Gen 32:9. Gen 15:4-5. Gen 3:19. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. The highly developed hieroglyphic writing existed already in Egypt, as its origins can be traced back to 3000 BC.The Sumerian pictograms and the Assyrian-Babylonian cuneiform also date back that far. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: The patriarch fixes his eyes on his firstborn; he must say something sharp that would dishonour him, but he does not deny him the rights of birthright. So that, in intent and purpose, he had consummated the sacrifice, and therefore we read in Hebrew 11:17, By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son. He had virtually done so in the esteem of God though no trace of a wound could be found upon Isaac. Gen 19:12. And it came to pass, before he had done speaking. Many of Gods servants belong to this tribe, for their life is spent in conflict. viii. The well was there already, but for all practical purposes it , Jacob's Model Prayer It was true then, and it is true today: But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more (Romans 5:20). Nahum The marginal reading is Two hosts, or, camps. The angels of the Lord were encamping round about the man who feared him, though shore had been much in his character and conduct which the Lord could not approve. They were opened, indeed; and Adam and Eve did know good and evil. Everywhere, where the omnipotence of the creator should be emphasised, we read God. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, , What a wonderful expression that is! Gen 1:3-4. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there. Observe the remarkable fact that, no sooner had God made the dry land appear, than it seemed as if he could not bear the sight of it in its nakedness. Moses lived around 1500-1400 BC. Those who are friends of God like to be much in their Lords company. That the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. God will miss none of his own. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. ] If the ark carried two of every family of animals, there were around 700 pairs of animals; but if the ark carried two of every species of animals, there were around 35,000 pairs of animals. As he tested a plane he and his co-pilot flew over Ararat and discovered on the edge of a glacier what he described as a boat the size of a battleship. e. Cover it inside and outside with pitch: The pitch worked to waterproof the wood. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be eating nor harvest. Abraham had not a foot of land to call his own, except that cave of Machpelah which he bought of the sons of Heth for a burying-place for his beloved Sarah. And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there. Genesis 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. He did. Romans It does not say that he wrestled with the man, but there wrestled a man with him. We call him wrestling Jacob, and so he was; but we must not forget the wrestling man,or, rather, the wrestling Christ,the wrestling Angel of the covenant, who had come to wrestle out of him much of his own strength and wisdom, which, though it was commendable in a measure, and we have commended it, was an evil because it kept him from relying on the strength and wisdom of God. Commentary on Genesis 2. ii. He was in no hurry to close that blessed interview; when he had once come into the Lords immediate presence, he lingered there. Gen 24:2. Everybody was drowned save these great fathers of the new age, and all must begin from this stock. 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! Yet I must say that I do not like these terms that Jacob uses; they do not seem to me to be the right sort of language for a man of faith: My lord Esau, Thy servant Jacob saith thus. What business had Gods favored one to speak thus to such a profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright? When we walk with a man, we know that he is there, we hear his footfall if we cannot see his face; we have some very clear perception that there is such a person at our side." (Spurgeon) ii. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. In a.d. 180, Theophilus of Antioch wrote: the remains [of the ark] are to this day to be seen in the mountains.. Spurgeon did not entirely agree with six days of creation and dives into subjects that are beyond the AiG focus (e.g., Calvinism vs. Arminianism, modes of baptism, and so on). i. There was always a trial for Abrahams faith, but even his trials were blessed, for God blessed Abraham in all things.. Chapter 15:1-21:34Abraham's experiences with God, Chapter 15 The promise of the son and the inheritance, Chapter 16 Hagar and Ishmael: Law and the flesh (Galatians 4:21-31), Chapter 17 Renewal of the promise and institution of circumcision; change of name (Abraham and Sarah), Chapter 18 Fellowship with God and prayer for Sodom, Chapter 19 Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; Lot's salvation; origin of Moab and Ammon, Chapter 20 Abraham's failure with Abimelech, Chapter 21 Birth of Isaac and separation from Hagar and Ishmael, 2. Gen 19:15-16. Gen 33:10-12. d. You shall make it: And Noah did make it. He himself was to address her first, and then she must be ready, with all cheerfulness, to do far more than he asks. 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. Oh, if we would but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, all things should be added unto us! People would ask, How came the halting gait of that princely man? We need 2 cookies to store this setting. This is almost a full year later, and in the second month of his six hundred and first year Noah left the ark. 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. He waits Gods time, and we are always wise in doing that. 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on . Job Widespread corruption and violence (Genesis 6:11). Now comes the crisis which will make a change in the whole of Jacobs future life: He touched the hollow of his thigh.. Why Does God Compare Our Relationship with Him to That of a Bride and Groom? Does it look to you like a curse? But he soon resumed his prophecy: go Ge 49:19, What a happy breathing-space is this! Gen 14:22-23. He pleads with them, he who was far greater than theya prince among peasants,now prays to them; and is it not wonderful that the Lord Jesus, our infinitely-greater Brother, at times pleads with us, even as he said to the woman at the well, Give me to drink? b. 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 father who had to be sacrificed, and in the story of Joseph and his brothers the whole way of Israel with their Messiah.In the biographies of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob we are also presented with the personal life of faith.The tent shows us that the believer is a wandering stranger in this world, who has no remaining city here, but is looking for the one to come.The altar is the picture of fellowship with the only true God and the worship that He seeks. Gen 22:6. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. There are limits to all human intercourse with God. How he must have trembled to think that he had the daring perhaps his fears made him call it the presumption actually to wrestle with God himself, for he was conscious now that it was no mere angel, but the Angel of the covenant, the Lord himself, with whom he had wrestled. The earth is completed now that man has come upon it, and man is completed when the image of God is upon him, when Christ is formed in him the hope of glory, but not till then. Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. Let us rather learn a lesson from them. God will foresee; God will-as we usually say,-provide, which is being interpreted, fore-see. Chapter 26:34-37 Jacob-Israel, or the education of the Spirit, Chapter 27 Jacob deceitfully gets the blessing, b. a. Gen 1:26-28. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. I suppose that this was a very drying wind, so the waters began to turn to vapor, and gradually to disappear. By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jun 1, 2012 in Current Issues, Features. The waters were abated as far as the fruit trees; not only the tallest forest trees, but some of the fruit trees were uncovered from the water. This is very respectful language, and rather obsequious, too; but when a man knows that he has done wrong to another, he ought to be prepared to humble himself to the injured individual; and, though it happened long ago, yet Jacob really had injured his brother Esau, and it was but right that, in meeting him again, he should put himself into a humble position before him. And he rose up that night, and took his two womenservants, and his two women servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. "Light be." "Light was." God had but to speak the word, and the great wonder was accomplished. Apparently, Adam was not forbidden to eat of the fruit of the tree of life, though, after his fail, he was cast out of Eden, as God said, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. He might freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden except one: of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. It was a slight prohibition, yet the test was more than man, even in a state of innocence, was able to endure, and, alas! Spurgeon's Exposition Genesis Genesis 1 Gen 1:1. And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. Genesis (beginning, becoming) is the book of beginnings. Look till your heart melts with pity for the many who are going the downward road, and who will eternally ruin themselves unless almighty grace prevent! This was a distinct act of rebellion on the part of both of them. Not Yet a Member? All they had gained by their sin was a discovery of their nakedness. No! He had not reached the highest point of faith, though he had gone in the right direction a great deal further than many Christians. However, since the fall in Genesis 3, every human being has a death sentence. Bible Commentaries Genesis 6 Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible Genesis Intro Genesis Genesis Intro Genesis Intro Genesis Genesis Intro Copyright Statement These files are public domain. It may seem a small thing; but it meant a great deal. He has liberty in speech, freedom of utterance, he is not in bonds, he is as a hind let loose., Ah, now the patriarch comes to his beloved Joseph, and here the old man lingers long, longer than upon any other of his sons: Joseph . Gen 22:1. You may have what you will if you can speak thus to the covenant angel, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.. There is a deal of wisdom in this sign, however. if he be once fully aroused what power will he put forth when he shall spring upon his adversaries ? Jacob had just come out of a great trouble. Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Surely, there was more of the Jacob policy than there was of the Israel faith in this form of speech. If it had not been on record in the page of inspiration, we might almost have doubted whether a man could speak so impudently when , Eyes Opened ix. And his head is bruised, blessed be the name of the Womans promised seed! 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. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. And every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: Does God remember cattle? 9. But when He turns in grace to man He is called Jehovah. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: That is, a prince of God. Psalms 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. They are important for the divisions of this book. Gen 1:24-25. Though I am willing to give up my share of the spoil, that is no reason why these men should do the same. Christian men ought not to expect worldlings to do what they cheerfully and willingly do themselves; and, indeed, it is not much use to expect it, for they are not likely to do it. God does not always fulfill his promises to his people at once; else, where would be the room for faith? He has destroyed the earth once by water because of sin, and he will the second time destroy it by fire for the selfsame reason. Chapter 11:27: These are the generations of Terah, 7. Now let us read what the Lord says, through the prophet Isaiah, concerning this covenant. Plug in, Turn on and Be Enlightened! Asher was a tribe that was placed in a very fertile region where everything was crowned with delight. And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; There he is, planning again! Gen 22:4. Gen 15:13. Here is no human passion, but divine dignity: And he said, . I would that all parents were the same. Genesis 6. Ruth Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: See how love attracts; Joseph must have his brothers near him, now he wants to have his father also near. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. Gen 32:24. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; Until then, the earth had been obnoxious to Jehovah. The work of building the ark was laborious, costly, tedious, dangerous, and seemingly foolish and ridiculous; especially when all things continued in the same posture and safety for so many scores of years together; whereby Noah, without doubt, was all that while the song of the drunkards, and the sport of the wits of that age. In 1936 a young British archaeologist named Hardwicke Knight hiked across Ararat and discovered interlocking hand-tooled timbers at a height of 14,000 feet (4,600 meters). And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. Gen 22:9-10. Well, even that was better than planning, and not praying at all; so there is something commendable in his action, though not without considerable qualification. So that he fell, or began to fall; but still he gripped the Angel, and would not let him go. How faithfully God fulfils his covenant with the earth! Gen 9:17. How obliquely fell the curse! And Jacobs heart fainted, for he believed them not. Used by Permission. The title "law" does not only refer to the commandments that Moses received at Sinai from God. Well, you see, he had gone in by the door, and he meant to come out by the door, and he that opened the door for him, and shut him in, must now open the door for him, and let him out. 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. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. During World War II two pilots saw and photographed something they believed was the ark on Mount Ararat. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Noah might have thought it was dry enough before; but God did not think so, there was enough mud to breed a pestilence, so Noah must wait until God had made the earth ready for him. They convey to us the great lesson that the word of God is sure to be followed by the deed of God. Come away from the world, beloved, but come close to one another; be one household, be it your delight to assemble around your elder Brother, the Lord Jesus Christ. PREVIOUS Genesis 6:3 NEXT Genesis 6:5. But, thankfully, throughout the process prior to God's judgment, His grace gives us repeated offers to repent and be restored. And again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Now let us read a few verses from Jeremiahs prophecy. Gen 32:4-5. Leviticus Gen 3:23-24. It is similar to that remarkable declaration of Jehovah, recorded in Ex 12:13. The face of the ground was dry in the first month; the earth was dried, the second month. Therefore God drew a distinction between him and the unrighteous, for he always hath a special regard for godly people. GOD in infinite grace had entered into covenant with , A Welcome Discovery No tempest of wrath was to break out of it upon him. Gen 3:13. 1 Kings I think that, when Christians differ from one another, there should be a holy emulation between them as to which shall be the first to give way, and which will give way the more to the other. Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. Gen 7:17. Thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons wives with thee. He knew that she had found a proper resting-place, and that the earth was clear of the flood. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? 1 Peter Gen 1:6-8. Gen 8:15-21. Chapter 10:1: These are the generations of the sons of Noah, 5. And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. Happy fowls, and happy cattle, and happy beasts of the earth to be connected with Noah, and go to come under a covenant of preservation and we, though only worthy to be typified by these creatures which God had preserved in the ark, are thrice happy to be in the same covenant with him who is our Noah, our rest, our sweet savour unto God. Thus did Jacob the wrestler overcome his God. Commentary on Genesis 4. Gen 32:27. TO BETHEL. Are the waters very deep with you, dear friend? Gen 19:13-14. 1. There is no wonder that they were troubled at his presence.. Mark God knows when to send angels to his servants; and when they come, it is often as the forerunners of a trial which is to follow them. 2 Samuel 4. In the six hundred and first year: Genesis 7:11-13 says that Noah entered the ark on the seventeenth day of the second month of the six hundredth year of his life. He received what he sought for his necessity, but not what he merely asked out of curiosity. (4-5) Satan's direct challenge to God's Word. But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the arkyou, your sons, your wife, and your sons wives with you. The breath of life ( Genesis 2:7; Psalms 104:29-30) remains his to give and to recall." [Note: Brueggemann, Genesis, p. Gen 24:12-14. 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. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen 24:4-5. And every one of our sins is essentially of the same nature, and has in it, substantially, the same mischief. Gen 22:19. Gen 27:1-4. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: The patriarch is greater than the king. That Book of Proverbs is placed not far from the Song of Solomon, which treats of high spiritual communion, as if to teach us that the next-door neighbour to the wisdom that cometh from above which walks with God, is that prudence which God gives to his servants for their dealings with men. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. My chief business is to honour the God whom I am, and whom I serve; and if the taking of this spoil would dishonour him, I will not take even so much as a thread or a shoe-latchet.. i. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 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. There was no life in the sea or on the land until all was ready for it. xxxv. This was just as our Divine Master acted when his disciples enquired of him concerning the times and seasons, he told them it was not for them to know what the Father had retained in his own power; but Christ added, what was much better for them, Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you. He will not tell us all we want to know, but he will give us all we need to have.
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