He spoke like a prophet of God when he was really speaking to his son in the anguish of his spirit, and in his prophetic utterance we find the sum end substance of the gospel: My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. He is the great Provider, and he provides the offering, not only for us, but for himself, for the sacrifice was necessary to God as well as to man. God evidently meant the two persons, male and female, to complete the man, and the entireness of the manhood lies in them both. Sin must be a very heinous thing, since God, who despiseth not the work of his own hands, will sooner break up the human race, and destroy every thing that liveth rather than that sin should continue to defile the earth. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. I have known him very strangely with his people, and when they thought they were quite forgotten, he has proved that he remembered them, and both the winds of heaven and the waters of the sea have had to work their good. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 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 The earth also was corrupt and the earth was filled with violence: Because of the corruption and violence on the earth, and the extent of the corruption, God told Noah that He would judge the wicked along with the earth. Bible Study Tools Language Tools Study Library They are all here, Jacob. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis iii. A sad misfortune to lose the sight of the eyes! And every one of our sins is essentially of the same nature, and has in it, substantially, the same mischief. Gen 7:5. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. But he soon resumed his prophecy: go Ge 49:19, What a happy breathing-space is this! Those who are friends of God like to be much in their Lords company. There are limits to all human intercourse with God. They were all Abrahams by right as the spoils of war. And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, And the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: This holy man was careful of the purity of his family; he knew what an ill-effect a Canaanitish wife might have upon his son, and also upon his offspring. The old man is in his dotage, said they; he always was peculiar, he never acted like the rest of the citizens; he came in here as a stranger, and he has always been strange in his behavior.. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings dale. Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him, and so proved that he was righteous before God. PREVIOUS Genesis 6:3 NEXT Genesis 6:5. Gen 32:31. God is very particular in the Scripture about giving people their right names. Still, I think that Noah must have been very pleased when he felt the ark grating at last on the mountains of Ararat. Now let us read what the Lord says, through the prophet Isaiah, concerning this covenant. And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. He waits Gods time, and we are always wise in doing that. True emblems of the Church of God with her smoke and her light, her trying affliction, yet the grace by which she still keeps burning and shining in the world. Many things may seem to be left to chance, but they are not, the hand of God still guides and controls. He was lame, and probably remained lame for life. They had a right to it. In the six hundredth year of Noahs life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. In this case, it certainly was Jacobs duty to make some reparation to his brother, whether Esau accepted it or not. b. That was a very anxious night for Jacob; he was to have another night of sterner work still, but in doing as he did he acted wisely and rightly. Gen 32:25. Eagles and vultures, and all kinds of kites in the form of carking cares, and sad memories, and fears, and doubts, come hovering over the sacred feast. Abraham had endured the supreme test of his faith, and had, in full intent, offered up his son Isaac at the command of God, his hand being withheld from the actual sacrifice only by an angelic voice. The Lord told Noah when to go in, for it was necessary for him to know that; but he did not tell him when he should come out, for it was unnecessary that he should know that. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; Until then, the earth had been obnoxious to Jehovah. He was, therefore, particularly careful here. She should not have been beguiled by the serpent. I blame him not for this, yet, methinks, he is to be blamed that he did not pray first. Whatever power we have, must come from Gods grace alone; and hence, usually, when we pray so as to prevail with the Lord there is at the same time a shrinking of the sinew, a consciousness of weakness, a sense of pain; yet it is just then that we are prevailing, and therefore we may rest assured that our prayer will be answered. Gen 24:12-14. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Strange to say, while God pronounces a curse upon the enemy of mankind, he is uttering a blessing upon the whole of those who belong to Christ, for HE is that seed of the woman, and all that belong to him are a simple-minded, child-like people, children of the woman. Gen 22:4. The old serpents head is bruised with a fatal bruising, while the wounded heel of our Saviour is the joy and delight of our hearts. The ark could carry 136,560 sheep in half of its capacity, leaving plenty of room for people, food, water, and whatever other provisions were needed. i. He knew that she had found a proper resting-place, and that the earth was clear of the flood. 1. The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it; he saw it as a tender father sees the folly and stubbornness of a rebellious and disobedient child, which not only angers him, but grieves him, and makes him wish he had been written childless. Commentary on Genesis 3. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament and it was so. (wpe), Family Reformation; Or, Jacobs Second Visit to Bethel, An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer. The hand of justice was held back until Gods servant was safe. Gen 32:14-16. If the Bible mentions a leaf, they make it a bough; and if the Bible says it is a bough, they make it a leaf. Gen 3:13. The Lord had said concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen 49:25-28. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. This is the counterpart of what will follow the preaching of the gospel those who are in Christ shall live, shall rise, and reign with him for ever but none of those who are outside of Christ shall so live. Gen 45:23-24. It was Noahs confidence in a bleeding sacrifice that gave him acceptance with the Lord. 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. Six Turkish soldiers claimed to see the ark in 1916. vii. The fault lies in trying to compress all truth under either of those two heads. And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and alas he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. You do not go unattended at any single moment of your life. The Lord God did not ask the serpent anything, for he knew that he was a liar, but he at once pronounced sentence upon him: . It seems he was in the ark a full calendar year. There are some proud people who, when they know that they have done wrong, yet will not own it, and it is very hard to end a quarrel when one will not yield, and the other feels that he will not either. Sermon Bible Commentary. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: They praised God for him, they praised God by him, they praised God in him; he is the type of Jesus, of whom we can say all this with great emphasis. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. When one troubles gone, another doth him seize.. There must be suitable food to feed upon, and the sun and moon to cheer and comfort ere a single bird shall chirp in the thicket or a solitary trout shall leap in the stream. His name was praise, and such was his history to be, for David came of that tribe, and great Davids greater Son, whom it is our joy to praise. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. Genesis xxi. We know that the angels went down to Sodom, where they were received by Lot, and despitefully used by the Sodomites. Asher was a tribe that was placed in a very fertile region where everything was crowned with delight. And Abraham rose up early in the morning,-, Obedience should be prompt, we should show our willingness to obey the Lords command by not delaying: Abraham rose up early in the morning,-. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; It was to be a long while before the nation should enter upon its inheritance. It was literally so with Judah, but it is gloriously as with our Lord to this day. Yet, sooner or later, there comes a crucial test in which our true character will be discovered. He was an outstanding example of righteousness (Ezekiel 14:14), a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5), and Noah condemned the world by offering salvation in the ark that the whole world rejected (Hebrews 11:7). Chapter 37:2-36 Joseph's dreams and imprisonment in Egypt, c. Chapter 39:1-41:57Joseph's humiliation and exaltation, Chapter 40 Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's servants, Chapter 41 Pharaoh's dreams and Joseph's liberation, d. Chapter 42:1-47:31 The seven lean years, Chapter 43 The second journey of Joseph's brothers to Egypt, Chapter 44 The conscience of the brothers begins to awake, Chapter 47 Jacob blesses Pharaoh; Joseph, the "saviour of the world", e. Chapter 48:1-50:26 The end of Jacob and Joseph, Chapter 48 Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, Chapter 49 Jacob blesses his twelve sons and dies, Chapter 50 Jacob's burial and Joseph's death: The hope of the inheritance, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. This is speaking by an anthropopathy, after the manner of men, because God determined to do, and did something similar to men, when they repent of anything: as a potter, when he has formed a vessel that does not please him, and he repents that he has made it, he takes it and breaks it in pieces; and so God, because of man's wickedness, and to 1 2 3 7 8 9 12 14 15 18 19 22 24 27 32 33 45 49 Continues after advertising Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers 2 Kings Perhaps he did not doubt the promise, but he wanted to have it explained to him. He works downwards, and stays the breaking up of the fountains of the deep. Gen 49:4. It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. He remembers that lonely departure from the home country, and he cannot help contrasting it with his present prosperity. All rights reserved. ii. It was a memorable discourse , A Family Sermon We will read two or three passages in the Book of Genesis concerning God blessing his servant Abraham. Remember how the favored three, on the Mount of Transfiguration, feared as they entered into the cloud; yet it was there that they were to see their Master in his glory. Man acts just as freely and just as guiltily as if there were no predestination whatever; and God ordains, arranges, supervises, and over-rules, just as accurately as if there were no free will in the universe. Are any of you labouring under a very serious disadvantage? Chapter 6:9: This is the history of Noah, 4. The firmament an expanse of air in which floated the waters which afterwards condensed, and fell upon the earth in refreshing showers. Philemon God, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. The distinctive word of the gospel is a drawing word: Come. Jesus says, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest; and he will say to his people at the last, Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Depart is the word of justice and judgment, but Come is the word of mercy and grace. i. And he said, Take now thy son, But, Lord, I have two sons, Ishmael and Isaac., But, Lord, both Ishmael and Isaac are my sons, and each of them is the only son of his mother., See how definitely God points out to Abraham the son who is to be the means of the great trial of his fathers faith: Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou loves,-. The ark was certainly big enough to do the job. He had asked for a manifestation, a sign, a token, and, lo, it comes in the horror of great darkness. Do not be afraid, beloved, if your soul sometimes knows what horror is. After each days work, God looks upon it, and it is well for us every night to review our days work. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro. and my soul shall live. Gen 32:24. Love me, love even my flocks and my herds. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likelihood of being discovered. He knew better when to begin and when to leave off than you and I do; there are certain restraints in prayer which a man of God cannot explain to others, but which he, nevertheless, himself feels. Thus the beginning and the end of the Bible call our attention to the tree of life and the river of life in the paradise below and the better paradise above. Now turn to the thirty-second chapter of the Book of Exodus, where we find a description of the sin of idolatry into which the Israelites fell while Moses was absent in communion with God upon the mountain. 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. All this ought to make us long to be under the yet fuller and higher covenant of grace, by which spiritual blessings would he scoured to us, an eternal day to follow this earthly night, and a glorious harvest to follow this time of seed-sowing. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; Thou shalt get thy life out of the ground till thou thyself shalt go into the ground.. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Gen 27:1-4. And get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? 19. Could he believe it? He said to Jacob, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?. The LORD was sorry that He had made man He was grieved in His heart: Gods sorrow at man, and the grief in His heart are striking. He placed them in the order of his affection for them, the best-beloved in the rear. Those who read the Scriptures with a view simply to find out novelties that may tickle their fancy, read in vain.

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