Genesis 28:15

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 28:15

Nor ever after; for so the word until is frequently used, as 2 Samuel 6:23; Matthew 1:25; not so as to exclude the time following, but so as to include all the foregoing time, wherein the thing spoken of might be most suspected or feared; as here the worst and most dangerous state in which Jacob was, or was like to be, was this time of his banishment from his country and kindred, against which he is therefore particularly armed and comforted in these words. 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 28:10-15

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:11-16

Genesis 28:11-16 Sleeping to see. One may be too wide-awake to see. There are things which are hidden from us until we lie down to sleep. Only then do the heavens open and the angels of God disclose themselves. I. It does not follow that God is not because we cannot discern Him, because we are not aware of Him. Little do we dream of the veiled wonders and splendours amidst which we move. To Jacob's mental fret and confusion, the wilderness where God brooded was a wilderness and nothing more.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:15

Genesis 28:15 Jacob's life began in moral confusion. There was no great moral flaw, such as we find in the life of David; but there was a want of perfect openness, frankness, generosity, in carrying out his aims. And yet, to such a soul, God in His goodness came and came quietly and comforted him with the assurance of His presence and of His love nay, of His companionship and of His abundant blessing. I. In what does the treasure of God's companionship consist? It consists: (1) in the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 28:15

DISCOURSE: 44THE MANNER IN WHICH GOD DISPENSES HIS FAVOURSGenesis 28:15. Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.THE study of profane history is exceeding profitable, inasmuch as it brings us into an acquaintance with human nature in all its diversified forms, and thereby qualifies us to discharge all our own duties with more wisdom and... read more

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