Genesis 4

Genesis 4:3

Offering] Offering is here mentioned. And so v. 4. Called Sacrifice, Heb. XI. 4. And as this; so other nominated Mosaical and Levitical Rites and Ceremonies, were in use before the times of Levi, and Moses. As, 2. Beasts, and Fowles, clean and unclean; at the time of the Flood; ch. VII. 3. Priests, Altars, Burnt-Offerings, Drink-Offerings, VIII. 20. and XIV. 18. and XXII. 13. and XXXV. 14. 4. Eating of Blood forbidden, ch. IV. 4. 5. Oile in use for Consecration; XXVIII. 18. and XXXV. 14. 6. Marrying the brothers widow, to raise up seed to the brother deceased; ch. XXXVIII. 8, 9, 26.

Genesis 4:25

Called his name] Names afterwards usually imposed at the time of Circumsion; as appears, partly in Abraham; plainly in John the Baptist, and others. By the Jewes some of Gods Titles were many times inserted into the Composure of the names of their children, as plentifully appears. And the maner of many Heathens was to impose, or insert the names of their Idols and Pagan Deities upon, or into the names of their children, and of their Kings and Favourites, Rom. XVI. 1, 14, 15. 1 Cor. I. 12. 1 Thess. I. 1. And hence we have among the Babylonians, from their Idols, Bel, Nebo, and Merodach, these Names, of Belteshazzar, Dan. I. 7. and IV. 8. and Belshazzar, Dan.

V. 1. And Merodach-Baladan, Esay XXXIX. 1. and Evil-Merodach, 2 Kings XXV. 27. And Nebonatsar Naopolatsar, and Nebuchadnetsar. And in the same names are many times a change of letters, like letters put some times one for another; as Merodach is called Berodach, 2 King. XX. 12. As Dibon the name of a Citie, Numb. XI. 30. is called Dimon, Esay XV. 9. And Nebuchadnezzar is written also in Scripture Nebuchadnetsar, Ier.

XXII. 25. and Nebuchadrezzar, and Nebuchadretzer, Ier. XXI. 2. and XXIV. 1. Sometimes letters, or syllables are transposed, and left out, and added: And so there is much variation in one and the same name: Esaias is called also Ieshajah, and Ieshajahu; Hezekiah is called and written Ezekias, Chiskijah, 2 King. XVIII. 1. Chiskijahu, XXXVI. 1. Jechiskijab, Micah I. 1. Iechiskijahu, Esay I. 1. Iehojacin is called also Iechoniah, Iechonias, Coniah, Conijahu.

I omit others not much unlike. Yea sometimes in Scripture divers men have divers dissonant names; some 2, some 3, as 1 King. XV. 2, 10. compared with 2 Chron. XI. 20. and Ch. XIII. 2. And as further may be seene at large in the Great Annotations upon 1 Chron. III. 1, 15, 16. and VI. 1, 20, 24. and VIII. 5, 33. and Ch. XI. and Ch.

XVIII. 10, 16. and Ch. XX. 7. And divers places have two several names; as in 2 Sam. VIII. 8. compared with 1 Chron. XX. 4. And many others.