Annotations upon the five bookes of Moses, the booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or, Canticles VVherein the Hebrevv vvords and sentences, are compared with, and explained by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee versions, and other records and monuments of the Hebrewes: but chiefly by conference with the holy Scriptures, Moses his words, lawes and ordinances, the sacrifices, and other legall ceremonies heretofore commanded by God to the Church of Israel, are explained. With an advertisement touching some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew text, and allegation of the Rabbines in these annotations. As also tables directing unto such principall things as are observed in the annotations upon each severall booke. By Henry Ainsworth.

Annotations.

THe south] in Greeke, the desert: meaning the [unspec 1] southerne part of Canaan. (see Gen. 12. 9.) for otherwise Canaan was Northward from Aegypt.

Vers. 2. very rich] Hebrew, vehemently waighty [unspec 2] (or heavy▪) Which word is applyed to weight of burden, as in 1 King. 12. 4. to weight of glory, as in Gen. 31. 1. to waight of multitude of people, as in 2 King. 6. 14. or of cattell, as Exod. 12. 38. and so to all manner of ••iches; as the Greeke here translateth it rich. Thus Gods blessing promised in Gen. 12. 2. was in part performed, for his blessing maketh rich, Prov. 10. 22. Gen. 24. 35. And as A∣bram now, so his children afterward, returned out of Aegypt, with great riches, Exod. 12. 32. 35. 36. 38. These figured the graces of God, as faith, knowledge, and the like, Iam. 2. 5. 1 Cor. 1. 5. Co∣los. 2. 2.

Vers. 4. called there] the Chaldee saith, prayed [unspec 4] there. See the notes on Gen. 12. 8. As Abram re∣turned to his first altar, and there served God: so his children after him, were to returne to Abrams

first faith and service, from the idols of Aegypt, wherewith they had beene defiled, Exod. 4. 22. 23. Ezek. 20. 7. 8.

Vers. 5. tents] that is, servants dwelling in tents. So Ier. 49. 29. 1 Chron. 4. 41. [unspec 5]

Vers. 6. did not beare] the Greeke translateth, re∣ceived (or contained) them not; that is, could not con∣taine [unspec 6] them, as the words following doe explaine it. And so the Scripture sometime resolveth this phrase; as, who shall judge? 2 Chron. 1. 10. that is, who can judge? 1 King. 3. 9. It shall not stand, Mat. 12. 25. that is, It can not stand, Mark 3. 24. This kind goeth not out, Mat. 17. 21. that is, cannot goe out, Mar. 9. 29. and sundry the like.

Vers. 7. the Pherezite] that is, Pherezites; as [unspec 7] Gen. 12. 6. But of these wee heard no mention be∣fore: it seemeth they were some family of the Ca∣naanites, Gen. 10. 18. for they dwelt with the Ca∣naanites in that part of the country which after fell to the tribe of Iudah, Iudg. 1. 3. 4. 5.

Vers. 8. and betweene my heardraen] that is, or be∣tweene [unspec 8] my heardmen: as hee that curseth his father and his mother, Exod. 21. 17. that is, his father or his mother, Mat. 15. 4. So, and the sonne of man, Psalm. 8. 5. that is, or the sonne of man, as it is alledged in Heb. 2. 6. men brethren] that is, brethren in faith, as Mat. 23. 8. and naturall kinsmen: for Abram was Lots uncle, Gen. 12. 5. So Christs kinsmen, were called his brethren, 1 Cor. 9. 5. The word men, may be omitted, as sometime the text it selfe doth: shoo∣ters men with bow, 1 Sam. 31. 3. that is, shooters with bow, 1 Chron. 10. 3. So, a man a Prince, Exod. 2. 14. is in Greeke but a Prince, Act. 7. 27. man of his counsel, Esay 40. 13. that is, his counsellor, 1 Cor. 2. 16. Although the Greeke often keepeth this Hebraisme, as an enemy man, Mat. 13. 28. men sin∣ners, Luke 24. 7. Men brethren, Act. 1. 16. and 2. 29. 37. See also Gen. 38. 1.

Vers. 9. Is not all?] that is, Loe surely it is. A que∣stion earnestly affirrueth: as, is it not written? Mar. [unspec 9] 11. 17. for, it is written, Mat. 21. 13. doe ye not erre? Mark. 12. 24. for, ye doe erre, Mat. 22. 29. and sun∣dry the like. See Gen. 4. 7. before thee] at thy pleasure, to choose, by my permission. So the Lord set the land before the Israelites, Deut. 1. 21. The like is in Gen. 20. 15. and 34. 10. if thou wilt take] or wilt choose. These words are to bee un∣derstood from the next speech, or from the 11. vers. And Lot chose, &c. Oftentimes words wanting are to be supplied: as, I with Scorpions, 2 Chron. 10. 11. for, I will chastise you with Scorpions, 1 King. 12. 11. Against three hundred, 2 Sam. 23. 8. for, he lift up his speare against three hundred, 1 Chron. 11. 11. and many such like. See Gen. 11. 4. Thus Abram for peace, parted with his right: choosing rather to take wrong, then to contend, as 1 Cor. 6. 7.

Vers. 10. lifted up his eyes] that is, looked round a∣bout▪ [unspec 10] to view the land, as is after manifest by the like speech to Abram, vers. 14. and where one E∣vangelist saith, lifting up their eyes, Mar. 17. 8. ano∣ther writing of the same, saith, looking round about, Mar. 9. 8. Iordan] Hebr. Iarden, the name of a goodly river: see Ios. 3. 11. &c. well watered] Heb. ••••tering; that is, as the Chaldee saith, a place of water, or of moisture: thereby signifying a fruitfull land; as Psal 66. 12. and 107. 33. 35. destroyed] or corrupted; as Gen. 6. 13. and 19. 24. Sodom is in Hebrew Sedom; and Gomorrha, Ghnamorah: but we follow the plaine writing in the new Testa∣ment, 2 Pet. 2. 6. garden] that is, as the Greeke saith, Paradise: see Gen. 2. 8. and Ezek. 36. 35. meaning most pleasant and fruitfull, as Eden and Aegypt. commest] Hebr. thou comming to Zoar, or to Zogar: that is, all the plaine of Iordan, even to Zoar, the little City called before Bela: see Gen. 19. 20. 21. 22. and 14. 2.

Vers. 11. the plaine] or, the country about Iordan, [unspec 11] as the Greeke translateth, which words the holy Ghost useth in Luke 3. 3. the Chaldee translateth it a plaine: and it is opposed to the mountaine, Gen. 19. 17. each man, &c.] that is, one from another.

Vers. 12. pitched tent] that is, removed his tents [unspec 12] from place to place, till hee came even to Sodom: and as the Greeke saith, dwelt in tents in Sodom.

Vers. 13. sinners to Iehovah] that is, before the [unspec 13] Lord, (as the Greeke translateth) and aganst him, as 1 Sam. 2. 25. meaning, very grievous and open sin∣ners. And here the Sodomites are the first in the world openly called sinners: and although by A∣dams disobedience we all are made sinners, Rom. 5. 19. yet usually such as are notorious wicked ones, have this title given them; as in 1 Sam. 15. 18. Psal. 104. 36. Marke 14. 41. 1 Tim. 1. 9. The Chaldee paraphrast translateth, they were unrighte∣ous with their riches, and sinners with their bodies be∣fore the Lord: agreeable to other Scriptures, which testifie how they defiled their bodies, Gen. 19. 5. and that, pride, fulnesse of bread, and abundance of idle∣nesse, was in Sodom, they strengthned not the hand of the poore, but were haughty, and committed abomina∣tion before the Lord, Ezek. 16. 49. 50. The Hebrew Doctors, from the two words here used, of Sodoms sinfull state, doe gather their condemnation both in this world, and in the world to come, Thalmud in Sanhedr. chap. Chelek See the notes on Gen. 19. 24

Vers. 14. to the sea] that is, the west: see Gen. 12. 8. [unspec 14] Abram vieweth the land, but possesseth it not: so did Moses, Deut. 34. 1. 4.

Vers. 15. to thee] God gave Abram no inheritance [unspec 15] in the land, no not the bredth of a foot: yet hee promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet hee had no child, Acts 7. 5. By faith hee sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country; for he looked for a City which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God, Heb. 11. 9. 10. and to thy seed] this may be an interpreta∣tion of the former, to thee, that is to thy seed: for the word and, sometime meaneth, that is, or even: as 1 Chron 21. 12. three dayes the Lords sword, and the pestilence, for, that is to say the pestilence: it expoun∣deth the former; therefore in 2 Sam. 24. 13. is writ∣ten onely, three dayes pestilence. So in 2 Sam. 17. 12. of him and of all (for that is of all) the men that are with him: thy seed] thy posterity. But as the earthly country figured an heavenly, Heb. 11. 16. so A∣brams seed were some after the flesh; and some by promise, Galat. 4. 22. 23. neither because they are the seed of Abram, are they all children, Rom. 9. 7.

The chiefest intended in this promise, is Christ, then with him, all Christians, Iewes, and Gentiles, Gal. 3. 16. 26. 28. 29. See before, Gen. 12. 7. for ever] or, unto eternity. Yet they possessed it but a little while, Esay 63. 18. For upon transgression they were threatned to be scattered among the hea∣thens, their land to be wast, and their Cities desolate, Lev. 26. 33. and that the land should spue them out, if they defiled it, Lev. 18. 28. as came to passe, 2 King. 17. but the true seed, which are Gods elect, doe in∣herit it, and his servants dwell there, Esay 65. 9. Psal. 69. 36. 37. and 102. 29. These promises are spiritu∣all, and to be referred unto the just and meeke, put in possession by Christ, Psal. 37. 29. Mat. 5. 5. Gal. 3. 29. But unto the wicked saith God, ye lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood, and shall ye possesse the land? ye worke abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbours wife: and shall ye possesse the land? Ezek. 33. 24. 25. 26.

Vers. 16. will put] that is, will make: as the Greek [unspec 16] translateth it. if a man] This sheweth the com∣parison not to be absolute for equality of number, but in respect of men, to whom Abrams children are infinite, as the dust. See after in Gen. 15. 5.

Vers. 17. in the length] This survey was to streng∣then [unspec 17] Abrams faith; who under this earthly land, did view an heavenly, Heb. 11. 10. 16. that he might be able to comprehend the length and bredth, and depth and height, and know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge; Ephes. 3. 18. 19.

Vers. 18. in the okes] that is, the oke grove, or plain: [unspec 18] see Gen. 12. 6. Mamree] in Greeke Mambree: a man of the Amorites then living, with whom Abram made league, Gen. 14. 13. One of the chiefe Sorcerers of Aegypt, was called by the like name. See the notes on Exod. 7. 11. Chebron] or He∣bron, (the Greeke writeth it Chebrom, as Esron, Gen. 46. 12. is written Esrom, Mat. 1. 3.) It had this name afterward: for before it was called the City of Arba, Gen. 23. 2. and 25. 27. which Arba was a great man among the Anakims, and a father of them, Ios. 14. 15. and 15. 13. It became a place of buriall for many worthy persons, Gen. 23. 2. 19. and 49. 3 1 it was sometime possessed by Giants, whom Caleb drove out, Num. 13. 23. Ios. 15. 14. It was given to Caleb for an inheritance, Ios. 14. 14. was made a City of refuge, and given for the Levites to dwell in, Ios. 20. 7. and 21. 11. 12. In it David first reigned over Gods people, a Sam. 2. 1. 11. and to it came Ma••y to visit Elisabeth, Luke 1. 39. an Altar] to sacrifice thankfully unto God, and to sanctifie his viewed heritage▪ See Gen. 12. 7.