee Gen.27.4. q o VerC s o. beavie]that is, stimme; ìn Greek, beanie fightcd 5 the fame word is ufed for cares, that are beauy or deaf,Efa.6. i o.&59. i . Compare Gen.27.t Verf. i t. thought] or judged. The Greeke ex- pounds it, Loo I am not deprived of thy face ; and loo, God bath fhewed me thy eed alfe. I2 Vert: s a. between] yHebr. from with bit knees; the Greeke tranflateth, from his knees :: the Chaldee, from before him. he bowed] in reverence and thankefulneffe, for the former adoption,and fur- ther bleffing to be received. The Greeks faith,they bowed, implyinghis children alto. II VerC. i 4. prudently guided] fo alto the Chaldee faith, be wifey guided. The Greekeltranfateth,eh,m- ging bands. This fsgne of impofing hands on the . head, is after tiled in bleffings & defiguatious to holy fun &ions, Nuns. t.to. and 27-18.2o. Deut. 34.9. Abt.6.6. i.Tim.4. i 4.And as the right hand is naturally more ftrong & honourable then the left, ( to which the Scripture path reference in fpeech alfo of God, Exod.i 5.6. Pfal.1 18. r 6. and 1io. t .) fo Iakob, (whole blefling was ftronger, then his parents;uen.49.z6.)giveth the ixrongeft andmolt honourable Wafting to Ephraim,by this figne of the right hand put upon hint. VerC 15.lofeph] to weet, in his children, asthe words following manifeft i therefore the Greeke tranflateth , bee bled them. So on the contrary, Cham , was curfed in his yongeft fonne Canaan : Gen. 9.25. Andin 1. Chron. 4. 3 i. whiles David raigned: that is, David:fannea. did walkel did pleafe by faith, in their converfation and admi- uiftratlon : fo the Greeke tranflateth,pleafed: the Chaldee, ferved. Seethe notes on Gen.5.22. and 17.1.. fedme] or, bath Leon my pafior: fo David celebrateth God by this grace, Plalm. 23. t. and 80.2. ftncolwas] that is , as theGreeke ex- plaineth it, frommyyouih. Verf.r6. Angel]Cbri , the Angel of the cove - nant,Ma1.3. i.the Angell in whomGods name is, Exod, z 3.zo. 2 i. called here lakobs Redeemer, or, Deliverer, which is the title of God,Pfal. r 9. r 5. Efa.43.14.and 47.4.The Rahbines acknowledge this Angel to bee God, laying ; hee mentionetbalfa Gods majefiy ( Shechiriah ) when hee faith , the Angell that redeemed mee. R. Menaehem on Gen. 48. See alfoGen.3s.15. galled] that is, namedanthem, let them bee called by my name; as my adopted children, verfe 5. So Gods name is faid to bee, called on tin, Dent.28. i o. 2 Chron.7.14.Ier.14.9. that is, we are called the fnnes of God , I Ioh.3.1. and the husbands name is called upon the wife, Efa. 4.1. and the Lords name, upon the citie Ierufalem Dan.9. i 9. and upon theTemple, t. King. 8.43 Iec.7.to.t t. on them] or in them. But the Hebrew in, is often ufed for upon , as Neh. 2. 12. Numb.13.23. and bammeh,in z Chron.7.2i. is the fame that bnal mete, in t.King.9.8. increafe like fife] which multiply abundantly : therefore the Greeke tranflateth it, mubiply : but theChal- dee addeth expreflÿ,like thefifhes of the fia; implied in one Hebrew. word. According to this bleffing, there were of Iofeph by thefe his two forts 85: thoufand and 200. men of war in Mofes time; a greater number then was of an other bonne of Jakob, Numb.26.28.34.37. Andy the like bleffing was confirmed upon then, by Mofes, Deut.33.t7. and Iofus acknowledged them to be agreat people. IoCt7.i7. VerC 17.evillinitiaeye,] that is,itdifpleafedhim, (as Gen.z8.8.)that the yonger should be prefer. red above the firfiborne: which notwithftanding was often done by the counfel ofGod;as Sem had the honour above Iapbet, Gen.5.3 2. and 9.26. A- braham above Haran, Gen: i 1.27. Ifaak above If- mael,Gen.i7. t 8. a i. &Jakob himfelfabove Efau his 'r4 Is 16 17 /.A1111.17/iiiiiwirr/kint, \tmuln
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