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William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 28:1-22

Dreams Genesis 28:0 This dream deals with the supernatural, though in one sense all life is supernatural. And what happened to Jacob occurs again and again in your life and mine. I. Jacob has deceived his father and defrauded his brother: he has fled his home. As he journeyed forward he came to the lonely and rugged hill of Bethel. The darkness overtakes him as he ascends, creeps like a shadowy ghost over him, and then covers with its deep shadow the whole of the mountain from base to summit;... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:1-22

6JACOB’S FLIGHT AND DREAMGenesis 27:41 - Genesis 28:1-22"So foolish was I and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee."- Psalms 73:22IT is so commonly observed as to be scarcely worth again remarking, that persons who employ a great deal of craft in the management of their affairs are invariably entrapped in their own net. Life is so complicated, and every matter of conduct has so many issues, that no human brain can possibly foresee every contingency.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 28:1-22

CHAPTER 28 Jacob’s Departure to Padan-Aram and His Vision 1. Isaac sends Jacob away and gives his blessing (Genesis 28:1-5 ) 2. Esau’s action (Genesis 28:6-9 ) 3. Jacob’s vision and vow (Genesis 28:10-22 ) We enter with this upon the interesting wanderings of the third patriarch, Jacob. God was pleased to reveal Himself to the three illustrious men, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as He did not before. In Exodus 3:4-15 Jehovah reveals Himself to Moses and Jehovah calls Himself “the God of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:1

28:1 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 should think that his father had given it without God’s leading. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:4

28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a {b} stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.(b) The godly fathers were continually reminded that they were but strangers in this world: so that they would lift up their eyes to the heavens where they have a certain dwelling. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:9

28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of {c} Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.(c) Thinking by this to have reconciled himself to his father, but all in vain: for he does not take away the cause of the evil. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:12

28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a {d} ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.(d) Christ is the ladder by which God and man are joined together, and by whom the angels minister to us: all graces are given to us by him, and we ascend to heaven by him. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:13

28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee {e} will I give it, and to thy seed;(e) He felt the force of this promise only by faith: for all his life he was a stranger in this land. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:17

28:17 And he was {f} afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.(f) He was touched with a godly fear and reverence. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 28:18

28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and {g} set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.(g) To be a reminder of the vision shown to him. read more

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