Genesis 28:11-21

11 He came to a ¹certain 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 ²He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, ³the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

13 And behold, ⁴the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD, ⁵the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it ⁶to you and to ⁷your descendants.

14 "Your descendants will also be like ⁸the dust of the earth, and you will spread out ⁹to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and ¹⁰in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

15 "Behold, ¹¹I am with you and ¹²will keep you wherever * you go, and ¹³will bring you back to this land; for ¹⁴I will not leave you until * I have done what I have promised you."

16 Then Jacob ¹⁵awoke from his sleep and said, "¹⁶Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it."

17 He was afraid and said, "¹⁷How awesome is this place! This is none other than * the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

18 So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took ¹⁸the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top.

19 He called the name of that place ¹⁹Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been ²⁰Luz.

20 Then Jacob ²¹made a vow, saying, "²²If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me ²³food to eat and garments to wear,

21 and ²⁴I return to my father's house in safety, ²⁵then the LORD will be my God.

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Genesis 28:11-21 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

Cross References 25

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

Footnotes 15

[a]. Lit "lighted on"
[b]. Lit "the place"
[c]. Lit "at his head-place"
[d]. Or "beside him"
[e]. Lit "seed"
[f]. Lit "seed"
[g]. Lit "break through"
[h]. Lit "seed"
[i]. Lit "spoken to"
[j]. Lit "at his head-place"
[k]. I.e. the house of God
[l]. Lit "at the first"
[m]. Lit "go"
[n]. Lit "bread"
[o]. Lit "peace"

Genesis 28:11-21

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Genesis 28:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 28

Cross References 25

Footnotes 15