Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 28:21
I will publicly own him for my God and the Saviour of men, and will establish his solemn worship, as it follows.
I will publicly own him for my God and the Saviour of men, and will establish his solemn worship, as it follows.
- 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_,...
THEN SHALL THE LORD BE MY GOD. The Speaker's Commentary renders the whole passage: "If God will be with me and keep me in the way that. go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, and. c...
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...
_to my father's house in peace_ It does not appear that this was literally fulfilled. Jacob, on his return, did not dwell at his father's house. But, perhaps, "father's house" means "the land of his f...
DISCOURSE: 46 JACOB’S VOW Genesis 28:20. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If 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, so that I...
8. _The_ Vow, Genesis 28:20-22. Genesis 28:20A vow is a solemn promise made to God, by which we bind ourselves more strictly to necessary duty, or what indifferent things are calculated to promote it...
28:21 God. (b-17) Lit. 'Jehovah shall be to me for 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...
Jacob had met God. He immediately made a change in the way that he lived. He started to give a part of his wealth to God. But his character did not change immediately....
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...
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...
(20-22) THEN SHALL THE LORD (JEHOVAH) BE MY GOD. — This is a false translation, and gives a wrong sense. Jacob, in his vow, which implies no doubt on his part, but is his acceptance of the terms of th...
וְ שַׁבְתִּ֥י בְ שָׁלֹ֖ום אֶל ־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י
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...
1 Timothy 6:8...
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...
21._Then shall the Lord be my God_. In these words Jacob binds himself never to apostatize from the pure worship of the One God; for there is no doubt that he here comprises the sum of piety. But he m...
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...
SO THAT I COME AGAIN TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE IN PEACE,.... In safety from Esau, and all other enemies, as God promised him he should: THEN THE LORD SHALL BE MY GOD; not as if he should not be his God if...
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...
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God;...
JACOB'S VOW...
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...
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...
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 28:21 back H7725 (H8804) fathers H1 house H1004 peace H7965 LORD H3068 God H430 I come -...
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....
Genesis 28:20 Jacob and Esau are very like men that we meet every day commonplace, ordinary men, neither of them distinguished in character or ability. They were children of a weak father and of a cra...
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 Jacob vowed a vow_ COVENANT VOWS I. Let us, in the beginning, consider what is taught us in God’s Word about vows in general, and that will lead the way easily to the examination of those pecul...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:20 IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME..., THEN THE LORD SHALL BE MY GOD. The conditional nature of Jacob’s vow reveals that he is still not fully committed to the Lord (see note on v....
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...
I come. Judges 11:31 2 Samuel 19:24 2 Samuel 19:30 then. Exodus 15:2...