_AND ISAAC CALLED JACOB, AND BLESSED HIM, AND CHARGED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT NOT TAKE A WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN._ Isaac called Jacob. He entered fully into Rebekah's feelings; and the burden of his parting counsel to his son was, to avoid a marriage alliance with any but the Mes... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARISE, GO TO PADAN-ARAM, TO THE HOUSE OF BETHUEL THY MOTHER'S FATHER; AND TAKE THEE A WIFE FROM THENCE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LABAN THY MOTHER'S BROTHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS THEE, AND MAKE THEE FRUITFUL, AND MULTIPLY THEE, THAT THOU MAYEST BE A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE;_ A multitude of people, х_ `AMIYM_ (H5971), peoples] - the word uniformly employed in the renewal of the promise to Jacob; whereas the expression used twice to Abraham is, that he sho... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GIVE THEE THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, TO THEE, AND TO THY SEED WITH THEE; THAT THOU MAYEST INHERIT THE LAND WHEREIN THOU ART A STRANGER, WHICH GOD GAVE UNTO ABRAHAM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISAAC SENT AWAY JACOB: AND HE WENT TO PADAN-ARAM UNTO LABAN, SON OF BETHUEL THE SYRIAN, THE BROTHER OF REBEKAH, JACOB'S AND ESAU'S MOTHER._ Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-aram. Stanley ('Lectures on Jewish Church') pronounces this journey into Mesopotamia to be 'a retrograde movem... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN ESAU SAW THAT ISAAC HAD BLESSED JACOB, AND SENT HIM AWAY TO PADAN-ARAM, TO TAKE HIM A WIFE FROM THENCE; AND THAT AS HE BLESSED HIM HE GAVE HIM A CHARGE, SAYING, THOU SHALT NOT TAKE A WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN;_ When Esau saw ... - desirous to humour his parents, and if possible get the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB WENT OUT FROM BEERSHEBA, AND WENT TOWARD HARAN._ Jacob went out, ... His departure from his father's house was an ignominous flight; and for fear of being pursued or waylaid by his vindictive brother, he did not take the common road, but went by lonely and unfrequented paths, which incre... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE LIGHTED UPON A CERTAIN PLACE, AND TARRIED THERE ALL NIGHT, BECAUSE THE SUN WAS SET; AND HE TOOK OF THE STONES OF THAT PLACE, AND PUT THEM FOR HIS PILLOWS, AND LAY DOWN IN THAT PLACE TO SLEEP._ And he lighted upon a certain place, [Hebrew, _ WAYIPGA`_ (H6293) _ BAMAAQOWM_ (H4725)] - and he f... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE DREAMED, AND BEHOLD A LADDER SET UP ON THE EARTH, AND THE TOP OF IT REACHED TO HEAVEN: AND BEHOLD THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING ON IT._ He dreamed. It was natural that in the unwonted circumstances he should dream. Bodily exhaustion, mental excitement, the consciousness of his... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD STOOD ABOVE IT, AND SAID, I AM THE LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM THY FATHER, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC: THE LAND WHEREON THOU LIEST, TO THEE WILL I GIVE IT, AND TO THY SEED;_ The Lord stood ... That Jacob might be at no loss to know the purport of the vision, he heard the divine voice; and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY SEED SHALL BE AS THE DUST OF THE EARTH, AND THOU SHALT SPREAD ABROAD TO THE WEST, AND TO THE EAST, AND TO THE NORTH, AND TO THE SOUTH: AND IN THEE AND IN THY SEED SHALL ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED._ Thou shalt spread abroad, [Hebrew, _ UWPAARATSTAA_ (H6555)] - margin, break fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND, BEHOLD, I AM WITH THEE, AND WILL KEEP THEE IN ALL PLACES WHITHER THOU GOEST, AND WILL BRING THEE AGAIN INTO THIS LAND; FOR I WILL NOT LEAVE THEE, UNTIL I HAVE DONE THAT WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEE OF._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB AWAKED OUT OF HIS SLEEP, AND HE SAID, SURELY THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE; AND I KNEW IT NOT._ Jacob awaked ... His language and his conduct were like that of a man whose mind was pervaded by sentiments of solemn awe, of fervent piety, and lively gratitude (Jeremiah 31:36).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WAS AFRAID, AND SAID, HOW DREADFUL IS THIS PLACE! THIS IS NONE OTHER BUT THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND TOOK THE STONE THAT HE HAD PUT FOR HIS PILLOWS, AND SET IT UP FOR A PILLAR, AND POURED OIL UPON THE TOP OF IT._ Jacob ... took the stone, ... - a monument, a cippus (cf. 1 Samuel 7:12). The mere setting up of the stone might have been as a future memoria... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB VOWED A VOW, SAYING, IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME, AND WILL KEEP ME IN THIS WAY THAT I GO, AND WILL GIVE ME BREAD TO EAT, AND RAIMENT TO PUT ON,_ Jacob vowed a vow. This vow has often been presented in a light injurious to the character of Jacob, as indicating that his mind was so wholly engro... [ Continue Reading ]