which 1 met ? + And he ſaid, Theſe ars to find grace in the ſighe of my Lord. . all thi + He knew his meaning before fromthe Servants meuths: but he £94 asks, tharhe might both be more certain] y informed cf the Truth Fee 2 and have an occaſion for a civil refuſal of the gift. ; 9 And Eſau laid, I have enough,my brother: that thou haſt unto thy ſelf c.
c I ne:ther need itfor my uſe, nor defire it as a compenſation for FI thy former Injuries: that ts
io And facob faid, Nay, I pray thee: If now 1 pn have found grace in thy ſight, then receive my preſent at my hand: for therefore 4 I have ſeen thy face, as though 1 hadſeenthe face of God e, and thou waſt plea-
{ed with me.
4 Or, Fir I therefore tender it unto thee,and humbly beg thy ac- ceptance of it, becauſe : For thus the Heb. ew 4! cen is uſed, Numb: 14: 43: andelſewhere. e Iris in a manner as pleaſant a ſight to me as the ſight of God himſelf, becauſe in thy reconciled Face,[I fee the face and favour of God thus manifeſted unto me.
11 Take,] pray thee, my blefling f that is brought to thee;becauſe God hath dealt gracioully with me,and be- cauſc'I have | enough:and he urged him.and he took it.
f This Gift, which as I received from God's bleſſing, ſo T hear- Þ} Heb, tily give it to thee with my bleſſing and prayer, that God would thing: . abundantly bleſs it to thee. Gifts are oft called Bleſimgs,as Joſ. 15.
I9. 1 Sam. 25. 27. and 30. 26. ;
12 And he ſaid, Let ustake our journey, and let us
go, and I will go before thee g.
g Or rather, beſide thee, ſo as to keep thee company, or to keep pace with thee.
13 And he ſaid untohim, My Lord knoweth, that the childrenare tender 6, and the flocks and herds wich young are with me zz: andif men ſhould over-drive them one day, all the flock will die.
h The eldeſt of them,Reuben, notbeing yet fourteen years old.
/ Or, upon me, i. e. committed to my care,to be managed as their neceſſities requize. Sec 1/a: 40: 11.
14 Letmy Lord, 1 pray thee, paſs over before his
cattle that goeth before me, and the children be able to. craig the fon the war
15 And Eſau ſaid, Let me now fleave with thee , .... ſome of the folk that are with me: And he ſaid, + What TRY needeth it? * let me find grace in the ſight of my + Heb,
16 So Eſau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 7? 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and buiit him ©?
. TI, an houſe / , and made booths for his cattle ; therefore
the name of the place is called Þ Succoths + Tha
I Which douttleſs was ſome ſlight building, becauſe he intended booths.
not to ſtay there. : ;
18 Ard Jacob came to Shalem »2,a City of * Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan;whenhe came from Pa- dan- Aram,and pitched his tent before the city ».
m Moſt take it for the proper name of a place belonging to She chem, as it here follows,called Salm,John 3. 23.and Sichem or Sychar Joha 4. 5. But others take it for an appellative Noun, and tender the place thus, he came ſafe or whole to the City of Shechem ; to note ther that he was then cured of the lameneſs which the An him;or rather,to note the good Providence of God that had brought him fafe in his Perſon, Family, and Eſtate,through all his dan _ firſt from Laban, then from Eſau,till he came to this place 64% it feems heintended to make his abode for a good while, had not the following Miſcarriages obliged him to remove. =» (7.e. ) Near to it, but not in it, for the conveniency of his Cattle.
19 And * he bought oa parcel of a field where he had ſpread his tent, at the hand of the children p of f Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred + pieces *Jo of money 9+ 32-1 o For hispreſent poſſeſſion and uſe;for the right which he had to T 2Y it was only in Revyerſion after the time that God had allotted for it E n þ ( 7.e. ) Subjetts, called his Chilaren, to note the duty which they oy" p owed to him,and the care and affe&ion that he owed tothem. Co 105,
* Calki As). Sychen, |
Cl gel gave
pare Numb, 11: 12. q The word isuſed only here,and Jof. 24.32. 76h
42. 11. and it may ſignifie either Lambs, given in way of exc
for 1t,or pieces of Money, which ſeems : ah AL bock pres.
paring 4s 7.16.and becauſe Money was come into uſein that place
and time, Gen. 17. 12, 13. and 23.16. and 47, 16. which were cal. 4 led Lambs poſſibly from the figure of a Lamb ftamped uponir, as the Athenian Money was called an Os for the like reaſon,and as we call
2 piece of Gold a Jacobus,becauſe the Pifture cf that King is upon
it £ and called it + El- tThity
20 Andheereded there an altar, — 04 I”
Elohe- Iſrael z. Gol UL, acl,
- | Chap. JR | ' Rachel, and they bowed themſelves. J 8 And he ſaid, What meaneſt thou by all this drove + Heh! Wit i
that tot
hap
*Chap.:
2T,
+ Heb: humblea her.
+ Heb: the hear of the Damſel. See Ida:
2. Hoſ:2:
v Cl 33-1
* Tc
0 There w vn Ode, os the cxamebe oe RY 2m” ok _ ſuch law yet in force, as the examples of 1ſaac Rs 0 __ the dagghters of uncircumciſed per-
-refore they do not here reje& it as ſimply cope kn
Elohe-Iſrazl, the particle Lo, being redundant,
+ Or, Ca'l:d pon El. 12: I. and Joſbus 20: 2,
as ſuch P:onouns ofc are, as Gen.