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God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
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God's Reassuring Repetition
Commentators note that this is a reappearance of God to Jacob. It's not new information, but a powerful repetition of previous promises. John Calvin explains this was done to strengthen Jacob's faith, giving him new courage to accomplish the remaining course of his life. This shows God's grace in reassuring His people of His faithfulness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
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19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 – 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham b…
16th Century
Protestant
And God appeared unto Jacob. Moses, having introduced a few words on the death of Deborah, recounts a second vision by which Jacob was con…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God appeared unto Jacob again At Bethel, as he had at Shechem, when he bid him go thither, ([Reference Genesis 3…
The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinan…
