956 Chap. 42. weir; Expf otGon4upon the Bookof J. o a. Verf. Lout wayes in this one verfe. Firf}, They did eat bread with him. Secondly, They bemoaned him, Thirdly, They comforted him. Fourthly, 7hey were very bountiful, and. very refpetl ful to him ; Theygave him every one a pieceof many, and every one an ear-ring of gold. Thusyou have the.etate and partsof this verfe, whir i call, The addrefs of Jobs friends unto him, Then came, there ante hiw, all, his brethren, fillers.. Then. The word in- the Hebrew; is tile-ordinary copulative, .Ind, which bath various rendrings in Scripture, according to the Bare of the plate. Here we tranflare ir, Then, which may have a double reference. Firíf,to the turn of his captivity, Thee they came.Secondly, to his prayer for his friends, and. the Lords acceptanceof him ; whenGod had foeminently declared his fa- vour rohim and his friends, upon hisinterceflion, Then there came unto him, All hisbrethren, and all hislifters. Brethren and fillers are taken two wayes in Scripture. Fira,Striétly; and fo they that are of,or have the fameparents, at_leafl, one of them, are brethren and fillers. Secondly, Brethren and fiffers are taken largely, for all of the kindred. Thekindred of Chtia, are called his brethren (Mark 3.3 t.) Thencame bis brethren, and bis mother,,/landing with out , that is, hiskindred ; for whether ChriOhad anybrother, in a aria fence, asborn of thefaire Mother, *e have nothing from Scripture to affirm ; it is generally agreed, that, he had not, his brethrenwerehis kindred at large. e4brabam fpake truly,though not the whole ttuth (gen.,2o. 12..) when he called Sarah his fiber, that is, his kinfwomatr. Mofe called Ifrael brother to the Edomites, whowere diaapt from that people, manydegrees,they defeending fromEfate,thefe fromYae..ek (Xtemb, 20.14.) Thus faith thj;4rother Ifrael that is, Ifrael that is of thy blood,though a great way,off, Ifaacbeing their commonFather, Thus here, all fobs brethren and fillers areal] his. kindred; and not only thee, bure avd all bis Allthat were of -bit acquaintance before.,. The,f-lebrew is, All that knew, him before, that is,,had familia- rity
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