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hide it or deny it. #. In the Hebrew it is Bloods, either to aggra- vare the Crime ; or, to ſhew the plenty of the Blood ſpiJr; or, to charge him with the Murder of all thoſe that might naturally have come out of Abc's loins; which was a far greater Crime in the
nonage of the World, when the Wor! d greatly wanted People. f Upon which it was ſpilt by thy bloody Hands. . it And now art thou curſed -g from the Earth b
which hath-opened her mouth to receive thy Brothers Blood fiom thy hand z. |
z- As the Earth was curſed for thy Father's ſake, ſo now art thou curſed in thy own Perſon. þ Or, In regard of the Earth, which ſhall grudge thee both, its Fruits,.and a certun dwelling-place. 7 Which had more humanity to thy Brother than thou hadſt ; forit kindly received and covered thar Blood which which thou didſt crueily and unnaturally ſhed upon it.
12 When thou tiileſt the ground & it ſhall not hence: forth yield unto thee her ſtrength 7. 4 fugitive anda vagabond » ſha}tthou be in the earth, ..- 0G
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dy. | © +Or, mime 13 And Cain ſaid unto the LORD, + My punilh- E niquiry ir ments is greater than I] can bear. greater n Hebe.mmy Sin; But Sin ſeems here to be put for puniſhment, as thai tat before verſe 7..and Gen: 19: 15. Levit. 5. 1. Pſal; 69. 27, Prov. 12.21. jt may be Fcr Cain was not ſo ſenſible of his Sin, as of the ill effects of it, as forgiven. himſelf ſhews verſe 14: 1 | 14 Behoid o thou haſt driveh me out p this day from the face of the earth 9g : and from thyF«te'r ſhall I be hid, and I ſhail be a fugitive and a' vagabond inthe
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19 4 AndLamech 4 rookunto him two wivese : the TR name of the one as ACah, and the name of the other Zallah. F- d The wicked branch of that curſed Root of Czin. e Againſt God's firſt inſtitution, Gen. 2..24. Mal. 2. 15, and without God's leave.
20 And Adak bare Jubai: he was the father of ſuch as dwell in Tents f. and of ſuch as have catiel g.
f He taught Shepherds to dwell in Tents, and toremove them from place to place, for conveniency ef Paſture. The firſt Au- thors or Inventers of any thing, are commonly called its Fathers. g Heb. And of Cartel, i.e. The Iaventer of the Art of keeftyg and managing cartel. | ;
21 And his brothers name 5»as. Jubal: he was the father of-all ſuch as handle the Harp and Organ þ.
h Or, The lovely Inſirument;But.what kind of Inftrument this was; even the Jewsdo not underſtand; '- The meaning is, he was the In- | vente: of Muſick and muſical Inftruments. * f Heb,
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2 And Limech ſaid unto his Wives, Adah and Zillah ou: [tay m, Hear my voice, ye wires of Lamech, hearken un- « man in ro my ſyecch : for * I have ſlain a man to my wound- 7 wound ing,and Þf a young man. * to my hurt #. _— p
m Who,obſerving his fiercneſs and cruelty, feared that the Ven- : bald. geance of God or Men would fall upon him,and upon them for his «, ; my ſake, n (7.e.) Beitfo that I have flaina Man, and that a young pe. / Man, Why do you concern your ſelves in it? It is romy own wound= © ing and hurt, not to yours ; I muſt ſuffer for it, not you. Some take this to be a ſorrowful Confeſſion of his Blo-dy Crime, g. d. I have
earth, and it ſhall come to pals, that every one that fin-. deth me, thall ſlay me 5s. | |
o Conſider how ſeverely thou uſeſt me. p Wirh publick infamy, as the word ſignifies. q Qr, his -Emrth, my native Land. (ze. ) Fa- vour and ProteQion: 5s AsThe-publick Enemy of Mankind, and as one :ievored by thee to deſtruttion. Queſt. Whom did Cain fear, when it appears not that there were any but his Father and Mother?