43 to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, 44 flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; And tarry with him a 45 few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence why 46 should I be deprived also of you both in one day? And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of company. 1 Sa. xxx. 15. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; yet his meat in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him. Job xx. 12. 14. They encourage themselves in an evil matter: "they" ("David's enemies") commune of laying snares privily: they say, Who shall see them? Ps. Ixiv. 5. Discretion shall deliver thee from the way of the wicked, who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked. Pr. ii. 14. For "they" ("the wicked") sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. Pr. iv. 16. 17. 43 Obey my voice.] See verse 8. 13. (Esau saw) that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram. Ge. xxviii. 7. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Pr. xxx. 17. The words of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment. Xxxv. 14. We (said Peter and the other apostles) ought to obey God rather than man. Ac. v. xxix. Je. Haran.] See chap. xi. 31. and com. And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Ge. xii. 5. And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. Ge. xxviii. 10. 44 A few days.] This twenty years have I been with "thee" (" said Jacob to Laban"). Ge. xxxi. 38. 45 Then I will send.] There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. Pr. xix. 21. Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? La. iii. 37. Go to, now ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that. Ja. iv. 13. 15. Why should I be deprived.] Cain rose up against his brother and slew him; and Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod. Ge. iv. 16. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; Because of the daughters of Heth.] See my life Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall do me? CHAPTER XXVIII. AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and 1 said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy 2 mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. And God Almighty bless thee, 3 and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a chap. xxvi. 34, 35. and com. Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father, took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael to be his wife. Ge. xxviii. 8, 9. If Jacob take a wife, &c.] See chap. xxiv. 3. and com. com. God CHAP. XXVIII.-1 Blessed him.] Almighty bless thee (said Isaac to Jacob), and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and give thee the blessing of Abraham. Ge. xxviii. 3, 4. See chap. xxvii. 4. 27. 33. and Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them. Jos. xxii. 7. Thou shalt not take a wife.] See chap. vi. 2. ; xxiv. 3. and com. And my master (Abraham) made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell. Ge. xxiv. 37: xxvi. 34, 35. and com. xxvii. 46. and com. And make ye marriages with "us" (said "the Shechemites"), and take our daughters unto you" ("Jacob," &c.); then will we (said Jacob deceitfully to Hamor) give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. Ge. xxxiv. 9. 16. The Lord is a jealous God (said Moses): take heed lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons. Ex. xxxiv. 15, 16. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness: and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God. 2 Co. vi. 14. 16. 2 Arise.] And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. Ho. xii. 12. Padan-aram.] See chap. xxviii. 8.; xxii. 20. 23. and com. xxiv. 10. 15. 24. and com. And he (Jacob) carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. Ge. xxxi. 18. For 1 (Jacob) am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Ge. xxxii. 10. And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. Ge. xxxv. 9. These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and daughters were thirty and three souls. Ge. xlvi. 15. Laban.] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto "the man" (" Abraham's servant"), unto the well. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak to thee bad or good. Ge. xxiv. 29. 50. 3 God Almighty bless thee.] See chap. xvii. 1. 6. and com.; xxii. 17, 18. and com. xxxv. 11. and com. And God Almighty give you (Judah) mercy before the man (said Jacob), that he may send away your other brother (Simeon) and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. Ge. xliii. 14. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. Ge. xlviii. 3. I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. Ex. vi. 3. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Ps. cxxvii. 1. And I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 2 Co. vi. 18. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. Re. xxi. 22. And make thee fruitful.] See chap. i. 23. ix. 1.; xiii. 16.; xxiv. 60. and com. on each. And the name of the second (son) called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of "my" ("Joseph's) affliction. Ge. xli. 52. Lo, children are an 4 multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land 5 wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and 6 Esau's mother. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou 7 shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac 9 his father; then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, 10 the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. And Jacob went out from 11 Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Ps. cxxvii. 3. 5. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Ps. cxxviii. 3. &c. com. 4 The blessing of Abraham.] See chap. xii. 1. 3. 7. and com.; xv. 5. 7.; xvii. 6. 8. and His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Ps. lxxii. 17. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered: blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Ro. iv. 7, 8. The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ. Ga. iii. 8. 14. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Ep. i. 3. Which God gave unto Abraham, &c.] See chap. xii. 7.; xiii. 14. 17.; xv. 18. 21. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my ery; hold not thy peace at my tears; for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Ps. xxxix. 12. O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen (he is the Lord our God). When they (Israel) were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. When they went from one nation to another, he suffered no man to do them wrong. Ps. cv. 6. 12, 13, 14. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country: these (“Abraham and the other Patriarchs") all died in the faith, not having received the pro- 6 When Esau saw that Isaac, &c.] And xx. 12. iii. 20. 8 The daughters of Canaan.] See verse }, with com. Pleased not Isaac.] But "the thing" ("the Israelites asking a king") displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. 1 Sa. viii. 6. 9 Unto Ishmael, &c.] See chap. xxv. 13. 17. and com.; xxvi. 34. and com. The sister of Nebajoth, &c.] See chap. xxv. 13. and com. 11 And he took of the stones.] And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. Ge. xxviii. 18. And Jacob said unto and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and be- 12 hold a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the 13 Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. Ge. xxxi. 46. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Mat. viii. 20. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 2 Co. i. 5. 12 He dreamed.] See chap. xv. 1. 12. and com.; xx, 3. 6, 7. And they (Joseph's brethren) said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Ge. xxxvii. 19. Then a Spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. Job iv. 15. 18. 21. "Then" ("in a dream") he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction. Job xxxiii. 16. In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Da. ii. 1, &c. I saw a dream which made "me" ("Nebuchadnezzar') afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. Da. iv. 5, &c. In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matter. Da. vii. 1. When Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. Mat. ii. 19. A ladder.] And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them he said, This is God's host; and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Ge. xxxii. 1, 2. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. 2 Ch. xvi. 9. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee: yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Is. xli. 10. And "he" ("Jesus") saith unto "him" (“Nathanael"), Verily, verily, I say unto you, hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John i. 51. At my first answer no man stood with me (Paul), but all men forsook me. I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 2 Ti. iv. 16, 17. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? He. i. 14. 13 The Lord stood above it.] And 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. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, (that is Bethel) he, and all the people that were with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Ge. xxxv. 1. 6, 7. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. Ge. xlviii. 3. I am the Lord God of Abraham.] See chap. xv. 1. and com.; xvii. 6, 7.; xxvi. 24. and com. Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had been with me, surely thou hadst (said Jacob to Laban) sent me away now empty. God hath seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. Ge. xxxi. 42. And Jacob said, Ŏ God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. Ge. xxxii. 9, 10. And he said, I am the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. Ge. xlvi. 3. I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob: and Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. Ex. iii. 6. The land whereon thou liest, &c.] See verse 4.; chap. xiii. 15. and com. And they journeyed from Beth-el: and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. Ge. xxxv. 16, 17. Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance. Ps. cv. 11. And David my servant shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall all walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them: and they shall dwell in the land which I have given unto Jacob 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the 15 earth be blessed. And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this ever. my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt: and they shall dwell therein, even they and their children and their children's children for Ez. xxxvii. 24, 25. He gave "him" ("Abraham") none inheritance in it (the land), no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. Ac. vii. 5. 14 Thy seed shall be, &c.] See chap. xiii. 16, and com. And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee (Jacob) will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. Ge. xxxv. 12. Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Acts iii. 25. And I heard the number of them which were sealed, and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Re. vii. 4. To the west.] See chap. xiii. 14, and com. When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border (Israel), as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh (because thy soul longeth to eat flesh); thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. De. xii. 20. And I say unto you (said Jesus), That many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. Mat. viii. 11. And in thee and in thy seed.] See chap. xii. 3. xviii. 18. with their com. 15 I am with thee.] 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. Ge. xxviii. 20, 21. See chap. xxvi. 24, and com. And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee. Ge. xxxi. 3. Return to thy country (said the Lord to Jacob), and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee. Ge. xxxii. 9. "His" ("Joseph's") "master ("Potiphar") saw that the Lord was with him. The Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy. Ge. xxxix. 3. 21. I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will also surely bring thee up again. Ge. xlvi. 4. And "he" ("the Lord") said (unto Moses), Certainly I will be with thee. Ex. iii. 12. And the Lord said unto “him” (“ Gideon”), Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. Ju. vi. 16. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Ps. xlvi. 7. 11. The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel. Is. vii. 14. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand for God is with us. Is. viii. 10. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail, for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. Je. i. 19. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Mat. xviii, 20. And lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Mat. xxviii. 20. If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Ro. viii. 31, 32. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 Ti. iv. 8. Keep thee.] The angel which redeemed me from all evil (said Jacob) bless "the lads" (" Ephraim and Manasseh”), and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Ge. xlviii. 16. The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand; the Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. Ps. cxxi. 5. 8. Bring thee again, &c.] So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, (that is, Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. Ge. xxxv. 6. I will not leave thee.] Blessed shalt thou (the obedient) be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. De. xxviii. 6. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with thee (Joshua): I will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Jos. i. 5. The Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us nor forsake us (said Solomon). 1 Ki viii. 57. I give unto “them” (“my sheep," said Jesus) eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. My Father which gave them me is greater than all, and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. John x. 28, 29. I will never leave thee nor forsake thee, so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. He. xiii. 5, 6. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. 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