e Either of the Country of Syria, as it is called, Hoſea 12-12.0r rather; Padan of Syria, oras the Septuagint and Chaldee render it, Meſopota- nia of Syria : For that Padan is the proper Name of a place, may be gathered from G22: 48: 7: and it is ſo called from its Scituation be= -ween two Rivers, for Padan ſignifies 2 pair or two.
21 And Ifaac intreated the LORL-f for his wife g; Hecauſe ſhe was barren þ: and the LORD was intreat-
:d of him, and * Rebekah his wife conceived. ' &
* Matth,
2,
Rom. 9.
f He prayed, as the Hebrew word ſignifies, inſtantly br fervent- 0, ly, frequently and continually, for near twenty years together ; for ſo long it was between their Marriage and the firſt Child. He was ſo much concerned, becauſe not only his Comfort, but the
g00d # old age, an oid man, and full ef fyears s; and
} Or,”/2ys. was gathered to [115 PeOPTEC F, 9 His Soul was not required of him, as it was of that fool, Luk-
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12: 20: notforced from him by ſharp and violent Diſeaſes, but was quictly, ea{ily,and chearfuliy yi-Ided up by him into the h»nyds of his merciful God and Father, as the word intimates. » Good both g atioully, his hoary Head being found in the way of Righreoui- neſs ; and natnrally, fiee from the manifold Infirmities and Cala» mities of old Age. Of which ſee Eceleſ: 12: 1, &c. In the Hebrew It 15 on:y full, or ſatisfied ; but you muſt under:tand, with Days or Tears, as the Phraſe is fully exprefſed, Gen: 35: 29: 1 Chron:23: i: and 29: 28: Job 42: 17: Fer: 6: 11, When he had lived as long as he de- ſired, being in ſome ſort weary of Life,and deiirousto be diflolved; or full of all Good, as the Chaldee renders it ; ſatisfied,as it is ſaid of Naphtali, Deus: 33: 23: with favour, and full with the bleſſing of the Lord upon himſelf, and upon his Children. : To his Godly irogenitors, the former Patriarchs; the Congregation of the Juſt in Heaven, Heb: 15. 23. in regard of his Soul : bor it cannot be meant of his Body, hich was not joyzed with them in the place of Burial, as the Phraſe is, 1/a. 14 20. but buried in a ſtrange Land, where only $a- ral's Body lay. And ir is obſerved, that this Fhrale isuſed of none but go00.i Men, of which the Jews were ſo fully perſwaded, that from this very Expreſſion uſed concerning Iſhmael he:e below, v: 17: they infer his Repentance and Salvation. See this Phraſe, Gen: x5: IS: and 49* 29: Numb: 20: 24: and 27: 13: Judges 2: 19. |
9 And his ſons Iſaac and Iſhmael « buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the fon of
Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre.
# T or !ſbmael, tho baniſhed from his Father's Houſe, hved in a Place nor very far from him ; and as no doubt he received many Favours from his Father after his Departure,whichis implied here, verſe 6: tho it be not mentioned elſewhere ; ſo it is probable thar ke had a true Reſpe& and Affe&Qion to his Father, which he here ex- preſſeth. |
| To * The field which Abraham purchaſed of th ſons of Heth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
it C And itcame to paſs afrer the death of Abra- ham, that God bleſſed his ſon Iſaac, and Iſaac dwelt
Truth of God's Promiſe depended upon this Mercy : And he knew very well, that God's i'urpoſe and Promiſe did not exclude, but require the uſe of all convenient Means for their accompliſhment. £ Or zn the preſence of his Wife, ſignifying, that, beſides their more ſecret Devorions, they did oftentimes in a more ſolemn manner; and v ith united force pray for this mercy,wherein they were both equally concerned. Or, over 2gainft his Wife, noting that each of them did ſeverally and apart intreart God for this Mercy, ſo that there was a concurrence, if not in place, yet in deſign and aQtion. bh As diverſe of thoſe holy Women that were Progenitorsof Chriſt have long been,that it might appear that that ſacred Stock was pro- pagated more by the virtue of Tou's Grace and Promiſe, than by
the Power of Nature. = 22 And the children ſtruggled together within her 3 ;
and ſhe ſaid, If ir be fo, why ew Ithus &? And ſhe
went to inquire of the LORD 7. oe |
7 Inaviolent and extraordinary nianner, which was likely to cauſe both Pain and Fear in her - & The ſenſe may be cither, r. If-ir be thus with me; that there be two Children contending and fighting within me, likely to deſtroy one the other, and both threatning my Death ; why did I defire and pray for this asa great Mercy! Or why is it thus withme! Why hath God dealt thus with re, to conti-
'nue my Life till it be a burthen to me,and-to give me Conception
which is ſo painful and hazardous? Or rather, 2.If God hath grant- ed memy deſire in the Conception of a Child, what means this di- {turbance and confli& within me, which threatens me with the loſs of the Mercy before I enjoy it ? For ſhe ſeems nor ſomuchro mur- mur at it, as to wonder and ro enquire about it, as it here. follows I Either immediatly by ardent Prayers to God that he would revea his mind to her herein ; or mediatly by her Father. Abraham, who lived fifteen years after this time, verſe 7. or by ſome other godly Patriarch yet ſurviving, by whom God uſed to manifeſt his Will and Counſels to others, when he thought fit; a £” 23 And the LORD ſaid unts her , Two natt- ohs 1 dre in thy womb, and two manner of people
{hall be ſcparated o from thy bowels ; and che one peo- | F 3 ple
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