Teks -- Genesis 28:4 (NET)

28:4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

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Wesley: Gen 28:3-4

Two great promises Abraham was blessed with, and Isaac here entails them both upon Jacob. The promise of heirs, God make thee fruitful and multiply thee. Through his loins that people should descend from Abraham which should be numerous as the stars of heaven. Through his loins should descend from Abraham that person in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed. The promise of an inheritance for those heirs, Gen 28:4.

Wesley: Gen 28:3-4 - That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings

(So the Hebrew) Canaan was hereby entailed upon the seed of Jacob, exclusive of the seed of Esau. Isaac was now sending Jacob away into a distant country to settle there for some time; and lest this should look like disinheriting him, he here confirms the settlement of it upon him. This promise looks as high as heaven, of which Canaan was a type. That was the better country which Jacob, with the other patriarchs, had in his eye when he confessed himself a stranger and pilgrim on the earth, Heb 11:16.

Clarke: Gen 28:4 - Give thee the blessing of Abraham

Give thee the blessing of Abraham - May he confirm the inheritance with all its attendant blessings to thee, to the exclusion of Esau; as he did to me, to the exclusion of Ishmael. But, according to St. Paul, much more than this is certainly intended here, for it appears, from Gal 3:6-14, that the blessing of Abraham, which is to come upon the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, comprises the whole doctrine of justification by faith, and its attendant privileges, viz., redemption from the curse of the law, remission of sins, and the promise of the Holy Spirit, including the constitution and establishment of the Christian Church.

TSK: Gen 28:4 - the blessing // wherein thou art a stranger // which

the blessing : Gen 12:1-3, Gen 12:7, Gen 15:5-7, Gen 17:6-8, Gen 22:17, Gen 22:18; Psa 72:17; Rom 4:7, Rom 4:8; Gal 3:8, Gal 3:14; Eph 1:3

wherein thou art a stranger : Heb. of thy sojournings, Gen 17:8

which : Gen 12:7, Gen 13:14-17, Gen 15:18-21; Psa 39:12, Psa 105:6-12; Heb 11:9-13

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Haydock: Gen 28:4 - Grandfather

Grandfather. Isaac, out of modesty, does not mention that the same promises had been made to himself. He determines the right over Chanaan to belong solely to Jacob, and to his posterity. (Haydock)

Gill: Gen 28:4 - And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee // that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave to Abraham

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee,.... Which was promised to Abraham, and was entailed upon Isaac and his seed, and now upon Jacob and his seed, which follows:

that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave to Abraham; the land of Canaan, which was given to Abraham by promise, but not in possession; he was a sojourner and stranger in it, and so Isaac had been all his days, and now Jacob, who through the blessing was become heir of it; but as yet neither he nor his posterity must enjoy it, but be strangers and sojourners in it, for the exercise of faith, and for the leading of their minds off of all earthly enjoyments, to the better and heavenly country God has provided for his people; see Heb 11:9.