54. /77 16 17 18 GENESIS XIV. Warms in Canaan. tithe of á1Z. 22,7 be reff of the (/wies, (hie artners The chiefelt intended in this promife, is Chrift, then with him,all Chriftians,Jews,and Gentiles, Gal. 3. 16,26,28,29. See before, Gen: I2.7. for eve.] or, unto eternitie. Yet they pof of %d it but a link wbile, Efay 63. 18. For upon tranfgreffìon they were threatned to be flattered among the hea- then , their land to be wall and their Cities defolate, Lev. 26. 33. and that the lend floould fpue them out, if they deftkd ü, Lev. 18.z 8. as cane to palfe, z King. 17. but the true feed, which are Gods tell, doe in- heeit it, and his fervants dwell there , Efay 65.9.Pfal. 69.34,37. & 102.29. There prontifes are fplritu- all, and to be referred unto the jufi and mee4, put inpolfelfion by Cbriff,Pfal.37.a9. Mat.5.5.021.3. 29. But unto the wicked faith God, ye l upyour eyes to your idols , andShed blood, andßta$yae pope the land? yet work, abhomination , and yee defile every one Ur neighbours wife ; and fhall yee poif the land? Ezek. 33.24, , 26 Ver. a 25 b.iw put] that is,will make : As the Creek tranflateth it. if a man] This fheweththe com- parifon not to be abfolute for equality of num- ber, but in refpeft of men, to whom Abrams chil- dren are infinite,asthe duft.See after inGen.t 5.5. V.1 7.in the length]This furvey was to ftrengthen Abrams faith ; who under this earthly land, did viewan heavenly, Heb.11. 10, t 6. that he might be able to comprehend the length and bredth, and depth and height, and know the love of Chrift, which paffeth knowledge; EpheC3. 18,19. Verf.18. in the okes] that is,ihe oke-grote,or plain: fee Gen.12.6. Mamree] in Greeke Mambree : a man of the Amorites then living, with whom Abram made league,Gen.14.13.One of the chiefe Sorcerers of .Æeypt, was called by the like name. See the notes on Exod.7. ti. Chebron)orHe- brot, (the Greek writeth it Chebrom, as Efrm,Gen. 46.12. is written Efrom, Match. 1.3.) It had this naine afterward : for before it was called the Citie ofArba, Gen. 23.2. and 25.27. which Arba wan great man among the Anakims, and a father of them, Jof. r 4. t 5. & 15,13. It be011ne a place of burial/ for many worthy perfons,Gen.23.2. t 9.& 4931 it was fometime pofieffed by Giants, whom Caleb drove out, Nunt. t 3.23 Jof. 15.14. It was given to Caleb for an inheritance, Jof..14. a 4. was made a City of refiyge, & given for the Levites to dwell in, Jof. ao.7.& 21.1 1,1 2. I0 it David firh reigned over Gods people, 2 Sa111.2.1,1 I . and to it came Mary to vifit Elifaherb, Luke I.3 9. an Altar] to facrifice thankfully unto God, and to Can &ifie his viewed heritage. See Gen. I2.7. bra Mr2SED a Ma eXLSCo* CHAP. XIV. I, The battell of eure fin. raigne Kings , againli five Kingsof Canaan. lo, Sodom and Gomorrha are (poll - ed; 12, Let le taken prifoner: 14, Abram ppuurfuetb and fmiteth the conquerours , 16 bringeth bade the piles , the captives, and his brother Lot. 17, The King of Sodom geeth out to meet Abram; 18, The King of Salem (Melehifedk) brings him forth bread and wise, and bleffetb him. 20, Abram giveeb bum hating had their portion,) ice repo-cob to the King of Sodom. ANd it was , in the daies of Amraphel I King of Shinar ; Arjoch, king of El- lafar; Chedor.laomer,king of Elam; and Thidal , king of nations. They made z warrewith Beta, king of Sodom ; and with Births, king of Gomorrha : Shinab, king of Admah; and Shemeber, king of Zebojim; and the king of Bela, that is Zoar. All there were joyned together, in the valley of Sid - dim : that is the lea of fait. Twelve yeeres they ferved Chedor-laomer : and the thir- teenth yeere they rebelled.And in the foul- S teenth yeere came Çhedor- laomer, and the kings which were with him ; and they fame the Rephaims , in Alhteroth harnaim ; and the Zuzims , in Ham : and the Emims in Shaveh Kirjathaim. And the Chorites in 6 their mount-Seir : unto El- pharan, which is by the wilderneffe. And they returned,and 7 came to En-mifhpat,that u Kadefh;and they fmote all the field of the Amalekite : and alto the Amorite, that dwelt in Hazezon- thamar. And there went out the king of So- 8 dom , and the king of Gomorrha , and the king of Admah, and the king of Zebojim, and the king ofBelah, that is Zoar : and they joyned battell with them , in the valley of Siddim. With Chedor - laomer, king of E- 9 lam ; and Thidal, king of nations : and Am- raphel, king of Shinar ; and Arjoch , king of Ellafar: foute Kings,with five. And the val- ley of Siddim, had many pits of flume; and the King of Sodom and of Gomorrha , they fled , and fell there: and the refidue fled to the mountain. And they tool e all the fub- fiance of Sodom and Gomorrha, & all their viûtuals, and went away. And they Cooke Iz Lot, the fonne of Abram brothers, and his fubftance, and they went away: and hee dwelt in Sodom. And there came one that 13 had rfcaped , and told Abram the Hebrew : and he dwelt in the Okes of Mamree the A- morite, the brother of Efcol, and brother of Aner, and they were confederates with Abram. And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive : and he armed his trained pronto- r, the children of his houfe, three hundred, and eighteene, and hee purfued them unto Dan. And he divided himfelfe is againft them by night , he and his fervants, and he (mote them : and purfued them unto Chobah , which is on the left hand of Da- mafcus. And he brought againe all the rub- 16 3 4 Io II 14 AllpitifAre EM
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