14 And Abimelech took ſheep and oxen, and men- ſervants, and women-ſervants, and gave them unto Abraham, and reſtored him Sarah his wife.
is And Abimelech ſaid, Behold, my land is before
thee c, dwell + where it pleaſeth thee. { Heb: 2s c (5. e. ) Free for thy view and choice, as Gen. 13. 9. 1s good int 16 And unto Sarah he ſaid, Behold, I have given thy 7hine «es.
brother d a thouſand pieces of filver e: behold, he #s to
thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with theeg,
and with all other þ : thus ſhe was reproved 3.
d A ſharp rebuke and irony, q. 4. He whom thou didſt miſcal thy Brother. e To wit, Shekels, which is commonly underſtood when a ſum of Silver or Gold is indefinitely mentioned, as Num: 7: 13, 85: 2 Sam: 18: 12: 2 Kings 6: 25+ f(3.e.) AProeteQtionto thee from the wanton eyes and attemprs of others, whilſt they know thee to be the Wife of another Man,and he ſuch an one whom they reverence and fear; and therefore thou didſt take a very wrong courſe to diſown him, whereby thou didit expoſe thy ſelf to great danger. Or, This #5 to thee, &c. i.e. ThisT give to thee to buy thee a Vail wherewith' thou may ſt cover thy Face, as it is fir and uſual for married perſons to do. Compare Gen: 24; 65: 1 Cor. 11:3, 6, 7, 10. £ Unto all rhat here live with thee, or near thee. i And with all Men whomſoever ; or admeniſhed to be more circumſpe& for the furure; or, and be thow admonijhed: Fox they may be the words of Abimelech. |
17 © So Abraham prayed unto God : and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-ſervants ; and they bare children.
18 Far the LORD had faſt cloſed up all the wombs E of the houfe of Abimelech, becauſe of Sarah Abrahams
wife. |
k This phraſe elſewhere notes Barrenneſs, as r Sam: 1: 5, 6: and ſo many underſtand it here. Againſt which ſome J-arned Men obje& that that could not ſo ſoon be diſcovered, for all nis happened between the Conception and Birth of 1ſaac. Wiich objeCQtion may ſeem not valid, becauſe the evidences of Wonens being with Child go ſo long before the Birth of che Child, an« thoſe evidences not appearing in any of their Women, who bef«e that rime were generally Fruitful and ChiJd-bearing, they mght diſcern God's Hand in it, eſpecially upon God's admonitio: fo their King. But becauſe this Hiſtery leems to have been q-Ne In a far leſs ſpaces of time, it not being probable either, thar 0d would ſuffer Sarsh to be Jong with Abimelech ere he warned 21m, or that he being warned, and ſo ſeverely threatned, ancattually puniſhed, would delay the execution of God's command Or that upon his Obedience to God, the Mercy and Deliverance promiſed would be delayed by God. ; that ſeems more prob#le which others think, that this was an indiſpoſition, or plag© or ſore in the ſecr-t Parts, by which they were hindred fr Co-habitation, ' aud mutual Converſe, and conſequently ſom hopes of Conception and Child-bearing ; upon the remo'l whereof, 1t is ſaid, that #hey bare Children, where, as oft-times 1N Scripture, the Taſbimd conſum. mating A& is put. for all rh preveding Affs, 9. #. and they were
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: G E . Lnar | | m Becauſe of his tender affe&ion to him, and God's promile . concerning him. See Gen. 17: 18, 20. He, who cheartully pars tcd with 1/auc, was hardly brought to part with 1þh-nael, kecauie the former was done by God's command, which he was obliged to obey ; the latter by the paſſion of an enraged Woman, wherewith
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Chap. XXlI. 4 reſtored to the Conjugal uſe, and Conception, and, in due time, to Cinid-bearing.
C H A P. AXE
S%e corcerues and bears a Son, 1, 2. He is named Iſaac,
7 a 1; its Sarah - 4 4; Circumciſed the eighth day, 4. Sarah's joy and thanks, 6,.7 > OE ham makes a feaſt at the weaning of I/nac, 8. Iſhmael mACks 3 Sara
fees it, 9. She complains to Abraham, and defires to have him caſt out, io. Afraham is grieved, 11. God commanas 18 the reaſon, 12. Pro- miſes a bleſmg to Iſhmael for his ſake, 13. Abraham ſends Hagar and her ſvn away ; they wander in the wilderneſs, are like to periſh for want of water, 14----16. God calls to her, 17. Repeats his prom!Je to Ijbmael, 18. Opens her eyes ; ſhe ſees # well, 19. They dwell there, and Iſhmael is an archer, 20. Marries an Egyptian, 21. Abimelech convinced that God was with Abraham, deſires a covenant, 22, 23. Abraham conſents, 24. Abimelecl's ſervants having taken a well from him, Abraham roproves him for it, 5. He pleads ignorance, 26. Both of them make 4 COVUe= nant, 271---=-32, Abraham plants a grove, and calls on the Lord the
everlaſting God, 33, 34-
he thought not fit to comply ; and probably he had Yenied her defire, if God had not interpoſed in it. » He doth not ſay becauſe of his wife ; from whence may be gathered, either that Hagar was not properly his Wife, or that this was another of Abraham's 11- firmities, that he had nor that affeQion for her which he ſhould have had. Whereby we may alſo ſee the excellency of God's in- {titutions, who appoinred but one Woman for one Man, that each might have the intire intere{t in the others affeQions ; and the dan- ger of Mens inventions, which brought Polygamy intothe World, whereby a Man's affeQtions are divided into {everal, and fometimes contrary ſtreams. |
12 7 And God fajd unto Abraham, Let ir not. be grievous in thy fight, becauſe of the lad, and becauſe
of thy Bond-woman o ; in all that Sarah hath ſaid unto
chee, hearken unto her voice ; for in * Iſaac hall thy * Ron: g;
AND the LORD viſited Sarah #, as he had ſaid, and
*Chap:17 the LORD did unto Sarah * as he had ſpoken. | {ted p be called q. — 7b x9. and a ( 5. e. ) Performed his gracious Promiſe of giving herSt:ength 0. Thus Abraham had better Authority for his Divorce from = Is 18: 19: to conceive and bear a Child. God's Viſitation of a pe:ſon in Scrip- | #2597 then he had for his Marriage with her, chap: 16: 2. p To '®*
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