11 unto Pharaoh. . | , f Or, Priſon, by a Synecdoche of the part for the whole, For it 1s not p: obable that Joſeph, who was now ſo much imployed, and entruſted with all the Affairs of the Priſon and Priſoners, Gen. 39. 21, 22, 23. thould ſtill be kept in the Dungeon properly ſo called. p For till then he ſuffered his Hair to grow, as the manner was for perſons in Priſon, or under g:eat Sorrow, , 2 Sam. 19. 24- But to appear in a mournfu] d-eſs before the King was not convenient! nor utual. Compare Eſther 4. 4. Fs i5 And Pharaoh faidunto Joſeph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it : and '
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29 And behold, ſeven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-favoured, and lean-fleſbed; _ as I never ſaw in all the land of Egypt, for bad- neſs, | | |
20 Andthe lean, andthe ill.favoured kine, did eat up the firſt ſeven far kine. _
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r They ſeemed to be neither fatter in the fleſh, nor fuller in their bodies. As many times in Famine\men eat much, but are not ſa- tisfied, becauſe God withdraws his blefling from it, by which a» lone it is that meat nouriſheth us.
22 And 1 ſaw in my dream, and behold, ſeven ears came up in one ſtalk, full and good. _.
23 And behold, ſeven ears + withered, thin, and blaſted with the Eaſt-wind; ſprung up after them.
24 And the thin cars devoured the ſeven goodears: and I told this unto the Magicians, bur there was none that could declare: ro me. on
25 1 And Joleph ſaid unto Pharaoh, The Dream of Pharaoh is one s ; God hath ſhewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
s To wit, inits deſign and fignification ;- both the ſame thing.
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28 This s ths thing which IT have ſpoken unto Pha- raoh : what God is about to do, he ſheweth unto Pha-
raoh. 0 29 Behold, there come ſeven years of great plenty,
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| pare 2 Chron: 35. 24; Eſther 6« 8. and 10. 3. Dan: 5. 49+ h They commanded all that paſſed by him, or came to him, to ſhew their reverent reſpeCt to him in this manner. Compare Efher 3. 2. Others, tender father, to ſignify that he was to be owned as the Father of the Countrey, becaule by .his prudence and care he had provided for them all, and ſaved them from utter ruin,
44 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, I « Pharach 7, and without thee ſhall no man lift up his hand or foot
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throughout allthe land of Egypt. 39 And there ſhall ariſe after them ſeven years of famine, and all the plenty ſhall be forgotten : in the land of Egypt: and the famine ſhall conſume the land, t There 7p be no relicks of it to keep it in mens minds,which will be ſo taken up with the contemplation of their preſent mitery and future danger, that they will have neither heart nor leiſure to refle& upon their former Plenty, the remembrance whereof will but aggravate the preſent calamity.
_ 31 And the plenty ſhall not be known - in the land, by reaſon of that famine following : for it ſhall be very T grievous.
4 Heb: 32 And for that the Dream was doubled unto Pha- + Or, pre- Faoh twice, #t js becauſe the thing is 7 eſtablithed by Peredof God : and God will ſhortly bring it to pals. _ God. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look but a man diſ-
creet and wiſe, andſet him over the land of Egypt» | 34 Let Pharaoh do rhis, and let him appoint of- FOr, over- © 8:5 over the land, and take up « the fifth part x of
E” the land of Egypt in theſeven + recotrrg years # Not by force or violence, for Jeſeph would never be the author of ſuch uarighteous Counſels ; but by purchaſe at the common price, which was like to be very low in that caſe, and therefore might eaſily be compaſſed by thar rich and mighty Prince. x Queſt. Why n-t half, ſeing the years of Famine were as many as the years of Plenty? nſw: Becauſe 1. Men would and ſhould live more ſparingly in times of Famine. 2. It was likely that vecy many men would lay up great quantities of Corn in thoſe years, partly becauſe they could not ſpend it all, and pirtly in expeQatioiof a ſcarcer and dearer time, when they might cither uſe it themſelves, or ſell it to their advantage. 3. The fifth part of thoſe years of great Plenty, might be more than the half, yea equal to the whole Crop of ordinary years. K 25 And let them gather all the food of thoſe good years that come, and lay up Corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the Ciries. 26 And that food (ball be for fiore to the land againſt the ſeven years of Famine, which ſhall be in the land - + Heb: be of Egypt, that the land + periſh not through the Fa- 7408 cut off. mine. | ; 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, andin the eyes of all his ſervants»
28 And Pharaoh ſaid unte his ſervants, Can we find ſuch a one as this is, a man in whom the ſpirit of God y is?
y Or, of the gods, in his Heathen Language. One whom God hath endowed with ſuch admirable Knowledge and Wiſdom,
29 And Pharavh ſaid unto joſeph, Foraimuch as God hath ſhewed thee all this z, there is none ſo dif- creet and wile as thou art : be
z 7.e. Hath-given thee this extraordinary gift of foreſeeing and foretclling things to come, and of giving ſuch {age advice for the future.
Lon 40 * Thou ſhalt be over my houſe, and acccording
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