...the declaration of God to Jacob ! how much adapted to excite his confidence and dispel his fears ! " I am the Lord God of Abraham, thy father, and the...land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.'' What an honorable genealogy ! The God of his father and grandfather ; and, above all,...

...reached to heaven : find behold the messengers of God ascending and descending on it ; and behold the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of...the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to tnee will I give it, and to thy seed.'' Jacob's feelings, when he awoke, are described in a manner...

...reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of...land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the...

...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." It is very pleasing to observe, in all the revelations of Christ made to the saints of the Most High...

...appears to him as his covenant God, and renews the covenant of grace with him, as in Gen. 28 : 14. " And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and...

...appears to him as his covenant God, and renews the covenant of grace with him ; as in Gen. xxviii. 14. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and...and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and i?i thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Jacob had another remarkable confirmation...

...it, and said, 'lam the LORD God of Abra- • Ch. *. ^ ham thy father, and the God of Isaac: ^JJ-'S1 . »«• 30 'Have they not sped? have they TE.^.^,. not d to thy seed ; 14 And "thy seed shall be as the dust • *-'3-i«. of the earth , and thou shalt f spread...

...heaven : and behold, the an?cls of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the LORD slood ts, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight ol" the LORD, to provoke him to a : tbe land whereon thou liest, lo thee will it;ive it, and to thy seed. 14 And thy seed shall be as...

...earth be blessed." The confirmation of the same promises to Jacob we read in Chapter xxviii. J4j " And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and thou shall spread abroad" to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee,...

...earth be blessed." The confirmation of the same promises to Jacob we read in Chapter xxviii. 14, « And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and Ihou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in...