Sermons & Devotionals by Geneva Study Bible

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. 28:4 And give thee the blessing o... Read More

29:1 Then Jacob a went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. (a) Or, "lifted up his feet". 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, b and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] ... Read More

3:1 Now the serpent was more a subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he b said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (a) As Satan can change himself into an angel of light, so did he abuse the wisdom of the serpent to deceive ... Read More

30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in a God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (a) It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and therefore I am not at fault. 30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall be... Read More

31:1 And he heard the a words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory. (a) The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the covetous think that whatever they cannot take, ... Read More

32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, a This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. (a) He acknowledges God's benefits: who for the preservation of his, sends hosts of angels. 32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my b lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob sai... Read More

33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he a divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. (a) That if the one part were assailed, the other might escape. 33:3 And he passed over before them, and b bowed... Read More

34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, a went out to see the daughters of the land. (a) This example teaches us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth. 34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, b Get me this damsel to wife. (b) This proves that the con... Read More

35:1 And a God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. (a) God is ever at hand to comfort his people in their troubles. 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to al... Read More

36:1 Now these [are] a the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom. (a) This genealogy declares that Esau was blessed physically and that his father's blessing took place in worldly things. 36:2 Esau took his wives of the b daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the da... Read More

37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a a stranger, in the land of Canaan. (a) That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family as in (Genesis 5:1) 37:2 These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren... Read More

38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that a Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah. (a) Moses describes the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come from him. 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name... Read More

39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an a officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. (a) See (Genesis 37:36). 39:2 And the b LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was i... Read More

4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she a conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man b from the LORD. (a) Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it was changed. (b) That is, according to the Lord's... Read More

40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where a Joseph [was] bound. (a) God works in many wonderful ways to deliver his own. 40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, b each man according to the interpretati... Read More

41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh a dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. (a) This dream was not so much for Pharaoh, as is was a means to deliver Joseph and to provide for God's Church. 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the b second time: and, behold, seven ears... Read More

42:1 Now when a Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye b look one upon another? (a) This story shows plainly that all things are governed by God's providence for the profit of his Church. (b) As men destitute of counsel. 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he k... Read More

43:1 And the a famine [was] sore in the land. (a) This was a great temptation to Jacob to suffer such a great famine in the land where God had promised to bless him. 43:12 And take b double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your ... Read More

44:2 And a put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. (a) We may not use this example to justify any unlawful practices, seeing God has commanded us to walk in simplicity. 44:5 [Is] not this [it] in wh... Read More

45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, a Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. (a) Not because he was ashamed of his kindred, but rather because he wanted to cover hi... Read More