Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran." — Genesis 28:10 (ASV)
JACOB’S DREAM.
And Jacob. —Though this history is called the Tôldôth Isaac, yet it is really the history of Jacob, just as the Tôldôth Terah was the history of Abraham, and the Tôldôth Jacob, beginning at Genesis 37:2, is the history of Joseph. Up to this time all had been preparation, but now at length Jacob is confirmed in the possession of the birthright and made the heir of the Abrahamic blessing; and henceforth his fortunes solely occupy the inspired narrator, though Isaac still had sixty-three years to live. (See Note on Genesis 11:27.)