Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be so the dust of the earth.

See Genesis 13:16, where the same promise is made to Abraham, and 26:4, where it is made to Isaac. It will be well for every student, in order that he may take in the full significance of this revelation to Jacob, to note, 1. That God revealed himself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in succession; 2. That he revealed himself, not merely as Deity, but under the name of Jehovah, rendered in the Common Version, "Lord," to each one of the patriarchs in succession; 3. That this was the name by which he entered into covenant with Abraham, renewed the covenant with Isaac, and now renews it with Jacob; 4. That to all three he makes the same promises; Palestine as. possession, seed as the dust of the earth, and the Messianic promise that in their seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.