of Israel. his servant] this is meant of the seed as well as of Abraham, as the next words shew: therefore the Greeke turneth it servants.
Vers. 8. He remembreth] therefore also Remem∣ber [unspec 8] ye, as it is written, 1 Chro. 16. 15. the word] or the matter, the conditions of the Covenant, and so the promises which for the more certainty are said to be commanded, as in Psal. 133. 3.
Vers. 11. land of Canaan] the sonne of Cham, the sonne of Noah, who was cursed by his Grand-father, [unspec 11] and made a servant to his brethren, Gen. 9. 18, 22, 25. This Canaan had eleven sonnes, heads of their families, Gen. 10. 15, 20. they seated in the lesser Asia in a goodly Country, having the great sea Westward, the river Iarden, Syria, and Arabia Eastward, the Wildernesse on the South, and the mounts of Lebanon on the North. It was the pleasantest of all lands, and flowed with milke and honey, Ezek. 20. 6. it had store of rivers and foun∣taines, of Corne, and Wine, and Oile, and Mines; of mountaines and vallies, watered with the raine of heaven, and cared for of God continually, Deu. 8. 7, 8, 9. and 11. 10, 11, 12. This land God pro∣mised Abraham to give unto his seed, Gen. 12. 6, 7. and 13. 15, 17. See also the Notes on Psal. 25. 13. the line] that is, the portion of your patrimo∣ny measured as by line. See Psal. 16. 6.
Vers. 12. When they were] in 1 Chron. 16. 19. [unspec 12] it is, when ye were. men of number] that is, a few men, soone numbred: so Gen. 34. 30. Deut. 4. 27. The contrary is, without number, or innume∣rable, Psal. 147. 5.
Vers. 13. from nation to nation] up and downe [unspec 13] in the land of Canaan, where were seven mighty nations, Deut. 7. 1. How there the Patriarkes wal∣ked as strangers, see Gen. 12. 8, 9, 10. and 13. 18. and 20. 1. and 23. 4. and 26. 1. 23. and 33. 19. and 35. 1, &c. Heb. 11. 9, 13.
Vers. 14. wrong] or to oppresse them. repro∣ved [unspec 14] Kings] plaguing Pharaoh, Gen. 12. 17. threat∣ning Abimelech, Gen. 20. 3.
Vers. 15. anointed] men consecrated to me by the oile of the spirit: see 1 Ioh. 2. 20, 27. [unspec 15] Prophets] so Abraham is called, Gen. 20. 7. See Psal. 74. 9.
Vers. 16. called famine] that is, effectually [unspec 16] brought it; so 2 King. 8. 1. The contrary hereof is, to call for corne, Ezek. 36. 29. the land] of Ca∣naan, Egypt, and other countries, Gen. 41. 54, &c. staffe] or stay, stabiliment: so bread is called, Lev. 26. 26. Ezek. 4. 16. for it upholdeth mans heart, Psal. 104. 15.
Vers. 17. a man] Heb. Ish, a noble man: see Psal. [unspec 17] 49. 3. The Chaldee saith, a wise man. for a servant] for a slave, by his brethren to the Ismae∣lites, & by them to the Egyptians, Gen. 37. 28, 36.
Vers. 18. his soule entred] or, as the Greek saith, [unspec 18] passed thorow the iron, that is, he (his body) was laid in irons when he was cast into prison most un∣justly, Gen. 39. 20. and there he was in perill of his life. Of soule, see Psal. 16. 10.
Vers. 19. his word came] that is, the word spo∣ken of him was fulfilled, which God had shewed [unspec 19] Ioseph in a dreame touching his advancement, Gen. 36. 5,—8, 9, 10. and 42. 9. So comming is for fulfilling, Ier. 17. 15. 1 Sam. 9. 6. Iob 6. 8. tried] or fined him, by trying as in fire, his faith and pati∣ence in afflictions, as 1 Pet. 1. 7. see Psal. 12. 7.
Vers. 20. The King] Pharaoh (for that Ioseph [unspec 20] interpreted his dreame) set him out of prison, a ruler over the land. See Gen. 41. 14, &c. and 45. 8.
Vers. 22. To bind] that is, informe, and governe [unspec 22] as subjects: see Psal. 2. 3. to his soule] to his will or pleasure, (as Psal. 27. 12.) so as without him no man should lift up his hand or his foot (that is, at∣tempt to doe any thing) in all the land of Egypt, Gen. 41. 44, 40. Or, with his soule, that is, with him-selfe, as the Greeke expoundeth it, to nurture his Princes as himselfe, which may meane to informe them in vertue, wisdome, &c. wherein himselfe excelled, Gen. 41. 38, 39. With is sometime used for as, Psal. 102. 4. and the soule for ones selfe; see Psal. 16. 10. The words following seeme to favour this exposition. his elders] or Senators, the Kings Nobles and Counsellers, Gen. 50. 7.
Vers. 23. came into Egypt] being sent for by [unspec 23] Pharaoh, and incouraged thereto by God him-selfe, Gen. 45. 17,—20. and 46. 3, 4. of Cham] the father of Mizraim, or Egypt: see Psal. 78. 51.
Vers. 24. increased] made them fructifie, that the [unspec 24] land was soone full of them, Exod. 1. 7, 9.
Vers. 25. to deale craftily] or, conspire guile fully [unspec 25] for their destruction, as Gen. 37. 18. Pharaoh and his people fretting at Israels prosperity, thought to worke wisely with them when they plotted their ru∣ine, Exod. 1. 9, 10, 12, &c.
Vers. 26. had chosen] to be Moses his mouth to [unspec 26] the people, and Prophet to Pharaoh, Exod. 4. 12, 14, 16. and 7. 1, 2, &c.
Vers. 27. words of his signes] the signes which [unspec 27] he spake and commanded, together with the do∣ctrine and use of them for letting of Israel goe: See Exod. 7. 1, 2, 3, &c. Or words of signes, as words of song, Psal. 137. 3. are signes and songs. So Psal. 145. 5.
Vers. 28. darknesse] the ninth plague of Egypt, [unspec 28] where was black darknesse in all the land for three dayes, that no man saw another, nor rose from the place where he was, Exod. 10. 22, 23. turned not rebellious] or, they disobeyed not: (see Psal. 5. 11.) that is, his words (or word) were not disobeyed or changed, but effected as God had spoken: see a like phrase noted on Psal. 49. 15. Or, they may be re∣ferred to Moses and Aaron, who performed the things commanded them, though with danger to them.
Vers. 29. to bloud] the first of the ten plagues, [unspec 29] Exod. 7. See Psal. 78. 44.
Vers. 30. frogs] the second plague, Exod. 8. 3, 6. [unspec 30] Psal. 78. 45. Kings] Pharaoh and his Princes: so Esa. 19. 2.
Vers. 31. swarme] of flyes or beasts: see Psal. [unspec 31] 78. 45. This was the fourth plague, Exod. 8. 24. lice] the third plague. All the dust of the land was lice, and went upon man and beast, Exod. 8. 17.
Vers. 32. showers] of raine, in stead whereof [unspec 32] they had haile, the seventh plague, Exod. 9. See