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Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn`t know it."
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God Beyond the Sanctuary
Commentators unanimously explain that Jacob's surprise wasn't about God's general omnipresence, which he knew. He was shocked to experience a special, manifest presence of God in a random field, far from the familiar altars of his family. This reveals that God is not confined to our designated 'holy places' and can meet us powerfully anywhere.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
קהל qâhāl — “congregation.”
מחלת māchălat — Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.”
לוּז l…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
And Jacob awakened. Moses again affirms that this was no common dream, for when anyone awakes, he immediately perceives that he had been u…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep Which had been sweet unto him, and out of his dream, it being now over; and it hav…
God manifested himself and his favor to Jacob when he was asleep. The Spirit, like the wind, blows when and where it pleases, and God's grace, like…
