Chapter 28:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Revelation Exodus
Genesis 28
28:1 And
Isaac called Jacob, and
a blessed him,
and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan.
(
a) This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's
faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without God's
leading.
28:4 And
give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou
mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
b
stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
(
b) The godly fathers were continually reminded
that they were but strangers in this world: so that they would lift up their
eyes to the heavens where they have a certain dwelling.
28:9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the
daughter of
c Ishmael Abraham's son,
the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
(
c) Thinking by this to have reconciled himself
to his father, but all in vain: for he does not take away the cause of the
evil.
28:12
And he dreamed, and behold a
d ladder
set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels
of God ascending and descending on it.
(
d) Christ is the ladder by which God and man are
joined together, and by whom the angels minister to us: all graces are given
to us by him, and we ascend to heaven by him.
28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and
said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee
e will I
give it, and to thy seed;
(
e) He felt the force of this promise only by
faith: for all his life he was a stranger in this land.
28:17
And he was
f afraid, and said, How
dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this
[is] the gate of heaven.
(
f) He was touched with a godly fear and
reverence.
28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and
took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and
g
set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
(
g) To be a reminder of the vision shown to him.
28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow,
saying, If
h 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,
(
h) He does not bind God under this condition,
but acknowledges his infirmity, and promises to be thankful.
Chapter 28:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Revelation Exodus
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