Genesis 28:10-32:3 NIV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 28:1-22

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 during a dream he had a vision which suggested communication between heaven and earth. What impressed Jacob, however, seems not to have been that part of the vision, but the fact that Jehovah was there in that distant place and that He spoke to him. On waking, Jacob declared his new consciousness of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:10-22

Jacob meets God at Bethel (Genesis 28:10-22 ) 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. Twenty years later they will be found in Mamre near Hebron (Genesis 35:27). That the tribe had kept in close touch with the children of Heth, who were connected with Mamre (Genesis 23:17-18), is clear from Genesis 26:34; Genesis 27:46. Perhaps they had outstayed their welcome at Beersheba. That... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:10-22

Genesis 28:10-Song of Solomon : . 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-Ecclesiastes : a, Genesis 28:22 may be assigned, to J Genesis 28:10, Genesis 28:13-Nehemiah :, and perhaps Genesis 28:19 a. This may be an insertion, so perhaps Genesis 28:19 b, Genesis 28:21 b. The fuller and finer story belongs to E, who as a North Israelite was much more interested than J in the great northern sanctuary,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 28:10

It is not strange that Jacob went alone, as it appears that he did from Genesis 32:10, when his grandfather’s servant was attended with a so great retinue, Genesis 24:1-67, because attendance was then necessary to procure him reputation, and to obtain the consent of the virgin and her parents to long a journey; but here, as it was unnecessary, so it would have been troublesome and prejudicial, exposing him both to the envy and snares of his brother Esau, which by this private departure he did... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 28:10-22

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 the lodging place for the night. This place was about forty-eight miles from Beersheba, and eight miles north of Jerusalem, near the town of Bethel, and is defined as the place from its being so well known in the history.” (Jacobus.)—Genesis 28:12. A ladder.] “Whether it was the vision of a common... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:1-22

Genesis 28:0 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 expulsion relieved and brightened, first by a glorious vision and then by unexampled prosperity in the strange land whither he had gone; long toils, travails, disappointments, and quarrels; and, at last, light at eventime in Egypt, and the spirit of prophecy resting upon his soul. Jacob's love for... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:10-13

Genesis 28:10-13 In his dream Jacob saw three things: I. A way set up between earth and heaven, making a visible connection between the ground on which he slept and the sky. II. The free circulation along that way of great powers and ministering influences. III. He saw God, the supreme directing and inspiring force, eminent over all. From these we learn: (1) that every man's ladder should stand upon the ground: no man can be a Christian by separating himself from his kind; (2) along every man's... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:10-15

Genesis 28:10-15 I. Consider the circumstances under which the vision here described was granted to Jacob. He had left his home and was suffering trial and hardship; he was a friendless and unprotected man. II. Look at the nature of his vision. From this glimpse into the secrets of the unseen world, it appears: (1) that the angels are interested in the well-being of God's people; (2) that heaven is a place of activity; (3) that there is a way of communication open between heaven and earth. This... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:10-17

Genesis 28:10-17 Jacob makes his brother's hunger an occasion for bargaining with him for his birthright. Esau says, "What profit shall this birthright do to me?" Neither one nor the other knew what good it would do. The vision of something to be realised now or hereafter dawned upon Jacob a vision probably mixed with many sensual and selfish expectations, still of a good not tangible, a good which must come to him as a gift from God. The absence of all want, all discontent with the present and... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 28:10

And Jacob went out Bethel becomes, because of Jacob's vision there, one of the significant places of Scripture. To the Christian it stands for a realization, however imperfect, of the heavenly and spiritual contents of faith, answering to Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1:17-23. Dispensationally, the scene speaks of Israel the nation, cast out of the Land of Promise because of evil-doing there, but holding the promise of restoration and blessing ; Genesis 28:15; Deuteronomy 30:1-10. To "an Israelite... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 28:1-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:10-22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:10-22

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 28:10

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:1-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:10-13

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:10-15

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:10-17

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 28:10

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