of the study of peace. The apostle did not write ev %oX^ as the transposition of the viKpiag \j^tfi vtxpiag, instead of pity — ev — T/x/>/a in Deut.] shows. In the Hebrew, the man who thinks very wickedly is himself called cn^? a root, which also agrees with the context of the apostle. Sweet peace is utterly destroyed by bitterness. The adverb above (upwards) is opposed to root, which is below ; comp. Is. xxxvii. 31. — -roX>.o/, many) Deut. xxix. 19, " to add the drunken to (with) the thirsty" namely, soil or ground, [answering to rooty which is metaphorical. Wet and thirsty land answers to drunkenness and thirst."]
16. TLopvog, fqrnicator) ch. xiii. 4; 1 Cor. x. 8. — i), or) Lust and intemperance in eating are closely connected. — /3s|3?jXo£, pro fane) casting away a spiritual privilege for the enjoyments of the palate ; see Gen. xxv. 34 : Esau both ate and drank, and rose and went away. A graphic representation of a profane mind . — w£ ?HoaD, as Esau) An example well fitted to excite horror, which was needed to be struck into the sons of Jacob according to the flesh. — /nag, one) This increases the fault, does not de serve (so far is it from being a ground for claiming) mercy ; comp. Gen. iii. 6. Sometimes one single action has the greatest force on both sides (for good or for evil). This is also evident from the example of Reuben and Saul ; and again, on the other hand, of Abraham and Phinehas, etc. — ra Kpuroroxia, the rights of the first-born) which were very precious. The right of primogeniture belonged also to the Hebrews, to whom he is writing, before the Gentiles, ver. 23, note. — aOroD, his) He had therefore really possessed it. Holy sobriety and temperance become those who partake of spiritual primogeniture.
17. "iffTs '/ap, for ye know) The reason of the admonition from Gen. xxvii. 30, etc. — nai fLtr'stfeira, even afterwards) He who has not, loses, Luke viii. 18. — 6e\uy, when he would) Rom. ix. 16. — dffedox/^aotfjj, was rejected) He did not fall from every blessing, ch. xi. 20 : but only from that which would have followed primo geniture. — peravoias ro-Trov, a place for repentance) There is said to have been no fteravoia, repentance ; which is not with respect to Isaac ; not that the case itself (the circumstances) opposes this explanation, for in fact to such a degree did he not change his opinion, that he said of Jacob, 1 have blessed him,, and he shall be blessed, Gen. xxvii. 33, but because with the LXX. .and others