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Further on in his history he received a still larger blessing when he returned from his victory over the kings. Chapter 6 begins with the context that accentuates his faithfulness. we also shall have in our later days to chide ourselves for our foolish unbelief. Then he will certainly remember men made in his own image He will remember you, though you think yourself the most worthless one on the face of the earth: God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark.. 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. Oh, that you may have grace to turn your head in the right direction, and look to Christ and live! He knew that she had found a proper resting-place, and that the earth was clear of the flood. When she had but a handful of meal, she made a little cake for Gods prophet first, but then God multiplied her meal and her oil. We must not go where vain curiosity would lead us, else will he have to say to us, as he did to Jacob, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?. And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. The timing and method of that death are completely in the hands of God. We may recount and rehearse the story of our rescue from universal destruction, and we need not be afraid or ashamed of repeating it. He was, therefore, particularly careful here. How he must have trembled to think that he had the daring perhaps his fears made him call it the presumption actually to wrestle with God himself, for he was conscious now that it was no mere angel, but the Angel of the covenant, the Lord himself, with whom he had wrestled. Gen 2:10-14. a. Judah is a lions whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 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. Study Guide for Genesis 6 by David Guzik - Blue Letter Bible 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! Those that swear too readily they know not what, will ere long swear till they care not what. Oh, that at any time when we have sinned, God would ask each one of us the question, What is it that thou hast done?, Still, you see, there is no confession of guilt, but only the attempt to push the blame off upon somebody else. I think that I have said to you before that this sparing of Zoar is an instance of the cumulative power of prayer. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Gen 32:24. Issachars was a poor case; he was so idle, so fond of rest, that he was willing to become a servant unto tribute. 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. Gen 7:15-16. It may have been long ages before God fitted up this world for the abode of man, but it was not self-existent; it was created by God, it sprang from the will and the word of the all-wise Creator. Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. What can Jacob do now that the main bone of his leg is put out of joint? Gen 14:24. Micah Gen 3:12. John The evil one suggested ambition to the womans mind, and imputed wicked designs to the ever-blessed and holy God. Here was positive proof of his righteousness, in that he was obedient to the word of the Lord. Remember how earnestly David prayed about the sins of his youth, and his later transgressions too; and Jacob, in deep humility, must have most vividly remembered his sin against his brother. He was stationed in southern Russia near the Turkish border and Mount Ararat. 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. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him: and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. 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. Our Lord overcame his enemies even in the thicket of this world; and all power is given unto him now that he has gone up again into his glory. Gen 22:15-16. The average size of a land animal is smaller than a sheep. Gen 24:3. Noah might have thought it was dry enough before; but God did not think so, there was enough mud to breed a pestilence, so Noah must wait until God had made the earth ready for him. 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. Gen 22:6-8. I like to see this glorious independence of the believing man. Turn first to the twelfth chapter. Noah could read something from that leaf that the dove brought to him, but he learned more when she did not return to him. The daughters of men were not raped or seduced as such. When he left the promised land, he had a vision of angels, ascending and descending upon the ladder, as if to bid him farewell. There were to be five more dreary years of utter desolation and want. Let us learn from Abraham how to obey. Genesis 1 Commentary - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible Uncontrolled passions may make him very little who otherwise might have been great. That was a grand argument for him to use: Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good. This is one of the mightiest pleas that we can urge in praying to God: Do as thou hast said. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And the fourth river is Euphrates. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Whose branches run over the wall: He does more than he is expected to do; nothing seems to content him, his branches run over the wall., Gen 49:23-24. Gen 3:9-11. God told Noah when to go into the ark, but he did not tell him when he should come out again. And the hollow of Jacobs thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Romans 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. Here is no human passion, but divine dignity: And he said, . He is always going about with serpentine wriggling, Seeking to do more mischief. God would not make a creature to be unhappy. James And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Sier, the country of Edom. And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. Genesis xxiv. The type of what a Christian minister should be, indeed, what every Christian worker should be, a hind let loose, one who can say with David, O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid. Gen 45:9. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). What ought he to do, now he had come near to the time when the decision must be made? Chapter 12:1-14:24 The call of Abram and his visible life of faith, Chapter 12 Abram moves to Canaan by faith and fails in Egypt, Chapter 13 Lot's choice and Abram's part, Chapter 14 Abram saves Lot and meets Melchisedec (Hebrews 7:1 ff), b. Gen 7:1. Thus did Jacob the wrestler overcome his God. Moreover, nothing in the context of Genesis 6 indicates that the "sons of God" should be understood as angels (this makes this passage unlike Job 1-2, for example, where the context of a heavenly council makes it clear to the reader that angels are being referred to). Gen 49:10. 2978A Sermon Published On Thursday, March 8th, 1906,Delivered By C.H. Let us rather learn a lesson from them. These lights are to rule, but they are to rule by giving light. My chief business is to honour the God whom I am, and whom I serve; and if the taking of this spoil would dishonour him, I will not take even so much as a thread or a shoe-latchet.. Hence we do not read of the tribe of Simeon in the blessing of Moses at the end of Deuteronomy; but the Levites had this curse turned into a blessing, for, though they were scattered, yet they were scattered as priests and instructors to the other tribes. Genesis - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary - bibliaplus.org And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. The First Day of Creation. Gen 12:5-6. 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. How many quarrels might soon be ended if there were this spirit of conciliation among all professing Christians. An elderly Armenian man in America said that as a boy, he visited the ark with his father and three atheistic scientists in 1856. They had a right to it. Nahum Click to Sign Up Now! This was just as our Divine Master acted when his disciples enquired of him concerning the times and seasons, he told them it was not for them to know what the Father had retained in his own power; but Christ added, what was much better for them, Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you. He will not tell us all we want to know, but he will give us all we need to have. And he stayed yet other seven days; I wonder whether Noah sent out these creatures on the Sabbath mornings. How obliquely fell the curse! I suppose our Lord Jesus Christ did here, as on many other occasions preparatory to his full incarnation, assume a human form, and came thus to wrestle with the patriarch. No one earns grace, but we can all find it. Out of the small stock he had, Noah took of the clean beasts, and of the clean fowls, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Oh, to have our inheritance where we feed upon the bread of heaven, and where the deep truths of God become to us royal dainties! But, dear friends, angels often come to meet us, though we know it not. Those who are friends of God like to be much in their Lords company. God does not always fulfill his promises to his people at once; else, where would be the room for faith? And he blessed him there. And he gave him tithes of all. Fierce and powerful nations possessed the country; it did not seem a very likely place to be the heritage of a peace-loving man like Abraham. Here is a lesson for us. 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! The serpent insinuated that God selfishly kept them back from the tree, lest they should grow too wise, and become like God himself. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hand were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:). Genesis 6 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible 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. Gen 22:9-10. I do not know that he is to be imitated in setting a sign to God; perhaps not, but he did his best; he left the matter with God, and a thing is always in good hands when it is left with him. There is a remarkable , 5001 North Oak Trafficway And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. "If I wished to find a man's most familiar friend it would surely be one with whom he daily walked And he blessed him,, In the name of God, Melchizedek blessed Abraham. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? Paul writes to the Galatians, Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. The Lamb of God has made for us a garment which covers our nakedness so that we are not afraid to stand even before the bar of God. Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy fathers children shall bow down before thee. Yet that ounce turned the scale. And every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: Does God remember cattle? Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him, and so proved that he was righteous before God. 15. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. Ezekiel Lots petition is only like an ounce of prayer. and whither goest thou? You can also change some of your preferences. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. And saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Gen 15:4-5. God did not cleave the earth and cause new waters to gush forth, nor was there need. Nearly two months Noah waited for the complete drying of the earth. This tribe would show more cunning than courage; it would excel rather in the strategy of war than in the force of arms. For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Abraham is the first, if not the greatest, of the heroes of the Hebrew people. Jacob had a suit good enough for this occasion, but the worldly man had not. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. So the blessing of God extends to all that his chosen people have; not only to their children, but to all that they possess. There was always a trial for Abrahams faith, but even his trials were blessed, for God blessed Abraham in all things.. Gen 24:7. 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. "Commentary on Genesis 6". That has often been the request of Gods people, they have wanted to know Gods wondrous name. Genesis 6:3 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org After preaching his first sermon at the age of 16, he became pastor of the church in Waterbeach at the age of 17. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen, Then I, and you, and all of us fell down; while sin triumphed over us; yet even the fall by Adams sin was not without the promise of a gracious recovery through the last Adam, the Lord from heaven. This is almost a full year later, and in the second month of his six hundred and first year Noah left the ark. Gen 32:7-8. We dont hear of him complaining or rebelling; he simply obeyed. Perhaps, before Jesus returns, God will make it even more necessary for people to willfully forget these things. Did Noah live a perfect life? Gen 12:1. Nehemiah Haggai Having attended to the air, God further exercised his power by setting the earth in order. And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; There he is, planning again! And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? How truly will he keep his covenant with every believing sinner! Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. But God is not dependent upon his own creation. This was the very glory of Abrahams faith; it was so simple, so childlike. C.H. Gen 49:20. THE chapter from which the text is taken bristles with points. Gen 7:17. Gen 45:23-24. Gen 14:17. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. The giving up of a life yielded a better covering than the growth of nature; and so today the death of Christ yields us a better covering than we could ever find in anything that grew of our poor fallen nature. It is so with us spiritually; first darkness, then light. In the early part of this century, a Russian aviator named Vladimire Rokovitsky claimed the discovery of Noahs ark. Love is impatient to have the object of its affection brought near. 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. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . Gen 7:7-8. Abraham had not a foot of land to call his own, except that cave of Machpelah which he bought of the sons of Heth for a burying-place for his beloved Sarah. Gen 49:16-17. Gen 7:2-3. Still, I think that Noah must have been very pleased when he felt the ark grating at last on the mountains of Ararat. See the result of one mans grand act of obedience, and note how God can make that man to be the channel of blessing to all coming ages. Gen 49:3. Do everything as if God were not about to help you, and then trust in God as if you had done nothing at all. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And ye sons of Jacob, learn to say the same. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. Gen 1:3-4. The Spurgeon Library | Scriptures | Genesis Genesis Christ the Conqueror of Satan September 6, 2019 Christ the Conqueror of Satan "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. Genesis 46. Gen 22:13. Verse Genesis 6:3. He is as great in the little as he is in the great. It is the strong who can afford to be quiet; as you go across the village green, a goose will hiss at you, while the strong ox lies down calmly, and takes no notice of you: His bow abode in strength, , Not only his hands, but the arms of his hands . Genesis 6:8. I should think that no person, merely by reading this chapter, would arrive at the conclusion that has been reached by some of our very learned men, too learned to hold the simple truth. Gen 49:8. WE shall this morning leave all discussion as to the creation of the world to those learned divines who have paid their special attention to that subject, and to those geologists who know, or at any rate think they know, a very great deal about it. Gen 7:14. And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, Whenever I am engaged in blessing, I will bless thee. The Lord will have it from his own lips that he has offended; he summons no other witness. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Gen 1:2. And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there. Genesis viii. How there was light before there was any sun, for the sun was not created until the fourth day of the week it is not for us to say. The servant was very careful. Gen 8:6-7. It was not until 1858 that a boat bigger than the ark was built. Gen 3:1. He did. x. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. Here was the first proclamation of the gospel. Jonah Abraham, is not Gods promise sufficient for thee? Gen 22:1. It was according to the rule of war that, if persons who had made an invasion were afterwards themselves captured, then if the new captor gave up the persons, he was fully entitled to take the goods to himself. It is a good thing also to know the names of truths, and the names of other things that are right. Gen 49:1-2. Gen 8:16-19. Titus And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. There is nothing like coming very close to God in prayer: Abraham drew near. He was about to use his influence with his great Friend; not for himself, but for these men of Sodom, who were going to be destroyed. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 9. Observe that God did not create man until he had provided for him neither will he ever put one work of his providence or of his grace out of its proper place, but that which goes before shall be preparatory to that which follows after. And he (Jacob) said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.. And the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. This seems hardly a blessing yet it was true of Issachar. Thus Noah did: When given this staggering job to do, Noah did it. Luke And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. And God called the firmament Heaven. Gen 15:18-21. The face of the ground was dry in the first month; the earth was dried, the second month. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt-. Gen 22:11. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons wives with thee. The earth is completed now that man has come upon it, and man is completed when the image of God is upon him, when Christ is formed in him the hope of glory, but not till then. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. But if the errors of today are marked by us, a repetition of them may be avoided on the morrow. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Give Jehovah his due. I have often admired that widow of Sarepta. Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. Paul tells us that the woman ought to have her head covered in the assembly because of the angels, that is, because they are there to see that all things are done decently and in order. Are the waters very deep with you, dear friend? But the first one saw that the sun was going down, so he turned to seek his friend, that he might say to him, Friend so-and-so, I was wrong in being angry today. Half-way between their two houses, they met, and each of them said, I was just coming to say that I was wrong. There is no need of any arbitrator when each of the disputants is willing to say, I was wrong, and the trouble is soon over when that point is reached. Then it was that the angels of God met him. Go on your way in peace and safety, beloved believer, for Gods hosts are all around you. Hath he said, and shall he not do it? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; Which, whatever may be said about it, was a plain lie, and is not to be excused upon any theory whatever. He mentions the adversaries to show how great would be the victories of the race that should come and dispossess them. Genesis 46 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. Oh, that you and I might possess the Abrahamic faith which thus practically obeys the Lord, and brings a blessing to all the nations of the earth! It is by passing through death that we come out into the realm of perfectness. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. An error is often half killed when you know the real name of it; its power lies in its being indescribable; but as soon as you can call it darkness, you know how to act towards it. I blame him not for this, yet, methinks, he is to be blamed that he did not pray first. Yet so it was. And Jacob was left alone; This was a very anxious time for him, the heaviest trial of his life seemed impending. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. He was commanded to go and we read, So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him.. The Spurgeon Library | Scriptures | Genesis There are many such persons still remaining in the world; their doctrine changes like the moon, and we never know what it is. d. You shall make it: And Noah did make it. It was as much a sin in Jacob as it would be in us, except that perhaps he had less light, and the general cunning of those who surrounded him may have made it more easy with him and a less tax on conscience for him to do this than it would be in our case. I believe that much of the theology which is tinged with free will is true, and I know that the teaching which fully proclaims electing love and sovereign grace is also true; and you may find much of both these truths in the Scriptures. Now the patriarch changes his tone, for he has come to that tribe which would take the birthright, out of which the Christ would come: Judah . And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. a. But he soon resumed his prophecy: go Ge 49:19, What a happy breathing-space is this! Shall we personally gain anything by this association?
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