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Verse Genesis 28:11. _A CERTAIN PLACE, AND TARRIED THERE_] From
Genesis 28:19, we find this _certain place_ was _Luz_, or some part of
its vicinity. Jacob had probably intended to reach Luz; but the...
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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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HE LIGHTED UPON. CERTAIN PLACE.
The place he had reached was Bethel, then called Luz, formerly an
encampment and place of worship of Abraham. It is not impossible that
Jacob may have known how hallow...
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OF THE STONES. Hebrew from; i.e. one from among them. Compare verses:
Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:22....
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_And he lighted_ i.e. he by chance reached, like our colloquial "hit
upon." The Divine purpose of the revelation made to Jacob is
contrasted in this word with the fortuitousness of Jacob's action.
_a...
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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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LIGHTED UPON A CERTAIN PLACE, &C.— From Beer-sheba to Padan-aram was
a journey of about 500 miles. In the first day's journey he rested at
a place called Luz, Genesis 28:19 which is about a day's jour...
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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 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._...
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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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Jacob was in a place where there were many stones. There was nothing
else that he could use as a pillow. He probably chose a flat stone.
And probably he folded some clothing and he put that on the sto...
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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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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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HE LIGHTED UPON A CERTAIN PLACE. — Heb., _he lighted upon the
place._ The article probably signifies that it was the place appointed
for the revelation, though lighted upon by Jacob by chance. As it l...
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וַ יִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּ † מָּקֹ֜ום וַ
יָּ֤לֶן...
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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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_Head for a pillow. Behold the austerity of the heir of all that
country! (Haydock) --- He departs from home in haste, with his staff
only, that Esau might not know. (Worthington)_...
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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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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 HE LIGHTED UPON A CERTAIN PLACE,.... Without any design to take up
there, but as it were casually to him, though very providentially,
after he had travelled forty eight miles; for so far it seems...
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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....
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Gen. 28:11, 12. There seems to be a double representation in this
story. It seems to be a type that has respect to two things.
(1.) By Jacob sleeping and having heaven opened to him, and God
appearing...
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The _stones for his pillows_, and the heavens for his canopy! Yet his
comfort in the divine blessing, and his confidence in the divine
protection, made him easy, even when he lay thus exposed: being s...
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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 he lighted upon a certain place, he apparently struck this place
by chance, although it was a matter of God's guidance, AND TARRIED
THERE ALL NIGHT, BECAUSE THE SUN WAS SET; AND HE TOOK OF THE STO...
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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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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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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 28:11 came H6293 (H8799) place H4725 night H3885 (H8799) sun
H8121 set H935 (H8804) took...
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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
I. The ladder whose top reached to heaven while its base rested on the
earth is the Son of Man who was also the Son of God. If we attempt to
approach God otherwise than through the huma...
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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 28:10
In his dream Jacob saw three things:
I. A way set up between earth and heaven, making a visible connection
between the ground on which he slept and the sky.
II. The free circulation a...
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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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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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took. Genesis 28:18 Genesis 31:46 Matthew 8:20 2 Corinthians 1:5 put
them....
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The stones for his pillow, and the heavens for his canopy! Yet his
comfort in the divine blessing, and his confidence in the divine
protection, made him easy, even when he lay thus exposed: being sure...