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John Gill
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, Genesis 28:1; of the notice that Esau took of this blessing and charge, which led him to take a wife of the family of Ishmael, Genesis 28:6; of the dream of...
John Gill
And he dreamed,.... As he slept; not a common dream, but under divine direction and influence: and, behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: denoting either the providence of God, and the various steps of it, bringing about his own glory and the good of his people; and which is steady, firm, and sure, and reaches to all things here on earth; and in an especial...
Matthew Henry
We have here, I. Jacob parting with his parents, to go to Padan-aram; the charge his father gave him (ver. 1, 2), the blessing he sent him away with (ver. 3, 4), his obedience to the orders given him (ver. 5, 10), and the influence this had upon Esau, ver. 6-9. II. Jacob meeting with God, and his communion with him by the way. And there, 1. His vision of the ladder, ver. 11, 12. 2. The gracious...