It had been called Luz, an almond-tree, but he will have it henceforward called Beth-el, the house of God. This gracious appearance of God to him made it more remarkable than all the almond-trees that flourished there.
Verse Genesis 28:19. _HE CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE BETH-EL_] That is, the _house of God_; for in consequence of his having _anointed_ the stone, and thus _consecrated_ it to God, he considered it...
- 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...
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...
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_,...
HE CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE BETHEL. There was. town near the place where he had encamped, before this time called Luz, though it is spoken of in connection with Abraham's history under the name of...
BETH-EL. Hebrew the house of El....
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...
_Beth-el_ That is, _The house of God_: see Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:6. This place was one of the most famous sanctuaries in Canaan. It was selected by Jeroboam as one of the High Places at which he se...
DISCOURSE: 45 JACOB’S PILLAR AT BETH-EL Genesis 28:16. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep; and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is...
OF THAT PLACE, BETH-EL— That is, the house of God. It is imagined from what follows, (_the name of that city was Luz_,) that there was a city near the place where Jacob slept; but it is more probable...
7. _The Naming of the Place,_ Genesis 28:19. _Jacob called the name of that place, Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at first._ It is not easy to discover whether Beth-el is identical with Luz,...
_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...
28:19 Beth-el; (a-9) House of God....
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...
BETHEL] 'the house of God.' In the period of the Judges, Bethel became the chief religious centre of the northern tribes. The ark was stationed there (Judges 20:18); it was frequented as a place for s...
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...
‘Bethel’ means ‘God’s house’. V20 Then Jacob made a firm promise. He said, ‘Perhaps God will be with me. Perhaps he will keep me in this way where I go. Perhaps he will give bread to me, so that I ma...
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...
BETH-EL... LUZ. — In Joshua 16:1, we find that Luz and Beth-el were distinct places, though near one another; and with this agrees the present passage. For plainly, Jacob and his attendants did not go...
וַ יִּקְרָ֛א אֶת ־שֵֽׁם ־הַ מָּקֹ֥ום הַ
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...
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...
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...
Bethel. This name signifies the house of God. (Challoner) --- Bethel was the name which Jacob gave to the place; and the town, which was built after his return, was called by the same name. Hence thos...
Bethel, means the house of God. Luz, means an almond-tree. When souls are awakened and brought into the bond of the covenant, gracious names supply the place of those which are natural....
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...
_LIFE’S BETHELS_ ‘He called the name of that place Bethel.’ Genesis 28:19 Jacob had _ his_ Bethel, and it came to him just at the moment when we should least have expected it, just at the time when...
19._And he called the name of that place Beth-el_. It may appear absurd that Moses should speak of that place as a city, respecting which he had a little while before said that Jacob had slept there i...
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...
AND HE CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE BETHEL,.... The house of God, which he took this place to be: BUT THE NAME OF THAT CITY [WAS CALLED] LUZ AT THE FIRST; which signifies an almond or hazel nut, Gen...
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first. Ver. 19. _Bethel,_] i.e., The house of God; yet afterwards for the calf worshlp there set up by J...
Gen. 28:18, 19. "And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it, and he called the name of tha...
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...
JACOB'S VOW...
And he called the name of that place Bethel (the house of God); BUT THE NAME OF THAT CITY WAS CALLED LUZ AT THE FIRST. The name Luz was used by the Canaanites to designate both the city and the surrou...
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...
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...
BETHEL: that is, the house of God...
16-19 God manifested himself and his favour, to Jacob, when he was asleep. The Spirit, like the wind, blows when and where it listeth, and God's grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for the sons of men....
Either of that city which was nearest to the field in which Jacob lay; or of that city which afterwards was built in or near to this place, and was known by the name of BETHEL....
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...
Genesis 28:19 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 place H4725 Bethel H1008 but H199 name H8034 city H5892 Luz...
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....
BETHEL That is, the house of God. Compare (Genesis 35:7)....
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...
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...
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...
_And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first_ A DIVINE TRANSFORMATION Luz transformed into Bethel! A grove of almonds into the house of God! Th...
_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._ And he called the name of that place Bethe...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:19 THE NAME OF THE CITY WAS LUZ AT THE FIRST. The city’s name continued to be “Luz” until the Israelites occupied Canaan many centuries later (see Gen
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...
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...
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...
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...
the name. Genesis 12:8 Genesis 35:1 Genesis 48:3 Judges 1:22 1 Kings 12:29
It had been called Luz, an almond — tree, but he will have it henceforth called Beth — el, the house of God. This gracious appearance of God to him made it more remarkable than all the almond — trees...