GENESIS XLIX. Etious,winch caried him to evill : and his fudien downfall front his dignity. exeell not] that is, then fhalt nn ex :ell , bac lofe chine honour. So the Ghaldce explaineth it , thut fhalt not baveprofit, nor reéeiue the excellent portion. be ment up unto] the Greeke changarh the perfora, and tranrl.tteth, on rabid, thou mente( up:allo the Chaldee expoondeth it, mben thou mente( up to my bed : Iakob as with in- dignation of the f.ta , turneth his fpeech from Rsnbcn to his brethren. Such changes are often in theholy text, as Dent. 5. to. that love me, dud keepe hie commandèn:ems ; for which in Exod.so.6. is my commandements, And in Daniel 9.4. thou kee- pep covenant towards them that bye him : for, that love thee. So Kirke 11.32. they feared thepeuple : for which in M.tt.21.2h. is written, mefeare. Other- wife we may read it thus, than defledfi mycoecb,it it gone -sp: that is, it is vanithed away ; meaning the exce1encie which he fhould, have had. For by defi- ling Bilhah his fathers concubine , hee loft his birch - right, Gen. 25.22. t Çhron.5.r.2. Toga - up, is fometinfe ufed for van f ing away, Exod. 14. 16. Ier.48. t 5. 5 Vecl .breihen] Cpecially con foc late in that e- vili deed of killing the Sychemites, Gen. 34.25. and fo brethren, not in nature onely, but in con- ditions. See Gen.1 0.21. inffrumenu]ot wea- pons, to weet , they were : giving thenlfelves and their members as weapons of unrighteoufneffe unto fin, as Paul fpeaketh, Rom. 6.13.) meaning of their cruel! fa& forementioned, Gen. 34.25. fojorsrning- habitations] in the landof tbeir fjour- nhtg,as faith the Chaldee paraphraft ; where they being {Imagers , indangered the ruine of them- (-elves & their furthers houîe,Gen.34.30. Or, their a. eemnats, meaning the covenanted conditions m le with the Sychemites,te confem unto them if they would be circtrmcifed, which was with deceit, Gen. 34. 13.15. &c. Thus alfo the Greeke I may be underftood, bairefis being fometinfe ufed for a conditionall covenant. Or, their /words : but the word is not fo found elfcwhere. 6 Verf..6faret]that is, as theGreek tranflateth it, andThargun Ierufalemy, their canneell their a,gem3ly. So David faith, the fierce of evil1 daers,Pfal. 64.3. and Iereufy,thefuret ofmocrt, Ierem.15. t 7. that is, the °ffembly. Iakob here meaneth thatnei- ther(houldany, neither would hee approve of theirperfidy. ghry] or honour, hereby may bemeant the tongue which is the glory of mum by fpeech,being good, and the contrary if it be evil, Ions 3.5. &c. So my glory, Pfal. 16.9. is by the A- po {Ile cited, my tongue, AEt.2.26. Otherwife it is a repetition of the former, my glory, that is, my fink. aman] Hems,. the King, and Sycbem his fon, with the men of the chie, Gen.34.25.26. There- fore the-Greeke tranflateth it men: and Thargum Ierufalemy Kings and rulers. And the fingular is often put for many, As the mum ofIfrael fiers., i Çhro. sot. that is, the men of Ifrael, t Sam.31.1. See alto G:n 3.2. felfe -will] or pleafiere. loonghed the Om) fo the Greek alto tranflateth it:meaning that they,tooke away and dettroyed the oxen, and other beads of thaSychenfices,Gcn.34.28.0xe is I6- for Oxen, aalen, ;z.5. Some (as the Chaldee) tranflate, they pulled donne ti..re wall : but Shot (the word heretiled) is properly an oaíe or bull : and Shur a wall : neither was there mentioned any pulling downe of walls in Gen. 34. Therefore the Ierufalemy Thargum expounds it of their felling of Iofepb who is liktud to an axe , Deut.33. i 7. But that féenieth not to be intended here, Verf. 7. I will divide] that is, I prophefte their di-, vifton.e fo Ezekiel faith, when Icame to defiroy the filie, Ezek.4.3.3. Which was his foretelling the deftru&ion. See alfo Hof. 6.5. the man Iakob] that is, theirpoflerity among thechildren of Ial¡kob : lee Gen. r 9.37. This was accomplilhed, when Syme- ón had his inheritance in the middeftof the inhe- ritance of Itìdah,Iof 19.1. and was faine to leek a larger poffeffion, t Chron.43 9.4o. and Levi had his cities of habitation, among he other tribes, Iof. 21.2.3. &c. Howbeit , afterwards Levi for their zeale againft idolaters(Exod.3.2.26.22.29.) had this their difperlion turned to a further blef- fing while they were confecrated to teach Jakob Gods judgements , and Ifrael bit lair, &c. Deut.3 3.9. 10. and fo had theprfefthoodin their tribe.This the Jerufalemy Thargum allo nfentioneth , and faith likewife of the Sigfeonites, that they were teachers of the Lam in the Synagogues of lab, and the Levites, inthe fchaoles of the fn.r of Ifrael. Verf 8. thou] to weet, art fo by name, and shalt bee fo indeed : for ludo fignilieth Confiftos, or Praife : and to his name he hath reference ; Pray - fed, thou artcalled, and praife thee (hall thy brethren. Thargum Ierufalemy faith, Iudah to thee (ball all thy brethren confer, and by thy name (hall all the leavesbee called.`See the notes on Gen.2935. confef7e]0r (as the Greeke tranflateth)praifi thee: meaning that his brethren (hould acknowledge the dignity of the firft- borne, inrefpe&t of the governnfent,to be given unto him, & that Chrid the King (hould come of him, t Chron.5.2. Heli. 7.14. And when the refit of the houle of Ifrael, compaffid the Lord with lyes and deceits, Iudab is prayfed, for yet ruling with God, and being faith. full with the faints, Hof r 1.12. In Chrift; this pro- phefie is chiefly fulfilled, as theparticulars fol- lowing thew : to him the HebrewDo&ors allo doe apply it as in Bref ith ketannah(or their leffer Commentary) upon this place it is laid, ludtb mat borne the fourth among the tribes, and in the fourth day were the lights created: and it is written of the Mef- fiat , His throne : as the Sunlit before me : a eli Moine: it fhall bee efablifhed fir ever. Pfal.89.37. 38. in the neclo] that is, thou (halt beat downe and put to flight thy enemies;as the Chal- dee explaineth it,thus : thy'band pal prevaile aaainf thy enemies,thy Pei fcattered, tbeyfhall be turned backward before thee : and Thargum Ierítláletny faith thy hand fhall avenge thee on thy enemies. The performance of this peomife , David the 6rí1 King of Iudahcelebratcth, laying, thon haft given me the neekof my enemies, Pfal. 18.4t. And after Iofuahs death, ludtb was the lidi that wentup to fight for Ifrael aeainft the Canaanites, & got the villory, Iudg.1.I.2.4 S. &c. bow- downejac- know- 7 g
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