'40rr Ïf,iwli,i, 8q. Nachars oi%fpring. GE N E S I S XXII. 18 r9 20 24 22 23 21. I 2 multiply thy feed as the flarres of the hea- vens; and as the fand , which it upon the fea fhore: and thy feed (ball poffeffe the gate of his enemies. And in thy feed , (hall all nati- ons of the earth bleffe themfelves : becaufe that thou haft obeyed my voice.And Abra- ham returned, unto his yong men; and they rofe up, and went together, to Beerfheba: and Abraham dwelt in B :erfheba. And itwas, after thefe things; that it was told Abraham, faying : Behold Milcah, fhee, alto hath borne formes, unto thy brother Nachor. Vz his firft borne,and Buz his bro- ther : and Kemuel,the father ofAram. And Kefed,and Chazo; and Pilda(h,and Jidlaph: and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebekah : thefe eight did Milcah beare; to Nachor, Abrahams brother. And his Concubine, whole name was Reumah : even (he alto did beare, Tebach, and Gacham ; and Tacha(h, and Maacah. L/fanntatlens. THings] Hebr. words : that is, things *ken of: 1 fo in verf.2o. See the notes on Gen.15.1. tempt] that is , by or prove. The originali word bath the fignification of lifting up as for a lignee or effaying of fore high things. And God tempt- eth men, when hee reguireth tome great or high experiment of their faith, love, and obedience; as here, and in Exod. 15. 2 5, 26.Deut.8.2. & 13. 3. But tentation often fsgnifieth a foliciting and provoking to evill,which Satan doth, Mat.4. t,3. and mans owne coruptiou, Jam. I. 14. In which feule, God tempteth no man, Jam.5.13. for it al- waies tendeth to evill ; but God tempteth us , to doe us good at the end, Dent. 8.26.1 Cor. 10.53. And this is fpoken of God after the manner of men : for bee both knoweth long before what is in man, and what himfelfe will doe, Pfalnt.139. 2 John 2.15. and 6.6. Vert 2. only Ion] Paul calleth him oney begotten fon, Heb.11.17. for he had no other of Sarah the freewoman : al to Ifmael of Hagar, was call out of his houle , Genefis 21. 54. Ifaal¡ ] who was particularly deigned for the hope of all Abra- hams feed to be called in him, Genis 21. 12. which fpeciall point the Apoltle obferveth in this tentation, Hebrews 1s. 18. So Abrahams, obedience was tried in offering his forme; and his faith, in offering him, concerning whom hee had received the promife. Morijalo] the Greeke calleth it, The high land : for it was a mountainie Countrie, and this high mount was leone far off verl 4. The Chaldee nameth It of the fervice of God, there now performed , and af- ter increafed : for upon this mount Merijah, did Solomon build the Temple, for Gods worlhip, 2 Ghron 3. t. And by the Jewes tradition, here Adam, and No facrificed,and raved God : fee the notes on Gen. 8.zo. and 4.3. Burnt=ofering] Hebr. an afcenfton : fo called , becaule it went all up in fire, burned upon the Altar. See Gene - fis 8. zo. Leviticus I. Vert ;. rofe eary] fo it feemeth this was fpoken to Abraham in the night : and herehis ready obe- dience is commended; as on the contrarie , the like haft is noted of Balaam for evill, battening to curie Abrahams children, which God forbad, Numb. 22.21. Verf. 4. the thirdday] As the number leeven is of fpeciall tile in Scripture, becaufe of the Sabbath day, Gen. 2. 2. fo three is a mylticall number ,be- caufe of Chrilis rifing from the dead the third day, Matth. 7.23. t Cor. 15.4. as hee was 'cru- cified at the third honre of the day, Mark.15.25. and Ifaa(ás hee was a figure of Chrift, in being the only fon of his father , and not feared, but offered for a facrifice, Rom. 8.32. fo in fundry as this third day , inwhich Chrift alto was to be perfeíled, Luke 13. 32. and the car- rying of thewood,verf. 6. asChrilt did the tree whereon bee died, Job. 19.17. the binding of IPA, verf.9. as Chrift was bound,Matth. 27.2. and in other like, he was a figure of the Lamb of God, facrificed for the finnes ofthe world. So Mops craved leave for three dales journey into the wilderneffe, for to facrifice, Exod. 5.3. and three Lies they went therein , ere they foundwater to drinke, Exert. 15.22. and three dales journey the Arke of the Lords covenant went before them, to batch out a rolling place for them, Numb. t o.33 Againf the third day, the people were to be ready to receive Gods Law, Exo. s 9.11. and after three dales, to paffe over Iordan into Canaan, Jof. 1. 11. The third day Efiber put on the (appareil of the) kingdome, Ellis. 5. 1. and in that day Ezeljab went up to the Lords houle, recovered as from death, z King.20. 5. and that day, is it wherein the Prophet faith , God will reife Us up, andweefhall live inhis ftjbt, Hof.6.2. And in the third day (as well as in the feventh) the uncleane perfon was to purifie himfelfe,Num.59.12. with many other the like memorable things, which the Scriptures (peak of the third dáy,not withoutmylerie. See Gen.4o.12,13. & 42. 17,i 8. Jon.1.17. Jof.2.16. Unto which we may adde a Jewes teltimonie (in Brefhith rabba , commenting upon this place) that there are many a three dales , in the holy Sdriptnre , which, one is the referred n ofthe Mef fiao. Verf.5. bow - down] or,worfhip, to weet,God; for in praying unto (or ferving) God, they ufed to bow their bodies, in fogne of reverence and ho- nour; and fometinietoloee.'e, Corned= to bend down the head, fometime to praffratetbemfelves, or fall on their faces. See there geltures diftinguifh- ed, in theAnnotations on Exod.4.3 t. we will return] Abraham in faith obeying God did ac- count that God was able to reife up Ilaak even from the dead, hieb.15.19, therefore he thus fpake, and prophefed of his returne with himflffe, when hewent to kill him. Verf. 6. upon Ifaak] fo Chrift bare the wood whereon 3 4 5 6 /,/l/.%WRiifla VIII! Nf
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