Genesis 28:11-16

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

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:1-22

JACOB SENT TO PADAN-ARAM Though scripture tells us that Isaac loved Esau, he had not done as Abraham had in making sure that Isaac's wife was of his own kindred. Rebekah's words to him now evidently awaken him out of such laxity, and he called Jacob and charged him that he must not take a wife of the Canaanites, but must rather go to Padan-aram and take a wife from the kindred of his grandfather, in fact one of the daughters of Jacob's uncle Laban (v.2). Today a marriage of cousins is not... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:1-22

JACOB AND ESAU THE DEFRAUDED BIRTHRIGHT (Genesis 25:19-34 ) As we read the introductory part of this chapter, we are impressed that many of the mothers of the notable men of the Bible were for a long while childless: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and the mothers of Samson, Samuel and John the Baptist. Was this that their faith might be proved? We wonder, too, what is meant by the statement that Rebekah “went to inquire of Jehovah.” There seems to have been some way, even in that early time,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 28:1-22

The Dream of Jacob Gen 28:10-22 Although Isaac lived sixty-three years after his deception, the remainder of the book of Genesis is occupied mainly with the history of Jacob and members of his family. It is wonderful to mark how suddenly, and sometimes almost contemptuously, men are displaced in history, and especially how some lives that opened in marvellousness pass away in commonplace or obscurity. So we cannot calculate the end from the beginning; we cannot say, Given such a dawn and we... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 28:11

Perhaps never one apparently more forlorn and friendless, when he lay down. Perhaps never one more blessed, before he rose up. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 28:12

In the early ages, a very usual method, in which the Lord communicated himself to his people, was by visions and dreams. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 28:13

Is not this a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus? Are not all revelations of God to man, made through the medium of Jesus Christ? John 1:18 . Did not this ladder represent the constancy of the communication kept open between the Lord and his people? The top reaching to heaven, representing the divine nature of Christ; and the bottom resting on the earth, his human nature. And the angels of God ascending and descending, do they not confirm that scripture, Hebrews 1:14 ? And throw a light upon that... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 28:14

Observe how at every renewed visit of the Lord to his people, that first, and best of covenant mercies, is again confirmed: Genesis 17:7 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 28:15

All promises are in Christ, and with Christ; all promises are connected. And Reader! do not forget how the Holy Ghost taught the church to apply his to all Christ's seed. Hebrews 13:5-6 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 28:16

What gracious effects divine manifestations leave on the mind! Reader! would you know whether the Lord hath revealed himself to your heart? Look within. See what hath God wrought! What traces hath the Holy Spirit left behind. Jacob felt surprise, holy fear, gracious assurance, devout meltings of the heart towards God, solemn dedications of the soul, and the warmest thanksgivings. read more

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