Genesis 28:16

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

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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 ,...
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 ,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Jacob perceives that, though he has left his father's home at Beer-sheba, his father's God is still watching over him. In these early days the idea o...
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 gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Surely the Lord (Jehovah) is in this place. — Jacob was not unaware of the omnipresence of the Deity: what astonished him was that Jehovah should t...
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...
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 communicatio...
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 with...
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 knowled...
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 upo...
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 Go...
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 giv...
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 h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Vow. B. C. 1760. 16 And Jaco...
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...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 28:16 At Bethel Jacob gained the knowledge for himself of the real presence of a personal God. He felt that he a person, he a true living...
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....
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob's Vow
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 c...

¹⁶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 28:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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