Genesis 25

^{1 a} Whiles Sarah was yet aliue.

^{1 !} Abraham taketh Keturah to wife, and getteth many children.

^{5 /} Ebr. all that he had.

^{6 d} To auoyde the dissension that els might haue come because of the heritage.

^{6 b} For by the vertue of Gods worde he had not onely Izhak, but begate many mo.

^{6 c} Read {chap. 22,24}.

^{6 !} Abraham giueth all his goods to Izhak.

^{8 e} Hereby the ancients signified that man by deathe perished not wholy: but as the soules of the godlie liued after in perpetual joy, so the soules of the wicked in perpetual peine.

^{12 !} The genealogie of Ishmael.

^{13 /} Ebr. first borne.

^{17 f} Which dwelt among the Arabians, and were separat from the blessed sede.

^{18 /} Or, his lot fel.

^{18 g} He meaneth that his lot fel to dwel among his brethren as the Angel promesd. {chap. 16,12}.

^{20 /} Or, Syrian of Mesopotamia.

^{22 i} For that is the onely refuge in all our miseries.

^{22 /} Or, hurt one another.

^{22 h} That is, with childe, seing one shal destroye another.

^{25 !} The birth of Jaakob and Esau.

^{27 /} Ebr. a man of the field.

^{27 /} Or, simple and innocent.

^{28 /} Ebr. venison in his mouthe.

^{30 /} Or, fede me quickely.

^{30 !} Esau selleth his birth right for a messe of potage.

^{32 k} The reprobate esteme not Gods benefites except they fele them presently, & therfore they preferre present pleasures.

^{33 l} Thus the wicked preferre their worldelie commodities to Gods spiritual graces: but the children of God do the contrary.