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Verse Genesis 28:14. _THY SEED SHALL BE AS THE DUST_] The people that
shall descend from thee shall be extremely numerous, _and in thee and
thy_ _seed_-the _Lord_ JESUS descending from thee, accordin...
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- Jacob’s Journey to Haran
3. קהל _qâhāl_, “congregation.”
9. מחלת _māchălat_, Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.”
19. לוּז _lûz_, Luz, “almond.”
The blessing of his sons was the last passage in...
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CHAPTER 28 JACOB'S DEPARTURE TO PADAN-ARAM AND HIS VISION
_ 1. Isaac sends Jacob away and gives his blessing (Genesis 28:1)_
2. Esau's action (Genesis 28:6)
3. Jacob's vision and vow (Genesis 28:10...
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YAHWEH REVEALS HIMSELF TO JACOB AT BETHEL. This section is taken from
J and E. To E Genesis 28:11 f., Genesis 28:17 f., Genesis 28:20_ a_,...
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AND THY SEED SHALL BE SO THE DUST OF THE EARTH.
See Genesis 13:16, where the same promise is made to Abraham, and
26:4, where it is made to Isaac. It will be well for every student, in
order that he m...
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DUST... &C. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. See on Genesis 15:5.
IN THEE. Mark the personal gift, and see note on Genesis 17:7 and
Genesis 50:24.
ALL. This can be fulfilled only in Christ....
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_as the dust of the earth_ Cf. Genesis 13:16.
_spread abroad_ Heb. _break forth_. Cf. Genesis 30:30, "increased,"
43, Exodus 1:12.
_to the west_ Cf....
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This section taken from J and E follows upon Genesis 27:45. Observe
the mention of Haran in Genesis 28:10 (cf. Genesis 27:43), and the
mention of Beer-sheba as the dwelling-place of Isaac in...
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4. _Jacob's Dream-Vision at Bethel_ (Genesis 28:10-17).
_The Dream Ladder and the Angels._ Jacob went out from Beersheba
(Genesis 26:25)and set out toward Haran. Note the following
differences of view...
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_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 TH...
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JACOB DEPARTS FOR PADAN-ARAM. HIS DREAM AT BETHEL
1-4. Isaac bids Jacob seek one of the daughters of his uncle Laban in
marriage, and assures him that the blessings and promises bestowed on
Abraham s...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 28
JACOB SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY
V1 Then Isaac called Jacob and he blessed him. He *commanded him,
‘Do not marry a *Canaanite woman. V2 Go to the...
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‘As the dust that is on the earth.’ God made the same promise to
Abraham and he explained it. He said, ‘Nobody can count the dust on
the earth and nobody will be able to count your *descendants.’ (See...
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
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וְ הָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲךָ֙ כַּ עֲפַ֣ר הָ
אָ֔רֶץ
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JACOB'S VISION AT BETHEL
Genesis 28:10
This is the Ladder chapter, in which a wayward, weak man is seen
holding fellowship with the Eternal God, who loves us, notwithstanding
our unworthiness, and de...
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Here Jacob is seen exiled from his home, flying from Beersheba. In
this connection we have the account of the first of the direct divine
communications to him. Tired and weary, he reached Luz and duri...
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JACOB LEFT CANAAN
Isaac agreed with Rebekah in the matter of a wife for Jacob. He sent
him to Laban's house to find a wife. Isaac also gave Jacob the
blessing of Abraham from God. When Esau realized...
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Observe how at every renewed visit of the Lord to his people, that
first, and best of covenant mercies, is again confirmed: Genesis 17:7....
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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14._And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth_. The sum of the
whole is this, Whatever the Lord had promised to Abraham, Jacob
transmitted to his sons. Meanwhile it behoved the holy man, in
relia...
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Jacob becomes now the picture of cast-out and wandering Israel, heir
of the promises, watched over, but an outcast. The wanderings of
Abraham were in the land of promise; those of Jacob, out of it: tw...
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AND THY SEED SHALL BE AS THE DUST OF THE EARTH,.... Innumerable, see
Genesis 13:16;
AND THOU SHALT SPREAD ABROAD TO THE WEST; or "the sea", the
Mediterranean sea, which was west of the land of Canaan...
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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...
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_In thy seed shall the families of the earth be blessed_ All that are
blessed, whatever family they are of, are blessed in Christ, and none
of any family are excluded from blessedness in him, but thos...
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1 Isaac blesseth Iacob, and sendeth him to Padan Aram.
6 Esau marrieth Mahalal the daughter of Ishmael.
10 The Vision of Iacobs ladder.
18 The stone of Bethel.
20 Iacobs vow.
1 AND Isaac called I...
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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...
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JACOB'S DREAM AT BETHEL...
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C.
JACOB.-ISRAEL, THE WRESTLER WITH GOD, AND HIS WANDERINGS
FIRST SECTION
_Jacob’s journey to Mesopotamia, and the heavenly Ladder at Bethel_
GENESIS 28:10-22
10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, a...
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JACOB SENT TO PADAN-ARAM
Though scripture tells us that Isaac loved Esau, he had not done as
Abraham had in making sure that Isaac's wife was of his own kindred.
Rebekah's words to him now evidently a...
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SPREAD ABROAD:
_ Heb._ break forth...
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10-15 Jacob's conduct hitherto, as recorded, was not that of one who
simply feared and trusted in God. But now in trouble, obliged to flee,
he looked only to God to make him to dwell in safety, and h...
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i.e. The nations of the earth, as that word is used....
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These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the
principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before
us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
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Genesis 28:14 descendants H2233 dust H6083 earth H776 abroad H6555
(H8804) west H3220 east H6924 north H6828 south
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JACOB MEETS GOD AT BETHEL (GENESIS 28:10)
Genesis 28:10
‘And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went towards Haran.'
At this stage Isaac and the family tribe are still firmly situated in
Beersheba....
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Genesis 28:11
Sleeping to see. One may be too wide-awake to see. There are things
which are hidden from us until we lie down to sleep. Only then do the
heavens open and the angels of God disclose the...
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Genesis 28:10
Jacob makes his brother's hunger an occasion for bargaining with him
for his birthright. Esau says, "What profit shall this birthright do
to me?" Neither one nor the other knew what good...
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Genesis 28:10
I. Consider the circumstances under which the vision here described
was granted to Jacob. He had left his home and was suffering trial and
hardship; he was a friendless and unprotected...
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Genesis 28
I. If there be little poetic or romantic charm in the history of
Isaac, what a wealth of it there is in that of Jacob! A double deceit,
followed by banishment from his country; this expulsi...
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CONTENTS: Jacob at Bethel and the Abrahamic covenant confirmed to him
in a dream.
CHARACTERS: Isaac, Jacob, Laban, Esau, Ishmael, Mahalath, angels.
CONCLUSION: The believer should realize that he is...
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Genesis 28:1. _Isaac called Jacob and blessed him._ A heart-rending
business to be forced away from his father's house in the 58th year of
his age. He went not with a train of ten camels, as were sent...
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_And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven_
JACOB AT BETHEL
I. THE WANDERER. It had been a desolate day, and there was only
desolation at night. In...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:10 The Lord uses an extraordinary dream
to confirm that the divine promises to Abraham will be fulfilled
through Jacob. A similar event will take place upon Jacob’s return
t...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:13 THE LORD STOOD ABOVE IT (v. Genesis
28:13) could also be translated “the LORD
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 28:11. And he lighted upon a certain place.] “The term means
_he fell upon the place,_ as the providential stopping-place
incidentally coming upon it, or coming up to it, as t...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 28:10
AND JACOB WENT OUT FROM BEERSHEBA,—in obedience to his father's
commandment to seek a wife (Genesis 28:2), but also in compliance with
his mother's counsel to evade the wrath...
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So Isaac called Jacob, and he blessed him, and he charged him, and he
said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Arise, and go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy moth...
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thy seed. Genesis 13:16 Genesis 32:12 Genesis 35:11 Genesis 35:12...