*mmediat Sons, when all the reſt of Foſeph's Sons were ex- cluded from that Priviledge, Gen: 48: 5, 6. And the like may be ſid of the other two Grandchildren mentioned verſe r7.
13 © * And the ſons of lifachar ; Tola and + Phu-
] d Job, and Shimron. | we NA the ſons of Zebulun : Sered, and Elon,
d Jahleel. Y : "Theſe be the ſons of Leah which ſhe bare unro
Jacob in Padan-4ram with his daughter Dinah: all the ſouls of his ſons and his daughters q, were thirty and
hree. : ; > This is true properly and immedaatly of the Soris, who were
indeed born there, but improperly and mediatly of the Grand- children, which are as truly ſaid to be born of Leah in Pa4an, as to to be born of her at all, becauſe they were indeed born of them which were torn of her, and that in Padan. q To wit, which came into Egypt as before ; ſo that Er and Onan are excluded, as dying before this Journey into Ezypr, verſe 12. Daughters is here put for Daughter, as verſe 7. becauſe Dinah was all the Daughters which Zaceb had. Heb. all the Souls, Sons and Daughters, being reckoned to-
* gether with their Father.
16 4 And the ſons of Gad : * Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and + Ezbon, Eri, andÞ Arodi, and Areli.
17 4 * Andthe ſons of Aſher : Jimnah,and Thhuah, and Ifui, and Beriah, and Serah their ſiſter ; and the ſons of Beriah, Reber and Malchiel.
18 * Theſe are the ſons of Zilpah, * whom Laban gave to Leah his e's and theſe ſhe bare unto Tacob. even ſixteen 1louls. | - 19 The ſons of Rachel, Jacobs wife, Foleph and Benjamin. | ”_ « 4nd unto Joſeph in' the land of Egypt, were born Manafſeh and Ephraim, * which Aſenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, +-prieſt. of On bare unto
m. exca=a * And the ſons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and A{bbel,Gera, and Naaman, * + Ehi,and Roth, + Muppim, and F Hupyim, and Ard r.
+ Whereof part ſeem to be born before his coming to Egypr, and part in Egyp', Benjamin being now but twenty and four years
d. | | : - 22 Theſeare the ſons of Rachel, which were born
to Jacob: all the ſouls were fourteen- 23 q* And theſons of Dan: Huſhim. | 241* And the ſons ofNaphtali, Zahaegl, and Guni,
and Jezer, and Snullemy
--—— <a **%,
w
formance of his Promiſe concerning the vaſt Multiplication of: as to diſtinguiſh the |
—— " 7 Chap. XLVI
25 * Theſe are theſons of Bilkah, which Laban give * Chap. unto Rachel his daughter, and ſhe bare theſe unto Ja- 43 cob : all the ſouls were ſeven. s”
26 All the * ſouls that came with Jacob into Egypt, + Hes. which came out of his F loyns 5, befides Jacobs ſons Thigh. wives, all theſe ſouls were threeſcore and fix z. |
s Heb. Thigh, which is here put for the ſecret Parts between the Thighs, which are called ſometimes the Feet, as Gen: 49: 10: Deut: 28: 57: Exek: 16: 25: for the like reaſon, becauſe they are between. the Feet. From this Eaſtern manner of Speech, came that Paſlage in the Greek Fables, concerning Bacchus being born out of Jupiter's Thigh. # So many they are, excluding Jacob, as the Common Pa- rent, and Joſeph and his two Sons, as being in Egypt before Jacob's coming thither ; which four being included they make up 70, as
—__
"op
' It is verſe 27.
27 And the ſons of Joſeph which were born him in E- | gypt, were two ſouls : * all the ſouls of the houſe of Ja- *Deur: rc: |
cob, which came into Egypt #, were threeſcore and ten. 22: Se u He doth not ſay, which came with Jacob. :nto Egypt, becauſe ſome Q&s 7.14. | of them came thither beforehim, and others with him,ſome in their Perſons, and ſome in their Parents. As for the difficulty ariſing from comparing this place with A#s 7: 14: it will be more fit to ſpeak of it when we come to that place. 28 4 And he ſent Judah before him unto Joſeph, to direct his face unto Goſhen x ; and they came into the
land of Goſhen. | |
x Heb. To prepare, or to teach him, the way before his Face, 1. e. | before his coming to Goſhen ; #: e: to thew him where it was, and } into what part of it he ſhould come and ſettle himſelf; or #o 4 notice unto Joſeph of his approach, before his face Sx coming into Goſhen. | D
29 And Joſeph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet {rael his father to Goſhen, and preſented him» : ſelf unto him yz, and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
y And doubtleſs fell down before him with. all that reverence which Children owe to their Parents, and in this poſture Jacob falls. upon his Neck, &c. Of which poſture ſee Gen: 33: 4: and 45: 14: Luke 15: 20; Atts 20: 37.
30 And Iſrael taid unto Joſeph, Now let me die z, ſince I have ſeen thy face, becauſe thou art yet alive. | z Now I expe@ no greater happineſs upon Earth, and therefore
am content to die. Compare Luke 2. 29.
2x And Joſeph ſaid unto his brethren, and unto his fathers houſe, I will go up, and ſhew Pharaoh,and ſay unto him, My brethren, and my fathers houfe, which | were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me. ;
»
been to feed cattel : and they have broughe their flocks are mer of |
and their herds, and all that they have. carte, |
33 Andit ſhallcome to paſs, when Pharaeh ſhall |
call you, and ſhall ſay, What is your occupation ? |
34 Thatye ſhall ſay, Thy ſervants trade hath been
about cattel from our youth, even until now, both we,
and alſo our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of $
Goſhen *. For every lhepherd is an abomination to the
Egyptians }- j * In which deſign and choice Joſeph ſhews both his Prudence /'
and Piety. He brings them not to Court, where it had been eaſy
for him ro have pur them all into the beſt places and Offices of the
Court; and as he is not afhamed to own himſelf a Brother to Shep-
| herds, which were contemptible among the Egyptians, ſo he ſecks
not to advance them higher, but continues them in their Employ-
ment, and placeth them in Goſhen : whereby x. He kept them to-«
gether, which was very convenient for them in many reſpe&s. 2.
re ſecured them both trom Envy, and asfar as he could, from the
Corruption of their Religion and Manners,' which was likely to
follow their mixture with the Ezypprians, and eſpecially their being
at the Courr. 3. He put them into a capacity of returning to Ca- 8 =--
naan, when (0d gave them opportunity. f Either,' r. Becauſe they
did both kill and eat thoſe Creatures which the Egyptians adored.
Or, 2. Becauſe of the freſh remembrance of the horrid Cruelties
G__- = of OS ; = Z
32 And the men are ſhepherds, for | their trade hath : Heb.the) |