+That is, ] have born him fix ſons : and ſhe called his name + * dwelling. Zebu'un _ * Called ; 4 | | "TEE Marth. 4. 21. And afterwards ſhe bare a daughter, and called ' 13. 2abu- her name | Dinah, lon, 22T AndGod remembred Rachel, and God heark-. ns, ned to her, and opened her womb, ” #2 JW. 22 And ſhe conceived and bare a fon, aid faid, God ' hath taken away my reproach p. =P Barrenneſs was then accounted a great Reproach, eſpecially in that Race, becauſe it was a kind of Curſe, wherevy ſuch Perſons were excluded both from the firſt and general Ble{ing of 7ruttifi- cation given to all Mankind, Gen. 1. 28. and from the ſpecial Bleſ-_ given tO Abraham for the nniltiplication of hi« Seed; and from
: ry 6 of being the Progenitors of the Blelied M:fas. po 5 24 And jhe cailed his name T Joſeph ; and faid, The "5* LORD ſhall add to me another ſon. 25 Andit came to paſs, when Rachel had born Jo ſeph, that Jacob ſaid unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country 9.
- g Canaan, which he calleth his Country, in regard both of his for- mer and long Habitation in it, and of the Righr which he had to
it by God's Promiſe. See 28. 13. : | 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom | have ſerved thee, and let me go: for thou knoweft mz
{ſervice which I have done thee. * Chap... 257 And Laban ſaid unto him, I pray thee, if Thave 29.21. X* found favour in thine eyes, tarry : for I have learned by experience, that the LORD hath bleſſed me for thy
ſake. +. 28 And he ſaid, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. -
29 And he faid unto him, Thou knoweſt how Þ have
ſerved thze, 'and how thy cattel was with me y. + How carefully it was managed, and how greatly improved by my Care and Induſtry. 30 For #t was little which thou hadlt before I came x, +Hcb. and itis ow | increaſed unto a multitude, and the LORD
broker hath bleiſed thee + ſince my coming 7? : and now when
forth. ſhall I provide for mine own houſe alſo «?
t Heb. + , Comparatively to what now it is. t Heb. At my foot, 7: e.
. my foot. upon my coming ; ſince my Feet ent-red into thy Houſe : Or, by my foot, i. e. by my Miniſtry and Labour, as this Phraſe is uſed, Devt. 11. 10. #u According to my Duty, which alſo is thy In- terel{t.
21 And he ſaid, What ſhall I give thee ? And Jacob ſaid, Thou ſhalt not give me any thing; If thou wilt do this thing for mis, I will again feed and keep thy
Ef flock. | - + 32 I will paſs through all thy flock this day, remo- ving from therice all the ſpeckled and ſpotted cattel x, We; and all the brown y cattel among the jneep, and the # ſported and ſpeckled among the goats : and of ſuch (hall | be my hire 2: x Which may ſcem to be thus diſtinguiſhed ; ſpeckled with little Spots,and ſported with greater Spots Or Stains,both of divers Colours from the reſt of the Body. Or,the ſpeckled may be the ſame with the Ring-ſtraked, by compa:ing this with verſe 35. y Or Black, or Dark- coloured, forthe Hebrew word ſignifies alſo great hear which produ- ceth ſuch a Colour. z Or, then ſhall be my hire ; and for then, as is frequent in Scripture. The ſenſe is, Then, when the ſpeckled, and - . ſpotted, and brownare ſeparated, and none but white remaining, my hive ſhall be out of thoſe white ones, and that in ſuch manner as is expreſſed in the following Verſe, all the white young ones ſhall be thine, and the ſpeckled, and ſpotted, and brown, which ſhall be brought forti by thoſe white ones, ſhall be mine. -33 So ſhall my righteouſneſs anſwer for me 2+ in
time to come, when it ſhall come for my hire before _ thy face b: every one that zs not ſpeckled and ſpotted amongſt the goats, and brown amongſt the ſheep, that
ſhall be accounted ftollen with me. # When the. Cattel fhall, contrary to their natural and uſual
+ Heb. zo
merrow,
courſe, bring forth young ones of a contrary Colour to their own, |
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it will hereby beevident that this is the work of Cod, who hereby pleads my righreous Cauſe againft a cruel and unjuſt Maſter. Or thus, When thou thallaccuſe meof doing rhee Injury, I ſhall have this manifeſt and undeniable Evidence of my Righteouſneſs or In- nocency, that I have no Catrtel but of that Colour which is by A- gicement appropriated to me. b When zt, i. e. my Righteouſneſs jball come to, or upon my reward, i.e. when my Righteouineſs ſhall ap- pear in the very colour of that Cattel which 1s alloted to me for my Reward or Hire; before thy Face, i. e. 'thou being preſent and diligently obſerving whetherT have any Cattel of another colour Pur the t;ebrew word Tabo is alſo of the ſecond Perſon, and fo the ſenſe ſeems to be this, when thou ſhalt come upon my Hire or Re. ward, to wit, to obſerve and ſee whether I have any other Cat- te] than what belongs to me. And ſo theſe words come in by way ef Parentheſis ; and the following words, before my Face, © are to be joyned to the former words, thus, ſo ſhall my Righteouſneſs anſwer for me in time to come ( when thou ſhalt come upon my Hire) before thy Face. This I prefer before the other, becauſe the Phraſe of coming upon his Hire ſeerns more properly to agree toa Perſon, than to his Righteouſneſs,
34 And Laban faid, Behold, I would it might be
according to thy word c. c Labar'truſted to the Courſe of Nature, whereby Catte! _ bring forth their Young of their own Colour ; wu wn gant = the Providence of an Almighty God, and his Gracious 25 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-ſtraked « and ſpotted, and all the ſhe-goats that were ſpeckled and ſpotted, and every one that had ſome e whitein it, and all the brown amongſt the ſheep, and gave them into the hands of his ſons. :
da Which had lines or ſtrakes like Bands about them of div lours from the reſt of their Body. e This word is oft An eu Song in other Texts of Scripture, and heie it is ſo neceſfarily ; as apears _— ___ thing it ſelf, as it is related, and from the Phraſe: o* he ſaith not that was white, butrhat had white in it ag ed with other Colours. MN In > OY os
36 And he ferthree days journey f betwixt himſelf and Jacob g: and Jacob fed the reſt of Labans flocks.
f Underſtand it of the journeying or travelling of Sheep, not of Men. g Leſt either Jacob ibould mingle and exchange the Sheep o: theSheep by the Contemplation of the divers coloured hs ſhould b:ing forth others like to them.