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Gen 19:18-21. But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the arkyou, your sons, your wife, and your sons wives with you. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. Commentary on Genesis 4. And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. Gen 1:20-23. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Blessed be the name of Jehovah-jireh! Only a few days ago, the chestnuts were just beginning to turn green, and then there came the little spikes, and now you can see them in full flower. Note those four words, and it was so. Whatever God ordains always comes. and my soul shall live. When the land was divided by lot, the lot was disposed by God to the complete fulfillment of Jacobs prophecy. The Lamb of God has made for us a garment which covers our nakedness so that we are not afraid to stand even before the bar of God. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. Oh, that the day might soon come when there would be more of clean men and women than of unclean, when there would be fewer sinners than godly people in the world, though even then there would be the ungodly by two like the unclean beasts. Chapter 11:27: These are the generations of Terah, 7. The ark could carry 136,560 sheep in half of its capacity, leaving plenty of room for people, food, water, and whatever other provisions were needed. Some mens work will not bear looking at, and tomorrow becomes all the worse to them because today was not considered and its sin repented of by them. Genesis - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary - bibliaplus.org Ecclesiastes This was true Oriental policy, and crafty Jacob always had more than enough of something and planning even when it was not done with wisdom; but, in this case, I think it was a wise arrangement, for which he is to be commended. Gen 2:16-17. He lets the scaffold stand until the building is finished; then, it will come down fast enough. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. Gen 7:1. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Abraham had endured the supreme test of his faith, and had, in full intent, offered up his son Isaac at the command of God, his hand being withheld from the actual sacrifice only by an angelic voice. Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain. Brethren, let us be of good heart and of good courage in all matters, for doubtless the angel of God will go before us. For the sake of Lot, Abraham had to go and fight the enemies of the king of Sodom, and sometimes, in fighting for religious liberty, we have had to be associated with persons from whom we differ as much as Abraham differed from the king of Sodom but right must be fought for under all circumstances. Gen 22:16-18. Jude a. It may be that God is about to test and try some of you in order that he may afterwards make you to be greater and more useful than you have ever been before. Now you see Gods commissariat. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. THIS is the first gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. 2 Corinthians O father of the faithful, though thou dost believe, and art counted as righteous through believing, dost thou still ask, Whereby shall I know? Ah, beloved! Romans Then pray to God to make it into a blessing. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Happy is that man who, though he begins with a dark shadow resting upon him, so lives as to turn even that shadow into bright sunlight. One who exercised both the kingship and the priesthood, the only person that we know of who did this, and who, therefore, is a wonderful type of that marvelous King-Priest of whom we read in the 110th Psalm, and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. It becomes evident from two passages in the New Testament that the term "law" or "law of Moses" includes Genesis: 1 Corinthians 14:34 can only refer to the divine order in Genesis 2:18 ff; Genesis 3:16, since the law of Sinai lacks an explicit command for women to be subject, and in Galatians 4:21 ff Paul talks of the story of Ishmael and Isaac (Genesis 16; Genesis 21).In both cases he speaks of the law. Gen 32:6-7. Poor little Lot, what a poor little prayer his was! 15. But there is good hope of things going right when Jacob, who is the better of the two brothers, is also the humbler of the two. It was not Christ alone who willingly died, or the Father alone who gave his Son, but they went both of them together, even as Abraham and Isaac did here. Gen 18:33. If Moses had meant to describe a partial deluge upon only a small part of the earth, he used very misleading language; but if he meant to teach was that the deluge was universal, he used the very word which we might have expected that he would use. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. Genesis contains biographies of seven believers: Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. i. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. And every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: Does God remember cattle? And he blessed him,, In the name of God, Melchizedek blessed Abraham. We could translate perfect in his generations as, Noah was pure in his genetic profile., i. Gen 22:15-16. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. What Every Christian Should Know about the Protestant Reformation. A little of the spirit of doubt had crept into Eves mind, so she answered, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.. And he said unto him, What is thy name? (wpe), Family Reformation; Or, Jacobs Second Visit to Bethel, An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer. And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. No. Gen 12:7. Chapter 37:2-36 Joseph's dreams and imprisonment in Egypt, c. Chapter 39:1-41:57Joseph's humiliation and exaltation, Chapter 40 Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's servants, Chapter 41 Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's liberation, d. Chapter 42:1-47:31 The seven lean years, Chapter 43 The second journey of Joseph's brothers to Egypt, Chapter 44 The conscience of the brothers begins to awake, Chapter 47 Jacob blesses Pharaoh; Joseph, the "saviour of the world", e. Chapter 48:1-50:26 The end of Jacob and Joseph, Chapter 48 Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, Chapter 49 Jacob blesses his twelve sons and dies, Chapter 50 Jacob's burial and Joseph's death: The hope of the inheritance, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hand were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:). First, let us read the story of Jacob in the Book of Genesis, the thirty-second chapter, at the twenty-second verse: , He had made a quiet oratory for himself by sending everyone else of the company over to the other side of the brook; his own resolve being , When the wrestling Man, the Angel of the covenant, saw , When we come nearest to God, we must have a deep sense of our own personal weakness; it must never be supposed, if our suit prevails with heaven, that there is anything in us, or anything in our prayers, to account for our prevalence. Leviticus And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.. And he said, Jacob. Now was his faith tried indeed, he had no child, he was himself old, and his wife also was old, yet the Lords promise was, So shall thy seed be as the stars of heaven. Genesis 6:1-8 | Preaching Source And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. Chapter 26:34-37 Jacob-Israel, or the education of the Spirit, Chapter 27 Jacob deceitfully gets the blessing, b. After all, an ark is a chest, not a ship; this refers to the shoebox shape of the vessel. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. Gather yourselves together. They were to keep together as a family; and shall not the people of God keep together? What a quiet answer this was to his former unbelief! And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. On his belly does he go, and still is dust his meat. Remember what the Lord said to Jeremiah concerning Jerusalem and his people, They shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. That is the right spirit in which to receive prosperity, but as for adversity, rejoice in it, for God often sends the richest treasures to his children in wagons drawn by black horses. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: The patriarch fixes his eyes on his firstborn; he must say something sharp that would dishonour him, but he does not deny him the rights of birthright. It shows us that . Those that swear too readily they know not what, will ere long swear till they care not what. Gen 32:28. They were opened, indeed; and Adam and Eve did know good and evil. We think not so; but, certainly, no man knows the nature of God, and understands him, but he to whom the Son shall reveal him. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: According to the Eastern manner of swearing. Genesis 6 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) - Christianity Oftentimes, our highest obedience must be a solitary one; friends cannot help us in such emergencies, and it is better for them and better for us that they should not be with us. As in the old classic story, the poor man said, This is a plain hut, but God has been here, so we may say of every Christians cottage, Though it be poor, an angel has come here, for David says, The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. As the angels of God met Jacob, I trust that, if you have come here after some stern battle, and trial, and difficulty, you may find the angels of God meeting you here. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. This is the genealogy of Noah. Dear heart, you have been shut out from the world now for many days, but God has not forgotten you. These waters above were divided from the waters below. It was his blood which yielded the juice of those rare clusters of the choice vine; and now, with garments dyed with his own blood, he comes from Edom, for he has trodden down his foes, and he cries, I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me.. He would not gratify Jacobs curiosity concerning his name, but he gave him the blessing that he craved. This was a wise and proper action on the past of Jacob, for he had grossly wronged his brother, and it was right for him to make advances toward a reconciliation. 2 John Gen 27:12-15. Gen 27:1-4. Genesis 6 describes a desperate attempt on the part of Satan to attack the godly remnant that is named in chapter 5. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it; he saw it as a tender father sees the folly and stubbornness of a rebellious and disobedient child, which not only angers him, but grieves him, and makes him wish he had been written childless. Observe that God did not create man until he had provided for him neither will he ever put one work of his providence or of his grace out of its proper place, but that which goes before shall be preparatory to that which follows after. The LORD was sorry that He had made man He was grieved in His heart: Gods sorrow at man, and the grief in His heart are striking. So it is not strange that this is mentioned as an heroic act of faith. (Poole), 2018 David Guzik No distribution beyond personal use without permission. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. 1 Timothy John Bunyan truly says, , When one troubles gone another doth him seize., Certainly it was so with Jacob; for, after he had escaped from Laban, he knew that he had to meet his brother Esau, whom he had so greatly wronged so many years before. And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. Genesis 6, Henry's Complete Commentary on the Bible, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, filling six volumes, provides an exhaustive look at every verse in the Bible. Gen 8:15-21. Philemon Genesis 6 - Henry's Complete Commentary on the Bible - Bible Gods gracious interposition had delivered him out of the hand of the angry Laban, Laban the churl, who cared for Jacob only for what he could get out of him. Gen 22:11. There was no life in the sea or on the land until all was ready for it. Used by Permission. We cannot blame him, under the circumstances, yet how much grander is the quiet, noble demeanour of Abraham, who trusts in God, and leaves matters more in his hands! I blame him not for this, yet, methinks, he is to be blamed that he did not pray first. And any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. Gen 14:22-23. In a.d. 180, Theophilus of Antioch wrote: the remains [of the ark] are to this day to be seen in the mountains.. And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. He is the true center, and we gather unto him. There is nothing like coming very close to God in prayer: Abraham drew near. He was about to use his influence with his great Friend; not for himself, but for these men of Sodom, who were going to be destroyed. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden;of Eden to dress it and to keep it. So Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked out, but he did not go out till God commanded him to do so. Unbelief would have left the knife at home, but genuine faith takes it. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. According to all that God commanded him, so he did: The Bible presents Noah as a great hero of God. Some touch of human weakness must always accompany the divine strength that God may give to us. This was the first act of God in preparing this planet to be the abode of man, and the first act of grace in the soul is for the Spirit of God to move within it. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; That knife was cutting into his own heart all the while, yet he took it. 3. Notice that the angel says, Now I know that thou fearest God. I do not think that the gracious use of godly fear has ever been sufficiently estimated by the most of us; here, the stress is not laid upon the faith, but upon the filial fear of Abraham. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. Common sense would have said, Spare them, for you will want every one of them. But grace said, Slay them, for they belong to God. Adam had been an unfallen creature a few hours before, but, now, he had broken the commandment of the Lord, and you can see how completely death was brought into his moral nature; for if it had not been so, he would have said My God, I have sinned, canst thou and wilt thou forgive me? But instead of doing so, he laid the blame for his sin upon his wife, which was an utterly mean action: The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. He almost seemed to lay the blame upon God because he had given him the woman to be with him. Oh, if we would but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, all things should be added unto us! There was to be occupation for man even in paradise, just as they who are before the throne of God in glory serve him day and night in his temple. Idleness gives no joy, but holy employment will add to the bliss of heaven. They have true faith who can go forth at Gods command, not knowing whither they are going. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Apparently, Adam was not forbidden to eat of the fruit of the tree of life, though, after his fail, he was cast out of Eden, as God said, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. He might freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden except one: of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. It was a slight prohibition, yet the test was more than man, even in a state of innocence, was able to endure, and, alas! Gen 7:15-16. The Spurgeon Library | The First Day of Creation And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. The daughters of men were not raped or seduced as such. God knew all along that this was how things would turn out, but our text clearly tells us that as God sees His plan for the ages unfold, it affects Him. Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: and he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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