Vt. by Sel G; aſhice, | e The Pcople ſo called Sothe Names which follow until v. 17. are not the Names of particular Perſons, but of People or Nations. And all theſe deſcended from Canaan, chough ſome of them were afterwards extinC or confounded with others of thei Brethren by Cohabitation or mutual Mairiages. whereby they lott their Names :
Which is the Reaton why they are mentioned, at leaſt under theſe ; ; 2mes. . : fHcb 4 15 Andthe Hivice, and che Archite, and the Simire, | King 15 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,
Heſe Books of the Chronicles are not the ſame which are ſo called 1 Kings I4. 19. and elſewhere, ( becauſe ſome Paſcages * ſaid to be there mentioned, ave not found here) but other Rooks, and written by ether Perſons, and for other Ends. Yet took out of thoſe Books ſuch Hiſtorical Paſſages as were mot uſeful or neceſſary, They were written after the Babyloniſh Captivity, as appears from 2 Chron. 36. 20, Oc. by Ezra, as may be gathered not only from the ſame d of that Book which goeth under the Name of Ezra, but alſo from which we may obſerve hereafter, and from the ExatIneſs and Diligence here uſed in making Catal-gues 1 of Perſons and Families, which alſo is uſed in the Book of Ezra. If one or two Paſſages ſeem to be of a later Date, thoſe were | there being ſome few ſuch Additional Paſſages in the Books of Moles. The chief Deſign of theſs of the Kings cf Judah, and to gather up ths Fragments of Sacred Hiftory, which were omitted explain ſome Paſſages there mentioned, aid to give ay exatt Account of the Gene- 7hich ( though ignerant or inconſiderate Perſons may think trivial and uſeleſs ) was a Work of great Neceſſity, to prelerve the Diftinttion of the Tribes and Families ; that ſo it might appear that Chrifs came of that Nation, and Tribe, and And' this Account having been hithert) negle&ted, is moſt ſeaſonably mentioned in the(e Books, becauſe this was to be in a manner the laFt part of the Sacred and Canonical Hiſtory of the Old Teftament, and therefore the fitteſt place to Record thoſe Genealogies, upon which the Tiuth and Authority of the New TeiHtament in ſome ſort depends.
Perſons here named, were known to them by thoſe wer particular and exact Genealcgies, which they kept in their ſeveral Families and in publick Regiſters ; from whence this Sacred Pcu-man, bythe Diredtjon of God 5s Spirit, took thoſe Things which were of
14 The Jebulire e alſo, and the Amorice, and the.
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and doubiful, they were not ſo tothe Hebrews ; and all the
17 The ſons of * Shemf; Elam, and Aſhur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, aad || Meſhech. ;-; >
f Either the Name of Sons is ſo taken here as to include Grandſons, || Or,
who are called Sons, Gen, 29. 5. 2 Sam. 1g. 24. Or, - theſe 'Vords, Maſb- The Children. of Aram, are underſtood and inſerted before Uz, out Gen. to, of Gen, 10. 23. where they are expreſſed. | ©
23+ 18 And Arphaxad begac Shelah g, and Shelah begat Eben. | | g Either Immediately, or Mediately by his Son Cainan, who is expreſſed, Luke 3. 35. of which, God afliſting, I ſhall ſpeak in its proper place.
19 And unto Eber were born two ſons : thename of | the one was || Peleg, ( becauſe in his days the eartt was | That {s, divided þ, ) and his brothers namie was Joktan. diviſion.
hIn their Languages and Habitations : Of which ſee Gen. 11. 7..
20 And * Joktan begat Almedad, and Sheleph, and *qe,. Hazarmaveth, and Jerah. I
21 Hadoram alſo, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22 And Ebal z, and Abimael, and Sheba,
# Or, Obal, as it is Gen. lo. 28. Such proper Names being oft
differently written, according to the difference of Times, and People, and Writers.
23 And Ophir. and Havilab, and fobab : all theſs were the {ons Joktan. 24 * Shem, Arphaxad &, Shelah, | 2
0 4 k Having given a brief and general account of the Original of Gen. re? the World and the Peaple in it, he now ;cturns to a more large
* Gen. 18. ||} 22» & IH;
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and particular Account of the Genealogy of Shem, from whom the wo ke 3.
Jews were deſcended. . k] Gen cad 25 * Eber, Peleg, Ren, . RE 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, *. Gen. 17, 27 * Abram, the ſame is Abraham; | x I]
28 The ſons of Abraham ; * Iſaac, and * Iſhmael; +, 5. 29 Thele are their generations : The * firft-born of *. Gene 16; Iſhmael, Nebajoth: then Kedar,and Adbeel,and Mibſam, 1*:..15+
20 Miſhma, and Dumah, Maſſa, ||Hadad, and Tema, 13. - moo 31 Jetur, Naphiſh, and Kedemah. Theſe are the || Or, ſons of Iſhmael. Hadar, ,
32 Now * che ſons of Keturah, Abraham's concu- &**+ *5- bine : ſhe bare Zimran, and Jokſhan, and Medan, and Coat Midian, and iſhbak, and Shuah. And the fons of Jok- x, 2. ſhan ; Sheba, and Dedan. | . 33 Andcheſons of Midian ; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida; and Eldaah. Al theſe are the fons of Keturah.. OE, * Gen: £1; 34 And* Abraham begat Tfaac. - * The ſons of Tfaac ; +; Efau, and Iſrael. - * Gen. 25.
35. The fons of ® Fſau ; Eli»haz, Reue), and Jeri , Ty 36,
{and Jaalam, and Korah. |
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26 The ſons of Eliphaz ; Teman, and Omar, ||Ze- hi. and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna /, and Amalek.
] There is another Timna, the Concubine of Eliphaz. Gen. 36. 12.
but this was one of his ſons, though called by the iame name 3 there
betng ſome Names common both to Men and Women 1n the Hebrew
Md in other Languages. : th The ſons of Reuel ; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah,
and Mizzah. 23 And the ſons of Seir »» ; Lotan, and Shobal, and
'Zibeon, and Anah, and Diſhon, and Ezer, and Diſhan. 1m One of another Nation, Prince of the Horims ; whoſe Genealogy
55 here deſcribed, becauſe of that affiniry which was contrated be- tween his and Eſau's Poſterity ; and thoſe who were not united and | incorporated with them, were deſtroyed by them. See Deut. 2. 12: Or,H- 29 And the ſonsof Lotan ; Hori, and || Homam : and
n. Gen. -o:; F2- 22 Timna was Lotans fiſter. =_ 40 Theſons of Shobal ; || Alian, and Manahath, and
| Or, 4- . | on, Gen. Ebel, || Shephi, and Oaam. And the ſons of Zibeon ;
6 23 Ajah, and Anah. | Ina - The ſons of Anak ; * Diſhon. And the ſons of ls. 23. * Diſhon, || Amram, and Eſhban, and Ithram,and Cheran.
42 The ſonsof Ezer ; Bilhan, and Zavan, and ||Jakan. The ſons of Diſhan ; Uz, and Aran. : :
43 Now theſe are the * Kings that reigned in tlie land of Edom », before any King reigned over the children of Iſrael ; Bela the ſon of Beor : and the name of his city was Dinhabah. |