GEN. "And Jacob blessed Joseph and said," xlviii. 16. « Let my name be named on them, and the names of my Fathers, Abraham and Isaac." B.C. "Then will I remember my covenant with 1491. Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, 42-44. and also my covenant with Abraham I will LEV. xxvi. remember; and I will remember the land." "When they lie in the land of their enemies, will I not cast them away; neither will I abhor them to destroy them utterly; and to break my covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God." HEB. xi. "Through faith, Sara herself received 11, 12. strength to conceive seed." "Therefore sprang there, even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore, innumerable." Dň SECTION IX. Prophecy concerning Jacob. 27. GEN. Xxvii. "And Isaac said unto Jacob, see! the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed." "Therefore God give thee of the dew of Heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." (v. 28.) B.C. 1760. cir. "Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee." (v. 29.) SECTION IX. Fulfilment. Ps. xlv." Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever, the 7, .9 sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre." “All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes and cassia." 66 The smell of Jacob, to the prophetic senses of Isaac, was the sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved." (2 Cor.ii. 15.) DEUT. "Israel shall dwell in safety alone. The xxxiii. 28. fountains of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine, also his heavens shall drop down dew." B.C. 1732. cir. The terror of God was upon the cities GEN. xxxv. 5. that were round about them, and they B.C. did not pursue after the sons of Jacob." 1451. "This day will I begin to put the dread of "Be Lord over thy brethren and let thy Mother's sons bow down to thee." "Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee." (v. 29.) B.C. 1760. cir. GEN.xxviii. “And Isaac called Jacob and said," "God 1-14. Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people." "And give thee the blessing of Abraham to thee and to thy seed with thee." "And Jacob dreamed, and behold the Lord stood above, and said " "Thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." thee, and the fear of thee upon the nations DEUT. ii. that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of thee." 25. B.C. "Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith 397. cir. the Lord; yet I loved Jacob" MAL.i. 2,3, 9-13. hated Esau." " and I ROM. ix. "This is the word of promise,' "Sarah shall have a son." "And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our Father Isaac," "it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger." "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." "Balaam took up his parable and said B.C. 1452. NUM. xxiii. saying, come curse me Jacob; and come 7-10. defy Israel." "How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed; and how shall I defy whom the Lord hath not defied?" "For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.". "Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel?" |