Gen. 22. 16. Seeing I have seene, Act. 7. 34. from Exod. 3. 7. Sometime otherwise; as, shot through with darts, Heb. 12. 20. for that which is in Hebrew shooting shot through, Exod. 19. 13.
Vers. 17. But of:] Heb. And of: and▪ is often used [unspec 17] for but: so translated in the Greeke version, Esay 10. 20. and by the holy Ghost in the New Testa∣ment; as 1 Pet. 1. 25. from Esay 40. 8. Heb. 1. 11. 12 from Psal. 102. 27. 28. So here againe, in vers. 20. and in Gen. 3. 3. and 42. 10. and in many other places. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thou maist not,] or thou shalt not eat. This law was given both to the man and woman; which were both called Adam, Gen. 5. 2. and the wo∣man confesseth so much, Gen. 3. 3. and the Greeke version here manifesteth it, saying, yee shall not eat. dying thou shalt dye:] that is, shalt surely and soone dye; or, as the Greeke translateth, ye shall dye the death. Vnder the name of Death, the Scripture comprehendeth, deadly plagues, as the punishment of Aegypt with Locusts, is called a death, Exodus 10. 17. Also, inward astonishments, feares, &c. as Nabals heart died in him, 1 Sam. 25. 37. Likewise outward deadly dangers, and miseries; as Paul was in deaths oft, 2 Cor. 11. 23. It is also used for death in sinne, when men are alienated from the life of God, Ephes. 2. 1. and 4. 18. And for the dissolution of mans soule and body, which we commonly call death, when the soule (or spirit) goeth out of the man, Gen. 35. 18. Psal. 146. 4. And finally, death is the perdition of body and soule in hell, which is eternall perdition from the presence of the Lord; and called, the second death, Mat. 10. 28. 2 Thessal. 1. 9. Rev. 20. 6. 14. These, and whatsoever else morta∣lity, misery, death, the Scriptures mention: are im∣plyed in this iudgement here threatned upon dis∣obedience, Rom. 5. 12. beside miserable bondage un∣der him which hath the power of death, that is the de∣vil, Heb. 2. 14. 15. On the contrary, here is imply∣ed upon condition of his obedience, the promise of eternall life, whereof the tree of life was a signe, Gen. 3. 22. So Paul opposeth death, as the wages of sinne: and eternall life, as the gift of God: which now since mans fall, is onely by Christ, who giveth us to eat of the tree of life: Rom. 6. 23. Rev. 2. 7. The Hebrew Doctors also say, After the opinion of our Rabbines of blessed memory, if [Adam] had not sinned, he had never died; but the breath which he was inspired with, of the most high blessed God, should have given him life for ever, and the good will of God, which he had in the time of his creation, had cleaved unto him conti∣nually, and kept him alive for ever, R. Menachem, on Gen. 2. 17.
Vers. 18. himselfe alone:] or, alone, as the Greeke translateth it: so 1 King. 19. 10. I am left my selfe a∣lone: [unspec 18] for which Paul saith, I am left alone, Rom. 11. 3 God who made other creatures male and female together, did not so in mankind: which Paul ob∣serveth, saying, Adam was first formed, then Eve, 1 Tim. 2. 13. making it one reason of the womans subjection. as before him.] the Greeke here trans∣lateth it, according to him; and in the 20. verse, like unto him meaning, one that should be as his second selfe, like him in nature, knit unto him in love, needfull for procreation of seed, helpfull in all du∣ties, present alwayes with him, and so very meet and commodious for him. The Apostle hence ga∣thereth another reason of the womans subjection, in that the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man, 1 Cor. 11. 9.
V. 19. them unto Adam:] or, unto the man: but the [unspec 19] Greek version keepeth the Hebrew name Adam, & addeth the word them, for to make the sense plain. So the holy Ghost sometime doth, in repeating matters; as, he blessed and brake, Mat. 14. 19. that is, and brake them, Luke 9. 16. Shew to the Priest, Mar. 1. 44. that is, shew thy selfe, Mat. 8. 4. See also Gen. 31. 42. would call them:] or, call it, that is, every of them. This sheweth Gods bounty, in giving man dominion over all earthly creatures, Psal. 8. for the giving of names, is a signe of soveraignty, Numb. 32. 38. 41. Gen. 35. 18. and 26. 18. It manifesteth also Adams wisedome, in naming things presently according to their natures; as the Hebrew names by which he called them, doe declare.
Vers. 20. he found not,] that is, the man found [unspec 20] not a meet helpe for himselfe, among all the crea∣tures; therefore the woman when shee was made, was the more acceptable. Or, as the Greeke trans∣lateth, there was not found an helper like unto him. So in Gen. 15. 6. he imputed it, is translated, it was im∣puted, Rom. 4. 3. See also Gen 6. 20. and 16. 14.
Vers. 21. a dead fleepe:] This the Greeke calleth [unspec 21] an extasie, or trance; which the Scriptures shew to have falne also on men, when they did see visions of God, as Gen. 15. 12. Act. 10. 10. In such deepe-sleepe, the senses are all bound up, as 1 Sam. 26. 12.
V. 22. builded:] To build the rib to a woman, is [unspec 22] to make, or create a woman of it, as with a speciall care, or art, and fit proportion. Hereupon our bo∣dies are called houses, Iob 4. 19. 2 Cor. 5. 1. And al∣though by building, is meant making; (as the Lord will build thee an house, 1 Chron. 17. 10. is the same that he will make thee an house, 2 Sam. 7. 11.) yet by the many words used in the generation of man-kind, as creating, Gen. 1. 27. making, Gen. 1. 26. for∣ming, and inspiring, Gen. 2. 7. and now building: Moses would set forth this wondrous workman∣ship, which the Psalmist so laudeth God for, Psal. 139. 14. he brought:] God her builder, was also her bringer, and so her conjoyner in mariage with the man, Mat. 19. 6. and the Scripture noteth a wife, to be a speciall favour of the Lord, Pro. 18. 22. and 19. 14. He also blessed them together, as Gen. 1. 28. whereby may bee seene, how Moses changeth the order in this Chapter; inlarging things here, which before he had touched briefly.
Vers. 23. This now:] or, this time: this once. [unspec 23] flesh, &c.] Hereby Adam shewed, both his thank∣fulnesse to God, and love to his wife: and from hence Paul teacheth, that men ought to love their wives as their owne bodies, for no man ever hated his owne flesh, Ephes. 5. 28. 29. The like speeches are used of persons neere a kin, that they are their bone and their flesh, Gen. 29. 14. Judg. 9. 2. So the A∣postle by this, setteth forth Christs mystical union with his Church, that we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones, Ephes. 5. 30. woman:] or, Mannesse, of Man: as in Hebrew shee is