ward duties of courtesy; I beseech thee hold me excused in the forbearance of this ceremony of my due respect to thee.

42. "Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty."]—If the God of my father, I mean the God of Abraham, and the same God whom Isaac my father feareth and worshippeth, had not been with me, and prospered me, &c.

47. "And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed."]—And Laban in the Syrian tongue, and Jacob in the Hebrew, called it, The heap of the witness.

53. "The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac."]-The God which once Abraham worshipped, and the gods of his predecessors, be judge between us; but Jacob sware by the true God, whom his father Isaac feared.

XXXII. 1. "And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him."]-And the angels of God appeared to him in the way, in the form of heavenly soldiers.

5. "And I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight."]—And I have sent to give thee, my lord Esau, notice both of my purpose of passing through thy country, and of my estate.

11. "Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him."]-Deliver me from the revenge of my brother, even my brother Esau; for I fear lest he will come and put all to the sword, without regard of sex or age.

13. "And took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother."]—And took of the choicest of that substance he had for a present for Esau.

24. "And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day."]-God the Son appeared to him, and wrestled with him, in the likeness of a man, exercising both his bodily and spiritual strength.

25. "And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him."]-And when he had proved the strength of his faith such as that it could not be daunted, &c. lest Jacob should have been puffed up with the opinion of his strength, Christ left him a bodily affliction to humble him by, such as might testify it was not the hand of a mere man that strove with him.

26. "And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."]—And he, as yet concealing himself from Jacob, said, after the manner of men, as if the violence of Jacob had compelled him, Let me go, for the morning appeareth; but Jacob, now perceiving some more than human matter in this his wrestler, answered, Let me be importunate with thee, not to depart from me till thou have blessed

me.

27. "And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob."]-Then asked he, not as being ignorant, but as desirous to take occasion from Jacob's own report of his name, to pronounce his purpose of the alteration of it, What is thy name?

28. "For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed."]-Because thy faith and importunity hath prevailed with God, much more shalt thou prevail with Esau, and with whatsoever adversary.

30. "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."]-I have seen the Son of God in the assumed shape of a man, face to face, and have escaped death; both from this sight, and also from the danger of Esau.

32. "Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank."]-Therefore the children of Israel, in a reverent remembrance of this act and event concerning Jacob, eat not of the hinder sinews, &c.

XXXIII. 3. " And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother."]-So he went before them, and bowed himself in an humble manner sundry times, while he was within the sight of Esau.

10. "For therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God."]-It is unspeakably comfortable to me, that I have seen thy face thus loving and friendly to me.

20. "And he erected there an altar, and called it El-EloheIsrael."]-And he consecrated there anew that altar which was set up by his grandfather Abraham, which he called The Altar of the mighty God of Israel.

XXXIV. 3. "And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob."]-So his affections were set upon Dinah.

17. "Then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone."] -Then will we take our sister away out of your custody, and depart.

23. "Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs, be ours?" &c.]-It shail not be only a matter of pleasure and contentment to us, but also of great profit unto you all; for shall we not have a right in all their substance and strength?

24. "All that went out of the gate of his city."]-All that dwelt within the city.

25. "And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore," &c.]-And on the third day, when they were sore and stiff of the wound of their circumcision.

30. "And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me," &c.]-Ye have put me to much unquietness in unsettling my estate, and have made me odious to the inhabitants.

XXXV. 2. "Put away the strange gods that are among you, and change your garments."]-Cast away those false gods of the heathen which you learned to worship in Syria, the idols of Laban or Shechem, and cleanse both your souls and bodies; and by the change of your very apparel, testify the change of your hearts.

10. "And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, &c."]-Moreover, God said unto him, in a confirmation and reiteration of the same favour which he had formerly showed to Jacob, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, &c.

II.

"And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply, &c. And kings shall come out of thy loins, &c."]— Many tribes shall arise from thy seed, and out of them shall many exercise princely authority, both over their own nations and others.

14. "And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him."]-So Jacob, according to his vow formerly made, set up a monument of a stone in that place where God had talked with him; and, both by pouring out of water and oil, consecrated it to God.

18. "That she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin."]-She called his name, The son of my sorrow; but his father, as not willing to have so sad a remembrance of his loss evermore before him in the name of his son, called him, to signify his dearness, with a little change of the word, The son of my right hand.

XXXVI. 6. “And went into the country from the face of his

brother Jacob."]-And fully removed his whole family and substance unto mount Seir, where he had before sojourned.

24. "This was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness."]-This was that Anah which first found out, by mixture of the seeds of two kinds, the generation of mules in the wilderness. 31. "Before there reigned any king over the children of Israel."]-Before there was any ordinary ruler or magistrate in

Israel.

XXXVII. 2. “And Joseph brought unto his father their evil report."]-And Joseph brought unto his father's ear the evil rumours and reports that went of the misbehaviour of his brethren.

3. "And he made him a coat of many colours."]-And he made him a party-coloured coat, which was held to be of more pleasant show, and, by reason of the mixtures, more curious.

27. "And let not our hand be upon him."]-Let us not lay violent hands upon him, and be defiled with his blood, in suffering him thus wilfully to perish with hunger.

28. "Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen."]—The Midianites (or Ismaelites so called, indifferently, because they bordered upon each other, and were near both in place and blood) passed by.

30. "And I, whither shall I go?"]-And I, which way shall I turn me, or what shall I do? since both I have already provoked my father's displeasure by my incest; and at my hands especially, as being eldest, he will require my brother.

32. "And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found."]-So they sent that party-coloured coat, and caused it to be brought unto their father, with this message.

35. "For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning."] -Surely I will not cease mourning for my son, until I go down to my own grave.

36. "Unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard."]-Unto Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's chief courtiers, and captain of his guard.

XXXVIII. 8. "Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother."]-Go, according to the custom of our people, and converse with thy deceased brother's wife, and do that office to her which appertains to the next of blood; that the issue which shall come of thee may be imputed unto him, to take away the reproach of his barrenness.

11. "For he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did."]-For he thought it is not safe thus to bestow my son, neither hath this match been hitherto so prosperous, that I dare adventure my third son; yet will I put her in hope hereof, for her present contentment.

15. "When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face."]-When Judah saw her sitting thus openly, alone, by the way side, he judged her an whore; for he could not discern her, who she was, because her face was covered with the veil.

23. "Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed.”—Let her keep these pledges, and let us take no notice of them, nor make any inquiry lest the filthiness of this my act may hence be known to my shame.

XXXIX. 6. " And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught he had, save the bread which he did eat."]-He took care of nothing, save only to eat and drink, and follow his own contentments, referring the oversight of all things to Joseph.

7. "That his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph."]-Cast wanton eyes and affections upon Joseph.

14. "See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us."]-See, he hath taken in this Hebrew to offer this villany and violence unto me.

XL. 8. "Do not interpretations belong to God?"]—What do you, looking after sinister means? or why are ye grieved for the want of means? hath not God given power of interpreting all secrets to some of his servants?

13. "Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head."] -Within three days shall Pharaoh advance thee to thy former dignity.

19. "Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee."]-Within three days shall Pharaoh put thee to death; and after, for the greater ignominy, shall hang thee upon a tree till thy flesh be consumed.

XLI. 16. "It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace."]—I can do nothing of myself in this business: but God shall by me give an answer to the contentment of Pharaoh.

34. "And take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt."]