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Verse Genesis 28:3. _THAT THOU MAYEST BE A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE_]
לקהל עמים _likhal ammim_. There is something very remarkable
in the original words: they signify literally _for an assembly_,
_congreg...
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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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GENESIS 27:46 TO GENESIS 28:9. JACOB IS SENT FROM HOME TO MARRY INTO
HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY. The reader may readily suppose that Rebekah uses
the unfortunate marriage of Esau as a pretext to hide her rea...
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AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: Gen 28:28,
Genesis 28:3 and Genesis 28:4 (App-6), marking. items in blessing. See
App-10.
GOD ALMIGHTY. _EI Shaddai._ See App-4.
MULTITUDE: or...
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_God Almighty_ Heb. _El Shaddai_. This Divine Name is here
communicated by Isaac to Jacob: see note on Genesis 17:1 (P).
_make … multiply_ See note on Genesis 1:22: a phrase characteristic
of P, cf. G...
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_GENESIS 28:3_, &C. _GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS,_ &C.— Isaac here confirms
the blessing which he had conferred on Jacob, and particularly prays
that he may share _the blessing of Abraham,_ that is, without al...
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THE STORY OF JACOB; THE JOURNEY TO PADDAN-ARAM
(Genesis 27:46 to Genesis 28:22)
1. _The Biblical Account_
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of H...
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_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...
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28:3 company (b-19) Lit. 'congregation;' and so chs. 35.11; 48.4. See
Exodus 12:6 ....
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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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GOD ALMIGHTY. — Heb., _El Shaddai._ As it was Isaac’s purpose in
this blessing to confirm Jacob in the possession of the promises made
to Abraham, he is careful to use the same title as that borne by...
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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 FLIGHT AND DREAM
Genesis 27:41 - Genesis 28:1
"So foolish was I and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee."- Psalms 73:22
IT is so commonly observed...
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JACOB SENT AWAY FROM HOME
Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1
Esau deferred the execution of his murderous purpose, because of the
near approach, as he supposed, of his father's death. But Isaac lived
for fo...
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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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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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3._And God Almighty bless thee_. Here follows the form of benediction,
which slightly differs in words from the former, but nevertheless
tends to the same end. First, he desires that Jacob should be b...
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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 GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS THEE,.... This is not a new blessing, distinct
from that in Genesis 28:1, but the same; there it is expressed in
general, here the particulars of it are given; and by which it
a...
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And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Ver. 3. _And God Almighty bless thee._] Here Isaac establishes the
blessing to Jacob...
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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 God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;...
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Jacob Dismissed in Peace...
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SIXTH SECTION
_Isaac’s preference for the natural first-born, and Esau. Rebekah
and Jacob steal from him the theocratic blessing. Esau’s blessing.
Esau’s hostility to Jacob. Rebekah’s preparation for...
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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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A MULTITUDE:
_ Heb._ an assembly of people
WHEREIN THOU ART A STRANGER:
_ Heb._ of thy sojournings...
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1-5 Jacob had blessings promised both as to this world and that which
is to come; yet goes out to a hard service. This corrected him for the
fraud on his father. The blessing shall be conferred on hi...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 28:3 God H410 Almighty H7706 bless H1288 (H8762) fruitful
H6509 (H8686) multiply H7235 (H8686) assembly...
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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 Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram._
THE BEGINNING OF JACOB’S PILGRIMAGE
I. THE CAUSES WHICH LED HIM. TO UNDERTAKE HIS PILGRIMAGE.
1. His brother’s anger.
2. His mother’s counsel...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:3 Isaac anticipates that Jacob will
return to Canaan to take possession of the land divinely given to
Abraham. MAKE YOU FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY YOU. See note on 1:28....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 28:3. A multitude of people.] Heb. “To a congregation of
peoples.” This is the same word which was afterwards applied to the
assembled people of God. It corresponds to the ἐκ...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 28:1
AND ISAAC CALLED JACOB (to his bed-side), AND BLESSED HIM,—in
enlarged form, renewing the benediction previously given (Genesis
27:27)—and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a...
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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. Genesis 17:1 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 22:18 Genesis 35:11 Genesis
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Two great promises Abraham was blessed with, and Isaac here entails
them both upon Jacob. The promise of heirs, God make thee fruitful and
multiply thee. Through his loins that people should descend f...