i2 5 And the LORD ſaid unto Abram, after that Lot was ſeparated from him s, Lift up now thine eyes, and look. from the place where thou art, north-ward, aid {ourh-ward, and eaſt-ward, and weſt-ward. | s To comfort him now when he was alon?, and in a worſe Soil than Zo: had choſen,
15 For all the land which thou ſeeſt z, ® to thee « * honey
will I give ic, and to thy ſeed for ever x 77 Deas e Ovject, Abram could iee bur a little part of the Land. Aiſw. n, BY 4: 5 He might now poſſibly be upon a Mountain, from wherice he ?*
might have & latge proipe3t every way. .2- He gavehim all that ks ſaw, but not only that, but allo the reſt. of rhe Lanc, and theres foie he bids him walk through and view the whole Lond, Pre 17: % Yieſt. How was tae Land given to Ab7zm, when it is expreſiy ſaid, He, 1. e. God gave him mone Inheritance in it, no, not ſo mucy as to ſet his ſoot on, Atts 7: 5s: Aujw. 1. God gave Abram the right. to it, though not the aQual p:{f:MNon of ir, until the time chat God appointed ; as God gave the right of the Kingdom tv Davis, bur nor the Poſſeſſion till Sau!'s Death. 2. God explains himfelt, ; To thee and 0 thy ſeed, 1.2. to thee, that is, to thy Seed, and that for thy lake ; the particle ava being pur oft for rhar is, as” 1 Chron: 21' 12: compared with 2 Sam: 24: 13. Epi: 1: 3: and' in many other places, as we ſhall ſee. » Quzeft, How [ for cv ] when afrer iome. hundreds of Years they were turned out of it ?
Obedience, which is oft exprefied in other plices, as Levit. 18: : D ; 26: Dew?
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{i 26: Deut: 4: 25, 26: {ſai: 48: 18, 19: 2 | for ever, doth nor always fignify Erermry, but a long continuance, | as is evident from Gen: 37: 13: and 48: 4: Exod: 21: 6: Pſal: 132: 14- and many ether places of Scripture ; and in particular, when 1t 15 | applied to the Jewith Rires and Priviledges it commonly ſignifies no more, than during the ſtanding of that Common-wealth, or until the coming of rhe Meſſias ; and foit may here be underſtood.
16 AndI will 'make thy ſeed as the duſt of the carth : ſo that if a man can number the duſt of the earth, ber ſhall thy ſeed alſo be numbred. ;
17 Ariſe, walk through the land, in the length of it, and in the breadth of ir: for I will give it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed bis tent, and came and dwelt in the+ plain of Mamre y which is in* Hebron z, ard buiir there an altar unto the LORD.
y An Amorite of great note, from whom rhe Ciry Hebron was called Mamre, Gen: 23.19. a Friend and Confederate of Abram, Gen: 14: 13: by whom it is thought he was brought to the knowledge and worthip of the true God. z Or, near Hebron ; for ſo the Hebrew Beth is ſome-
times taken. CHAP. XIV.
Scweral kings wage war againſt the king of Sodom, &c. Lot is taken pri- ſoner, 1-=--=-12, Abram reſcues him, 15-------16. The king of Sodom coxeratulates him his wiftory, 17. Melchizedek king of Salem bleſſes him ; to him Abram gives Tithes, 18 —— 20, The king of Sodom offers to give Abram the goods taken in viftory, 21, Which Abram refuſes to accept 22===-=24.
N D it came to paſs in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellaſar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of * Nations:
a i.e. Of a People which came to him our of ſeveral Nations, ( being allured pcſſibly by his Fame, or by Promiſes and Priviledges
granted to them ) and put themſelves under his Government. Or Goiim is the name of a certain place or Countrey, ſo called from rhe
- confluence of divers People or Nations thither, as Thrus is called re Mart of Nations, Iſai: 23: 3: upon the ſame account.
2 That theſe made war with Bera king b of Sodom, and with Birſha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah,. and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela which is * Zoar.
b Once for all, obſerve that the name of Kings is here and elſewhere given by Moſes to the chief Governours of Cities or little Provinces. Compare Joſ: 12: 9: Oc.
3 All theſe were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which 3s Þ the falt ſea.
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4 Twelve years they ſerved Chedorlaomer c, and i» the thirteenth year they rebelled.
c Who was their Lord, either 1. By Inheritance, as the ifſte of Elam, S$:mi's Son, Gen: 10: 22. Or, 2. By Conqueſt, having ſubdued thoſe People in a former War, which Joſephus ſpeaks of.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer. and the kings that were with him d, and ſmore tie Rephaims e in Aſhtaroth-Karnaimf, and the Zuzims ir
} Or, the Ham, and the Emims g in + Shaveh-kiriathaim 5. plain of Ki- d (i.e. )) Confederate with him for the recov:ry of his Righ: riathaim. expeCting the ſame aſſiſtance from him upon the like occation. ec A ficrc2 and warlike People of Canaan. See Gen: 15: 20: Or the Giants. , as this word 1s taken, Deur: 2; 11. f A place in Baſen called Aſhteroth Deut: 1: 4: Joſ: 9: 10: and 13: 31. Ir is furnamed Carnaim, q. d Two horned, Iiks a half Moon, either from the firuation and form ©: the place, or from rhe Goddeſs Dianz, or the Moon, which utuzlls wa painted with two horns, whom they worſhipped. g A Peop!e in Canaan of G:ant-like ſtature, Deut: 2: 10, 11. h Kiriathaim i; © noted City in Gilead, and Sha uvcth may be either the ancient name «i that Ciry, or the preſent name of the Countrey adjoyning and belonging to 1t.
6 And the Horites 7 in the mount Seir, unto + Elparay k, which is by the wilderneſs, |
; The ancient Inhabirants of Sezr, of whom ſee Gen: 36: 20: and Deut: 2; 12. k El ſignifies a Plain, and Paranis the name of a knowr ry and Mountain. See Num: 13: 3: Deut: 35: 2:
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And they returned and came to-En-milhpar. which is Kadeſh /, and ſmote all the countrey of the Amalekjtes 97, and alſo the Amorites, that dwelr Haz2zon-tamare |
I (4, e. ) Which after that time was called Kadeſch, of which ſec Numb: 20: 1, 14, ©c. m (i.e, ) Which afterwards was poſſeſſed
by the Amalekires, Gen. 36. 12. A known Figure called Pro- lephis. :
8 And there went out the King of Sodom, and the King of Gomorrah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela ( the ſame 3;
Zoar ) and they joyned battel with them in the yale of Siddim _;