multiply a nation and a company ham is bestowed on

of nations fhall be of thee: and kings shall come out of thy loins.

him, ch. 28. 3,4. And from his numerous Off-fpring it appears,

that it was made good to him.

12. And the land which I gave Abraham and Ifaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy feed after thee will 1 give the land.

13. And God went up from him, in the place where he talked with

bim.

14. And Jacob Set up a pillar

13. God: The glo ry of God, fays the Chaldee.

14. Oyl: See ch.

28. 18.

in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of ftone: and he poured a drinkoffering thereon, and he poured oyl thereon.

15. And Jacob called the name of the place where God fpake with him, Beth-el.

16. And they journeyed from Beth-el: and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

16.Ephrath: Which is Bethlehem, (v. 19.) called Bethlehem Ephratah, (Micah 5.2.)

whereChrift was born.

was in hard labour,

17. And it came to pass when she that the midwife faid unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this fon alfo.

18. And it came to pass as her foul was in departing (for fhe died) that he called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

19. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

20. And Jacob fet a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

20. A Pillar: A lafting Monument & Teftimony of Jacob's affection, 1 Sam.10.2.

21. And

21. And Ifrael journeyed and Spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

21. Tower of Edar: Or, Tower of the flock, as the Vulgar renders it. Here probably the

Shepherds were who received the tidings of Chrift's birth, Luk. 2.8. This place is called the Tower of the flock, Micah 48.) and mentioned there as a place that fhould be dignified at the appearance of the Meffiah. One Chaldee Paraphraft on this place tells us exprefsly, that this is the place where the King Meffiah was to be revealed in the last days.

22. And it came to pass when Ifrael dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine and Ifrael heard it. Now the fons of Jacob were twelve.

:

22. With Bilhah: By which means he loft his Birth-right,

ch.

49. 4.

23. The fons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firft-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Iffachar, and Zebulun.

24. The fons of Rachel; Jofeph, and Benjamin.

25. And the fons of Bilhah, Rachel's hand-maid; Dan, and Naphtali.

26. And the fons of Zilpah, Leah's hand-maid; Gad and Alher. These are the fons of Jacob, which

were born to him in Padan-aram.

26. In Padan-A

ram: Except Benja min, as is plain from what goes before.

27. And Jacob came unto Ifaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah (which is Hebron) where Abraham and Ifaac fojourned.

28. And the days of Ifaac were an hundred and fourScore years.

29. And Ifaac gave up the ghoft and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and bis fons Elau and Jacob buried him.

CHAP. XXXVI.

The ARGUMENT.

The Wives and Children of Efau : He removes to Mount Seir. The Dukes which defcended from him. The Sons and Dukes of Seir. Kings of Edom and Dukes.

I.

NOW these are the genera 1. THE Generatitions of Efau, who is E

•Notions of Efau,

dom.

ons: We have

here an Accomplishment of what was

foretold, (ch. 25. 23.) and of what was promifed, ch.

22. 17.

2. Efau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Abolibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

2. His Wives: Who had feveral Names as well as he. See the Note on ch. 28. 9. and ch. 26. 34. The daughter of Zibeon:

i. e. Grand child of Zibeon, referring it to Abolibamah. And thus is Anah here diftinguished from him, mentioned (v. 20.) the one being the Brother, the other the Son of Zibeon. (Compare v. 24. the Greek here, and v. 14.)

3. And Bahemath Ishmael's

daughter, fifter of Nebajoth.

4. And Adah bare to Efau, Eliphaz: and Bafhemath bare Reuel.

Book of Job, or

3. Bafhemath: See ch. 28.9.

4. Eliphaz: Probably the fame who is mentioned in the his Ancestor.

5. And Abolibamah bare Feush, and Jaalam, and Korah: Thefe are the fons of Efau, which were born unto bim in the land of Canaan.

6. Into the Coun

try: i.e. He left Ca naan, and went into another Country, or Land, and that was Mount Seir, (v. 8.)

6. And Efau took his wives, and his fons, and his daughters, and all the perfons of his houfe, and his cattel, and all his beafts, and all his fubftance, which he had got in the land of Canaan, and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

7. For their riches were more then that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were ftrangers, could not bear them, because of their cattel.

8. Thus dwelt Efau in mount

Seir: Efau is Edom.

8. Seir: So called from a Man of that

name, (v. 20.) God

gave this place to Efau, Deut. 2.5. Josh. 24. 4.

9. And these are the generations of Efan the father of the Edomites, in mount Seir.

10. These are the names of Efau's fons; Eliphaz the Son of Adah the wife of Efau, Reuel the Son of Bafhemath the wife of Efau.

11. Teman: Job

11: And the fons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and 2. 11. Gatam, and Kenaz.

12, And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Efau's fon, and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the fons of Adah Efan's wife.

12. Timna: She was the Sifter of Lotan, the Son of Seir, (V. 20, 22.) Amalek: Whence came

the Amalekites, great Enemies to Ifrael, Exod. 17.8, 16.

13. And these are the fons of Reuel; Nabath, and Zerab, Shammah, and Mizzah: thefe were the fons of Bafhemath Efau's wife.

14. And these were the fons of Abolibamah, the daugh ter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon Efau's wife: and The bare to Efau, Jeuf, and Jaalam, and Korah.

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15. These

15. These were dukes of the fons of Efau the fons of Eliphaz the first-born fon of Efau, duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepbo, duke Ke

naz,

16. Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek. These are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: thefe were the fons of Adah.

15. Dukes: These Dukes, mentioned from this to the 19th, Verfe, are to be taken for the Heads of the Families from Efau.

16. Korah: He is not mentioned a mong the Sons of Eliphaz, (v. 11, 12.) and probably was his Grand-child.

17. And thefe are the fons of Reuel Efau's fon; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah. These are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom: thefe are the fons of Bafhemath Efau's wife.

18. And these are the fons of Aholibamah Efau's wife; duke Fenfb, duke Jaalam, duke Korab: thefe were the dukes that came of Abolibamah the daughter of Anah Efau's wife.

19. Thefe are the fons of Efau (who is Edom) and these are their dukes.

20. Thefe are the fons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah

20. Seir the Ho rite: Whole Race is here mentioned, becaufe of the Affinity between his and E

fau's Family, who fucceeded the Horites in the poffeffion of their Country, Deut.2. 12. with verse 22.

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Difhane thefe are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

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22. And the children of Lotan were Hori, and He

man: and Lotan's fifter was Timna.

23. And the children of Shobal were thefe; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

24. And