Genesis — Chapter 37

In his old age.] This being one cause why Iacob loued Ioseph aboue al his other sonnes, for that he was the yongest of the eleuen; it is alleadged in holy Scripture (faith S. Chrisostom) as least offensiue to his brethren. For a more special cause was for his mother Rachels sake, but most principal cause of al was, for his great vertues and mature iudgement; for which God also preferred him aboue them al, and now foreshewed the same by visions in sleep. Which they enuying and meaning to preuent, did indeed vnwitting cooperate therto, Gods prouidence turning their euil worke to infinite good.

And conceauing a chi ld againe , the called her fonne ateer he was borne , Onan-s. She bare alfo the third , whom ihe called Sela: after whofe birth , the ceafed to beare any more, 6. And ludas gauea wife to Her his firft- begotten , named Thamar. 7. Alfo Her the firtt- begotten of Iudas , was: wicked i inthe fight of our Lord , and was ilaine ot him. &, ludas therfore {aid to Onan his fonne: Companie wath thy brothers wite , and be ioyned to her , thar thou maycft “ rayfe feed to thy bro- ther. 9. He knowing that the children thould not be borne to himfelfe, companying with his brothers wite , fhed his feed vpon the ground, left ciildren might be borne in Ris brothers name,. Io, And therfore our Lord ftruck him, becaufe he did adetcitable thing. 11. For the which caufe ludas faidto Thamar his daughter im law: Ee a widow in thy fa- thers houfe , til Sela my fonne grow vp: tor he feared left he alfo might dye, as his brethren, ‘Who went her way and dwelt in her fathers houfe. 12.. And after many dayes were come and gone, the daughter ot Sue the wite of ludas died. Who after his mourning hauing recej- ued confolation, went vpto the thearers ct his theep , himfel ite and Hiras his thepheard of his flocke , the Odolamite , into Thamnas,

. Thantar that her father in law came vp into Thamnas to fheare his theep. 14..Who putting off the garments of her widowhood , tooke a veile : and changing her habite, “ate in the croffe way that leadeth to Thamnas : becaufe Scla was growne , and fhe had not taken him to her hutband..15. Whom when Iudas had {een , he fuppofed her to be anhariot : for iie had couered her face, left the inoul d be knowen. 16. And going vnto her, he faid : Sutter meto lye with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter j in law, Who an- {wering: What wilt thou giue me that thou maicit cnicy my companic?

He faid I wil fend thee a kid out of the flockes, And when tne faid. againe : I wil futfer chatthou wilt ,.1f thou giue ime a pledge , ul thou R fend (4) Moyfes in- ferteth here this hiftorie, becaufe Chrift ftould be. © borne of the genealogie of Tudas and Pha- res, Mar. 1. (6;Thamarfin- hed deliring to be a marher without lawful mariayeé : and Tudas finned lying witha: fuppofed, har- lot. §: efuy. Ui, 12.06.61. 62. f3.. cont, Fawjt, --- PAGE 130 --- (c) Adulterie punishable by death, inthe law of nature, How aman might mari¢ his brothers wife in the law lof nature, The Churches decree is now four rule, Tr2 GENESIS. Iofeph, fend that which thou doeft promife ; 18, Iudas faid : What wilt thou to be giuen thee fora pledge ? She anfwered : Thy ring, and bracelet , and {taffe which thou holdeft in thy hand. The woman therfore by once companying conceaued , 19. and rifing fhe went her way : and putting off the apparel which fhe had taken, put on the garments of her widow- hood. 30. And ludas fent a kid by his fhepheard the Odolamite , that he might receiue the pledge againe which he had giuen tothe woman: who when he had not found her , 21. he asked the men of that place : Where is the woman that fate inthe croffe way ? Al making anfwer: ‘There was no harlot in this place, 22. he returned to ludas , and faid to him: haue not found her ; yea the men alfo of that place faid vnto me , that there neuer fate harlot there. 23. Judas faid : Let her take it to her , furely fhe can not charge vs witha lye , I fent the kid which J promifed ; and thou dideft not find her. 24. And behold after three months they told ludas , faying : Thamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot, and her beliie feemeth to {wel. And Iudas faid: Bring her forth (c) that fhe may be burnt. 25. Who when fhe was led to execution , fhe fent to her father in law , faying: By thar man, whofe thefe things are , haue I conceaued : looke whofe the ring is , and the bracelet , and the ftaffe. 26. Who acknowledving the guitts, faid : She is iufter then 1: becaufe 1 did not giue her to Sela my fonne. But he knew her no more. 27. And when the was readic to be brought to bed, there appeared twinnes in her bellie: and inthe verie deliuerie of the infants , one put torth the hand, wherin the midwife tyed a skarlet ftring, faying : 28. This thal come forth the former. 29. But he drawing backe his hand , the orher came forth: and the woman faid : Why js the partition diuided for thee ? and for this caufe called his name Pha- res. 3¢. Afterward his brother came forth , in whofe hand was the skarlet {tring : whom fhe called Zara. ANNOTATIONS,

So the Iewes thinking to preuent Christs exaltation cooperated vnwitting therto. Prosper. de promiff Dei.

Some read thirtie: And as the reading is diuers, so Christ whom Ioseph signified is more and lesse efteemed of diuers. S. Aug. Ser. 81. de temp.

and {aid : The boy doth not appeare , and whither thal [goe? 31. And they tooke his coate , and dipped it inthe bloud of a kid which they had killed, 32. fending fome that should carie it to their father, and Jhould fay : This we haue tound: fee whether it be thy fonnes coate, or no, 33. Which when the father acknowledged he faid : Iris my fonnes coate ,anaughtie wild beaft hath eaten him , a beait hath deuoured Iofeph. 34. And tearing his garments, did on fackcloth mourning his fonne a great time, 35. And al his children being gathered together to aflwage their fathers forow, he would nottake comfort,but faid:1 wil defcend vnto my fonne” into hel, mourning. And wnileft he perfeuered in weeping, 36, the Madia- nites fold Tofeph in Agypt to Putiphar an Eunuch of Pharoes Mafter of the foldiers, . AN N O- fe) So the Tewes thinking to preuent Chrifts exalea- tion coopera- ted yvawitnny therto, Pre/per. Lde prom? Des. Cf) Some read shirtie: And as}. the reading is diuers, fo ,;Chrift whom ‘Tofeph figni- fied is more & leffe efteemed of divers. §. e4ug, Ser, 81. de semp. The leat of- fenliue caufe is jalleadged,why Tacob loued Tofeph aboue his brethren, {God turneth eul cto good ened, 5. 4ug,! Litg.er7. cist Grane for hel corruptly cran- ‘flared, Wilful cor. ruptica, Ta-ob {pake of hel not of graue, lio GENESIS. lofeph+ ANNOTATIONS. CHAP, XXXVI 3 Inhisold age. ] This being one caufe why Tacob loued Tofeph aboue al his other fonnes , for that he was the yongeft of the elcuen © for Beniamin the wweltth was yetan infanc) it is alleadged inholy Scripture ¢ faith S, Chrifoftom Epitt. ad Olyimpiain } as teat cf :nfueco his brethren.For amore {vecial caufe was for his mother Rachels fake, but moit principal caufe of al was, for bis great vertues and mature iudgement ; for which God alfo preferred him abdoue themal, and now forethewed tlre fame by vilionsinfleep. Which they enuying and meaning to preuent , did indeed vnwirting cooperate therto , Gods prouidence turning their euil worke to infinite good, As the fame holy Iofeph truly interpreteth irtothem after their fathers death , when they iuitly feared reuenge for fo great and inhu- mane iniurtes done vnto him, chap. so. v.20.

the Hebrew word Sheol, old Teftament defcended into hel, they muft confeile fome other hel , then where ticdamned are tormented , whither no Chriftian wil fay that thofe fathers went, If they contended ouly abour the fenfe and meaning of the text,it were more to- lerable, fortherinthey (peake according to their erronivus opinion , as they thinke, But knowing as fomre of them doe, that Hef is the truc word of the text, there is no finceritie nor moral honettie in putting Grane in place therof.And that “ graue, therby confeifing , thar the true Englifh word of the holy Scripture im that ble man would thinke to find the word Hes in the text , with fome gloile to fhew that graue were to be vnderftood. Bur in al their Edicicns, alfo in that which was printed the yeare next folowing , 1603. wherto the fame table is adioyned , rhey read grame & not hel in that place,though in foie * other places , they much difa- gree in tranflating the fame word. As for the fenfe , ircan not be thatIacob ment tlfe graue : for when he faid he would goe to hisfonne, he fuppofed him to be deuoured by a wild beatt , and nor buried ina graue. And therfore muft necefiarily ineane,that he would goe where he thought the foule of his fonneto be. Which was neither in heauen, for then he would rather haue afcended thither ioyful, then defcéded to any place mournin g3 neither did he meane the hel of the dammed, for that had been defperation; bur Abrahams bo- fome. bus Patrum , or Abrahams bofome, That is, faith S. Auguitin,in his anfwerto certaine fecret reit, Cap, Srawe,tor hel, Becaufcif they Should grant that Iacob or other holy fathers of the they know it, the fecond table of the Bible , printed at London i602, wimeticth, Nating tora cosnmon place, that inthe 37, cnav. of Genchs. v. 35. Hei tstaken for place is Hel, but that they would haue it to Agnifie grave. Whertpon aniercafona. to alow place,where the ii:ft foules then remained in reft, v hich was cadled Lim- Bifhop Euodius ( Epitt. 99.) fecretacuin(dam quictis havisatiog The habitation of a See.S. Herero, ‘Ep I'9, Se tng. lso.c, ‘1§. chit i Xw.16, 3. Reg, ‘22, Leb, 1 Cal. Ig. :8y. Tofeph. GENESIS. Itt CHAP XXXVIITI, (udas hauing three fonnes by a Chananite, 6, marieth the firft , and after bis death, the fecond to Thamar, 10. who alfodying he delayeth to match the third with her. 15. But binfelfe Legerteth of ber ( taking her for a harlor) tye fonnes twinnts , Phares and Zuaras 4ZHE (4)fame time Iudas going downe from.bis brethren, = turned in toa manan Odolamite, named Hiras. 2, And he faw there the daughter ofa man of Chanaan, called Sue: and taking her to wite,he did companie with her, 3. Who : conceaued , and bare a fonne, and called his name Her.

He ts fold agsine to Putipharin Agype. eae ND Iacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan , wherin = his father feiourned. 2. And (4) thefe arc his genera- tions : lofeph when he was fixteen yeares old,ted the flock with his brethren being yet a boy : and he was with che fonnes of Bala and Zclpha his fathers wiues: SRS and he accufed his brethren to his father of (¥) a moft wicked crime. 2. And Ifrael loued lofeph aboue al his fonnes, becaufe colours. 4. And his brethen fecing that he was loued of his father more then al his fonnes, they hated him , neither could they {peake any thing to him peaceably, 5. It chanced alfo that he reported to his bre- threna dreame that he had feen, which occation was the feed of grea. ter hatred. 6. And he faidto them: Heare my dreame which T haue feen: 7. I thought we bound iheaues in the ficld : and my fheate arofe as it were, and flood , and your fheaues ttanding about did adore my ; theafe. 8, His brethren anfwered : What? fhaltthou bc our K ing: or thal we be fubicct to thy dominion ? This occation of his dreames end Words miniitred nouridiment to the cnuic and hatred. ©. He fewalfa another dreame ; which telling hts brethren , he fatd: 1 faw in a dreame , as it were the funne , and the moone , and cleuen fiarres adore me. -10. Which when he had reported to his father and brethren , his father rebuked him , and {aid : What meancth this dreame that thou haft feen ? Why , fal I and thy mother , and thy bre- thren adore thee vpon the earth ? 11. His brethren therfore enuyed him: but («) his father confidered the thing with himfclfe. 12. And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their fathers deckcs ,1:. Hrael aidto him : Thy brethren feed sheep in sichem : come, I wil fend thee tothem, Who aniwering , 14. Lamreadie; he faid to nim: Goe , and feeif al things be wel with thy brethren and the iheep , axd bring me word againe what they doe, Being fent therfore trom the Vale ot He- bron, he came to Sichem: 1<. and aman found him chere wandring in the field, and asked what he fought. 16. Butheanfwered: (d) Iieeke my brethren, fhew me where they tecd the fleckes. 17. And the Man! --- PAGE 127 --- lofeph. GENESIS. 109 man faid to him: They are departed from this place : for [heard them fay : Let vs goeinto Dothain. lofeph therfore went forward atter his brethren,and found them in Dothain. 18. Who when they had {een him a tarre off , betore he came nigh them , they deuifed to kil him: 19, and {pake among themfelues : Behold the dreamer commeth, 20. come, let vs kil him, and caft him into an old cefterne: and we wil fay a naugh- tie wild beatt hath deuoured him: (¢) and then it {hal appeare what his dreames doe profite him. 21. And Ruben hearing this , cndeauoured to deliucr him out oftheir hands , and faid: 22. Doe not take away his lite , neither theed ye bloud : but caft him into this cefterne that is m the wildernefle , and Keep your hands harmeles : and he faid this, deti- rous to deliuer him out of their hands , and to reftore him: to his tather. 23.As fonne therfore as he came vno his brethren, forthwith they ftrip- ped him out of his tide coate, and of diuers colours , 23. and cafthim _ into the old cefterne, that had not water. 25. And fitting toeate bread, they faw Ifmaelites waytaring men comming from Galaad, and their _ camels carying {pices , and rofen, and mirrh into Agypt. 26. ludas therfore faid to his brethren : What auaileth it vs if we kil our brother, and conceale his bloud 2 27, Itis berter that he be fold to the I{maelites, and that our hands be not polluted : for he is our brother and our fleth, His brethren affented to his words. 2%, And whenthe Madianite mar- chants pafled by, they drawing him out of the cefterne, fold him tothe Ifmaelites,for(f)twentie pieces of filuer,who brought him into Agypt.