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John Trapp on Job 42:14

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Job42:14

Ver. 14. And he called the name of the firſt, Jemimah] That is, Day-bright, from her orient and gliſtering beauty; q.d. fair as they day: Cant. 6.10. the Church is ſaid,Diurn[illegible: 1 letter]. to look forth as the Morning, fair as the Moon.

And the name of the ſecond, Kezia] That is, Caſſia; a kind of Spice, whereof there are three ſorts, ſaith Dioſcorides but all very ſweet, and ſend forth a moſt pleaſant ſmell, like that of the Roſe. This ſecond daughter therefore ſeemes to be ſo named from the ſweetneſſe of her breath, or perhaps of her whole body, proceeding from the goodneſſe of her conſtitution, as it is reported of Alexander the Great. So ſweet ſmelling Smyrna, the beſt of all the ſeven Churches of Aſia, Revel. 3.

And the name of the third, Keren-happuch] That is, the Horn of beauty, (better then that which is borrowed) and of abundance; as whoſe cheeks Nature had painted with a moſt pleaſing Vermillion, far beyond any artificial tincture, which ſhe had no need of, Ʋtpote omnes aliarum fucos & veneres ſuperans. Some intepret it, the horn of converſion; and think, That Job herein would expreſſe and memorize the ſtrange turn and alteration of his condition, as Joſeph did, Gen. 41.51, 52.Vatab. But the Chaldee Paraphraſt, the Jew-Doctors, and moſt of our Expoſitors, are for the former Interpretation, favoured alſo by the words following:

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