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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 28:10-22

Jacob’s Vision at Bethel Genesis 28:10-22 This is the Ladder chapter, in which a wayward, weak man is seen holding fellowship with the Eternal God, who loves us, notwithstanding our unworthiness, and desire to lead us into a life of power and blessedness. It is all wonderful! Notice the four Beholds! Genesis 28:12-15 . Sunset . Overtaken on a moor by the swift fall of the Oriental night, Jacob had no alternative than to sleep in the open. But he slept to see! Night . There is an open way... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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 28:22

God’s house, i.e. a place where I will offer prayers and sacrifices to God; such places being commonly called God’s houses, and God is oft said to dwell in them, in regard of his special presence there. See Exodus 20:24. Compare Genesis 28:17, and Genesis 35:1,Genesis 35:3,Genesis 35:7. I will surely give the tenth unto thee, to be laid out in thy service, and for sacrifices, and for the use and benefit of those who shall attend upon sacred things; as also for the relief of the poor and needy,... 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 28:20-22

Genesis 28:20-22 Jacob and Esau are very like men that we meet every day commonplace, ordinary men, neither of them distinguished in character or ability. They were children of a weak father and of a crafty mother. Neither of them has any special religiousness. In the case of Esau the sensuous half of the man is all that could be desired, the spiritual half is altogether wanting. The natural half of Jacob's character is far less noble than that of Esau, but there were also in him certain... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 28:20-22

DISCOURSE: 46JACOB’S VOWGenesis 28:20-22. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.IT is thought by many, that it is wrong to make any kind of vows. But the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:1-22

Chapter 28So Isaac called Jacob, and he blessed him, and he charged him, and he said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, and go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from there of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother ( Genesis 28:1-2 ).Now evidently, they were able to keep some kind of a communication perhaps by the caravans that would travel. You'd give a letter and it will be carried and you'd-and they would... read more

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