07/ffial CIENESIS 1 5 Verfe 16. Jim the prebnce: ] or, from before the e f Ichuuab: that is, from the place of Gods vv ord and pu bli que worfhip,which in likelihood was held by Adim the father , who being a Pro - phct,had taught his children how to facrifice,and lerce the Lard. Soon the contrary , to come unto Gods p;efnce (or Were him) s Chro.i 6.29. isex- playned inPiàl.96.8. to be the commisg into his courts .Godspee, orprefetxeis mans greateft joy in this life, and in that which is to come, Exod.33. 14,15,16. Pfal.t7.15. Of which Kain was now deprived : for , the evil! fhall not fojourne with God, nor firoles fhall fiend before his eyes, Pfa1.5.5,6.Other- wife, as Gods face fignifieth his al- feeing provi- dence and government, none can flee from it,Pfa. I39.7.12.Ier.23,24. Of Ionas, it is likewife fàid, he role up to flee from the preface of the Lord ; Ion. r .3. dwelt:]or,fate:thát is,feated bimfelfe.Sitting,is u- fed for dwelling,as after in verí1 o.and often in the Scriptures. Nad:]in Greek,Naia fo named,be- canfeKain was there. Nad, that is, a vagabond, as God threatneth before,in 1 i Verf.17. knew his wife:] that is, lay with her as v.1 . This was one of Adams daughters, fpoken of inGen.5.4. to whom it feemeth he was marled before. And here follow (even generations of Kain reckoned: for God letteth thewicked pro - fper in this world, Pr21.17.14.he enereafethnations, and (afterward) deftcjyetb obem,Iob.12.23. E- nab:] in HebrewClonal): by interpretation, Ca- tecbifeel, Inft, ufled,or Dedicated It was the name al- fo of that godly manmentioned in Gen.5.18.2 2. was building:] this manner of fpeech (which the Greek tranflation alto keepeth,)may imply a beginning of the workethough perhaps not fin i- fhed,as after in the building of Babel , Gen. i t. And Kains building of a chie, feemeth to be for his better fecurity front his feares,and to denote his worldly affe&ion, otherwile then Abraham had,who locked fir a dtie tbat bath foundations, wbofi builder and makeris God : Heb. i 2.10. the name effit forme: fo proclaiming his name on the citie, as David fhewethvaine worldly men doe on lands, Pfà1.49.12. As Kains name fignified Poffefficn, fo had he poffeffions of children, citie, riches, arts, &c.in this world : all which Abel wanted,whofe inheritance was in heaven. I8 Vert'. i 8. Irad:] or,Glmira , in Greeke, Gaidad: for the Hebrewletters *Land* D.are onemuch 1 ike another.and often l ut one for another by the Greèk tranflators;and in the Hebrew text it felt: as Riphatb, Geniis 10.3. is Dipbath, i Chron.1.6. Chemdan, Gen.36.z6. is Gbamran, 1 Chron.1.41. Hadar, Gen.36.3o. is Hadad, i Chrou.1.5o. Ha- darezer, iChroti.18.3. is Hadadezer, 2 Sam.8.3. and fimdry the like: which Phew that the Hebrew letters had the fame forme & figure ofold,which they have at this day. Mehujael:or,Mechxja- c4written immediately after,Mechijael; in Greek, Malelcel,according to the name ofKainass bonne, in Gen.5.12. Methufael ] inGreeke Matboufa- la;as allò they write Eoochs Ionise, Gen.5.2 i. Lame, b:] or, Limed': foGen.5.2i. Kainspo- fteritie,accord in name with Seths. l V. Veils 9. two wives t ] fo violating the law of mariage,whlch by Gods ordinance was to be but with one wife, Gen. z 18.24. Adah : ] by interpretation an Ornament:as Zillah (or Sella)fig- nified her Shadow. Vcrl :2o.Iabal:]inGreeke, label. father:] that is,mer,as the Chaldee expoundeth it. Eve- ry crafts -mater that either firft inventeth,or perfe- ð and teacheth any art,is calleda Father.So in the verfe following. dwell bi tents: ] that is, ;slid Shepherdy : for fhepheards tiled tents, to re- move front place to place, where heft paflure was to be found: Efa.38.12. Song. LS. Ier.6 3. and 49.29. The Hebrew phrafe, him that dwelleth, is meant of many , as theGreekeallo tranflateth it, them that dwell. So dweller, nSam.5.6.is expoun- ded dwellers, r Chron.s.4. enemie, 1 King.8.37. 44. is enemies, 2 Chron.6.z8.34. and many the like. See al toG fn.3. z. cone,, : ] ldebr.paf l fi fien : underihnding the word exult, os is explai- ned in Gen.z6.14. he had Kilian offt^ele. , and po ion of herds. So the Greelte here traedlateth, feeders', sandl. The Ripply of fuchwords is often made in the text it lelte : as a thoufand, z Sam,8,4. that is, a thoufand shames, 1 Chron.18.4. itzzah put forth to the arke,, 2Sam.6.6. that is, he putforth bit hand to the arlte, i Chro.13.g. See aliòGen.5.3. Verf..21. handle:] that is, ploy upon: as the Chaldeeparaphralèth, hewatmafferof all that play on the Pfaltery, and knew muficke, which the Greeke tranflateth, thiswar he that fbewed the?faltery, and the Harpe. organ: ] it hath the name in Hebrew, of lovelinef and delight ; and it was an inffrument ofjoy, lob 21.12. fò was the Harpe,called there- fore the pleafant Harpe, Pfa1.81.3. Thus God gave the Kainites skill to invent things profitable and delightfitllto the flefh: yet were they irreligious, as is written : they falsitonto Goddepart from us : and what florid the Almighty deefor them? For he filled¡ their hoofed with good things : Iob.2 2.17,18. Vert. z z. infiruiler : ] Hebr. a whetter (or, fbarp- mr:)which the Chaldee expoundeth alto a mafier. Hefharpely and wittily taught Smiths craft, and inllrnments ofwarre.The Heathens after faigned Vulcan, (which name feemeth tò bee borrowed fromthis rubai-rain,) to bee thegod of Smiths. Naamab:]fhe hath her name aPleafanee,Thus with profits and pleafures,they of theold world patted their time, eating anddrinkng, marying and giving in mariage, umill the day that the find came, and mole them a8 away: Math.24.38.39. The He -1 brew Doctors (in Midra Ruth, and Zohar) fay of this Naamah, that all the world wandred (in love) after her ; yea even the fans ofGod,(as in Gen.6.z.& that of her,there were born evilpirits into the world Verl2 3. I have klled &c.]or,l would kill a man in my wound, yea ayong man in my hurt. The Hebrew is of the time pact, as fpcaking ofmurther commit- ted;(& fo the Greek tranflateth,Ibave kited aman:) but it may alto be interpreted,as a boaftful threat for time to come; that if any did wound or hurt him, he fhould Purely dye for it. And it may be, that for violating the law of marriage by taking two wives, God vexed him with a difquiet life Alirarair/%/,///'111111N/iï ._
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