A man who does not obey Gods commands may talk about righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith, but it is clear that he does not possess it, for faith works by love, and the righteousness which is by faith is proved by obedience to 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. Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. We loathe it even while we recognize that it is needful for the time being, but we have not entered it for the sake of personal gain. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. He knew that she had found a proper resting-place, and that the earth was clear of the flood. Not, Cursed art thou, as the Lord said to the serpent; but, Cursed is the ground for thy sake.. Who art thou, O great mountain? The ark was certainly big enough to do the job. How often God takes the will for the deed with his people! And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. the Holy Spirit does not write for the credit of man: he writes for the glory of Gods grace. Are the waters very deep with you, dear friend? Thus, you see, Abraham began his separated life with a blessing from the Lord his God. It is just like Joseph to speak thus kindly, and to put the invitation so attractively to his father: Thou shalt be near unto me. That would be the greatest joy of all to old Jacob; and this is the greatest joy to a sinner when he comes to Christ, our great Joseph, Thou shalt be near unto me. It is not merely that he gives us the land of Goshen to dwell in, but he promises that we shall be near unto him, and that is best of all. We will now turn to another passage where we shall have another instance of a difficult case, where another person put his case before the Lord, and sought guidance and found it. Perhaps the old mans legs trembled under him; he felt that he could not run so far; and, beside, the mountain seemed so bleak and dreary, he could not quite quit the abodes of men. The giving up of a life yielded a better covering than the growth of nature; and so today the death of Christ yields us a better covering than we could ever find in anything that grew of our poor fallen nature. Abraham did not deceive the young men, he believed that he and Isaac would come to them again. And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. 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. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. They were opened, indeed; and Adam and Eve did know good and evil. Bibliographical Information Spurgeon, Charle Haddon. 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. What a strange place this world must have looked, with its plains and hills and rooks and vales without one single blade of grass, or a tree, or a shrub; so at once, before that day was over, God threw the mantle of verdure over the earth, and clad its mountains and valleys with forests and plants and flowers, as if to show us that the fruitless is uncomely in Gods sight, that the man who bears no fruit unto God is unendurable to him. God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. Genesis xxi. This has been the blessing of many a child of God, to fight, and apparently to lose the battle, yet to win it at the end. Site by Mere. Another case may seem to be precisely like it: yet the mouth of the former suppliant is shut, and in his heart he does not feel that he can pray as he did before. It may be that it will bring you something worth bringing one of these days, as Noahs dove brought to him. Gen 27:5-11. They never have ceased. 9. Gen 32:1. Gen 3:4-5. 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. Gen 3:1. 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. This holy man, Jacob, in dying, did not express himself according to the rules of natural affection but he yielded himself up to the Spirit of God; hence he had to say very much that must have been very bitter for a father to say, and he said it in all faithfulness being taught of the Spirit concerning things to come. Gen 8:1. What! And unto him, to this very day, the people gather, and more and more shall gather in the latter days. And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. Commentary on Genesis 6:8-11 (Read Genesis 6:8-11) Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. d. You shall make it: And Noah did make it. Gen 7:14. For therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. Blessed be God for thus thinking of us when providing raiment for our first parents! What care he takes about the whole affair! He said to Jacob, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?. The fig leaves were to hide their nakedness, and now the trees themselves were to hide them from God. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Gen 49:16-17. Gen 32:9-10. And God opened her eyes. Genesis xxi. It was brave of Jacob thus to wrestle, but there was too much of self about it all. This fear and distress were sad proofs of want of faith on Jacobs part; for where there is strong faith, there may be a measure of human fear, but it will not go to the length of being greatly afraid and distressed, as he was. God does not always fulfill his promises to his people at once; else, where would be the room for faith? Jeremiah Spurgeon once said of the commentary, "It contains so great a variety of information that if a man had no other exposition he would find himself at no great loss if he possessed and used it diligently." Commentary on Genesis 1. Gen 49:14-15. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: And Esau, altogether a man of the world, one very like the sons of other families around about, took care to adorn himself in goodly raiment. Gen 1:31. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. Around a.d. 75, Josephus said the locals collected relics from the ark and showed them off to this very day. It is a good thing to have the right names for things. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. They do come into the assemblies of the saints. Chapter 25:19: These are the generations of Isaac, 9. Gen 49:10. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likelihood of being discovered. And Abraham rose up early in the morning,-, Obedience should be prompt, we should show our willingness to obey the Lords command by not delaying: Abraham rose up early in the morning,-. Genesis 6:8. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? The face of the ground was dry in the first month; the earth was dried, the second month. He was guilty of unkindness to his wife and of blasphemy against his maker, in seeking to escape from confessing the sin which he had committed. How greatly, how much more than we do, ought we to thank God for the prolongation of our sight, and it has been well remarked by one of our greatest men of science that we seldom hear Christian men thank God as they should for the use of spectacles in these modern times. A philosopher has written a long paper concerning the blessings which he found in old age from this invention, and we, enabled still to read the Word when our sight decays, should be exceedingly grateful for it. Gen 12:1. Gen 24:8-11. And saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. And the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: For, among Orientals, it is such a common custom to offer and receive presents, that, if they are not accepted, it is regarded as an affront. Gen 18:23-25. He also said all the ancient historians he knew of wrote about the ark. We may recount and rehearse the story of our rescue from universal destruction, and we need not be afraid or ashamed of repeating it. Genesis describes the creation of the world, the fall of the first men into sin and its consequences, but not only the curse but also the first clear pointer to the redeemer.We see God's righteousness in the judgment of the great flood, but also election of grace and the life of faith in Abraham.In the story of Isaac we see the beloved son of the There must be a lot of food for Noah and all the animals. Let us always look upon the list of our difficulties as only a catalogue of our triumphs. Little could they have dreamed in what a terrible sense the serpents words would come true. There have been many more recent attempts to find and document the ark, but they have been hindered by politics and surrounded by controversy. Micah Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. Let it not be so with us; but let us both feed well and yield well. Chapter 25:12: These are the generations of Ishmael, 8. It is evident that, as soon as he felt that he must fall, he grasped the other Man with a kind of death-grip, and would not let him go. Genesis i. That is, a supplanter, as poor Esau well knew. And in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. Romans 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. 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. How there was light before there was any sun, for the sun was not created until the fourth day of the week it is not for us to say. And he said, I will not do it for fortys sake. Gen 22:6-8. Thus did Jacob the wrestler overcome his God. 1 Timothy Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. Chapter 22:1-25:18 Abraham and Isaac: a prophetic view, Chapter 22 The offering of Isaac (Romans 8:32): Death of Christ, Chapter 23 Sarah's death and burial: Setting aside of Israel, Chapter 24 Isaac marries Rebekah: Calling of the bride, Chapter 25:1-18 Abraham's re-marriage and Isaac's inheritance: Millennium, b. By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features. It is a very sweet thing to die with a blessing on your lips, and it is equally good to live in the same spirit. Gen 32:24. That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 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. "Commentary on Genesis 6". My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. his failure involved all his descendants, for he was the federal head of the human race, and by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men. Happily, there is another federal Head, and therefore we read, For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.. Do everything as if God were not about to help you, and then trust in God as if you had done nothing at all. Does God care for the cattle, and will he not feed his own children? You know the story of Hagar; of her being sent out from Abrahams tent with her son Ishmael. 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. He speaks, and it is done. The Jews superstitiously believe that we have lost the sound of the name of Jehovah, that the name is unpronounceable now altogether. And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 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 45:4. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. Song of Solomon Go forth, says the Lord, Go forth of the ark.. The evil one suggested ambition to the womans mind, and imputed wicked designs to the ever-blessed and holy God. Chapter 8:15-10:32 Noah and his descendants, Chapter 9 Institution of authority and Noah's fall, Chapter 10 The table of nations: Descendants of Japheth, Shem and Ham, c. Chapter 11:1-26The building of the tower of Babel, II. 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. iii. Hence we do not read of the tribe of Simeon in the blessing of Moses at the end of Deuteronomy; but the Levites had this curse turned into a blessing, for, though they were scattered, yet they were scattered as priests and instructors to the other tribes. b. Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth: Noah's three sons will figure into the account in a significant way. Now you see Gods commissariat. No, speaking popularly, and as the Scripture often speaks, we may say that Noahs character was a righteous one. Gen 3:19. Noah knew that he would come out of the ark one day, for was he not preserved there to be a seed-to keep the race alive? C.H. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 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. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 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. It was well for Jacob to be reminded of that fact, for he was about to pass into another trouble. This is the counterpart of what will follow the preaching of the gospel those who are in Christ shall live, shall rise, and reign with him for ever but none of those who are outside of Christ shall so live. Yet so it was. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: Our common saying, Love me, love my dog, is very true. 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. It is a good thing also to know the names of truths, and the names of other things that are right. And he blessed him there. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. Yet notice also how Jacob reminds God of his promise, Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good. That is the very pith and marrow of prayer when we can quote the Lords promise, and say to him, Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. You have a strong plea to urge with God when you can say to him, Thou saidst, for he is a God who cannot lie. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, Jacob uses that August name Jehovah the Lord . Yet, if you do feel that it is right to make such plans as Jacob made, take care that you do what Jacob also did. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. Gen 22:15-16. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. 4. Thus the beginning and the end of the Bible call our attention to the tree of life and the river of life in the paradise below and the better paradise above. And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. MEN think a great deal of anyone who has power with royalty.
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