1 Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.
6 Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.
10 Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.
18 The stone of Beth-el.
20 Jacob's vow.

blessed. 3,4 27:4,27-33 48:15 49:28 De 33:1 Jos 22:7

Thou shalt. 6:2 24:3,37 26:34,35 27:46 34:9,16 Ex 34:15,16 2Co 6:14-16

2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

Arise. Ho 12:12

Padan-aram. 5 22:20-23 24:10,15-24 25:20 29:1 31:18 32:10 35:9 46:15

Laban. 24:29,50

3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

God. 17:1-6 22:17,18 35:11 43:14 48:3 Ex 6:3 Ps 127:1 2Co 6:18 Re 21:22

and make. 1:28 9:1 13:16 24:60 41:52 Ps 127:3-5 128:1-6

a multitude. Heb. an assembly.

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 stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

the blessing. 12:1-3,7 15:5-7 17:6-8 22:17,18 Ps 72:17 Ro 4:7,8 Ga 3:8,14 Eph 1:3

wherein thou art a stranger. Heb. of thy sojournings. 17:8

which. 12:7 13:14-17 15:18-21 Ps 39:12 105:6-12 Heb 11:9-13

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

sent away Jacob. Whoever observes Jacob's life, after he had surreptitiously obtained his father's blessing, will perceive that he enjoyed very little worldly felicity. His brother purposed to murder him, to avoid which he was forced to flee from his father's house; his uncle Laban deceived him, as he had deceived his father, and treated him with great rigour; after a servitude of 21 years, he was obliged to leave him in a clandestine manner, not without danger of being brought back, or murdered by his enraged brother; no sooner were these fears over, than he experienced the baseness of his son Reuben, in defiling his bed; he had next to bewail the treachery and cruelty of Simeon and Levi toward the Shechemites; then he had to feel the loss of his beloved wife; he was next imposed upon by his own sons, and had to lament the supposed untimely end of Joseph; and to complete all, he was forced by famine to go into Egypt, and there died, in a strange land. So just, wonderful, and instructive are all the ways of Providence!

Padan-aram. See 2

6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Esau. 27:33

Thou. See 1

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

27:43 Ex 20:12 Le 19:3 Pr 1:8 30:17 Eph 6:1,3 Col 3:20

8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

the daughters. 1 24:3 26:34,35

pleased not. Heb. were evil in the eyes. 1Sa 8:6

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

unto Ishmael. 25:13-17 36:3,13,18

Mahalath. called also, Bashemath. 36:3

the sister.

10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

11:31 32:10 Ho 12:12 Ac 7:2 25:13

11 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, and lay down in that place to sleep.

took. 18 31:46 Mt 8:20 2Co 1:5

put them. This should be 'put it;' for we find (ver. 18) it was only one stone.

12 And he dreamed, and behold a 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.

he dreamed. 15:1,12 20:3,6,7 37:5-11 40:1-41:57 Nu 12:6 Job 4:12-21 Job 33:15,16 Da 2:1-49 4:1-37 7:1 Mt 1:20 2:12,13,19 Heb 1:1

ladder. 32:1,2 2Ch 16:9 Isa 41:10 Joh 1:51 2Ti 4:16,17 Heb 1:14

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 will I give it, and to thy seed;

the Lord stood. 35:1,6,7 48:3

I am. 15:1 17:6,7 26:24 31:42 32:9 46:3 Ex 3:6,15,16 Mt 22:32 Heb 11:16

the land. 4 12:7 13:15 35:12,15,17 Ps 105:11 Eze 37:24,25 Ac 7:5

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 earth be blessed.

thy seed. 13:16 32:12 35:11,12 Nu 23:10 Ac 3:25 Re 7:4,9

spread abroad. Heb. break forth. to the west. 13:14 De 12:20 Mt 8:11

and in thee. 12:3 18:18 22:18 26:4 Ps 72:17 Ac 3:25 Ga 3:8,16 Eph 1:3

15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

I am. 20,21 26:24 31:3 32:9 39:2,21 46:4 Ex 3:12 Jud 6:16 Ps 46:7,11 Isa 7:14 8:10 41:10 43:2 Jer 1:19 Mt 18:20 28:20 Ro 8:31,32 1Ti 4:8

keep. 48:16 Ps 121:5-8

bring. 35:6,7

for I. De 31:6 Jos 1:5 1Ki 8:57 Joh 10:28,29 Heb 13:5,6 Jude 1:1

until. Nu 23:19 Jos 23:14-16 Mt 24:35

16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

and I. Ex 3:5 15:11 Jos 5:15 1Sa 3:4-7 Job 9:11 33:14 Ps 68:35 Isa 8:13

17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

he was. Ex 3:6 Jud 13:22 Mt 17:6 Lu 2:9 8:35 Re 1:17

the house. 22 35:1-13 2Ch 5:14 Ec 5:1 1Ti 3:15 Heb 10:21 1Pe 4:17

18 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.

rose up. 22:3 Ps 119:60 Ec 9:10

and took. The practice of setting up stones as a memorial by travellers still exists in Persia, and other parts of the East.

set it. 31:13,45 35:14,20 Jos 24:26,27 1Sa 7:12 2Sa 18:18 Isa 19:19

poured. Le 8:10-12 Nu 7:1

19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

the name. 12:8 35:1 48:3 Jud 1:22-26 1Ki 12:29 Ho 4:15 12:4,5

Beth-el. i.e., the house of God.

20 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,

vowed. 31:13 Le 27:1-34 Nu 6:1-20 21:2,3 Jud 11:30,31 1Sa 1:11,28 1Sa 14:24 2Sa 15:8 Ne 9:1-10:39 Ps 22:25 56:12 61:5,8 66:13 Ps 76:11 116:14,18 119:106 132:2 Ec 5:1-7 Isa 19:21 Joh 1:16 Ac 18:18 23:12-15

If God. See on ver. 15

will give. 1Ti 6:8

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

I come. Jud 11:31 2Sa 19:24,30

then. Ex 15:2 De 26:17 2Sa 15:8 2Ki 5:17

22 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.

God's. 17 12:8 21:33 33:20 35:1,15

I will. 14:20 Le 27:30-33 De 14:22,23