logy is not to be reckoned after the birth-right e. 49: 4+ aTheſe & the following words to v.3.which are incloſed within a Parentheſis, ſeem to be inſerted here as an Anſwer to a ſecret Ob. jection,or asaReaſon why Reubens Genealogy was not ſer down firſt, but Juazhs was put before it, which is double,the firſt follows im« mediatly, the other is in the laſt clauſe of this Verſe. 6 7.e. The Righr «ofthe firſt-born, which although it contain in it ſomething of Dominion, Gen. 27. 1,32. which Joſeph had in his own perſon, Gen. 49. Yet principally conſiſted in having 2 double Portion, as ap- pears from Deus; 21:17: which Joſeph enjoyed both in his Perſon and in his poſterity, which had 2 parts of twelve in Canaan. And it is Joſeph's Poſteriry which is here conſidered. c &phraim and Manaſſeh, cach having a diſtin& Portion. 4 This is added emphatically, be« cauſe they were reputed and treated as if they had been the imme=- diate Sons of Jacob: of which ſee Gen: 48: 5« e This is the ſecond Reaſon, which ſheweth both why Reubens Genealogy was nor firſt mentioned ; and if another Tribe was to be ranked before it why that was Judah, and not Joſeph, as it might ſeem moſt fir for the former Reaſon ; becauſe, ſaith he, the Order of their Genealogy was not to be ruled by the Birth-right,but by an higher Priviledge, which was given to Judah, and which here follows. 2 For * Judah f prevailed above his brethren g, and Will | h of him came the * chief || ruler 3, but & the birch-right « gg, | was Joſephs. ) | 8.0. f Not the Perſon ( for ſo Jeſeph prevailed ) but the Tribe bf Pal. 60:73 | Judah. g Excelled the other T11ibes in number and power, and & 108: 8: | eſpecially in the following Priviledge. h Or, for,as the Hebrew vau is *Mic. 5.2. | | oft uſed: This being a Reaſon of the foregoing Aſſcrtion,or a De- Mat.2.6, || claration wherein he did prevail. 5 The Government was by Gods þ. Or, | Promiſe and appointment to be ſeated chicfly and mor durably in Prince. thatTribe,firſt in David & his Succeſſors, &then in the Meſfiah, who ſprang out of Judah, Heb:7:14: which was a far greater Priviledge than the Birth- right. Or. as to the Ruler, ( i.e.as to the Point of Do« minion ) he was more than he,or preferred before him, i: e: before Joſeph, who is named in the very next clauſe,the pronoun being referred unto the following nown, which is frequent among rhe Hebrews, as Pſal:87:1:&105:19 k Or,although,as var is oft uſed;ſo this prevents or removes an ObjeQion againſt J#dah's Precedency taken from his Birth-righr. 3 The ſons, TI ſay, of * Reuben the firſt-born of Iſrael ere, Hanoch and Pallu, Ezion, and Carmi. | 4 The fons of joel 3; Shemaiah his ſon, Gog his ſon, Shimeit his ſon, | I Who was the Son either of Carmi laſt mentioned: or rather of Hanoch Reuben's Firſt-born, becauſe he and his were ſucceſſively Princes of this Tribe as may be gathered from v:6. 5 Micah his ſon, Reay. h ti- tun, Baal his fon, _ | 6 Beerah his ſon, whom || Tilgath-pilneſer king of |; or, tg. Aſſyia, carried away captive : he was prince of the Reu- /ath-pileſer Yl benites. _ 4 ch 7 And his brethren w by their families, ( when the 27 Wh
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genealogy of their generation was reckoned ) were the 4 chief » Jeiel, and Zechariah. | 7M i: e: The other Sons of Reub:n and their Poſterity. n Heb: the Jhead, each vas the Head of his Fawily. | 8 And Bela the fon of Azz, the fon of || Shema, the, \ .. .. | fon of Joel, who o dwelt in* Aroer, even unto Nebo, myjab y.4. and Baalmeon. * Tolh:12,
o To wit, the Renbenites, all theſe here before mentioned, as ap- 15,16, pears both by the following Verſes,which relate to the whole Tribe; and by the Agreement of this Deſcription of their Inheritance with that, Joſ+ 13: 15,16, | PE as | 9 And eaſtward hep inhabited unto the entring in of the wiiderneſs from the river Euphrates q: becauſe heir
-Cattel were muiriplied r in the land of Gilead.
P 5: e: The Tribe of Reuben, 4 From Jordan and the Wilderneſs bee yond it unto Euphrates. Or, of che Wilderneſs, which lies $owaras or reacheth 70 the River Euphrates, namely, the great Wilderneſs of Ke- demoth, Deut: 2: 26: which was extended far and wide towards Eu- phrates : for that was the Eaſtern border of Keubens Pof{cflion, and not Euphrates, to which their Habiration never reached. » Which forced them to enlarge their Habiration as far as they could Eaſt- ward towards Euphrates, :
10 Andin the days of Saul they made war s with the _ Hagarites *, who fell by their haiid : and they awelt inf Heb. cheir tents # # throughout all the caſl-/and of Gilead x, #pou al ws
s The Gaajtes and Manaſſites joyning with them in the War, v:f4ce of the
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x Which lay Eaſtward from the Land of Gileaa- : ir And the children of Gad,whe dwelt over againſt them, in the land of * Baſhan unto Salcah, were as fol-
loweth. yy : 12 Joel the chief z,and Shapham the next,and Jaanaz,
and Shaphat in Baſhan =. | |
yThePrince of the Tribe,or at leaſt of hisFamily,when they were numbred,to wit,in the days of Jorham, v.17. zz. e Who dwelt in the City of Baſban, Others thus, Who abode in Baſhan to defend the City and Country, when their Brethren went out to War againſt the Hagarens, v. 18. :
13 And their brethren of the houſe of their fathers,
were,Michael,and Meſhullam, and Sheba, and Jorai,and Jachan, and Zia,and Heber, ſeven. k 14 Theſea are the children of Abihail the ſon of Hurt, the ſon of Jarozh,the ſon of Gilead,the ſon of Michael; the ſon of Jeſhiſhai, the ſon of Jahdo, the ſon of Buz :
{ laſt named. : ; I © Abi che ſon of Abdiel, the ſon of Guni, chief of
the houſe of their fathers 6. |
> This 4h; was the Head or chief of the Houſes or Families either 1. of thoſe ſeven named, v-13. Or 2. of Abatel and Gunt laſt named, and of their Fathers.
16 And they c dwelt in Gilead & in Baſhan e and in her + towns f, and in all the ſuburbs g of * Sharon 5,
upon Þ their borders z.