Monday, February 25, 2013

Genesis 28:15


And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.

Geneva Bible - And lo, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will
bring thee again into this land; for I will not forsake thee until I have performed
that which I have promised thee.

Genesis 28:14


And thy seed [descendants] 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 [descendants] shall all the families of the earth be  blessed. (Prophecy fullfilled; Jew's were distributed through all nations)

Geneva Bible - And thy 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 blessed.
(*) Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 19:14 .
(♣) Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 .

Genesis 28:13


And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed [descendants];

Geneva Bible - (*) And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land, upon the which thou
sleepest, (e) will I give thee and thy seed.
(*) Genesis 35:1; Genesis 48:3 .
(e) He felt the force of this promise only by faith, for all his lifetime he was but a stranger in this land.

Genesis 28:12


And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and  behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Geneva Bible - Then he dreamed, and behold, there stood a (d) ladder upon the earth, and the
top of it reached up to heaven; and lo, the Angels of God went up and down by
it.
(d) Christ is the ladder whereby God and man are joined together, and by whom the Angels minister
unto us; all graces by him are given unto us, and we by him ascend into heaven.

Genesis 28:11


And he lighted [came to] upon a certain place, and tarried [stayed] there all night, because the sun was set; and he took [one] of the stones of that place, and [put] them for his pillows [lit, put it at his head], and lay down in that place to sleep.

Geneva Bible - And he came unto a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun
was down, and took of the stones of the place, and laid under his head and slept
in the same place.