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
Concise Complete
Isaac sends Jacob to Padan-aram. (1-5) Esau marries the
daughter of Ishmael. (6-9) Jacob's vision. (10-15) The stone of Beth-el. (16-19)
Jacob's vow. (20-22)
Verses 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 him, yet he shall smart for the indirect course
taken to obtain it. Jacob is dismissed by his father with a solemn charge. He
must not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan: those who profess religion,
should not marry with those that care not for religion. Also with a solemn
blessing. Isaac had before blessed him unwittingly; now he does it designedly.
This blessing is more full than the former; it is a gospel blessing. This
promise looks as high as heaven, of which Canaan was a type. That was the better
country which Jacob and the other patriarchs had in view.
Verses 6-9 Good
examples impress even the profane and malicious. But Esau thought, by pleasing
his parents in one thing, to atone for other wrong doings. Carnal hearts are apt
to think themselves as good as they should be, because in some one matter they
are not so bad as they have been.
Verses 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 he could lie down and sleep in the open air
with his head upon a stone. Any true believer would be willing to take up with
Jacob's pillow, provided he might have Jacob's vision. God's time to visit his
people with his comforts, is, when they are most destitute of other comforts,
and other comforters. Jacob saw a ladder which reached from earth to heaven, the
angels going up and coming down, and God himself at the head of it. This
represents, 1. The providence of God, by which there is a constant intercourse
kept up between heaven and earth. This let Jacob know that he had both a good
guide and a good guard. 2. The mediation of Christ. He is this ladder; the foot
on earth in his human nature, the top in heaven in his Divine nature. Christ is
the Way; all God's favours come to us, and all our services go to him, by
Christ,
john 1:51. By
this way, sinners draw near to the throne of grace with acceptance. By faith we
perceive this way, and in prayer we approach by it. In answer to prayer we
receive all needful blessings of providence and grace. We have no way of getting
to heaven but by Christ. And when the soul, by faith, can see these things, then
every place will become pleasant, and every prospect joyful. He will never leave
us, until his last promise is accomplished in our everlasting happiness. God now
spake comfortably to Jacob. He spake from the head of the ladder. All the glad
tidings we receive from heaven come through Jesus Christ. The Messiah should
come from Jacob. Christ is the great blessing of the world. All that are
blessed, are blessed in him, and none of any family are shut out from
blessedness in him, but those that shut out themselves. Jacob had to fear danger
from his brother Esau; but God promises to keep him. He had a long journey
before him; to an unknown country; but, Behold, I am with thee, and God promises
to bring him back again to this land. He seemed to be forsaken of all his
friends; but God gives him this assurance, I will not leave thee. Whom God
loves, he never leaves.
Verses 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. Jacob sought to improve the visit God had made
him. Wherever we are, in the city or in the desert, in the house or in the
field, in the shop or in the street, we may keep up our intercourse with Heaven,
if it is not our own fault. But the more we see of God, the more cause we see
for holy trembling before him.
Verses 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 asks not for soft clothing and dainty
meat. If God give us much, we are bound to be thankful, and to use it for him;
if he gives us but little, we are bound to be content, and cheerfully to enjoy
him in it. 3. Jacob's piety, and his regard to God, appear in what he desired,
that God would be with him, and keep him. We need desire no more to make us easy
and happy. Also his resolution is, to cleave to the Lord, as his God in
covenant. When we receive more than common mercy from God, we should abound in
gratitude to him. The tenth is a fit proportion to be devoted to God, and
employed for him; though it may be
1 corinthians remember our Bethels, how we stand engaged by solemn vows to yield ourselves to the Lord, to take him for our God, and to devote all we have and are to his glory!
Chapter 28:
| Calvin
| Darby
| Geneva
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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
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
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Nahum
Habakkuk
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Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
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John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
