(Text: Genesis 28:4)
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
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Genesis 28:5-6 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Paul addressed the “Blessings of Abraham” Gal 3:14; it’s means “justification by Faith.” It refers to a believing sinner who is justified before God by simply having Faith in Christ and what Christ has done for us at the Cross. Isaac now fully seems to have returned to the path of Faith; there is now no attempt to substitute Esau for Jacob, or to lessen the privileges of the latter, but with hearty cheerfulness, he blesses the younger son. And confirms him in the possession of the whole Abraham Blessing. Esau, knowing nothing of the path of Faith, concludes erroneously that the reason that Isaac gave Jacob the Blessing is because he [Esau) had married Canaanites woman.
In addition, Genesis 28:7-9 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
The “obedience” mentioned here of Jacob was the opposite of that concerning Esau. In fact, Ishmael had been dead now for some years, so it refers to Esau going to the family of Ishmael. The truth is, Ishmael was no closer to acceptance than the daughters of Canaan. He had long before been rejected by the Holy Spirit, and had been thrust out of the family of Abraham. This portrays any believer who doesn’t understand the true path of Faith and tries to build his case on a work of the flesh. And, if the believer doesn’t understand the Cross, he will, without fail, resort to the flesh.
Finally, Genesis 28:11-13 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 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. 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;
In that verse 11, the “sleep” there represents him ceasing from his personal activity and God beginning His personal activity; Jacob has much to learn, and it will begin here. In a sense, the “ladder” represents Christ; He Alone is the Way to Heaven; He would refer to this at the beginning of His ministry John 1:51. The word “above it” in the original Hebrew actually should read “beside him”; not only did the Angels descend by it to him, but God Himself descended this stairway of glory and stood by him. The Patriarch, destitute and with a stone for a pillow, literally having to leave this land, is now told by the Lord, “To you will I give it, and to your seed;” only Faith could accept such a Promise.
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