Nations, ſuch as all were accounted who were not 1ſraelires. Queſt: 0 How came theſe to be, and to continue ſo long in Jacob's Houle ? I2 And God went up from him? in the place where Anſw. Either x. by Rachel's means, who brought them from her | he talked with him. | Father's Houſe, which haply was not diſcovered till this time. Or | *Eitherlocally and viſibly ; to wit, in that humane ſhape in which 2. by Leah, and by *3acob's rwo Concubines, who might poſlibly | he appeared to him ; or by withdrawing the ſigns of his ſpecial bring ſuch with them. Or 3. by the means of Jacov's gentile Ser= nn. as Gen: 17: 22. Judg. 13: 20. as on the contrary God is vants who might ſecretly worſhip ſuch gods ; or having taken | {;q tg come down, not by change of place, but by ſome ſignal mani- them from the Sichemires, they might keep them for their precious gation of his Preſence and Favour, as Exod: 3: 8. Numb. 11: Matter, as Gold and Silver, though not for Religious uſe. d Like [1-2 4 And Jacob ſet up a "Har es —_ rage : a? a good Man, and a good Maſter of a Family, he takes care not only ! RO pÞaP place where he talked with him, ever a pillar of ſtone : and he poured
for himſelf, bur for all his Family to keep them from the exerciſe of : a a falſe Religion, and to engage them as far as he can in the profeſſi- | a drink-offering x thereon, and he poured oyl thereon. z Either he repaired the 01d pillar, ſet up by him, Gen: +8: 18:
on and praftice of the true. Compare Gen: 18: 19; Joſ: 24: 18. | e Cleanſe your ſelves by outward and ritual waſhing, as Exod: 19. | which was ruined by the injury of time, or by the neighbouring 10,14. which even then was in uſe ; and eſpecially by purging your ! Tdolaters ; or rather ere&ed a new one, more ſtable and durable Hearts as well as Hands from theſe Idols, which, I perceive, to my ! than he could do in that time, as a monument or Witneſs of God's ſorrow, ſome of you have till retained ; and from your late deteſt- | manifold Favours, -and of his own Gratitude. x Of Wine, as may be gathered by comparing Exod: 29: 40. Numb: 28: 14.
able cruelty ; that you may be fit to approach to that God who hath
now ſummoned me and you, to make a ſolemn appearance before | I5 And Jacob called the name of the place where
him. f Either by putting on new Garments, as 2 Samuel 12. 20. God ſpake with-him. * Beth-el 3
or by waſhing the old ones, as Exodus 19: 10. Leviticus 15: 13. And P "Js > 26 28. 19. 16 0 And they journeyed from Beth-el 2 and there + j7:. -
was but Þ a little way to come to Ephrath ; and Ra- 7th piece
theſe, a> well as other ceremonical Inſtitutions and Prattices, were profeſſions of their Repentance ; which conſiſts 1n putting off the |
chel travailed, and ſhe had hard labour. of ground. 17 Andit came to paſs, when ſhe was in hard labour, |
old man, and putting on the new, Eph: 4: 22. 7 Beth-el, and I will
that the midwife ſaid unto her, Fear not : thou ſhalt
have this ſon alſo,
And jet us ariſe, and go up to 18 Andit came to paſs, as her ſoul was in departing
make there an altar unto God, who anſwered me in the day of my diſtreſs g, and was with me in the way
7, ( for ſhe died ) that ſhe called kis name + Ben-ogi : + Thar is, but his father called him F Benjamin &. the ſon of
which I went. | g He takes Gods gracious Promiſe, and the comfortable hope 7 Or, tn going out, namely out of the body, as Pſal: 146: 4. which 72) ſorrow. is an argument of the Souls immortality, eſpecially if compared That is,
and aſſurance of God's Favour to him, and care of him, impreſſed by God upon his Mind and Heart, for an anſwer to his Prayers,
with Eccl: 22: 759. From which places, laid together, we learn the the ſon of two terms of the journey, whence it" goes, and whither jt goes. right
though he had then ſeen no ſucceſs nor accompliſhment of God's z Either as near, and dear, and precious to him as his right hand, 9%
word to him. | 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the ſtrange gods
which is both more uſeful and more honourable than the left See
Pal: 80: 17. or inſtead of his right hand, the ſtaffſtay, and com«
which were in their hand, and all their ear-rings which were in their ears þ, and Jacob hid them 7 under the * fort of his old Age» 19 And * Rachel died, and was buried in
k6: Judg. oak & which was by Shechem. . + 6. þ Either becauſe they had been abuſed-to Idolatry and Superſti- to Ephrath «, which 5s Bethlehem, : a Not in the City,though that wasnear ; for in ancient times their
tion at Sichem, or elſewhere, and therefore were to be deſtroyed ac-
cording to God's command now fignified to Jacob, and afterwards Sepulchres were not in the places of reſort, bur in ſcperated places, and out of Cities, See Matth; 27; 60; Like 7; x2, | ; 29 Ang
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delivered to his Poſterity, Deut: 7: 5: and 12. 3. or for fear they 48. 74 ſhould be ſo abuſed. For the Scripture ſeems to inſinuat, and other Writers expreſly affirm, That divers Heathen People did
wear car-rings for the Honour of their Idols, and with the Repre- |
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_ - Chap. XXXVI 20 And Jacob ſet a pillar þ upon her grave : that is
the pillar of Rachels grave unto this dayc.
bþ As a monument or memorial of her life and death, and as a teſtimony of her future” reſurre&ion. c (i.e. ) Unto the time wherein Moſes writ this Book, and long after. See 1 Sam. 10: 2: T0: 487 £4, ; :
21 4 And Iſrael journeyed, and ſpread his tent be- yond the tower of Edar 4.
4 Orr, The tower of the fleck, place where were excellent Paſtures.
See Mic 4.8. : 22 Andit came to paſs, when Iſrael dweltin that land,
that Reuben went, and * lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine e : and Ifracl heard ir fo Now the ſons of
Jacob were twelve g. .