The Strand Study Bible

GENESIS 28:4

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GENESIS 28:22

place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a 7 LAD- DER set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. The promise of Israel to possess Canaan; of CHRIST’S First Coming; of HIS 13 And, behold, the 8 LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abra- ham thy father, and the God of Isaac: 2 the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, 9 and to thy 10 SEED ; P P 14 And thy 10 SEED shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be 11 BLESSED . PP The promise to bring Jacob back to Canaan (Fulfilled - Gen 33:18) 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, 12 and will bring thee again into this land; 13 for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. P 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morn- ing, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place 14 Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, 15 If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: death, burial, and resurrection (Fulfilled - Josh 11:23 - 1441 BC & Lk 2:7,11 - 1 BC & Mt 27:50-28:6 - AD 32)

make thee fruitful, 1 and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; P 4 And give thee the 1 blessing of Abra- ham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; 2 that thou mayest inherit the land where- in thou art a stranger, 3 which God gave unto Abraham. PP 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. Esau marries one of Ishmael’s daughters 6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had 4 Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of 5 Nebajoth, to be his wife. Jacob’s dream 10 And 6 Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that

1. Fulfilled - Exo 1:7 (A Great Nation) 2. Fulfilled - Josh 11:23 (Promised Land) 3. Gen 12:7 4. or, “Bashemath” - Gen 36:3 5. Gen 25:13 6. Hos 12:12 7. Note - According to John 1:51, the “ LADDER ” here depicts CHRIST , thus the way to God. 8. Jehovah Note - In this case Jehovah is referring to God the Son - Exo 6:3 & Gen 28:3 & 31:11-13 & 48:3-4 9. Quoted in the NT - Gal 3:16 (See - Gen 17:7-8 & 35:12) 10. Fulfilled - Lk 2:7,11 (Christ’s First Coming) (See - Gal 3:16) 11. Fulfilled - Mt 27:50-28:6 & Mk 15:37-16:6 & Lk 23:46-24:6 & Jn 19:30-20:9 (Death, burial, and resurrection) (See - Gen 12:3 & 18:18 & 26:24 & Acts 3:24-26 & Gal 3:6-9) 12. Fulfilled - Gen 33:18 (Back to Canaan) 13. Heb 13:5 14. meaning, “house of God” 15. Mt 6:31-33 16. Gen 14:20 & Heb 7:4

MED SEA

• Bethel (Luz)

DEAD SEA

• Beer-sheba

Jacob stops in Bethel on his way to Haran Map #28 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the 16 tenth unto thee. 28:20,21 Many people do desire to serve God… as long as its in an advisory capacity ( If God does things my way, then I will serve Him. I might even tithe – vs 22). Sadly, the best of men are at best still men…