Quum much of their religion from the Egyptians), illi mota hac criminis suspicione præberent. than give this or other such-like interpreta Deinde haud pauci male intellexerunt votion of these words: particularly, their cabula ia quæ constructione observing the sparkling of the wine in their cohærent cum sic: in quo herus meus libations. For it seems plain to me, that bibit et per quod hic divinare solet. Joseph speaks of the cup he used at his own enim hic nollent reperire calicem sive poculum table; and it is not probable that he used augurationis, quod sic hodieque in Ægypto the same in sacrifices to God. Such vessels ad vaticinandum adhibetur (cfr. Norden, as were used in Divine service were not used Reise nach Ægypten und Nubien, p. iii. p. in their own being held sacred; and there- 68. Rosenmuelleri Morgenl., p. i. p. 211, fore separated from common use; and kept ss.): fuerunt, qui in vel ad rem furto abso safe, no doubt, that it was not easy to latam referrent (Vater und was er doch steal them. He speaks therefore of some ahnden wird) vel passive explicarent (Dathe: divination that was used at their meals: hic de eo facile potuit divinare) vel superwhich doth not signify that Joseph practised fluum iudicarent (Schott: ille profecto it, nor doth his steward say he did; but divinare potuit) vel etiam per cis redderent only asks such a question, as might make (Calov.: explorando explorabit usque ad illum them think he did. For, being a known scyphum, i.e., donec illum inveniat; aut interpreter of dreams, people, perhaps, qui explicarent: experiendo experitur thought he was skilled also in the arts of vos per illum scyphum, i.e., tentat vos, ut divination. But the words are still capable cognoscat num fures sitis an omnino quoof a more simple interpretation. For modo vos gessuri sitis (vid. Mercer ad h. 1.). nachash sometimes signifies no more than to Alii cum Kimchio convertunt: dominus meus make an experiment: as in the words of interrogat augures, quo venerit scyphus. Laban (xxx. 27). And so the meaning may Calovius mentem verborum sic explanat: be (as Aben Ezra expounds this passage), explorando explorabit illum, i.e., non est, Might you not have considered, that my quod negetis, vos abstulisse scyphum, ex quo master made a trial (so we interpret in the bibit dominus meus, ipse certo certius explomargin), by laying this in your way, whether rabit et indagabit illum, donec se prodat you were honest men or filchers, as you are furtum vestrum, quod occultum manere non now proved to be? Or, as others will have poterit. Τὸ Σαμαρειτικὸν. καὶ αὐτὸς πειρασμῷ it, this is the cup wherein he drinks himself, Teipáţei év avtâ (cfr. Eichhorn, Einl. ins. and finds out what is in other men, when they A. T., p. i. p. 558). Neque defuerunt, qui, drink liberally with him at his table as you ut illum divinandi modum inusitatum delately did. But the former is more likely to monstrarent, singulas commentationes scribe the meaning. berent, sicut Wolfg., Balth., Rauner., de Schum.-5] Quum priora Iosepho non e scypho divinante (vid. Thehuius commatis verba LXX., Vulg., et Syro saur. theol. phil. vet. tom. 1, p. 239, ss.) obscuriora visa sint, transtulerunt: furati Io. Casp. Krause de scypho Iosephi Viteb., estis scyphum. Quæ quidem adeo pla- 1706. (vid. Thesaur. theol. phil. nov., tom. 1, cuerunt Houbigantio, ut ea pro sua famosa p. 214, ss.), ideoque i aut perverse inaudacia critica textui inserenda existimaret. tellexerunt aut κаTоптроμаvтíaν, ad quam Iis ducibus ellipsin hic alii quoque viderunt, magi speculis vel vasis pellucidis usi fuissent, quam Vater explet voce nonne aut quæ cum aqua et scyatho perficiatur, hoc erat in sarcinis vestris, ex quo bibit acceperunt (cfr. Calovius ad h. 1.) aut denidominus meus? Schott mente addit habetis: que libationem pro vero habuerunt, qua nonne (habetis) id, ex quo, etc. Sed talis veteres numinis favorem explorassent (cfr. ellipsis plane evanescit, si construis Clericus, qui laudat plura huiusmodi excum oby o hac ratione: nonne de empla). Sed κvaboμavτeíav a scriptore reeo, in quo bibit dominus meus et per quod spici tam legitima verborum interpretatio idem divinare solet, male egistis quod fecistis? quam historicæ rationes docent, quibus etiam (Habt ihr nicht an dem, woraus mein Herr LXX. et Hieronymus conveniunt. Neque trinkt und auch zu weissagen pflegt, übel eam prohibet contextus, quippe qui ostendat, gethan, was ihr gethan habt?) i. e., nonne auctorem sic scripsisse, ut et rei furtim abpoculo domini mei facinus patrastis? Leviter latæ gravitas elucesceret et furti crimen eo igitur furtum innuit, ut videat, quomodo se maius appareret. Quare etiam Iosephus v. 15, ex fratribus quærit: cur tandem hoc | Booth.-Knew ye not that I should cer fecistis? Nonne sciebatis, me potissimum tainly make inquiry? Ver. 9, 10. omnino auguraturum, per auguria cogni- in tanto rerum fastigio facile divinatione et אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא אִתּוֹ יִהְיֶה־לִי עָבֶד וְאַתֶּם Sed hoc vult, illos non ita perfide et temere ?? solent, quis suum scyphum surripuisset. 9 παρ ̓ ᾧ ἂν εὔρῃς τὸ κόνδυ τῶν παίδων σου, ἀποθνησκέτω. καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐσόμεθα παῖδες τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν. 10 ὁ δὲ εἶπε. καὶ νῦν ὡς τής λέγετε οὕτως ἔσται. παρ ̓ ᾧ ἂν εὑρεθῇ τὸ κόνδυ, ἔσται μου παῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἔσεσθε καθαροί. Au. Ver.-9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. Ged., Booth.-9 With whomsoever of thy servants the cup [so the LXX.] shall be found, &c. καὶ εἴπαμεν τῷ κυρίῳ. ἔστιν ἡμῖν πατὴρ πρεσβύτερος, καὶ παιδίον γήρους νεώτερον αὐτῷ, κ.τ.λ. Au. Ver.-20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. Ged. And we said unto my lord, We have an aged father, and a younger brother, the child of age; and his, &c. Ver. 21. 10 Then he said, Now be it so far according unto your words [Ged., your own words]: let him with whom the cup [so they in by he LXX.] shall be found become my slave, but ye shall be blameless [Ged., be acquitted]. Ver. 15. וְאָשִׂימָה עֵינִי עָלָיו : εἶπας δὲ τοῖς παισί σου. καταγάγετε αὐτὸν πρὸς μέ, καὶ ἐπιμελοῦμαι αὐτοῦ. Au. Ver.-21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם הֲלוֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי־נַחֵשׁ .may set mine eyes upon him יְנַחֵשׁ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כָּמְנִי : Pool. That I may set mine eyes upon him, εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰωσήφ. τί τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο i. e., See him with my own eyes, and thereby ἐποιήσατε; οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἰωνισμῷ οἰωνιεῖται be satisfied of the truth of what you say. ὁ ἄνθρωπος, οἷος ἐγώ ; Au. Ver.-15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine [or, make trial, ver. 5]? Bp. Patrick.-Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?] Could not I who foretold this grievous famine discover such a theft as this, which you have committed? Ken.-Wot ye not that such a man as I could certainly discover it? Compare Gen. xlii. 15, 16. Elsewhere this *So also Schumann who objects to the ex- note below. Gesen. to cast one's eye upon, one has commonly the definite sense, to look DD, to look | said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me My father. Ged., Booth.-Our father.-So LXX., Syr., Arab., and K. 109. upon one graciously, (as In the New Testament, comp. 1 Pet. iii. 12. Rosen.-Et ponam oculum meum super eum, i. e., ut eum videam, Aben Esra exponente. Sed recte LXX., ἐπιμελοῦμαι αὐτοῦ. Ejus curam habebo, ei prospiciam; cf. Jer. xxiv. 6; xxxix. 12. Schum. Ut convertam, figam oculum meum in eum, i. e., ut eum videam. Contra contextum cum LXX. videtur Rosenmueller transferre; eius curam habebo, ei prospiciam. Nam secundum xlii. 20. Iosephus Beniaminum vult ad se adductum, ut fratrum verbis fidem habere possit. Cui loco consentanea est Iudæ oratio: ad servos tuos dixisti: deducite eum ad me, ut eum videam Ver. 29. וְקָרָהוּ אָסוֹן וְגו' καὶ συμβῇ αὐτῷ μαλακία ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, κ.τ.λ. Au. Ver.-29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. And mischief befall him. So the Heb. Ged.-And mischief befall him in the way. So the LXX. Ver. 30. Au. Ver.-30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, &c. My father. Ged., Booth.-Our father. Syr., Vulg. Ver. 31. So LXX., Au. Ver.-31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die, &c. These words are supplied in Sam., LXX., Syr., Chald.-Rosen. With us. Ver. 32. Au. Ver.-32 For thy servant became (adde mente: et sic vobis fidem habeam). surety for the lad unto my father, saying, Neque tamen non significant hæc verba: pro- &c. spicere, bene cupeře Ier. xxiv. 6, quia coniuncta sunt cum i, eademque Ier. xxxix. 12, quia sequuntur verba: quæ idem exprimunt, quod i. Hæc eo magis animadvertenda cen p. 616, locum nostrum transfert: ei cupiam, ich My father. Ged., Booth. His father. So Sam., Copt.; our, Syr. CHAP. XLV. 7. canbwa וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם לָכֶם .semus, quod etiam Gesenius in Lex. ed. iii שְׁאֵרִית בָּאָרֶץ וּלְהַחֲיוֹת לָכֶם לִפְלֵיטָה will ihm gnädig seyn, neque quidquam de line notione exposuit Winer. in Lex. sub voce o, quamquam exponere pollicitus sub voce . עַין Ver. 24. Au. Ver. And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. My father. Ged., Booth.-Our father. So Sam., LXX., Syr., Vulg., Arab., and two MSS. ἀπέστειλε γάρ με ὁ θεὸς ἔμπροσθεν ὑμῶν, ὑπολείπεσθαι ὑμῖν κατάλειμμα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκθρέψαι ὑμῶν κατάλειψιν μεγάλην. Au. Ver., and most commentators.-7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity [Heb., to put for you a remnant] in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Bp. Horsley.-"To preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance." The grammatical Au. Ver.—27 And thy servant my father construction is not easily made out, unless Ver. 27. the word n be taken in a very unusual | sic coniunge: deus me misit ante vos, ut sense, namely, not for the remnant pre-frumenti copiis per me servemini servatique served, but for the means of preserving it. superstites maneatis multi. "To establish in the land the means of your preservation [to lay a sure foundation for it], and to save [me] alive for you, for a great deliverance." Ut vobis essem sospi tatori magno. Ver. 10. Au. Ver.-10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, &c. Ged., Booth.-That thou mayest be near Schum.-7 Vocc. 035 Dis unto me, &c. transfert Vulg.: ut reservemini super terram; ut poneret reliquias לְכוֹן שְׁאָרָא בְּאַרְעָא : .Onkel :0 9 Ver. 16. Au. Ver. And it pleased Pharaoh well, in terra; Syrus: as yonsas, [Heb., was good in the eyes of Pharaoh], ad ponendam vobis posteritatem. Iisdem annuerunt omnes recentiores interpretes, quod interpretantur vel: ut superstites and his servants. And his servants. Ged., Booth.-And all his servants. So maneatis (vidd. Mercer, Clericus, Dathe, the Vulg., Arab., and two MSS. Rosenmueller) vel: ut (deus) vos superstites Ver. 18. in terra servaret (vid. Schott.) At longe Au. Ver.-18 And I will give you the rectius, nisi egregie fallimur, residuum good of the land of Egypt, &c. Of the land of Egypt. cum coalescere iudicamus, ita ut residuum frumenti intelligatur, quod terra præter id, quod incolarum victui inserviebat, &c. produxerit. Nam vix dubitandum est, quin auctor, quod hic ut sæpius idem sig Ged., Booth. Of all the land of Egypt, Ver. 19. ipy n וְאַתָּה צַנִיתָה זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ לָכֶם nificat quod eg, alioquin cum accusativo personæ construxisset hoc modo: ut constituam vos residuum in terra. Deinde ratio non satis apparet, cur non Iosephus, si dixisset: ut in terra superstites maneatis, nomen terræ commemoraverit, in qua futuri sint superstites; ea tamen luculenter apparet, si fruges terræ intelligis, cuius v. 6, mentio fit vocc. 77, i.e., in Ægypto, de qua Iosephus loquitur v. 4 et 5. Denique in seqq. in sensus mihi videtur latere, quem interpretes in antecedd. viderunt, nimirum hic: et ut vitam conservem vobis, manui magnæ conservatæ, i.e., ut in posterum quoque frumenti copiis alamini et conservemini (dass euch, einer grossen geretteten Mannschaft, das Leben erhalten werde). Sed voces mo?, quæ per appositionem referenda sunt ad, a σὺ δὲ ἔντειλαι ταῦτα. λαβεῖν αὐτοῖς ἁμάξας ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου τοῖς παιδίοις ὑμῶν, κ.τ.λ. Au. Ver.-19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. Now thou art commanded, this do. Ged. This also thou hast my command to bid them do. Booth. Now thou art commanded to say to them, do this. So Rosen., Schum. Et tu jussus es iis præcipere: hoc agite. -Schum. Ver. 22. καὶ πᾶσιν ἔδωκε δισσὰς στολάς. τῷ δὲ Beviaμìv edwкe тpiakoσíovs Xpvσovs, kai tévte ἐξαλλασσούσας στολάς. in liberationem magnam (Onk. Clericus al.) vel: ut mirum in modum servemini (Dathe et Rosenmueller) vel: magna posteritate (vid. Mercer). enim significat, si usum loquendi consulis, collective manum servatam. Cfr. Ex. x. 5; 2 Sam. xv. 14; Au. Ver.-22 To all of them he gave 2 Reg. xix. 30, s. Sic vocaverit autem each man changes of raiment; but to BenIosephus omnes omnino Iacobidas, quorum jamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, catalogum expositum vides cap. xlvi. prop- and five changes of raiment. terea, quod iam antea semel frumento ex Ægypto asportato servati erant. Hæc igitur Changes of raiment. Ged., Booth.-Suits of raiment. Gesen.-Changes of raiment, i.e., complete dresses. Bp. Patrick.-To-each man changes of raiment;] Two vests, or robes, as St. Jerome translates it otherwise there would not have been a change. These were part of the ancient riches, as much as money. Pool.-Changes of raiment; new and handsome garments, which upon their coming into Pharaoh's presence, and on other occasions, they might wear instead of those more old and homely ones, which they brought with them from Canaan. Compare Judg. xiv. 13, 19; 2 Kings v. 5. Rosen. Omnibus dedit, unicuique mutationes vestium, i.e., vestes splendidas, quibus priores permutarent. Saadias vertit quo nomine vestis pretiosior, qua quis a principe honoris ergo donatur, designatur. Onk.: , stolas vestimentorum. Alii geminas vestes intelligunt, quia vestes, ut mutari queant, geminas saltem esse oportet. Ita reddiderunt LXX. diooàs σToλàs, Hiero nymus binas stolas, et Syrus : JÃm3, hov par vestimentorum. Textus Samaritanus singularem habet, , cum quo tres codices Hebræi consentiunt. Ceterum ex itinerum commentariis constat, vestimenta etiamnum in Oriente regum et magnatum munera esse, quibus eos, quibus favent, ornant. Au. Ver.-23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden [Heb., carrying] with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. After this manner. So Rosenmüller and Schumann, who refer to what follows; others refer to what precedes; but in this case it should be .-Rosen. Bp. Patrick.—After this manner;] The Hebrew word cezoth signifies, according to that which he had given to Benjamin, i.e., money, and several changes of raiment : besides what follows, "ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt," &c. Pool. After this manner; Heb., according to this. What? Either what went before, changes of raiment, or what follows, ten asses, &c. Ged., Booth.-And to his father he sent, likewise, ten, &c. μὴ ὀργίζεσθε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. Au. Ver.-24 So he sent his brethren See that ye fall not out by the way. So Schum.-Mutationes vestium, i.e., vestes See that ye fall not out, &c.] About what you have formerly done to me, or anything reflect upon your selling me, adore the proelse that I have said to you. But when you vidence of God, which by that means brought about your happiness and mine.— Patrick. Rosen. Either, Be not afraid in the way, ,verti possunt vel אַל־תִּרְנְוּ בַּדָּרֶךְ Verba latio minus placet quam sententia eorum, nolite timere in via sive in itinere, vel p. 217. Ver. 23. verb. xxix. 9; et Es. xxviii. 21; Ps. iv. 5. Si priorem significationem h. 1. adhibemus, sensus hic erit, nihil timeatis, ut eos moneret, ne iter facientes tale quid vererentur, quod 101 07 1? Deis in priore itinere accidisset; si vero posKaÌ TÔ TATρì avтοû ȧñéσTEIλE Kκarà Tà teriorem, ne irascimini, scil. alii aliis, erit : αὐτά. καὶ δέκα ὄνους αἴροντας ἀπὸ πάντων ne rixemini, venditionem meam vobis inτῶν ἀγαθῶν Αἰγύπτου, κ.τ.λ. vicem exprobrantes.-Rosen. |