Many of Gods servants belong to this tribe, for their life is spent in conflict. Thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons wives with thee. He was glad to find himself at rest once more, though not yet at liberty. Strange to say, while God pronounces a curse upon the enemy of mankind, he is uttering a blessing upon the whole of those who belong to Christ, for HE is that seed of the woman, and all that belong to him are a simple-minded, child-like people, children of the woman. It is the prerogative of the king to have the power of life and death, and it is the sole prerogative of the King of kings that He can create, and he can destroy. But what destructive power is brought into operation because of human sin! Gen 7:1. They do come into the assemblies of the saints. He was lame, and probably remained lame for life. He was dreading it more than he need have done, for God never meant the trouble he feared to come upon him at all. An Arab said to Mahomet, I let my camel run loose, and trusted it to Providence, but Mahomet replied, You should have tied it up first, and then trusted it to Providence; and Jacob was very much of that mind and a very sensible mind it was, not at all inconsistent with the very best of faith. Noah had been shut up in the ark for many a day, and at the right time God thought of him, practically thought of him, and came to visit him. 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. This is how you shall make it: The ark was as long as a 30-story building is high (about 450 feet or 150 meters), and it was about 75 feet (25 meters) wide and 45 feet (15 meters) high. John Bunyan wrote, as I have often reminded You, The Christian man is seldom long at ease, When one troubles gone, another doth him seize; and though the rhyme is rather rough, the statement is perfectly true. Gen 24:6. That I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. So the Lord bore his servant through this great trial, and blessed him more than he had ever blessed him before. 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.. Why is all this recorded in the Bible? But the first one saw that the sun was going down, so he turned to seek his friend, that he might say to him, Friend so-and-so, I was wrong in being angry today. Half-way between their two houses, they met, and each of them said, I was just coming to say that I was wrong. There is no need of any arbitrator when each of the disputants is willing to say, I was wrong, and the trouble is soon over when that point is reached. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. But, on the other hand, Jacob spied his opportunity, and, sending the angel wrestling with him, he in his turn began to wrestle with the angel. He shall bless thy going out and thy coming in if thou wilt go forth and come in when he bids thee. God did not bless them for themselves alone, but for all nations: In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.. It will come to an end; therefore wait, and be patient, and do not want to know the time of your deliverance. Do everything as if God were not about to help you, and then trust in God as if you had done nothing at all. I think that I know some who are; they could do a great deal, but they see that rest is good, and the land is pleasant, so they idle away their days. It is so with us spiritually; first darkness, then light. Thus did Jacob the wrestler overcome his God. He writes for the warning of believers now, and these things are examples unto us that we may avoid the blots and flaws in good men, and may thereby ourselves become more what we should be. Light be. Light was. God had but to speak the word, and the great wonder was accomplished. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die. Gen 22:6-8. If there is a nation that has not yet heard the gospel, it must hear it, for so the promise stands, In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. We may look for a glorious future from the preaching of Christ throughout every land, for so the covenant was made with Abraham because he had obeyed Gods voice. Gen 7:14. 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. 1 Corinthians And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; He had been accustomed to eat of the fruit of the many trees of paradise now he must come down, and eat the herb of the field. He is lowered from royal dainties to commoner fare. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. Blow it east, or blow it west, the wind comes from God; and whether the waters increase or are assuaged, it is Gods doing. He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took our nature, and died in our stead. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. He himself was to address her first, and then she must be ready, with all cheerfulness, to do far more than he asks. Why did not Noah come out? 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. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. Micah And laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. Genesis Spurgeon's Bible Commentary Genesis Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) .was born in Essex, England. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. Numbers This is almost a full year later, and in the second month of his six hundred and first year Noah left the ark. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. He works downwards, and stays the breaking up of the fountains of the deep. Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. So, if you lift up your eyes, and look the right, ay, you will see the great sacrifice close by you held fast for you, even as this ram was caught to die instead of Isaac. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. Genesis 6:3 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org 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. Ecclesiastes Not, Cursed art thou, as the Lord said to the serpent; but, Cursed is the ground for thy sake.. WE shall this morning leave all discussion as to the creation of the world to those learned divines who have paid their special attention to that subject, and to those geologists who know, or at any rate think they know, a very great deal about it. It is an ill sign with men when they cannot be brought frankly to acknowledge their wrong-doing. Gen 1:3-4. There are many curious points on which we should like to have information, but God has not revealed it, and when he has not revealed anything, we had better not try to unravel the mystery. What we do ourselves, we do not always expect others to do. Gen 3:12. 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. b. Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth: Noah's three sons will figure into the account in a significant way. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed. Pray as well as plan, and if your plans be numerous, let your prayers be all the more fervent, lest the natural tendency of your constitution should degenerate into reliance upon the arm of flesh, and dependence upon your own wisdom, instead of absolute reliance upon God. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. He used the means that he judged to be the best under the existing circumstances, and I believe that God intends us always to use our best wits and judgment, and then to fall back upon him in confiding prayer just as if we had done nothing at all. I fear that the decline of family godliness, which is so sadly remarkable in these days, is the source of a great many of the crying sins of the age; the Church of God at large would have been more separate from the world if the little church in each mans house had been more carefully trained for God. The servant was very careful. We should know too much if we knew all that will happen in the future. Genesis 6:1-4) and the sins of humankind generally ( Genesis 6:5-8 Top of Page ' "The judgment is that God will not endlessly and forever permit his life-giving spirit to enliven those who disorder his world. THE chapter from which the text is taken bristles with points. He was a man of plans and arrangements, a man of considerable craftiness, which some people nowadays call prudence. He used means, and he sometimes used them a little too much. Gen 19:17. After all, an ark is a chest, not a ship; this refers to the shoebox shape of the vessel. Gen 49:8. James Hath he said, and shall he not do it?. He also said all the ancient historians he knew of wrote about the ark. Gen 9:11-17. Already in the Old Testament it often refers to the whole Pentateuch, the Thora, i.e., the first part of the Old Testament. He gave it a name to commemorate Gods having sent the angels, and called it two camps or two hosts., The angels of God are always round about his people. Here is no human passion, but divine dignity: And he said, . What care he takes about the whole affair! b. Holy desires will be realized, and believing prayers will be answered, but mere curiosity will not be gratified. Gen 24:4-5. Fierce and powerful nations possessed the country; it did not seem a very likely place to be the heritage of a peace-loving man like Abraham. After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. I suppose that this was a very drying wind, so the waters began to turn to vapor, and gradually to disappear. GOD in infinite grace had entered into covenant with , A Welcome Discovery Ay, he did not know that promise, While they are yet speaking I will hear; but God keeps his promises before he makes them, and, therefore, I am sure he will keep them after he has made them. 2 Corinthians Jacob called unto his sons, so he was not bereaved after all. Gen 1:6-8. Gen 45:4-5, And they came near. Genesis 6:4. 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. That has often been the request of Gods people, they have wanted to know Gods wondrous name. The Holy Spirit says, Judas, not Iscariot, so that there should be no mistake about the person intended. Esther If we are allowed the high honour of carrying the untold treasure of the gospel, we must be reminded that we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. Yet who would not be content to limp for life if he might but win such a victory as Jacob won on that memorable night by the brook Jabbok? He may have wondered if it meant that one born in his house, though not his son, was to be his heir; and that, through him, the blessing would come. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. Moses lived around 1500-1400 BC. Study Guide for Genesis 6 by David Guzik - Blue Letter Bible Gen 22:16-18. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. When you and I also are near our journeys end, may we be able to say, as Jacob did, I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. He could not have said that once. 49. How far reaching it is! God is not unfeeling in the face of human sin and rebellion. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Our Lord Christ is such a lion today; the Lion of the tribe of Judah couchant, lying down: who shall rouse him up ? Ah ! And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas. There is as much wisdom and care displayed in the creation of the tiniest creeping insect as in the creation of leviathan himself. God will use them as a foundation for the rest of the human race. and whose are these before thee? So, it may be that there is some mighty man of God who is near to prevailing with God, but he cannot quite obtain his request; but you, poor feeble pleader that you are, shall add your feathers weight to his great intercession, and then the scale will turn. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. What should be the meditations of every godly man as he looks towards Sodom, and sees the smoke of its destruction? God will always have agents enough to save his elect; there shall be sufficient gospel preaching, even in the darkest and deadest times, to bring his redeemed out of the City of Destruction. Joseph is a type of him who is both the Shepherd and the Stone to us, the Shepherd who defends us, provides for us, and dies for us, and the foundation on which we build for time and eternity. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. THERE w a s a well of water close to Hagar all the while though she saw it not. Job Lots petition is only like an ounce of prayer. Their spirit and temper constantly change; their pursuits are sometimes in one direction, and sometimes in another; they are everything by starts, and nothing long; and to each of them it may be said, Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.: It is a very remarkable circumstance, well worthy of notice, that this curse was turned into a real blessing, especially in the case of the tribe of Levi. See how he plots and arranges everything to the best advantage. SpurgeonAt The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.On Thursday Evening, September 16th, 1876 Bravely said, O Jacob! Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. God told Noah to cover it with pitch inside and outside, which makes it possible that the ark was preserved for a long time. Chapter 29:1-31:55 Jacob's stay with Laban, Chapter 32 Jacob's fight with God and new name (Israel), Chapter 35 Jacob goes to Bethel; birth of Benjamin and death of Rachel, Chapter 36:1-37:1 Esau and his descendants; final word, 4. Daniel Look till the tears are in your eyes as you thank God that you are rescued from so terrible a doom! Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Gen 9:17. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. But God is not dependent upon his own creation. Go forth, says the Lord, Go forth of the ark.. The needful test had been applied, and Abrahams faith had endured the trial. He began with a question. Gen 22:14. And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto His servants, Pass over before me, and put a apace betwixt drove and drove. 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. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Now let us read in the twenty-second chapter of this same Book of Genesis. And the evening and the morning were the second day. God makes much of salvation, oh, that we also did! Perhaps, before Jesus returns, God will make it even more necessary for people to willfully forget these things. So that he fell, or began to fall; but still he gripped the Angel, and would not let him go. I win not pronounce a benediction in the which thou shalt not share: In blessing I will bless thee,, Because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself.. Gen 8:12. If it was said, concerning somebody in this place, That individual , Thorns and Thistles See how quickly the patriarch changes from Jacob into Israel; when his spirit if revived, he becomes Israel. And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. Unto him shall the gathering of the people be.. Perhaps he did so in this case; but, at the same time, he was a man of faith, and therefore he betook himself to prayer. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. His name was praise, and such was his history to be, for David came of that tribe, and great Davids greater Son, whom it is our joy to praise. Oh, that you and I might possess the Abrahamic faith which thus practically obeys the Lord, and brings a blessing to all the nations of the earth! 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. 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on . Gen 22:9-10. Those who read the Scriptures with a view simply to find out novelties that may tickle their fancy, read in vain. He was not to simply contract it out to someone else. The greater our troubles, the louder our song at the last. Oh, that question! In this respect he falls short of his grandfather Abraham; yet, nevertheless, he acts wisely, first with common prudence, and next with uncommon prayerfulness. 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. Shall we personally gain anything by this association? Habakkuk 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. 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. ix. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. a. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt-. The people brought their golden ear-rings to Aaron, and he made a calf, and they bowed before it, saying, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. While this wickedness was going on, Moses was on the mountain-top with God. 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. 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.
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