PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Genesis
Thomas Whitelaw [1840-1917] · 541,608 words · 594 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Genesis — Section 361
The thigh, llS the source of posterity (cf. eh. the Euphrates generally), and to my kindred, xxxv. 11 ; xlvi. 26 ; Exod. i 5), has been and ta.ke a wife unto my son Isaac. Though regarded as ~inting to Abraham's future enforced by religions considerations, this descendants (Keil, Kalisch, Lange), and in injunction to b…
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HOMILETICS. Ver~. 1-9.-A bride for the heir.-1. Abr.aluim. and_Eliezer, or the mission for tlte bride. I. THE TRUSTY MESSENGER. 1. His designation. (1) From official posi- tion, n servant. (2) From venerable age, the old man or ancient of the house. . (3) Pro~ su~erior dignity, _the steward or ruler over Abraham's …
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HOMILIES DY VARIOUS .AUTHORS. Ch. xxiv.-T/Ul unfolding of the Divine pm-pose. I. TnE EXPANDED DLEssrna. The first line of the web of sacred history stretcfics itself out to l\Iesopotnmia. The aged patriarch, blessed of Jehovah in all things, is fading from our sight. \Ve must look on a new generation and see the bl…
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EXPOSITION. Yer. l 0. -And the servant took ten cameh nrose, a.nd went-if 11,Jong tho clirect rnute, of the camels of his master,-to bear the then " through Palestine along tho west presents for the bride, to enhnnce the dignity side of the Jordan and the lakes, into the c,f Ids mission, and to serve as o. mealll! of…
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ield or plain, a.a in eh, xxv. 20. The lattor upon a sign by which God should enable \g not an Elohistic expression as distin- him to detect the bride designed for Isaac. guished from the former, whic~ some ascribe Behold, I stand here by the well of water ;- to the Jehovist (Knobel, et alii), but 11 more literally, Be…
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hip (vid.e Thomson, 'Laud and Book,' p. Lange, Calvin)-held his peaoe, to wit-i. e. 592). that he might know-silence being tho cus- VeT. 16.-And the damsel was very fair tomary attitude fo1 tho soul in either ox• to look upon. Liternlly, r,ood of counten- pecting or receiving 11, Di vino communication ance, like Sarah…
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concubine (cf. vor. 15)-whioh she bare unto his grace (i.e. the free favour which be.~tow~) Nabor. This appears to have been tho stage and his truth (i. e. the faithfulness which Rt which the jewels W01"0 presented (ver. 47). implements promises)/rCi77! (=from the honso She said moreover UDto him, We have both of, as i…
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HO:'!IILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. \-er. 21.-Eliezer, or a W'lje--seel,:er. "And the man wondering at her held Iii~ peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not." "The man " spoken of was probably the Eliezer of Damascus mentioned in eh. xv. 2. He had been s~lected by Abraham to be his heir, but of…
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shn.cle from the palms a.va.ils not now to break the fierce rays of the a11n SP,l);ing ~o rapidly in the west. Long shndows are over the landscape. Eliezer stands with the golden light about him. He feels that this may be the moment of great import. Clasping firmly his hands, and lifting fervently his face heavenward, …
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in part ne will also answer fully. God's dealings should always induce awe and patient waiting. He will often surprise us with the blessings of goodness. In our lives we have probably known like surprisingly rapid answers to prayer. Wo hrn-e even disbelieved in the answer. What if God had withdrawn. the help or bles…
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Wherefore ate.ndeat thou without l (as if Divine .Providence; 11 proof of the under. bis not ncceptini;: Rebeknh's invitation were lying piety of those descendants of N ahor. almost a reflection on the hospitality of Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and the house of Abraham's kinsmen) for (lit- go,-that the…
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HOMILETICS. ~·crs. 29-60.-A bride for the lteir.-3. Eliezer and_La_ban_, or proposals Joi· the hrule. I. THE UOSPITADLE BROTHER. I. Tlie eager invitation. 11 Uome in 1 thou blessed of the Lord!" (1) The speaker was Laban, Tiebekah'e brother w ho on h~nring his siste_r's call _had hurried to the well. (2) The !flOti…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTIIORS. Ver. 30.-Laban's eye of greed. "And when he saw the bracelets," &c. One thing moved Laban to offer hospitality to a stranger-the vision of gold on his sister's form. J. COVETOUSNESS MAKES A MAN CALCULATING WHEN APPEARING TO DE GENEROUS. Laban had not been so pressingly urgent in bis invi…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 61.-And Rebekah arose (expressive on the Negeb (vide cl1. xii. 9). Abmhum of the promptitude, celerity, and decision of may by this time have removed from Hebl'on ; her departure), and her de.msels,-probnbly., or, If Hebron bo included iu the south e. company, at least two, though Laban after- country…
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''.·as perfor(~ed by Eliezer, who, by his re~ital of" all things that ho liad done," prno !1cally certitied that Rebeknl1 was. the maiden whom Jehovah had pNvided, nnd now m formnl 11ct hnnded o:er to lu;11 to be his wife. 2. Tlie takir.g qf tlie b1-ide. "~saac took ~ebe½nh," i. e. pub_hcly and solemnly accepted her…
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CHAPTER XXV. Ven 5, G.-And Abraham gave all that he had unto Iaaao. I. e. constih1tetl him Ver. 1. -Then again Abraham took a wife, his chief heir, according to previous Divin" -literally, and Abraham added and took a appointment (eh. xv. 4), and made over to w~fd (i. e. n secondary wife, or concubine, him thn bulk o…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-11.-The last days of Abraham. I. AnnAHAM's OLD AGE. 1. The talcing of a second wife. ( 1) Her name: Keturah, recorded because of her relationship to Abraham. Connection with God's people confers honours as well as privileges. (2) Her marriage: of the second degree. Succeeding to Sarah's mr.!riag…
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§ 8. THE GENERATIONS OF lsHMAEL (ea. XXV. 12-18). EXPOSITION. Ver. 12.-Now these are the generations Arabia, on the edge or the Syrian ,lo!ert of Ishmael,-the opening of a new section (Gesenius); mentioned in Isa. xxi. 11-and (cf. eh, ii. 4), in which the fortunes of .A.bra- Massa,-" Burtlen ; " north-enst of Dunut l…
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HOmLETICS. Yers. 12-18. -The gene?·ations of IslimG£-l, or the biograp/iy of a prince. I. THE l'RINCE's NA.ME. Ishmael. 1. The si,gniji,cance of his name. "God hears." It was thus a perpetual reminder to its bearer of a grand religious truth, that God is essentially a hearer of prayer, and that he is never far from…
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§ D. 'l'IIE GEKERATIONS OF ISAAC (CB. XXV 19-xxxv. 29). EXPOSITION. Ver. 1!>.-And these nrc the generations having been Jcsignecl to show partly that of Isaac, Abraham's son. Tho usual formula "children are thtl heritage of the Lord" (Ps. for the opening of a new section (cf. eh. ii. cxxvii. 3), but chiefly that the …
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people shall bo separated fl'om thy bowels; Ver. 26. -And after that Cl&me hia brother -lit,m,lly, and two peoples from thy bowels out, and his baud took bold on Esau's beol. (or womb) are sepamted, i. e. proceeding The inf. constr. standing for the finito verb from thv womb, they shall be divided from (Ewald's 'Heb…
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husband's. Husbands and wives should be help.era, not hinderera, of each other's prayers. 3. Tlie gracious response. "The Lord was entreated of Isaac, and Rebekah conceived." Noto the character of God as the Hearer of prayer, the habitual practice of God, which is to listen to his people's Rupplications, the power whic…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 27.-And the boys grew: and Esau of tho cider of tho two brothors-and 1acob was a cunning hunter,-literally, skilled in huntiWJ; ei3w, ~IJV7/)'Eiv (LXX.); qnai-us = w11s a plain man,-Cll;l a1rX.11<1ro, (LXX.) ; simplex (Vulgate) ; integer, i. c. mitis, of venandi (Vulgate); a sportsman-a man of mild…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 27-84.-The twin 'brothers. I. THE GROWING LADS. 1. .Diverse in daily calling. Esau elected to follow the adventurous and roving life of a hunter; Jacob, the simpler and lees exciting occupation of keeping sheep. The principles that guided their respective choices are not explained ; but, like the se…
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Ver. 32.-Esau, the spiritually indifferent. "What profit shall the birthright do to me? " There was very much in Esau which would be greatly admired. He was of good humour, off-handed, manly, open, daring, and fond of field sports. He, and not Jacob, would in society have carried off the palm. He was a fair sample o…
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emP.hatic "no; " say, " I will rather dio than pflrt with that.•· Esau may have even smiled at Jacob for caring so much about that which was of such little worth to hiir A deprnved heart made him profane, indifferent, ungrateful, and rash. II. A TIME IS SURE TO COME WHEN THE GOOD WE UNDERVALUED BECOMES OF GREATEST WOR…
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CHAPTER XXVI. for himself. Dwell in the land which I will tell thee of (i. e. Philistia, as appears from Ver. 1.-And there was a famine in the the preceding verse). la.nd (of Canaan), beside the first (i. e. first Ver. 3.-Sojoum in this land,-ru., Pbi- recorded) famine that wa.s in the days of listia (Murphy, Alfor…
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HOMILETICS. Vera. 1-6.-A good man's perplexity. I. T11& CONTEMl'LATED JOUn~EY. 1. /l8 projected destination. Egypt. Renowned for fertility, the land of the Pharaohs was yet no proper resort for the son of Abraham, the heir of Canaan, and the friend of God. It was outside the land of promise ; it bad been to Abraham a …
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 7.-And the men of the place (i. e. Ver. 10.-And Abimelech said, What is the inhabitants of Gerar) asked him (liter- this thou hast done unto us t one of the ally, a.sked, or made inquiries; probably first people might lightly have lien with thy at each other, though nltimntely the interro- wife,-li…
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EXPOSITION. Vor. 12.-Then Ie&ac sowed in that lo.nd, tilled the ground, which these robbers never -viz., rhilistin. Though 11 distinct 11dv11nco do; and they accommodated themselves, on the purely nomadic life pursued by Abra- without difficulty or rcluctanc~, to town and hnm, this did not imply fixed property in, cit…
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IIOMILETICB. Vere. 12-22.-.A good mam,'a prosperity. I. WHENCE IT PROCEEDED. 1. T¼ industry Qf Isaac. "Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfo1d." An intimate connection subsists between diligence and prosperity. (1) Ae there ie no harvest without a seed-time, eo there is no increase of…
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II0MILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 22.-Diggi,n[(, wells of salvation. "And he removed from thence, and digged another well. ' Historically, an instance of a meek and quiet spirit in con- tact with the world. ,vells precious. Often formed with much labour. Herds- men of Gerar took what Isaac had digged. Twice he yie…
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tatter lived, but o.Ieo of the present r,ontinu- Abimelech and his ministers first explain ance of tho.t relo.tionship, since Abraham, tho m Dtive which has impelled them to though dead, hnd not censcd to be) : fear not solicit o. renewal of the old alliance-that (cf. eh. xv. I, in which the same encournging the Lord w…
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()f the regularly-appointed sacrificial wor- amongst the inhabitants, or, observing the Bhip (Le,;t. vii. 15, 81; Dent. xii. 7, 17; coincidence between his finding e. well just tJ-ide Kurtz, 'Sacrificial Worship,'§ 79)-and at the time of covenant~ with Abimolcch they did eat and drink. and tho fact that his fathers …
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, II. Js.uo AND AnIMELECH. _1. Awmelech's request of Isaac. (1) Tbe nature of 1t: 11 demnnd for a forma~ alliance confirmed by the sanctions of religion. "Let there be now an oath betwut us, nnd let us make a covenant with thee." (2) The object of it: his own rather than Isaac's protection. "That thou wilt do us no hur…
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xxxi. 41)-and his eyes were dim,-litcrally, conjuuctiou itlV.il followed by a. future com• 1oere jailing in st1·ength, hence becoming monly expresse~ 'a purpose (cf. Exod. ix. 14) dim (1 Sam. iii. 2). In describing Jacob's -my soul ma.y bloss thee-notwithstanding decnying vision a different verb is employed the orac…
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Jel1ovnh rather points to the idea that Re- Ver. 11.-And lacob (who was not yet beknh regarded Isaac simply "as the instru- such e.n adept at trickery as he afterwards ment of the living and personal God, who becall!e, and who, if he had no scruples of directed the concerns of the chosen race " couscience in either imp…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 1-14.-The stolen blessing: a domestic drama.-1. Isaac and Rebekah, or plotting and C()?tnte:rJ?lotting. L TnE SCHEME OF Is.u.o. 1. Its sinful object. 'fhe heavenly oracle having with no uncertain sound proclaimed Jacob the theocratic heir, the bestowment of the patriarchal benediction on Esau was …
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 15.-And Rebekah took goodly rai- said, :Here am I· who art thou, my son J ment of her eldest son Esau,-literslly, the "He thought be recognised the voice of robes of Esau I.er son the elder-the desir- Jacob ; his suspicions were aroused ; he knew able, i e. the handsome ones. The ,~# was the crafty di…
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suspicions or allay the disquiet of the aged. The kiss of charity was practised among inYalid, And Isaac said unto J'aoob, Come disciples in the early Christian Church (Rom, near I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my xvi. 16; 1 C0r. xvi. 20; 2 Cor. xiii. 12; 1 son .'.....the ,CIJ' thing 'l">hich Jacob had sug- Thcss…
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Scripture as a symbol of materinl prosperity dominion in the world is thus promised- (Deut. xxxiii. 13, 28 ; Zech. viii. 12), and and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee the absence of dew and rain represented os a (a repetition of the preceding thought, with signal of Divine displeasure (2 Sam. i. 21 ; perhaps a hi…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 30.-And it came to paBB (literally, his supposed wr/lngs, sometimes P.revents a and it was), as soon as Isaao had made an just appreciation of the oxact position occu- end of bleBBing J'acob, and J'acob was yet pied by the latter in this extrordinary trans- scarce gone out-literally, and i.t uxu, (sc.…
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oeedingly,-literally, feared a ureat fear, to one has called Ma name Jacobf ::;iq being a great dl!{lree; shuddered in greo.t terror employed when the reason is unknown (vide above measure (Lange). The renderings Ewald, 'Heb. Synt.,' § 324). On the mean- iF;,"T'I Ji 'Iaad,o l,oc,rae111, µ,iya'AljV c,~68pa ing of Jacob …
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though recognising it, he was willing to let acUy the opposite to that which WELS dcclarod it go :Bless me, even me also, 0 my father, to bo tho lot of Jacob. On the other l1and, And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept it is felt to be somewhat arbitrary to assign (cf. Heb. xii. 17). "'rhose tears expressed, to tho p…
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sinful intention which God bad thus manifestly seen and thwarted. It is well when the soul trembles a.ta discovery of its own wickedness. Gracious souls dread nothing more than ste.nding on the verge of sin. 3. Pathetwal,ly a,cknr.noledged. "Thy brother ea.me with subtilty, and bath taken a.way thy blessing;" and, "I h…
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II. JAcoB's 601lTILTY and selfishness. The birthright had been sold to him; he might have obtained the blessing by fair agreement. His fear of Esau lay at the root of his deceit. One sin leads on to another. Those who entangle themselves with the world are involved more and more in moral evil. III. REBEKAH's AFP'F:…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 41.-And Esau hated Jacob-a proof lest the passionate soul of the enraged hunter that he was not penitent, however disap, should find it difficult to delay till Isaac'a pointed and remorseful (cf. Obad. 10, 11 ; death), and said unto him, :Behold, thy 1 John iii 12, 16)-becaue of the bleSBing brother E…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. ~1:-46.-.The stolen b[e,Ssing: a domestic drama.-4. Rebekah and Esau, or fratruide frustrated. I. THE MURDEROUS DESIGN 01!' EsAu. 1. The oste:nsi.ble reason. "Beca11se of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed Jacob." No argument can jn'3iify wilful and deliberate homicide ; least of all an …
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EXPOSITION. while his attention WIIS directed to his CHAPTER XXVIII. mother's kindred. Ver. 1.-And Isaao (recognising the wisdom Ver. 2.-Arise, go to Padan-aram (vide o.nd propriety of Rebek11b's suggestion that eh. xxiv. 10 ; xxv. 20 ; xxvii. 43), to the a bride should now be sought for him whom honse of Bethuel th…
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being neither dead nor divorced, the conduct of Esau in adding to them a third was wrong. 2. The way of shame. In the selection of lshmael's daughter he hoped to please his father, but was apparently indifferent about the judgrnent of either Rebeknh or Jehovah. Daring transgressors, like Esau, rather glory in their sha…
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t:wecn hea,cn and earth, and in particular valent to an intimation tlmt his present between God in his glory and man in bis journey to Padan-aram was not without tho solitude and sin-and behold the angels of Divine sanction, though apparently it ha.cl God-literally, the 'TMSSl!11.{lers of Elohim, been against the wi…
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regarded it as in itself invested with any de- not in o.ny mercenary or doubtful spirit, but gree of sanctity. The worship of sacred stones as an exprossion of gratitude for the Divine (Bretylia), afterwards prevalent among the mercy {Calvin), as the soul's full and free Greeks, Romans, Hindoos, Arabs, and Ger- accepta…
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HOMILETICS. Vei:s. 10-22.-J~?b at .B_etkel, or keaven opened. I. THE LONELY BLEEPER. l. His desolate conduwn. Exiled from home, fleeing from the murderous resent- ment of a brother, o'er-canopied by the star-lit firmament, remote from human habitation, and encompassed by a heathen population, on the bleak summit of…
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Vera. 10-22.-Jacob's dream. Where revelations had been vouchsafed it wa11 supposed thnt they would be repeated. The stony pillow on which the weary head rested may be changed by the visitation of Divine grace into the meeting-place of heaven nnd enrth. The morning beams brenking in upon the shadowy refuge of the night …
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IV. THERE IS ALWAYS HELP ll'ROM THE HEAVENS IN THE EFFORT TO MAINTAIN TIIE COMMUNIOATION. A voice comes to Jacob. A promise of guidance and support was given. Christ in his conversation with Nathaniel shows us how all good comes through him. In Christ all goodness centres. All heaven rays out from him in ibe pardon nnd…
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CHAPTER XXIX. flocks waiting nround" (Robinson, iii. p. 21). And they rolled the stone from the Ver. 1.-Then J'acob went on his journey wall's mouth, and we.tered the sheep, and (literally, lifted up h-is feet-a w,i.phic de- put the stone age.in upon. the well's mouth scription of travelling. Inspired by ne,v in hi…
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him to frown upon laziness and inactivity for the unaffected simplicity of the times ; (Stnrke, Kalisch, B118h), but the fact that she does not resent his Ver. 8.-And they said, We cannot,-not conduct as o.n undue liberty perhaps sug- because of any physical difficulty (Kalisch), gests that he had first informed her o…
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people without interfering with the ordinary course of nature, simply directing them in the exercise of sense and intellig·ence; and doubtless Jacob recognised in his lighting on the Haran well a first instalment of that celestial guidance he had been lately promised. Saints should practise the art of discerning the…
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EXPOSITION. Ver. 15. - And Laban said unto Jacob 1 Sam. xviii. 25,-J acob's offer was at once (probably at the month's end), Jlecause thou accepted by his grasping uncle, though ho nrt-litcrally, is it not that th-Ou art (cf. was that uncle's "brother" (ver. 15). eh. xxvii. 36; 2 Sam. xxiii. 19)-my brother, Ver. 19.-A…
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place (not the entire population, but the lccted Looh as his "ife, If so, it must be set princifal inhabitants), and made a feast- to Ja.cob's credit that at the coll of God, thus a "m1shteh," or drinking (cf, eh. xix, 3), i. e. a wedding banquet (cf, bride-ale bridal), which commonly lasted seven days = provident…
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