33 _I.e._, _come forth_ (as in the R.V.). _At_, as the preposition מ is rendered in Gen. iii. 24. “There shall come forth a star at or over the inheritance or possessions of Jacob,” thus indicating the locality which would be on the _meridian_ of this star. 34 It ought also to be noted that in the preceding year there were three conjunctions of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, at the end of May and October, and at the beginning of December. Kepler (1571‐1631) was the first to point this out, and his calculations have been confirmed by the highest authorities. These conjunctions occurred in the sign of PISCES: and this sign, according to all the ancient Jewish authorities (Josephus, Abarbanel, Eliezer, and others), has special reference to _Israel_. The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, they hold, always marked the occurrence of some event _favourable to Israel_; while Kepler, calculating backwards, found that this astronomical phenomenon always coincided with some great historical crisis, _viz._: the Revelation to Adam, the birth of Enoch, the Revelation to Noah, the birth of Moses, the birth of Cyrus, the birth of Christ, the birth of Charlemagne, and the birth of Luther. 35 The ancient name could not have been _Boötes_! though it is derived from, and may be a reminiscence of the Hebrew. 36 ARATUS calls him _Arctophylax_, _i.e._, the guardian of Arctos, the flock of the greater fold, called to‐day the Great Bear:— “Behind, and seeming to urge on the Bear, Arctophylax, on earth Boötes named, Sheds o’er the Arctic car his silver light.” By some moderns he is mistakenly called _The Waggoner_. Hence the allusion of Thompson:— “Wide o’er the spacious regions of the North, Boötes urges on his tardy wain.” This perversion scarcely does justice even to human common sense, as waggoners do not use a sickle for a whip! 37 The constellation is a very brilliant one, having 54 stars, _viz._, one of the 1st magnitude, six of the 3rd, eleven of the 4th, etc.