Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Genesis 28:1
Isaac blessed him, and charged him — Those that have the blessing must keep the charge annexed to it, and not think to separate what God has joined.
Isaac blessed him, and charged him — Those that have the blessing must keep the charge annexed to it, and not think to separate what God has joined.
CHAPTER XXVIII _Isaac directs Jacob to take a wife from the family of Laban_, 1, 2; _blesses and sends him away_, 3, 4. _Jacob begins his journey_, 5. _Esau, perceiving that the daughters of Canaa...
- 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...
GENESIS 27:46 TO GENESIS 28:9. JACOB IS SENT FROM HOME TO MARRY INTO HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY. The reader may readily suppose that Rebekah uses the unfortunate marriage of Esau as a pretext to hide her rea...
BLESSED. This blessing God endorses (verses: Genesis 28:13), by sending Jacob to Haran, as he had blessed Abraham to bring him from Haran (Genesis 12:1). THOU SHALT NOT TAKE. See Genesis 24:3....
_and blessed him_ This mention of Isaac's blessing of Jacob, without reference to the deception in chap. 27, is a clear indication of the distinctness of origin of this passage from that which precede...
PART FORTY THE STORY OF JACOB; THE JOURNEY TO PADDAN-ARAM (Genesis 27:46 to Genesis 28:22) 1. _The Biblical Account_ 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of H...
_AND ISAAC CALLED JACOB, AND BLESSED HIM, AND CHARGED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT NOT TAKE A WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN._ Isaac called Jacob. He entered fully into Rebekah's feelings; and...
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...
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...
Isaac blessed his son Jacob again although Jacob had cheated his father Isaac. Isaac realised what God wanted. God intended that Jacob should receive Isaac’s *blessing. Isaac realised this and so he b...
XXVIII. (1) ISAAC CALLED JACOB.... — Though Rebekah’s primary motive was her concern for Jacob’s safety, yet we must not imagine that his marriage was a mere pretext. On the contrary, now that he was...
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...
וַ יִּקְרָ֥א יִצְחָ֛ק אֶֽל ־יַעֲקֹ֖ב וַ יְבָ֣
JACOB'S FLIGHT AND DREAM Genesis 27:41 - Genesis 28:1 "So foolish was I and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee."- Psalms 73:22 IT is so commonly observed...
JACOB SENT AWAY FROM HOME Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1 Esau deferred the execution of his murderous purpose, because of the near approach, as he supposed, of his father's death. But Isaac lived for fo...
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...
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...
CONTENTS No sooner are the people of God brought within the bond of the covenant, than persecution ariseth. Jacob having obtained the blessing, is obliged to flee to Padan-aram, to avoid the fury of h...
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...
1._And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him_. It may be asked, whether the reason why Isaac repeats anew the benediction which he had before pronounced, was that the former one had been of no force; wh...
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 ISAAC CALLED JACOB,.... Or therefore d, because of what Rebekah had said to him, related in the latter part of the preceding chapter, he sent for Jacob to come to him from his tent or apartment wh...
_And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan._ Ver. 1. _Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him._] He doth not rate...
_Isaac blessed him_ That is, purposely and designedly, and in faith now confirmed that blessing to him, which before he had given him unknowingly. And hereby God confirmed Jacob's faith against doubts...
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...
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. What Rebekah had planned came to pass; Isaac saw the point of her ob...
Jacob Dismissed in Peace...
SIXTH SECTION _Isaac’s preference for the natural first-born, and Esau. Rebekah and Jacob steal from him the theocratic blessing. Esau’s blessing. Esau’s hostility to Jacob. Rebekah’s preparation for...
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...
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 hi...
GENESIS CHAPTER 28 Isaac calls Jacob; charges him not to marry a Canaanite, but one of his kindred in Padan-aram, GENESIS 28:1,2; confirms the blessing to him, GENESIS 28:3,4. Jacob obeys his father,...
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 28:1 Isaac H3327 called H7121 (H8799) Jacob H3290 blessed H1288 (H8762) charged H6680 (H8762) said...
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 Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram._ THE BEGINNING OF JACOB’S PILGRIMAGE I. THE CAUSES WHICH LED HIM. TO UNDERTAKE HIS PILGRIMAGE. 1. His brother’s anger. 2. His mother’s counsel...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:1 Abraham issued similar instructions in Genesis 24:3. CANAANITE WOMEN is a broader designation that would have included the Hittites (see n
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 28:3. A multitude of people.] Heb. “To a congregation of peoples.” This is the same word which was afterwards applied to the assembled people of God. It corresponds to the ἐκ...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 28:1 AND ISAAC CALLED JACOB (to his bed-side), AND BLESSED HIM,—in enlarged form, renewing the benediction previously given (Genesis 27:27)—and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a...
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...
blessed. Genesis 28:3 Genesis 28:4 Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:27 Genesis 48