Genesis 28
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Genesis 28:12-22

121He hadH2492 a dreamH2492, and beholdH2009, a ladderH5551 was setH5324 on the earthH776 with its topH7218 reachingH5060 to heavenH8064; and beholdH2009, 2the angelsH4397 of GodH430 were ascendingH5927 and descendingH3381 on it. 13And beholdH2009, 3the LordH3068 stoodH5324 4aboveH5921 it and saidH559, “I am the LordH3068, 5the GodH430 of your fatherH1 AbrahamH85 and the GodH430 of IsaacH3327; the landH776 on whichH834 you lieH7901, I will giveH5414 it 6to you and to 7your 8descendantsH2233. 14Your 9descendantsH2233 will also be like 10the dustH6083 of the earthH776, and you will 11spreadH6555 out 12to the westH3220 and to the eastH6924 and to the northH6828 and to the southH5045; and 13in you and in your 14descendantsH2233 shall allH3605 the familiesH4940 of the earthH127 be blessedH1288. 15BeholdH2009, 15I am with you and 16will keepH8104 you whereverH3605H834 you goH1980, and 17will bringH7725 you backH7725 to thisH2088 landH127; for 18I will not leaveH5800 you untilH5704H834 I have doneH6213 whatH834 I have 19promisedH1696 you.” 16Then JacobH3290 20awokeH3364 from his sleepH8142 and saidH559, “21SurelyH403 the LordH3068 is in thisH2088 placeH4725, and I did not knowH3045 it.” 17He was afraidH3372 and saidH559, “22HowH4100 awesomeH3372 is thisH2088 placeH4725! ThisH2088 is noneH369 otherH369 thanH3588H518 the houseH1004 of GodH430, and thisH2088 is the gateH8179 of heavenH8064.”

18So JacobH3290 roseH7925 earlyH7925 in the morningH1242, and tookH3947 23the stoneH68 that he had putH7760 24under his headH4763 and setH7760 it up as a pillarH4676 and pouredH3332 oilH8081 on its topH7218. 19He calledH7121 the nameH8034 of that placeH4725 2526BethelH1008; howeverH199, 27previouslyH7223 the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 had been 28LuzH3870. 20Then JacobH3290 29madeH5087 a vowH5088, sayingH559, “30IfH518 GodH430 will be with me and will keepH8104 me on thisH2088 journeyH1870 that I 31takeH1980, and will giveH5414 me 3233foodH3899 to eatH398 and garmentsH899 to wearH3847, 21and 34I returnH7725 to my father’sH1 houseH1004 in 35safetyH7965, 36then the LordH3068 will be my GodH430. 22ThisH2088 stoneH68, whichH834 I have setH7760 up as a pillarH4676, 37will be God’sH430 houseH1004, and 38of allH3605 that You giveH5414 me I will surelyH6237 giveH6237 a tenthH6237 to You.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 28:12 Gen 41:1; Num 12:6 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 28:12 John 1:51 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 28:13 Gen 35:1; Amos 7:7 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 28:13 Or beside him ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 28:13 Gen 26:3, 24 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 28:13 Gen 13:15, 17; 26:3 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 28:13 Gen 12:7; 15:18 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 28:13 Lit seed ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 28:14 Gen 13:16; 22:17 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 28:14 Lit break through ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 28:14 Gen 13:14, 15 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 28:14 Gen 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 28:15 Gen 26:3, 24; 31:3 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 28:15 Num 6:24; Ps 121:5, 7, 8 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 28:15 Gen 48:21; Deut 30:3 ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 28:15 Num 23:19; Deut 7:9; 31:6, 8 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 28:15 Lit spoken to ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 28:16 1 Kin 3:15; Jer 31:26 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 28:16 Ex 3:4-6; Josh 5:13-15; Ps 139:7-12 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 28:17 Ps 68:35 ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 28:18 Gen 28:11; 35:14 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 28:18 Lit at his head-place ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 28:19 I.e. the house of God ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 28:19 Judg 1:23 ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 28:19 Lit at the first ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 28:19 Gen 35:6; 48:3 ↩
  29. 29. Genesis 28:20 Gen 31:13; Judg 11:30; 2 Sam 15:8 ↩
  30. 30. Genesis 28:20 Gen 28:15 ↩
  31. 31. Genesis 28:20 Lit go ↩
  32. 32. Genesis 28:20 Lit bread ↩
  33. 33. Genesis 28:20 1 Tim 6:8 ↩
  34. 34. Genesis 28:21 Judg 11:31 ↩
  35. 35. Genesis 28:21 Lit peace ↩
  36. 36. Genesis 28:21 Deut 26:17 ↩
  37. 37. Genesis 28:22 Gen 35:7 ↩
  38. 38. Genesis 28:22 Lev 27:30; Deut 14:22 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 28

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