ſhaT be Very great. * Pal: a6; 5:
7 WV. bleſſing which he had given him. Or, Bleſed is; ſo ir is an acknowledginent of God's bleſſing conferred upon Abram borh formerly, and in this late and great Vittory.
ſo it is a'predition concerning his furcure and furthers blefſ:dneſs, whereof this was only an earneſt. : x
20 And bietted be the moſt high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him * tithes g of all þ. | |
7 Not Me!chizedek gave to Abram, as ſome Jews fooliſhly under- Rand ir ; for Abram ſwears that he would not keep, nor take any of
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Or, Bleſſ:d ſhall be ; | of a Piacc to called.
are frequent in Scripture, as Nam: 24: 22: Zech: 14: 18: Nehemt 5: 2: Habak: 2: 3: Eph: 2:
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3 And Abram ſaid, Bchold, to me thou haſt given no ſeed; and lo, one born in mine houſe his mine heir z.
I: g This may be the name either of a Man, or
hþ Of ſuch ſee Gen: 14 14: and Eccleſ: 2: 5. And theſe are oppoſed
to them that are born ofa Man's body, Job 19: 17, Prov: 3 '. 2. Jer. 2.14.
' 3} Either 1. By nearneſs of re/ation, being as i,me conceive, deſcended
the recovered Goods of the Kingsof Srdom, or his Brethren, werſe 23- |
Bur Abram cave to Melchizedek, as appears both from Heb: 4: 7: and from the nature of the thing ; for the Tithes confeſledly belong to the Prieſt, ſuch as Melchizedek, ani not Abram, is here deſcribed ro be. hþ Not of all the recovered Goods, but of all the Spoils taken from the Enemies. _ ; |
21 And the king of Sodom ſaid unto Abram, Give me the + perſons, and take the goods to thy ſelf.
22 And Abram faidto the king of Sodom, I have lifc up my hand ; untothe LOR D,: the moſt High God, the polleſſour of Heaven and Earth, |
3 (i.e, ) Swore ; for this was the ancizut manner of ſwearing. See Exod: 6:8: Num: 14: 30: Deut: 32: 40: Eeek: 20: 5,06.
23 That I will not take & from a threed even to a ſhoe-lachet*, and that I will not take any thing that #s
thine, leſt thou ſhouldft ſay, I have made Abram rich.
k Heb. If 1 ſhall take. Underſtand, God do ſo and jo tv me, which 1s expreſſed 1 Sam: 14: 44: A defe&ive manner of {wearing uſed amongſt rhe Hebrews,cither to maintain the reverence of Oaths,jand the dread of Perjury, ſeing they were afraid ſo much as to mention the Curſe which they meant ; or to ſhew that chey were willing to ſubmit to any puniſhment, which God ſhou'd infliftupoan them without excep"i:n, if they vio'ared their Oaths. * (z.e.) An thing though never ſo ſmall cr mean H(7 e. ) Leſt rhon ſhovuldit claim a ſhare wi h lod in the Honour due to him, ro whole bleſſing alone I dv, nd I will owe my riches. Or, leſt thou ſhouldſt ſay, Abram is enriched with my Spoils; and however he pretended Kindn-fs and C'a-ity, yet indeed it was his Covetoulſnels that put him upon this Work. | : |
24 Save only that which the young men have caten, andthe porcon of the men which went with me , Aner, Ethcol, and Marne ; let them take their portion,
joyned with him in the Bute], as 1t 15 conceived they did, or only abode by the Stuff, 1 Sam: 30: 24: and therefore thouzh he mighr, and did give away his own right, he could nor- give away other mens,
CHAP. XV.
: y F pd 2 | 4 comfortable promiſe to Abram, x. His prayer for an heir, 2, 3. The. Abram's fa:th ; 6. He deſires ;
promiſe of an anſwer to 115 prayer, '4, 5.
a ſign, 7, $8. God gives him one, 9. He obſerves it, no, 1t. God
appears to him when in a deep /1:ep, 12. A predit#ion of evil to befil his |
poſterity, 13. Their deliverance, 14===-=-- Canaan renewed, 17J----=21.
i6, Tie covenant concerning
Frer theſe things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a virion a, faying, Fear nor, Abram 6b: I am thy * jhieid ard 7 thy excceding * great reward. c. | a God anciently revealed himſel® ro M:n two ways, Firker r. When the man was afl-ep, in a dre:m; OC 2, Ina Vition, Num: 12:6: w..2en he was awake ; andihis errher 1. When he was «t.pcanto an Extaſie, wherein h1s tenſes are 1dI-,but his ming is a&'veanu cievared ro the contemplation and underftanding of what God reveals. See Num: 12: 6,7,8. and 24: 4: {ſa: 1: 1: 4#s 10: 10, 11. Or, 2. Nhen the thing was manifeſted by -n exrernal c-pr-lentation. So here, God
ſeems to have appeared to Aram in the thaps of 3 Man, as he did
Gen: 18: as may be gathered;trom werſ: 5: 16. 6 Neith-r the return of thoſe. Enemies whom thou haſt ſmut -n and proveked, nor rhe envy of thy Neighbours for this glorious Vittory, nor tor rhy own dei o- Jatc condition. 6 Seing thou didſt tru?! ro ary prereftion, I will be 2 ſhield or a proreCtor to, thee ; and ſcizg rhou vidit to honourably, and for -my ſake rej.& cther rewards, taken by thy elf, and offered by the King of Sodom, thou ſhalr be no loſer by it ; I will abundantly rY=<comp=-"ce all thy piety to me, ans ch riry to thy affli&cu kinſman maahy liberal:ty towards others : I-w:!] bleſs thee w:th all forrs Sings. 25s well as defend thee frum ail evil; | wi.ica two a Min con pleatly happy. bam ſaid LOKL: God, what will thou give me, lt * leo d cihiidicf e, ard the ſteward of tay houf#F% this Ericzer of Lamaſcus g ? ft Wha: pleaiure can I t:kz jn any oth:r gif +, 16 long as thou doſt withold from me that great and promiicd gift of thar blefſ=d and bleſſing Seed, in the giving of whom, thy, honour and the World's happineſs 15ſo highly co::cerned, Chap: 12:3, 4Firtier x. Ipaf: the time of my life, going on and growing 1:. years, and haſtn:ng re-my long home. Or 2. I die, 7.e. am abour to die, cr likely rode; Going Is oft-times pur. for dying, as 1 Chron: 17: 11: compared with 2 Sam: 7:1 2: Job 10: 21. ard 14+ 20: Matth: 26: 24. e Whar good will the Worla do me, jf I have no Heir to poſſeſs it ? if God lote the Glory of his ruth in making good his p:cmile, and I lofe the comfort of my Iong-hoped for Ci1ild, and that ſuch a Child, the effe& of a Divine Fromiſe, one our of whole Loins he muſt c:me, in whom all Nati- ONs tha!! be bleſſed? f Heb. The Sn of the care, or Government, or Management of my Houſe, « e. he who nanageth the Affairs of my Hcute. An utua! Hcbraiim, as captives are cxlJed children of captivity, Ezra 4: 1: and afflitt: d Per 01s, children of afflittion, Prov: 31: 5: Orhers frad the Verlc ti us, And the fleward of my houſe, this El:ezer of Damaſcus, underſtand, ſþa/! be my Heir ; which words may caſiiy be ſupplied our of the foliowing Verite. And 1uch ſupplements of a word, or Thort ſeatence out of a member or veris cighgr foregoing or foliowing,