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Genesis 28:7-17

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7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
8 So Esau saw that 1the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
9 and Esau went to Ishmael, and married *, 2besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

Jacob's Dream

10 Then Jacob departed from 3Beersheba and went toward 4Haran.
11 He came to a 5certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place.
12 6He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, 7the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
13 And behold, 8the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD, 9the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it 10to you and to 11your descendants.
14 "Your descendants will also be like 12the dust of the earth, and you will spread out 13to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and 14in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 "Behold, 15I am with you and 16will keep you wherever * you go, and 17will bring you back to this land; for 18I will not leave you until * I have done what I have promised you."
16 Then Jacob 19awoke from his sleep and said, "20Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it."
17 He was afraid and said, "21How awesome is this place! This is none other than * the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
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Genesis 28:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 28

In this chapter an account is given of the charge Isaac gave to Jacob not to marry a Canaanitess, but to go to Padanaram, and take a wife from his mother's family, and of his blessing him before he sent him away, Ge 28:1-5; of the notice that Esau took of this blessing and charge, which led him to take a wife of the family of Ishmael, Ge 28:6-9; of the dream of the ladder, which Jacob had in his way to Haran, Ge 28:10-12; of the blessing which God conferred upon him there, Ge 28:13-15; of the awfulness of the place upon his awaking, and of his erecting a pillar in it, and giving a name to it, Ge 28:16-19; and of the vow he made to God, should he be supplied with the necessaries of life, and be kept in safety by him, Ge 28:20-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 21

  • 1. Genesis 24:3; Genesis 26:34, 35; Genesis 27:46
  • 2. Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:2
  • 3. Genesis 26:23
  • 4. Genesis 12:4, 5; Genesis 27:43
  • 5. Genesis 28:19
  • 6. Genesis 41:1; Numbers 12:6
  • 7. John 1:51
  • 8. Genesis 35:1; Amos 7:7
  • 9. Genesis 26:3, 24
  • 10. Genesis 13:15, 17; Genesis 26:3
  • 11. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18
  • 12. Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:17
  • 13. Genesis 13:14, 15
  • 14. Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4
  • 15. Genesis 26:3, 24; Genesis 31:3
  • 16. Numbers 6:24; Ps 121:5, 7, 8
  • 17. Genesis 48:21; Deuteronomy 30:3
  • 18. Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 7:9; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8
  • 19. 1 Kings 3:15; Jeremiah 31:26
  • 20. Exodus 3:4-6; Joshua 5:13-15; Psalms 139:7-12
  • 21. Psalms 68:35

Footnotes 11

  • [a] Lit "in the eyes of his"
  • [b] Lit "took for his wife"
  • [c] Lit "lighted on"
  • [d] Lit "the place"
  • [e] Lit "at his head-place"
  • [f] Or "beside him"
  • [g] Lit "seed"
  • [h] Lit "seed"
  • [i] Lit "break through"
  • [j] Lit "seed"
  • [k] Lit "spoken to"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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