“The firmament” — an expanse of air in which floated the waters which afterwards condensed, and fell upon the earth in refreshing showers. There can be no destruction of the world, there can be no pouring out of the last plagues, there can be no total sweeping away of the ungodly till, first of all, the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads, and taken to a place of security. One who exercised both the kingship and the priesthood, the only person that we know of who did this, and who, therefore, is a wonderful type of that marvelous King-Priest of whom we read in the 110th Psalm, and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. It must have been a great comfort to the old man to have all his twelve sons with him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. In the new heavens and the new earth, there won’t be any sun or moon. Perhaps the world was in its prime, when the trees were in bloom, and the birds were singing in their branches, and the flowers were blooming on the earth, “the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. So, after God has given men light, and blessed them in various ways, their spiritual life begins to develop to the glory of God. 22. (1) God fulfills His promise to Abraham and Sarah. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Gen 3:13. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. So that, in intent and purpose, he had consummated the sacrifice, and therefore we read in Hebrew 11:17, “By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son.” He had virtually done so in the esteem of God though no trace of a wound could be found upon Isaac. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: According to the Eastern manner of swearing. The Spurgeon Commentary: 1 Peter makes Spurgeon’s content accessible—there’s no longer a need to comb through many volumes looking for one nugget of wisdom. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. It sounds so simple, yet behind it lurk many of the ultimate questions of philosophy, theology, and metaphysics. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. If you would know what perfect reconciliation means, his to the altar where the great Sacrifice was presented. Waco, TX: Word Books, 1987. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. Thou hast loosed my bonds.”. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. It will come to an end; therefore wait, and be patient, and do not want to know the time of your deliverance. Thus we see what we may expect so long as the earth remains, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Bravely said, O Jacob! And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. These men were verily guilty for selling their brother, yet God was verily wise in permitting him to be sold. 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He himself was to address her first, and then she must be ready, with all cheerfulness, to do far more than he asks. 3. God can dry them up, and, singularly enough, he can stop one trouble with another, he can dry up the water with the wind. Gen 22:17-18. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat: that my soul may bless thee before I die. After each day’s work, God looks upon it, and it is well for us every night to review our day’s work. Jacob had a suit good enough for this occasion, but the worldly man had not. Gen 3:2-3. There are far better ornaments than gold can buy —ornaments neat, and raiment comely — may we all possess them. That was a very wonderful procession, it was the new beginning of everything upon the earth. Issachar’s was a poor case; he was so idle, so fond of rest, that he was willing to become a servant unto tribute. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (20,21) Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. They were all there, yet he could remember the time when he had said, “Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away.” Ah! We cannot blame him, under the circumstances, yet how much grander is the quiet, noble demeanour of Abraham, who trusts in God, and leaves matters more in his hands! 9. I believe that, often, the worst thing that can happen to Christian men is really the best thing, for, while nature would cry out, “The clouds are to be dreaded,” grace can reply, — The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Whatever power we have, must come from God’s 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. Little could they have dreamed in what a terrible sense the serpent’s words would come true. THE CREATION STORY. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. We will read two or three passages in the Book of Genesis concerning God blessing his servant Abraham. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. Gen 32:30. Genesis 1 - Spurgeon - Matthew Bible Commentary Studying the book of Genesis 1; shows a significant summary of the history, time and relevant details according to the bible’s acts based onSpurgeon - Matthew Bible Commentary and reading parallely the bible’s version King James Version. Reuben was “the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power,” yet his father had to say to him, “Thou shalt not excel.”. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and women servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. Gen 7:17. For out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. It takes us back into the very dawn of human history and yet as we read it, it is as up-to-date as tomorrow morning's newspaper. We recommend Pilgrim Publications, where the Ages disk may be purchased at a discount. It is just like Joseph to speak thus kindly, and to put the invitation so attractively to his father: “Thou shalt be near unto me.” That would be the greatest joy of all to old Jacob; and this is the greatest joy to a sinner when he comes to Christ, our great Joseph, “Thou shalt be near unto me.” It is not merely that he gives us the land of Goshen to dwell in, but he promises that we shall be near unto him, and that is best of all. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Most of the sermons not included in our collection are available from Emmet O'Donnell's excellent website in .pdf format. In those darker days we can hardly expect to find so much of the excellences of the spirit as we ought to find now-a-days in those who possess the spirit of God fully. Now the lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: It was God’s intention to keep his truth and his pure worship alive in the world by committing it to the charge of one man, and the nation that should spring from him. Unbelief would have left the knife at home, but genuine faith takes it. Gen 32:1. Abraham did not deceive the young men, he believed that he and Isaac would come to them again. The unclean beasts were mostly killers and devourers of others, and therefore their number we to be less than that of the clean species. We offer the Spurgeon Study Bible, the Holy Word with study notes from Charles Spurgeon Sermons. And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, “Go into the ark,” but “Come,” plainly implying that God was himself in the ark, waiting to receive Noah and his family into the big ship that was to be their place of refuge while all the other people on the face of the earth were drowned. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. Kindle Edition. Gen 49:25-28. How often we throw the blame of our sin on the devil, who certainly has enough to bear without the added guilt of our iniquity! It is a very sweet thing to die with a blessing on your lips, and it is equally good to live in the same spirit. if he be once fully aroused what power will he put forth when he shall spring upon his adversaries ? How often God takes the will for the deed with his people! And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. So it is clear that the greatest strength and dignity and power will not serve a man, so as to make him excel, if he be unstable. I think that I know some who are; they could do a great deal, but they see that rest is good, and the land is pleasant, so they idle away their days. This mysterious personage, the highest type of our Lord Jesus Christ, blessed Abraham; “and without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.” “He blessed him,”—. If there is a nation that has not yet heard the gospel, it must hear it, for so the promise stands, “In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” We may look for a glorious future from the preaching of Christ throughout every land, for so the covenant was made with Abraham because he had obeyed God’s voice. 1 In the abeginning, God created the heavens and the earth. That river in Eden also reminds us of the “pure river of water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,” of which we read almost at the end of the Revelation that was given to John in Patmos. Some men’s work will not bear looking at, and tomorrow becomes all the worse to them because today was not considered and its sin repented of by them. Gen 32:32. A complete set of Spurgeon's sermons is available in e-text format from Ages Software. Unfortunately, it is often the sad duty of the exegete to penetrate the sublime in pursuit of the tedious. 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. No doubt he was weary, though triumphant; and so, just then, the Lord sent him special refreshment, and, beloved, how sweet it is to us when the greater Melchizedek meets us! Yet, sooner or later, there comes a crucial test in which our true character will be discovered. Gen 7:1. Love is impatient to have the object of its affection brought near. O father of the faithful, though thou dost believe, and art counted as righteous through believing, dost thou still ask, “Whereby shall I know?” Ah, beloved! It was not Christ alone who willingly died, or the Father alone who gave his Son, but they went both of them together,” even as Abraham and Isaac did here. Our Lord Jesus was blessing his disciples when he was taken from them; and since we do not know when we shall be taken sway from our relatives, let us be always blessing them. Gen 3:22. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. While some will consult it solely to ascertain whether or not Wenham agrees with them on some disputed point, the value of this commentary extends to the writer's discussion of the theology of Genesis, as well as his citation of important contemporary literary … It was his blood which yielded the juice of those rare clusters of the choice vine; and now, with garments dyed with his own blood, he comes from Edom, for he has trodden down his foes, and he cries, “I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me.”. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And he (Jacob) said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”. Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. If you are willing to suffer for Christ’s sake, it may be that you shall not be caused to suffer and if you are willing to be a martyr for the truth, you may be permitted to wear the martyr’s crown even though you are never called to stand at the stake, the scaffold or the block. The works of Charles Spurgeon have inspired millions of Christians around the world for over a hundred years. We must do everything that is included in the bounds of the divine command, and do it all with scrupulous exactness and care. While that was true of Judah, it is still more true of him who sprang out of Judah, even our Lord and King, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. See how quickly the patriarch changes from Jacob into Israel; when his spirit if revived, he becomes Israel. Gen 32:29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Search … Turn first to the twelfth chapter. No tempest of wrath was to break out of it upon him. They do not seek it, but it comes to them; and, for a time, they seem to be overcome, yet let them clutch at the promise given by God. Gen 24:15-16. That, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. Now I think I may freely say that this looks something like what we call “a wild-goose chase.” He was to go and find a wife for a young man left at home; he knew nothing of the people among whom he was to sojourn, but he believed that the angel of God would guide him aright. Gen 1:1. He who provided the ram for a burnt offering in the place of Isaac will provide everything else that is required; and you may depend upon it that he who, in the greatest emergency that could ever happen, provided his only-begotten and well-beloved Son to die us the Substitute for sinners, will have foreseen every other emergency that can occur, and will have fore-provided all that is needful to meet it. This was a wise and proper action on the past of Jacob, for he had grossly wronged his brother, and it was right for him to make advances toward a reconciliation. We have the thoughts that soar like fowl in the open firmament of heaven, and other thoughts that dive into the mysteries of God, as the fish dive in the sea, and these are after-development, after-growths of that same power which at the first said, “Let there be light.”. Genesis 1:1. The sale of Joseph was only the “beginning of woes” for his father Israel. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? A complete set of Spurgeon's sermons is available in e-text format from Ages Software. Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. He that feeds his birds will not starve his babes. Notice that the angel says, “Now I know that thou fearest God.” I do not think that the gracious use of godly fear has ever been sufficiently estimated by the most of us; here, the stress is not laid upon the faith, but upon the filial fear of Abraham. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. We recommend Pilgrim Publications, where the Ages disk may be purchased at a discount. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father. 12. Gen 45:7. “Gather yourselves together.” They were to keep together as a family; and shall not the people of God keep together? we are always making difficulties and suggesting hardships; but if our faith were in lively exercise, we should do God’s will far more readily. Here was the first proclamation of the gospel. Better take time in order to save time. What a strange place this world must have looked, with its plains and hills and rooks and vales without one single blade of grass, or a tree, or a shrub; so at once, before that day was over, God threw the mantle of verdure over the earth, and clad its mountains and valleys with forests and plants and flowers, as if to show us that the fruitless is uncomely in God’s sight, that the man who bears no fruit unto God is unendurable to him. Now comes the crisis which will make a change in the whole of Jacob’s future life: “He touched the hollow of his thigh.”. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 4.6 out of 5 stars 291. Unity among the sons of Israel was never a significant force. That I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. His wisdom and insight into God’s Word and world have helped others discover the richness of Scripture. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. Surely, there was more of the Jacob policy than there was of the Israel faith in this form of speech. Spurgeon - It was God’s intention to keep his truth and his pure worship alive in the world by committing it to the charge of one man, and the nation that should spring from him. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. There is no wonder that “they were troubled at his presence.”. And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. I think that, when Christians differ from one another, there should be a holy emulation between them as to which shall be the first to give way, and which will give way the more to the other. God told Noah when to go into the ark, but he did not tell him when he should come out again. And ye sons of Jacob, learn to say the same. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. Gen 45:23-24. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. Perhaps you have some of these unclean birds coming down upon your sacrifice just now. Pleading men grow bolder and braver in their requests. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Scholars generally agree that the creation story in Genesis is divided into two accounts from two sources. £0.99 Complete Bible Commentary: (Fully Formatted For E-Readers) John Wesley. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. This is a work of remarkable erudition. And God saw that it was good. There were to be five more dreary years of utter desolation and want. The waters were abated as far as the fruit trees; not only the tallest forest trees, but some of the fruit trees were uncovered from the water. He cannot even stand up any longer in the great wrestling match; what can he do? 1. This was a distinct act of rebellion on the part of both of them. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? Happy fowls, and happy cattle, and happy beasts of the earth to be connected with Noah, and go to come under a covenant of preservation and we, — though only worthy to be typified by these creatures which God had preserved in the ark, — are thrice happy to be in the same covenant with him who is our Noah, our rest, our sweet savour unto God. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. Wenham, Gordon J. Genesis 1--15. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Gen 32:20-24. Gen 1:20-23. 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