Genesis 28:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. ”

Genesis 28:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Journey to Haran 3. קהל qâhāl , “congregation.” 9. מחלת māchălat , Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.” 19. לוּז lûz , Luz, “almond.” The blessing of his sons was the...
Genesis 28:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Reveals Himself to Jacob at Bethel. This section is taken from J and E. To E Genesis 28:11 f., Genesis 28:17 f., Genesis 28:20-21 a , Genesis 28:22 may be assigned, to J Genesis 28...
Genesis 28:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Surely. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6. this place. See on the word "above", Genesis 28:13 .
Genesis 28:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. And Jacob awaked. Moses again affirms that this was no common dream; for when any one awakes he immediately perceives that he had been under a delusions in dreaming. But God impressed a s...
Genesis 28:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 45 JACOB’S PILLAR AT BETH-EL Genesis 28:16-19 . And Jacob awaked out of his sleep; and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How d...
Genesis 28:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. The Lord is in this place; and I knew it not - That is, God has made this place his peculiar res...
Genesis 28:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not— Jacob knew very well that the Lord was in every place; nor can his words be fairly understood to contradict this fundamental knowledge. But thou...
Genesis 28:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. Jacob awaked ... His language and his conduct were like that of a man whose mind was perva...
Genesis 28:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Departs for Padan-aram. His Dream at Bethel 1-4. Isaac bids Jacob seek one of the daughters of his uncle Laban in marriage, and assures him that the blessings and promises bestowed on Abraha...
Genesis 28:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 28:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob's Vision at Bethel Genesis 28:10-22 This is the Ladder chapter, in which a wayward, weak man is seen holding fellowship with the Eternal God, who loves us, notwithstanding our unworthines...
Genesis 28:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here Jacob is seen exiled from his home, flying from Beersheba. In this connection we have the account of the first of the direct divine communications to him. Tired and weary, he reached Luz and dur...
Genesis 28:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What gracious effects divine manifestations leave on the mind! Reader! would you know whether the Lord hath revealed himself to your heart? Look within. See what hath God wrought! What traces hath th...
Genesis 28:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PILGRIM’S VISION ‘And Jacob said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.’ Genesis 28:16 At Bethel Jacob gained the knowledge for himself of the real presence of a personal...
Genesis 28:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep ,.... Which had been sweet unto him, and out of his dream, it being now over; and it having left such a weight upon his mind, and such an awe upon his spirits, it m...
Genesis 28:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not. Ver. 16. And I knew it not, ] viz., That God is graciously present in one place, as well as i...
Genesis 28:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Surely the Lord is in this place; I knew it not God's manifestations of himself to his people carry their own evidence along with them. God can give undeniable demonstrations of his presence, such...
Genesis 28:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB SENT TO PADAN-ARAM Though scripture tells us that Isaac loved Esau, he had not done as Abraham had in making sure that Isaac's wife was of his own kindred. Rebekah's words to him now evident...
Genesis 28:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Vow. B. C. 1760. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the...
Genesis 28:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Surely the Lord is in this place, by his special and gracious presence, and the manifestation of his mind and will to me; and I little expected to meet with such a revelation out of my father's hou...
Genesis 28:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob meets God at Bethel ( Genesis 28:10-22 ) Genesis 28:10 ‘And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went towards Haran.' At this stage Isaac and the family tribe are still firmly situated in...
Genesis 28:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 28:11 . And he lighted upon a certain place.] “The term means he fell upon the place, as the providential stopping-place incidentally coming upon it, or coming up to it...
Genesis 28:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 28 I. If there be little poetic or romantic charm in the history of Isaac, what a wealth of it there is in that of Jacob! A double deceit, followed by banishment from his country; this exp...
Genesis 28:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 28:1 . Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. A heart-rending business to be forced away from his father's house in the 58th year of his age. He went not with a train of ten camels, as were s...
Genesis 28:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Surely the Lord is In this place, and I knew it not The sense of God’s presence I. This living sense of God’s presence with us is a leading feature of the character of all His saints under ever...
Genesis 28:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba,— in obedience to his father's commandment to seek a wife ( Genesis 28:2 ), but also in compliance with his mother's counsel to e...
Genesis 28:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. The presence of God was in this place, remote as it was from the spot where the true worship of Go...
Genesis 28:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and I. Exodus 3:5 Exodus 15:11 Joshua 5:15 1 Samuel 3:4-7 Job 9:11 Job 33:14 Psalms 68:35 Isaiah 8:13
Genesis 28:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not — God's manifestations of himself to his people carry their own evidence along with them. God can give undeniable demonstrations of his presence,...

Genesis 28:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 28:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 28:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 28:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 28:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 28:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 28:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 28:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 28:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 28:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 28:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes