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.

CHAP. V.

1, The genealogie of the tenne first Patriarchs of the world. 3, Of Adam, 6, Seth, 9, Enos, 12, Kainan, 15, Maleleel, 18, Iared, 21, Enoch, (who walked with God, & was taken away without death;) 25, Ma∣thusala, 28, Lamech, 32, and Noe.

THis is the booke of the generations of [unspec 1] Adam: in the day God created A∣dam, in the likenesse of God made he him. Male and female created hee them: [unspec 2] and blessed them, and called their name A∣dam, in the day they were created. And Adam lived a hundred and thirty yeeres; [unspec 3] and begat (a sonne) in his likenesse; in his image: and called his name Seth. And the dayes of Adam were, after he had begotten [unspec 4] Seth, eight hundred yeeres, and hee begat sonnes and daughters. And all the dayes of Adam which he lived, were nine hundred [unspec 5] yeeres, and thirty yeeres: and he dyed.

And Seth lived a hundred yeeres, and five [unspec 6] [unspec 7] yeeres: and begat Enos. And Seth lived af∣ter he begat Enos, eight hundred yeeres, and seven yeeres: and begat sonnes and daugh∣ters. And all the dayes of Seth were nine [unspec 8] hundred yeeres, and twelve yeeres: and hee died.

And Enos lived ninety yeeres: and begat Kainan. And Enos lived, after hee begat [unspec 9] [unspec 10] Kainan, eight hundred yeeres, and fifteene yeeres: and begat sonnes and daughters. And all the daies of Enos, were nine hun∣dred [unspec 11] yeeres, and five yeeres: and hee died.

And Kainan lived seventy yeeres; and be∣gat Maleleel. And Kainan lived after he be∣gat [unspec 12] [unspec 13] Maleleel, eight hundred yeeres, and for∣tie yeeres: and begat sonnes and daughters. And all the dayes of Kainan were nine hun∣dred [unspec 14] yeeres, and ten yeeres: and he died.

And Maleleel lived sixtie yeeres, and five [unspec 15] [unspec 16] yeeres: and begat Iared. And Maleleel lived after he begat Iared, eight hundred yeeres, and thirty yeeres: and begat sons and daugh∣ters. And al the dayes of Maleleel were eight [unspec 17] hundred yeeres, and ninety and five yeeres: and he died.

And Iared lived a hundred yeeres, and [unspec 18] [unspec 19] sixtie and two yeeres: & begat Enoch. And Iared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hun∣dred yeeres: and begat sons and daughters. And al the daies of Iared were nine hundred [unspec 20] yeres, & sixty and two yeres: and he dyed.

And Enoch lived sixty and five yeres: and [unspec 21] [unspec 22] begat Methusala. And Enoch walked with God, after hee begat Methusala, three hun∣dred yeeres: and begat sonnes and daughters. And all the daies of Enoch, were three hun∣dred [unspec 23] [unspec 24] yeeres, and sixtie and five yeeres. And Enoch walked with God: and he was not: for God tooke him.

And Mathusala lived a hundred yeeres, [unspec 25] and eightie and seven yeeres: and begat La∣mech. And Mathusala lived, after he begat [unspec 26] Lamech, seven hundred yeeres, and eighty and two yeeres: and begat sons and daugh∣ters. And all the dayes of Mathusala were [unspec 27] nine hundred yeres, and sixty and nine yeres: and he died.

And Lamech lived a hundred yeeres, and [unspec 28] [unspec 29] eighty and two yeeres; and begat a son. And called his name Noe, saying: This shall com∣fort us from our worke, and from the sor∣row of our hands, because of the earth the which Iehovah hath cursed. And Lamech [unspec 30] lived, after he begat Noe, five hundred yeres, and ninety and five yeeres: and begat sons & daughters. And all the dayes of Lamech [unspec 31] were seven hundred yeeres, and seventy and seven yeeres: and he died.

And Noe was five hundred yeres old: and [unspec 32] Noe begat Sem, Cham, and Iapheth.

Annotations.

THe booke:] that is, the narration, or rehearsall. [unspec 1] generations of Adam:] the Greeke transla∣teth, generation of men, it meaneth both the children which Adam begat, and the events that did be∣fall them; as the word generation, is used for all accidents in times and ages, whatsoever the day may bring forth, (as Solomon speaketh, Pro∣verb. 27. 1.) So Genesis 2. 4. and 6. 9. and 25. 19. And here are tenne generations reckoned from

Adam to Noe; the chiefe end whereof, is to shew the genealogy of Christ the promised s••ed accor∣ding to the flesh, and so of his Church, Luk. 3. 23. 38. 1 Chron. 1. 1. &c. likenesse of God:] See Gen. 1. 26.

Vers. 2. their name:] so Adam was the common name of man and woman, (which were one flesh, [unspec 2] Gen. 2. 23. 24) and of all their posterity, Gen. 9. 6. for we are all of one blood, Act. 17. 26.

Vers. 3. and begat] to weet, a sonne, as the sequell sheweth. The Scripture often omitteth such words, [unspec 3] and sometime sheweth they must be understood: as David put in Syria, 1 Chron. 18. 6. that is, he put garisons in Syria, 2 Sam. 8. 6. See before the note on Gen. 4. 20. in his likenesse:] namely, that which he now had in his sinfull state: for the first like∣nesse and image of God in him was by sinne cor∣rupted, Gen. 3. wherupon all men now are concei∣ved in sinne, Psal. 51. 7. and are by nature children of wrath, Eph. 2. 3. Seth:] that is, Set or Ap∣pointed in stead of Abel: see Gen. 4. 25. onely his posterity were reserved, when all the world was drowned. And from him the genealogy is reko∣ned both in the Old and New Testament, 1 Chr. 1. 1. &c. Luke 3. 38.

Vers. 6. yeeres:] Hebr. yeere: sometime the O∣riginall [unspec 6] useth indifferently one for another; as, eight yeeres, 2 Chron. 34. 1. for which in 2 King. 22. 1. is written eight yeere. It is also the property of the Hebrew, to set the least number for most, as here, Seth lived five yeeres, and an hundred yeere; and so after: which because it differeth from our man∣ner, and in the order there is no speciall weight, is changed according to our speaking: because the Hebrew it selfe, in repeating matters, doth often change the order of words: as, 2 Chron. 23. 7. when he commeth in, & when he goeth out: which in 2 Kin. 11. 8. is, when he goeth out, and when hee commeth in. So, great and small, 2 Chron. 34. 30. or, small and great, 2 King. 23. 2. And in translating, the holy Ghost often also changeth the order of words: as Ioel 2. 28. your old men shall dreame dreames, your young men shall see visions: which in Act. 2. 17. is placed thus, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dreame dreames. So in 1 King. 19. 10. they haue broke downe thy Altars, and killed thy Pro∣phets: which Paul rehearseth thus, they have killed thy Prophets, and broke downe thy Altars, Rom. 11. 3. and sundry the like. Enos:] or, as the Hebrew pronounceth it, Enosh: but because our language and custome rather followeth the Greeke, which is more easie, the names are expressed as the New Testament doth in Luke 3. lest the Reader should mistake, and thinke them diverse persons.

Verse 9. Kainan] so Luke 3. 37. in Hebrew [unspec 9] Kenan.

Verse 12. Maleleel] Hebr. Mahalalel. [unspec 12] [unspec 15] [unspec 18]

Vers. 15. Iared] Hebr. Iered.

Vers. 18. Enoch] in Hebrew Chanoch, that is, Dedicated, or Catechised: he is said to be the seventh from Adam, and a prophesier of Gods judgement upon wicked men for their impious deeds, and hard speeches against God, Iude ver. 14. 15. So hee is di∣stinguished from Enoch the Kainite, the third from Adam, Gen. 4. 17. and seven being the num∣ber of the Sabbath, the seventh generation imply∣ed the mystery of rest in Christ. Accordingly the number of all the generations here, may be obser∣ved; which are ten from Adam to Noe: as before in Gen. 4. there are seven generations of Kain, so Abram the Ebrew was the seventh from Eber; Mo∣ses the seventh from Abram: and in Mat. 1. twice seven generations are reckned from Abram to Da∣vid, and so many from David to the Captivity of Babylon, and againe so many from that captivity, to Christ, Mat. 1. 17. The estate of times for these ten Patriarchs, may thus be viewed:

• 1. Adam being 130. yeeres old, begat Seth.
• 2. Seth, 105. yeeres old, begat Enos. In the yeere of the World, 235.
• 3. Enos, 90. yeere old, begat Kainan: in the yeere of the World, 325.
• 4. Kainan, 70. yeere old, begat Maleleel: in the yeere of the World, 395.
• 5. Maleleel, 65. yeere old, begat Iared: in the yere of the World, 460.
• 6. Iared, 162. yeere old, begat Enoch: in the yere of the World, 622.
• 7. Enoch, 65. yeere old, begat Mathusala: in the yeere of the World, 687.
• 8. Mathusala, 187. yeere old, begat Lamech: in the yeere of the World, 874.
• 9. Lamech, 182. yeere old, begat Noe: in the yeere of the World, 1056.
• 10. Noe, 500. yeeres old, begat Iapheth: in the yeere of the World, 1556.

The lives of these Patriarchs are also to be noted.

• 1. Adam lived 930. yeeres.
• 2. Seth lived 912. y.
• 3. Enos lived 905.
• 4. Kainan lived 910. y.
• 5. Malaleel lived 895. y.
• 6. Iared lived 962. y.
• 7. Enoch lived on earth, 365. yeeres. The shor∣test liver.
• 8. Mathusala lived 969. y. The longest liver.
• 9. Lamech lived 777. y.
• 10. Noe lived 950. y. Gen. 9. 29.

By this computation it appeareth, that Adam lived to see Lamech the ninth generation, in the 56 yeere of whose life hee dyed, first of all these Patriarchs. That Enoch the 7 from Adam, (after he had lived on earth, so many yeeres as there be dayes in the yeere of the Sunne,) was taken away into Paradise, next after Adams death, seven Pa∣triarchs remaining witnesses of his translation. That all the first nine Patriarchs were taken out of this world, before it was drowned by the Flood that came in the 600. yeere of Noes life. That Mathusala lived till the very yeere wherein the Flood came, as his name signified that he should: with sundry other things, worthy to bee ob∣served in the briefe Historie of these tenne Fathers.

Vers. 21. Mathusala:] so in Luke 3. 37. in He∣brew [unspec 21] Methushelach, which is by interpretation, He dyeth, and the emission (or dart) meaning the flood,

commeth. Enoch being a Prophet, foretold in his sonnes name, of the flood to come in the yeere that Mathusala dyed: as came to passe. Compare Iude vers. 14. 15.

Vers. 22. walked with God:] that is, led his life [unspec 22] and administred before God, holily, justly, and faithfully, and so pleasing to God, as Gen. 6. 9. Wherefore the Apostle (following the Greeke ver∣sion) saith, he pleased God, (which without faith it is unpossible to doe,) Heb. 11. 5. 6. The Chaldee trans∣lateth, he walked in the feare of the Lord: and the le∣rusalemy Thargum saith, he served (or laboured) in the truth before the Lord. And by comparing the like speech unto Eli, 1 Sam. 2. 30. 35. it seemeth to imply a pleasing or acceptable ministration of office before the Lord. Wherefore Enoch is noted to be a Prophet, Iude 14. And Noe who also walked with God, Gen. 6. 9. was a Preacher of justice, 2 Pet. 2. 5. Of Eli, it is spoken touching the Priesthood, 1 Sam. 2. 30. 35. and of David in the Kingdome, Psal. 56. 14. and 116. 9. See also Gen. 17. 1. Thus Enoch was a speciall figure of Christ.

Vers. 24. he was not] to weet, not found, as the [unspec 24] Apostle (according to the Greeke) saith, Heb. 11. 5. and the Chaldee addeth, he appeared not, and yet the Lord killed him not. The like speech is also used of them that are taken away by death, Ier. 31. 15. which the Evangelist alledging, addeth the word are (or were) that wanted in the Hebrew, as in this place it is wanting also God tooke him,] that is, translated him, (saith the Apostle) that he should not see death, Heb. 11. 5. where the Arabicke version addeth, he was translated into Paradise: meaning the heavenly Paradise, mentioned Luke 23. 43. 2 Cor. 12. 2. 4. So Elias was taken up into heaven, 2 King. 2. and the Hebrew Doctors say, that Enoch was ta∣ken up in a whilewind as Elias was; and that he was disarayed of the foundation corporall, and clothed with the foundation spirituall. Also that God shewed him all the high treasures, and shewed him the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, &c. R. Menachem on Gen 5. and the Zohar on the same. By this translating of E∣noch, God assured all the faithfull, of their resur∣rection and eternall life: therefore they after ap∣plyed the like worke of God to themselves after death, as in Psal. 49. 16. And the Apostle teacheth, we shall all be changed, and shall have spirituall bo∣dies, and a building of God, an house not made with hand, eternall in the heavens, with which house we desire to be clothed-upon, &c. 1 Cor. 15. 51. 44. and 2 Cor. 5. 1. 2. Ben Syrach saith, Enoch translated, was an example of repentance to all generations, Ecclesi∣asticus 44. 16.

Vers. 25. Lamech] Hebr. Lemec. [unspec 25] [unspec 29]

Vers. 29. Noe:] so written in Luke 3. 36. 1 Pet. 3. 20. The Hebrew soundeth Noach, which sig∣nifieth rest, which proceedeth from comfort, as the words following shew; his name having affinity with Nachum. comfort us from our worke:] that is, comfort us with rest from our worke: as the Greeke translateth, he shall give us rest from our workes. This prophesie his father uttered of him, as hee that should be a figure of Christ, in his building the Arke, and offering of sacrifice, whereby God smel∣led a savour of rest, and said, hee would not curse the ground any more for mans sake, Gen. 8. 21. Of wee may reade it, comfort us concerning our worke, &c. from the earth:] understand againe, which com∣meth from the earth: for the earth being cursed, bare not fruits without great labour and sorrow, Gen. 3. 17. 18. hath cursed:] Hebr. hath cursed it: but this phrase our Tongue useth not: for it, I therefore say before, the (or that) which. And the Hebrew text sometime omits it as superfluous, 2 Chron. 28. 3. with 2 King. 16. 3.

Vers. 32. 500. yeares old:] Hebr. sonne of 500. [unspec 32] yeeres: that is, going in his 500. yeere. An usuall speech in the Hebrew Scripture of mens age, or of beasts: Gen. 17. 1. Exod. 12. 5. But sometime it is not meant of naturall age properly, as appeareth 2 Chron. 22. 2. compared with 2 King. 8. 26. where Ahaziah is sonne of 22. yeeres, for his owne life: but sonne of 42. yeeres, for the state of his kingdome. And by being old, (or sonne of) 500. yeere, is not meant that yeere full ended; but while hee was living in that yeere: As appeareth by Gen. 7. 6. where Noe is 600 yere old: which in v. 11. is ex∣plained to be, In the yeare of the 600. yeere of his life. Accordingly, must we understand the ages of men, and beasts, spoken of in Scripture: as when a Le∣vite entred upon his Ministery, being a sonne of 30. yeeres, Num. 4. 3. it is meant, going in the 30. yere of his life. Therefore Christ fulfilling that and all other figures, entred upon his Ministery, when he began to be of 30. yeeres, as is expressed, Luk. 3. 23. And for the sacrifices in the Law, which were to be of any yeerling beast, (after the Hebrew phrase, sonne of a yeere, Exod. 12. 5.) the Iewes have left re∣corded, that it must be strictly within the first yere of the life; and if it bee but an houre older then a yeere, it is not allowable for an oblation to God: Maimony, 8. book in Magnaseh Korbanoth, chap. 1. S. 13. Noe begat,] that is, began to beget; for all his three sonnes were not borne in a yeere, but Shem was borne two yeeres after, when his father was 502 yeers old: as may bee gathered by Gen. 11. 10. where two yeeres after the flood, hee was but an hundred yeeres old: and then was Noe his father 602. by Gen. 7. 6. See the like of Thara, Gen. 11. 26. Sem, Cham, and Iapheth,] soun∣ded in Hebrew; Shem, Cham, and Iepheth: of which Iapheth was the eldest, Sem the next, and Cham the youngest; as is evident both by the former note of Sems age, and by Gen. 10. 21. and 9. 24. But because Sem was in dignity preferred of God before his brethren, Gen. 9. 26. 27 therefore he is first named. The like is in the history of Abram and his brethren, Gen. 11. 26. So Iaakob is named before Esau his elder, Gen. 28. 5. and Ephraim be∣fore Manasses, Gen. 48. 20.