PART THIRTY-SIX RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76 by G. F. Maclear, D.D. Published by Macmillan, London, 1881, now long out of print. With the death of Joseph the Patriachal Age of Israel's history may be said to close. The _Fami... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, wha... [ Continue Reading ]
3. _Esau Takes Another Wife_ (Genesis 28:6-9)_._ Isaac blessed Jacob that the blessing which he had given him previously, viz., _God gave thee of the dew of heaven,_ etc. (Genesis 27:28) might be fulfilled in the land which God had promised to Abraham; but his blessing to Esau, _of the fat places of... [ Continue Reading ]
4. _Jacob's Dream-Vision at Bethel_ (Genesis 28:10-17). _The Dream Ladder and the Angels._ Jacob went out from Beersheba (Genesis 26:25)and set out toward Haran. Note the following differences of view: His departure from his father's house was an ignominious flight; and for fear of being pursued or... [ Continue Reading ]
5. _The Memorial,_ Genesis 28:18. _The Stone Head-Place Made a Pillar._ Jacob knew God's omnipresence, but he did not expect a special manifestation of the Lord in this place, far from the sanctuaries of his father. He is filled with solemn awe, when he finds himself in the house of God and at the g... [ Continue Reading ]
7. _The Naming of the Place,_ Genesis 28:19. _Jacob called the name of that place, Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at first._ It is not easy to discover whether Beth-el is identical with Luz, or they were two distinct places. Some passages seem to countenance the former view (Genesis 35:6,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (Psalms 76:11; Psalms 119:106; Isaiah 19:21; Isaiah 44:4-5; Isaiah 45:23;... [ Continue Reading ]