---//VL%611ti1ú 1V, IN`Il//l/ G II v GENESIS tear, many beapes, Exod.8.14. rankes rank's, Mar. 5. 40. for, by many ranker. fell] that is, here (lain there; as the word alit) fignifieth, in Jof.8. 24,25. Judg: 8.1o. and 12.'6. and many other places : fo, there fill of Ifrael, i Chron. 21.14. forwhich in 2 Sam. 24.15. is written,there died. See after, Gen.25.18. Verf. 1 1. the fulft ante] or the goads,cattel l,mony, &c. fee Gen. r 2. 5. their vihivalr] or,tbeir meat; the fruits of the land; which were both fweet and plentifull , made now a prey to the hungrie- fouldiers.The like judgements God threatned to the Ifraelites, when they entred this land to pof- feffe it, if they brake his covenant, Deuteronomy Ia 28. Veefi2dmdt ]or, was dwellirg:and fobecame partaker of their calamitie : God thusehallening Lots former affeftation of this pleafant countrie, Gen. 13.1o, I i. 13 VerCi 3. the Hebrew] fo named of his father He- ber, Gen. 16. and hee and his children were commonly known by this title, as in Gen.39.I4. Ne/mb. 24.24. jer. 34.9. Som. thinke he was fo called of paging over theRiver, whenGod called him from Cbakleo, Jof.24.2. but by Gen.10.21. it appeareth rather to be of Heber the Patriarch : fand as this name of Hebrews was the firft title gi- ven to Abram and his feed : Co it indureth one of the lafl, 2 Cor. 11:22. Phil. 3. 5.. the Okes] or Fairies : fee Gen. 13.58. confederates] Hebr. mm (or mafiers) of league , or covenant : from :Mende, as the Greeke importeth. 14. Verf: 14. brother] that is, his kinfman: fee Gen. 13.8. armed] or, drew out : that is, Ultra, of his honk. Greeke, numbred, mußered. trained] or in)!rutted: we may underhand it both of civili affaires, and religion, wherein her had trained them : the Chaldee calleth themyong men ; anc} fo dothrllofes, in veil: child en] that is, fer- vants bo ne in his bouje, and to it belonging. See af- ter, in Gen. 15.3. profited] to wert, after them, ! as the Greeke faith : meaning thofe Kings fore - mentioned. Dan] a place in the North parts of Canaan, called of o /d, Lefbem ; and being won by the Danites, it was named Dan, Jof.19.47. After, it was called C (area : fo the leru à emy paraphrafe calleth it, Dan deKafarjon. IFc.{,1 C.4 c..L . Vert: -, y. the left bandofDamofeus] called in He- brew , Dammefèk, ( and foil:eda e Darmefek, as 1 Chron.; 8.5.) which was the head of Aram, (or Syria)Eíä.7.8. and for ehe left,hand,both the Chal- dee Paraphralls fay, North of Damafeur; and that rightly : for the Eaft is counted the forntolt part h' of the world, and the Weft the hindmoft;.Efa. 9. I a. and the South iscalled the right fide, oppofed to the North, Pfal.83.13: Thus Abramparfued them, paf fed in peace, by away that be bad rootgone mob bas feet, Elay 41.3. 16 Verl l6. thefubffance or goods -, to weer, of ehe Sadontìtes, as the Grecke verfion addeth. Thus God gave the nations here Abram, and made him reek ever Dings : gave them as daß to his fevord , ar dri- venpebble to his low, Efay 41. 2. A like vittorie God gave to David over the Amalekites, 1 Sam. 30.18,19.&c.Andas the Hebrew have afaying, 15 that wbatfiezer befell untotbt fetlere, isa fcgre unto the children; fo of this vittorie they write, that it befell unto Abraham e. teach, that femme kingdomes ouldlandupto rule over the world, and that in the end, bio children Jhouldrule over item, and they fl ould all fall by their hand, and they fbou /d bring opine all their captives, and all their fsrbiIance. Which are the foure Kingdomes fpoken of in Daniel. K. Mena- chefs:, on Gen. I 4. Verf. s 7. from Pelting] or from the, (laughter, as the Creche turneth it , and the Apoltle hath the fame word in Heb. 7.1. So in theHebrew, where one Prophet faith, he finote,2 King. 14.5. another faith, he 411e4, 2 Chron.25.3.. of the King] a val- ley not farre from Ierufilem, there Adam fct up his pillar, 2 Sam. 18, IS. Verf. 18. Melcbifedek] the Peru falemieThargum faith , bu Shem rabbq tbiowas Sem the great : and in Erdtb rabbis upon this place, it is Paid, this Mel- ehsfedek,wos Sem the Tonne of Noe. Hee was called lllelcb3fedek, that is by interpretation, King of jui/ice,Heb.7,2. and therein,was a figure ofCbriff, the King that reigneth in juillet, Efay 32. r. (as all Kings should be, 2 Sam.23.3. Pfalm.72.1,2. &c.) Other the belt and molt ancient Hebrew Doftors doe alfo hold Melcbifedek to be Sum : fo Pirko K. Fliezer, chap. S. and 7halmsed Babyl. in treat. of 'Tomes , at the end of chap. 3. and Ben Syracb faith, Sem andSeth wereglorious among mett,.Ecduf 49.16. ofS alem] both the Chaldec Paraphrafts say, of Ierufa/em : which is alto called Sa /om in Plain,. 76. 3. and it fignifieth Peace Heb. 7. 2. which was the femme and end of Chrilts adrninifiraticn; (whom 119elebifedek gored) Ephef. 2.14,15,17. Só in him, /uflice and peace have ///Gd Plàl. 85.11. for, thr woe ke of patio is peare,Efay 32.17. and he is called the Prince J Peace, Efay 9. 6. And the He- brew Dottors in Lrb:k rablethi ( or Coirment -on the Le mentaricno) fay from Efa. 9.6.7óe name of the the effras is called Salem, (Peace.) And Melebifedek his figure, here bath nothing to doe with the wars of the nine Kings, but governed his realme in peace. brought forth bread, &c.] coniming to meet Abram :bat returned from the (laughter of the Kings, Heb. 7. 5. fo that -the bread and wine, was to refrefh Abrasa and his men after their travel] ; as David & his people were refrefhed in the wilder- neffe,'by good men that brought them vit/uals : 2 Sam.I7, 27,28,29. and as on the contrarie, the Ammonites and Moabites mi ht not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever, becaufe they met not Ifrael with breadand water in the way, reins they came out a/Egypt, Devt. 23. 3, 4. that is, be- caufe they refrefhed them not when they were faint and wearie, Dent 25. 18. h'elclifedek doing this as he was King, the Apoftle being to treat of Chrilts Priefthood in fpcciall,therefore pallet h it over, Heb.7.1. Albeit even in thisattion,Melcbi- frdrkmay be minded as a figure of Chrifl,who ta- keth away the hunger and thirft of all that be- leeve in him, Joh. 6.35. he a Prieff] or as the Grecke addeth, be was a Prirft : but theword be, fometime Ggnifeth a continuance in the fame eltate; as inPfal.1 oz. 28. th far be, that is, 'then art the 17 Ìs /®,/~fille1ff
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