Abram is called, and GE N E s I i Artd his faith is particularly commended, Fleb.it. J8. dwelt] or, feated there: that is, dwelt in Charran: as Ails 7. 2. where Abram got ftsbffance and made I fonlea, Gen.12. 5. and tarried there till his father Thera died, A &.7.4. whofe old age feemeth to be the caufe of their ltaying in that place: And this Charranwas in the land of Chaldea alto , and not farce from Vr : wherefore God agline called A- bram thence, Gen.12.5. And although there was a neerer way from Vr to Canaan , then to goe by Charran,(as in the maps of thofe countries may be feene:) yet becaufe the neereft way was molt dan- gerous and troublefome,Ged led them about by an inhabited and fafe way,providing fo for their infirmities , as hen did the likeafter, for Abrams children, inExod.t3. 17,58. AMAIMIAMMAAAAMAIAA CHAP. XII. I, God calletb Abram to gee into another land: 2, promijith to bleffe him , and in him, all families of the earth. 4, Abram departed, with Lot, from Char- m to Canaan. 6 He journeyeth through the land 7, which is promif d him in'a vifton; and there be bail - eleth Altars. so, EL it drizen by a famine into .Æ- gypt. 1 r, Fearema(ethhim fay his tni to be hit filler. 14, For ber beautie the is taken into King Pharaohs bole; 17, but the Lord by plagues tompelleth him to reffore her. D ANd Jehovah faid unto Abram; Goe thou, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers houle : 2 unto the land,which I will thew thee. And I will make thee a great nation ; and I will blefle thee; and will make thy name great : j and be thou a bleffing.AndI wilbleffethem that blelfe thee ; and him that fpeaketh- thee- evill, I will curie : and bleffed (hall be 4 in thee,all families of the earth. And Abram went, as Jehovah fpake unto him; and Lot went with him : and Abram was feventy yeeres and five yeeres old, when hee went - 5 out from Charran. And Abram Cooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers fonne, and all their fub(lance that they had gathered , and the foules which they had made in Char - ran : and they went-out, to goe to the land of Canaan;and they came to the land of Ca- 6 man. And Abram palled through the land, ` untothe place of Sechem, unto the Oke of Moreh : and the Canaanite waa then in the land. And Jehovah appeared unto Abram and faid, unto thy feed will I give this land: and he builded there an altar, to Jehovah, who appeared unto him. And hee removed thence , unto a mouutaine , Eaft-ward of Beth -el, and pitched his tent ; having Beth- el Sea.ward,and Ai Eafi -ward; and he buil- s X tI, collameth ihid Canaan, ded there an altar , tinto Jehovah ; and hee called on the name of Jehovah. And A- bram journyed ; going and journying , to- ward the South. And there was a famine in the land: and Abramwent -downeto aEgypt, to fojourne there; for the famine was heavie in the land. And it was,when hewas come -here, toen. ter into Egypt ; that hee Paid unto Sarai his wife ; Behold now I know, that thou art a woman offaire countenance. And it will be when the Egyptians (hall fee thee, that they will lay , this is his wife : and they will kill me,and thee they will fave alive. day I pray thee, thou art my filler ; that it may be well with me for thy fake;and my foule (tall live becaufe of thee. And it was, when Abram was entred into Egypt : that the Egyptians law the woman , that thee was very faire. And Pharaohs Princes faw her, and they praifed her unto Pharaoh : and the woman was taken into Pharaohs houle. And hedid good to Abram for her fake: and hee had fheepe and oxen, and he- alles, and men fer- vants, and women fervants, and the- affes, and camels. And Jehovah plaguedPharaoh and his houle, with great plagues : becaufe of Sarai,Abrams wife. And Pharaoh called Abram,and faid,What fs this that thou haft done to me c Why didlt thou not tell me, that (he i thy wife e Why faidft thou, the is my fitter* and I might have taken her to me to wife : and now,behold thy wife,take her, and goe away. And Pharaoh commanded men, concerning him : and they fent away him, and his wife, and all that he load: 4s Annotations nnn There three letters lignifie, that here be- gins the third Paralhah or Sef$ion of the Law; which upon Gods firlt words to Abram , is called Lee leca, that is, Goe thou. See before in chap.6,9. SAid] to weet, after that. Abrams father was dead, A &s Thus God was he that redeemed A- bram, Pay 29.22. Goe thou] or,Goefor thy felfe: lignifying, that though no other would, yet hee fhould for his owne good,get him out from that idolatrous place. So God calleth all from fuch e- fface, Rey. 18.4. from thy land] or, rut of thy coon- try; that wherein he now dwelt,in Charran,whieb was in the fame land ofMefopotamia that Vr flood iu,Gen.24; to. & 38.2,7,ko. compared with Aft. 7.2. Gen. t 1.28. The Hebrew Dalton expound the name Charon, by Charm apb, that is, wrathfrdl anger, (R. Menachem on Gen. sa.) as if bee were now to depart fromthe place of wrath. So wee which by nature were children ofwrath, (EpheC 2.3.) F are 9 Io II t2 í3 Iq. 15 16 17 18 19 20 i
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