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Verse Genesis 28:22. _THIS STONE SHALL BE GOD'S HOUSE_] That is, (as
far as this matter refers to Jacob alone,) should I be preserved to
return in safety, I shall worship God in this place. And this p...
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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 THIS STONE... SHALL BE GOD'S HOUSE.
If he returns, this place where the pillar marks the spot shall be.
place of worship and recognized as God's house. By referring to
Genesis 35:1-7, the reader...
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THIS STONE. See verses: Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:18.
GOD'S HOUSE. Hebrew. _Beth-elohim,_ not Beth-el.
TENTH. See App-15 and Compare Genesis 14:20....
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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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_God's house_ See note on Genesis 28:17. Here the title "God's house"
is applied to the stone itself.
_of all … give the tenth_ Very strange is this concluding promise to
pay a tithe to Jehovah. In Ge...
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DISCOURSE: 46
JACOB’S VOW
Genesis 28:20. 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, so that I...
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THIS STONE, &C.— Not that he intended, as Le Clerc observes, to
erect any building in the place, but only that by coming and
worshipping there, he would appropriate this stone to the service of
God, a...
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8. _The_ Vow, Genesis 28:20-22.
Genesis 28:20A vow is a solemn promise made to God, by which we bind
ourselves more strictly to necessary duty, or what indifferent things
are calculated to promote it...
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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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Jacob decided to give to God one thing out of every 10 things. This
probably means that he would do that regularly. He would not do it
only on one occasion.
Many people nowadays give a part of their...
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(20-22) THEN SHALL THE LORD (JEHOVAH) BE MY GOD. — This is a false
translation, and gives a wrong sense. Jacob, in his vow, which implies
no doubt on his part, but is his acceptance of the terms of th...
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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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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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God's house, means a spot made sacred to God's worship. Genesis 35:14;
Genesis 35:14
REFLECTIONS
Reader! may you and I learn, from this interesting account of Jacob's
pilgrimage, that when the provid...
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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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22._And this stone which I have set for a pillar_. This ceremony was
an appendage to divine worship; for external rites do not make men
true worshippers of God, but are only aids to piety. But because...
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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 THIS STONE, WHICH I HAVE SET FOR A PILLAR, SHALL BE GOD'S
HOUSE,.... Building an altar of it with some others, and sacrificing
to God on it; and wherever God is worshipped, that place is his house...
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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 this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house;
and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto
Thee. It was not a condition which Jacob here expressed, but a...
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JACOB'S VOW...
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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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20-22 Jacob made a solemn vow on this occasion. In this observe, 1.
Jacob's faith. He trusts that God will be with him, and will keep him;
he depends upon it. 2. Jacob's moderation in his desires. He...
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GOD'S HOUSE, i.e. a place where I will offer prayers and sacrifices to
God; such places being commonly called God's houses, and God is oft
said to dwell in them, in regard of his special presence ther...
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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 28:22 stone H68 set H7760 (H8804) pillar H4676 Gods H430 house
H1004 give H5414 (H8799) surely...
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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
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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Genesis 28:20
Jacob and Esau are very like men that we meet every day commonplace,
ordinary men, neither of them distinguished in character or ability.
They were children of a weak father and of a cra...
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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 Jacob vowed a vow_
COVENANT VOWS
I. Let us, in the beginning, consider what is taught us in God’s
Word about vows in general, and that will lead the way easily to the
examination of those pecul...
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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 28:22 I WILL GIVE A FULL TENTH TO YOU.
Centuries later, Israelite worshipers give a tenth of their income (a
“tithe”) to God as an expression of their commitment to him....
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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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God's. Genesis 28:17 Genesis 12:8 Genesis 21:33 Genesis 33:20 Genesis
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