OT.filter - geneva Jacob:

geneva@Genesis:1:1 @ In the (note:)First of all, and before any creature was, God made heaven and earth out of nothing.(:note) beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, with which he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience, who yet for his own mercies sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God's most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assures us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the rest of the patriarchs, that his mercies never fail those whom he chooses to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he assists them, sends comfort, and delivers them, so that the beginning, increase, preservation and success of it might be attributed to God only. Moses shows by the examples of Cain, Ishmael, Esau and others, who were noble in man's judgment, that this Church depends not on the estimation and nobility of the world: and also by the fewness of those, who have at all times worshipped him purely according to his word that it stands not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the name of God praised forever.

geneva@Genesis:25:33 @ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he (note:)Thus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite.(:note) sold his birthright unto Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:27:19 @ And Jacob said unto his father, (note:)Although Jacob was assured of this blessing by faith: yet he did evil to seek it by lies, even more because he abuses God's name through it.(:note) I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

geneva@Genesis:27:22 @ And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The (note:)This declares that he suspected something, yet God would not have his decree altered.(:note) voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.

geneva@Genesis:27:36 @ And he said, Is not he rightly named (note:)In (Gen_25:26) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver.(:note) Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

geneva@Genesis:27:41 @ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; (note:)Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men.(:note) then will I slay my brother Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:27:42 @ And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, (note:)He hopes to recover his birthright by killing you.(:note) as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.

geneva@Genesis:27:46 @ And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the (note:)Who were Esau's wives.(:note) daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, By this she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob's leaving. what good shall my life do me?

geneva@Genesis:28:1 @ And Isaac called Jacob, and (note:)This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without God's leading.(:note) blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:28:18 @ And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and (note:)To be a reminder of the vision shown to him.(:note) set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

geneva@Genesis:28:20 @ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If (note:)He does not bind God under this condition, but acknowledges his infirmity, and promises to be thankful.(:note) God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

geneva@Genesis:29:1 @ Then Jacob (note:)Or, «lifted up his feet».(:note) went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

geneva@Genesis:29:4 @ And Jacob said unto them, My (note:)It seems that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren.(:note) brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.

geneva@Genesis:29:13 @ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban (note:)That is, the reason why he departed from his father's house, and what he saw during his journey.(:note) all these things.

geneva@Genesis:29:20 @ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a (note:)Meaning after the years were accomplished.(:note) few days, for the love he had to her.

geneva@Genesis:29:23 @ And (note:)The reason Jacob was deceived was that in ancient times the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband as a sign of purity and humbleness.(:note) it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

geneva@Genesis:29:26 @ And Laban said, (note:)He valued the profit he had from Jacob's service more than either his promise or the customs of the country, though he used custom for his excuse.(:note) It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

geneva@Genesis:30:2 @ And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in (note:)It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and therefore I am not at fault.(:note) God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

geneva@Genesis:30:11 @ And Leah said, (note:)That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains this name Gad (Gen_49:19).(:note) A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

geneva@Genesis:30:37 @ And Jacob (note:)Jacob used no deceit in this for it was God's commandment as he declares in (Gen_31:9, Gen_31:11).(:note) took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods.

geneva@Genesis:30:41 @ And it came to pass, whensoever the (note:)As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March and lamb in September.(:note) stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

geneva@Genesis:31:1 @ And he heard the (note:)The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the covetous think that whatever they cannot take, is taken from them.(:note) words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

geneva@Genesis:31:9 @ Thus (note:)This declares that the thing Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit.(:note) God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

geneva@Genesis:31:15 @ Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath (note:)For they were given to Jacob as payment for his service, which was a kind of sale.(:note) sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

geneva@Genesis:31:29 @ It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the (note:)He was an idolater and therefore would not acknowledge the God of Jacob for his God.(:note) God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

geneva@Genesis:31:44 @ Now therefore (note:)His conscience reproved him for his misbehaviour toward Jacob, and therefore moved him to seek peace.(:note) come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:47 @ And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (note:)The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.(:note) Galeed.

geneva@Genesis:31:50 @ If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] (note:)Nature compels him to condemn that vice, to which through covetousness he forced Jacob.(:note) wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.

geneva@Genesis:31:53 @ The God of Abraham, and the God of (note:)Behold, how the idolaters mingle the true God with their false gods.(:note) Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Meaning, by the true God whom Isaac worshipped. fear of his father Isaac.

geneva@Genesis:32:2 @ And when Jacob saw them, he said, (note:)He acknowledges God's benefits: who for the preservation of his, sends hosts of angels.(:note) This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

geneva@Genesis:32:4 @ And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my (note:)He reverenced his brother in worldly things, because he mainly looked to be preferred to the spiritual promise.(:note) lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

geneva@Genesis:32:7 @ Then Jacob was (note:)Though he was comforted by the angels, yet the infirmity of the flesh appears.(:note) greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

geneva@Genesis:32:20 @ And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I (note:)He thought it no less to depart with these goods with the intent that he might follow the vocation to which God called him.(:note) will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

geneva@Genesis:32:24 @ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a (note:)That is, God in the form of a man.(:note) man with him until the breaking of the day.

geneva@Genesis:32:25 @ And when he saw that he (note:)For God assails his with the one hand, and upholds them with the other.(:note) prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

geneva@Genesis:32:28 @ And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou (note:)God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also the praise of the victory.(:note) power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

geneva@Genesis:33:1 @ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he (note:)That if the one part were assailed, the other might escape.(:note) divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

geneva@Genesis:33:6 @ Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they (note:)Jacob and his family are the image of the Church under the yoke of tyrants who out of fear are brought to subjection.(:note) bowed themselves.

geneva@Genesis:33:10 @ And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore (note:)In that his brother embraced him so lovingly, contrary to his expectation, he accepted it as a clear sign of God's presence.(:note) I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

geneva@Genesis:34:1 @ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, (note:)This example teaches us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth.(:note) went out to see the daughters of the land.

geneva@Genesis:34:25 @ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, (note:)For they were the leaders of the company.(:note) Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew The people are punished because of their wicked princes. all the males.

geneva@Genesis:35:1 @ And (note:)God is ever at hand to comfort his people in their troubles.(:note) God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

geneva@Genesis:35:2 @ Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be (note:)That by this outward act they should show their inward repentance.(:note) clean, and change your garments:

geneva@Genesis:35:4 @ And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] (note:)For in this was some sign of superstition, as in tablets and Agnus deis (a cake of wax, stamped with a lamb bearing a cross or flag, that has been blessed by the Pope).(:note) earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.

geneva@Genesis:35:5 @ And they journeyed: and the (note:)Thus, despite the inconvenience that came before, God delivered Jacob.(:note) terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:35:20 @ And Jacob set a (note:)The ancient fathers used this ceremony to testify their hope of the resurrection to come, which was not generally revealed.(:note) pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

geneva@Genesis:35:22 @ And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and (note:)This teaches that the fathers were not chosen for their merits, but only by God's mercies, whose election was not changed by their faults.(:note) lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

geneva@Genesis:36:6 @ And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and (note:)In this, God's providence appears, which causes the wicked to give place to the godly, that Jacob might enjoy Canaan according to God's promise.(:note) went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:37:1 @ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a (note:)That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family as in (Gen_5:1)(:note) stranger, in the land of Canaan.

geneva@Genesis:37:2 @ These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil (note:)He complained of the evil words and injuries which they spoke and did to him.(:note) report.

geneva@Genesis:42:1 @ Now when (note:)This story shows plainly that all things are governed by God's providence for the profit of his Church.(:note) Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye As men destitute of counsel. look one upon another?

geneva@Genesis:42:36 @ And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against (note:)For they did not seem to be concerned or have any love for their brother which increased his sorrow: and partly as it appears he suspected them for Joseph.(:note) me.

geneva@Genesis:43:1 @ And the (note:)This was a great temptation to Jacob to suffer such a great famine in the land where God had promised to bless him.(:note) famine [was] sore in the land.

geneva@Genesis:44:27 @ And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my (note:)Rachel bore to Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin.(:note) wife bare me two [sons]:

geneva@Genesis:45:26 @ And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart (note:)As one between hope and fear.(:note) fainted, for he believed them not.

geneva@Genesis:48:1 @ And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his (note:)Joseph valued his children being received into Jacob's family, which was the Church of God, more than enjoying all the treasures of Egypt.(:note) two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

geneva@Genesis:49:1 @ And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the (note:)When God will bring you out of Egypt, and because he speaks of the Messiah, he calls it the last days.(:note) last days.

geneva@Genesis:49:7 @ Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will (note:)For Levi had no part, and Simeon was under Judah, (Jos_19:1) till God gave them the place of the Amalekites, (1Ch_4:43).(:note) divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

geneva@Genesis:49:24 @ But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the (note:)That is God.(:note) stone of Israel:)

geneva@Genesis:49:33 @ And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he (note:)By which is signified how quietly he died.(:note) gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

geneva@Exodus:1:1 @ Now (note:)Moses describes the wonderful order that God observes in performing his promise to Abraham; (Gen_15:14).(:note) these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. The Argument - After Jacob by God's commandment in (Gen_46:3) had brought his family into Egypt, where they remained for four hundred years, and from seventy people grew to an infinite number so that the king and the country endeavoured both by tyranny and cruel slavery to suppress them: the Lord according to his promise in (Gen_15:14) had compassion on his Church, and delivered them, but plagued their enemies in most strange and varied ways. The more the tyranny of the wicked raged against his Church, the more his heavy judgments increased against them, till Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the sea, which gave an entry and passage to the children of God. As the ingratitude of man is great, so they immediately forgot God's wonderful benefits and although he had given them the Passover as a sign and memorial of the same, yet they fell to distrust, and tempted God with various complaining and grudging against him and his ministers: sometimes out of ambition, sometimes lack of drink or meat to satisfy their lusts, sometimes idolatry, or such like. For this reason, God punished them with severe rods and plagues, that by his correction they might turn to him for help against his scourges, and earnestly repent for their rebellion and wickedness. Because God loves them to the end, whom he has once begun to love, he punished them not as they deserved, but dealt with them mercifully, and with new benefits laboured to overcome their malice: for he still governed them and gave them his word and Law, both concerning the way to serve him, and also the form of judgments and civil policy: with the intent that they would not serve God after as they pleased, but according to the order, that his heavenly wisdom had appointed.

geneva@Exodus:3:6 @ Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was (note:)For sin causes man to fear God's justice.(:note) afraid to look upon God.

geneva@Exodus:6:3 @ And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name (note:)By which he signifies that he will perform indeed that which he promised to their fathers: for this name declares that he is constant and will perform his promise.(:note) JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

geneva@Exodus:19:3 @ And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of (note:)God called Jacob, Israel: therefore the house of Jacob and the people of Israel signify God's people.(:note) Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

geneva@Exodus:32:27 @ And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and (note:)This fact did so please God, that he turned the curse of Jacob against Levi to a blessing, (Deu_33:9).(:note) slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

geneva@Exodus:33:1 @ And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] (note:)The land of Canaan was surrounded by hills: so those who entered it, must go up by the hills.(:note) go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

geneva@Numbers:13:22 @ And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of (note:)Which were a type of giant.(:note) Anak, [were]. (Now Declaring the antiquity of it: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

geneva@Numbers:20:14 @ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of (note:)Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, who was called Edom.(:note) Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

geneva@Numbers:23:7 @ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, (note:)Cause everyone to hate and detest them.(:note) defy Israel.

geneva@Numbers:23:10 @ Who can count the (note:)The infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth.(:note) dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me The fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences wounded when they consider God's judgments. die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

geneva@Numbers:23:21 @ He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the (note:)They triumph as victorious kings over their enemies.(:note) shout of a king [is] among them.

geneva@Numbers:23:23 @ Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: (note:)Considering what God will work this time for the deliverance of his people, all the world will wonder.(:note) according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

geneva@Numbers:24:17 @ I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a (note:)Meaning Christ.(:note) Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the That is, the princes. corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world. Sheth.

geneva@Numbers:24:19 @ Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the (note:)Of the Edomites.(:note) city.

geneva@Numbers:26:19 @ The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of (note:)Before Jacob went into Egypt, (Gen_38:3, Gen_38:7, Gen_38:10, Gen_46:12).(:note) Canaan.

geneva@Numbers:32:1 @ Now the children of (note:)Reuben came from Leah, and Gad from Zilpah her handmaid.(:note) Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Which was named for the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban in (Gen_31:47). Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;

geneva@Deuteronomy:10:9 @ Wherefore Levi hath no part nor (note:)So God turned the curse of Jacob to a blessing (Gen_49:7).(:note) inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

geneva@Deuteronomy:21:17 @ But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a (note:)As much as to two of the others.(:note) double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] Unless he is unworthy, as Reuben, Jacob's son, was. his.

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:5 @ And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A (note:)Meaning, Jacob, who served 20 years in Syria.(:note) Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, Only by God's mercy, and not by their father's deserving. and populous:

geneva@Deuteronomy:26:7 @ And when we (note:)Alleging the promises made to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(:note) cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:4 @ Moses commanded us a law, [even] the (note:)To us and our successors.(:note) inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:7 @ And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be (note:)Signifying, that he would barely obtain Jacob's promise, (Gen_49:8).(:note) sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.

geneva@Deuteronomy:33:28 @ Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: (note:)Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain.(:note) the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

geneva@Joshua:17:14 @ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath (note:)According to my father Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_48:19).(:note) blessed me hitherto?

geneva@Joshua:19:1 @ And the second lot came forth to Simeon, [even] for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was (note:)According to Jacob's prophecy that he would be scattered among the other tribes.(:note) within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

geneva@Joshua:19:47 @ And the coast of the children of Dan went out [too little] for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to (note:)According as Jacob had prophesied in (Gen_49:17).(:note) fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

geneva@Joshua:21:41 @ All the cities of the Levites (note:)Thus according to Jacob's prophecy they were scattered throughout the country, which God used so that his people might be instructed in the true religion by them.(:note) within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

geneva@Judges:21:17 @ And they said, [There must be] (note:)Benjamin must be preserved to have the twelfth portion in the inheritance of Jacob.(:note) an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:23:1 @ Now these [be] the (note:)Which he spoke after he had written the psalms.(:note) last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man [who was] raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

geneva@2Kings:13:23 @ And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as (note:)That is, until their sins were come to a full measure and there was no more hope of amendment.(:note) yet.

geneva@2Kings:17:34 @ Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after (note:)He means by this the Israelites to whom God had given his commandments.(:note) their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

geneva@1Chronicles:1:1 @ Adam, (note:)Meaning, that Seth was Adam's son, and Enoch was Seth's son.(:note) Sheth, Enosh, The Argument - The laws comprehend both these books in one, which the Grecians because of the length, divide into two: and they are called Chronicles, because they note briefly the history from Adam to the return from their captivity in Babylon. But these are not the books of Chronicles which are mentioned in the books of the kings of Judah and Israel, which set forth the story of both kingdoms, and later perished in the captivity, but an abridgement of the same, and were gathered by Ezra, as the Jews write after their return from Babylon. This first book contains a brief rehearsal of the children of Adam to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the twelve patriarchs, chiefly of Judah, and the reign of David, because Christ came from him according to the flesh. Therefore it sets forth more amply his acts both concerning civil government, and also the administration and care of things concerning religion, for the good success of which he rejoices and gives thanks to the Lord.

geneva@1Chronicles:1:18 @ And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat (note:)Of him came the Hebrews who were later called Israelites of Israel, who was Jacob and Jews of Judah because of the excellency of that tribe.(:note) Eber.

geneva@1Chronicles:2:3 @ The sons of (note:)Though Judah was not Jacob's eldest son, yet he first begins with him, because he would come to the genealogy of David, of whom came Christ.(:note) Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:2 @ For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] (note:)That is, he was the chiefest of all the tribes according to Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_49:8), and because Christ would come from him.(:note) the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)

geneva@1Chronicles:16:13 @ O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his (note:)Meaning by this that the promise of adoption only belongs to the Church.(:note) chosen ones.

geneva@1Chronicles:16:19 @ When ye were but (note:)Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, to the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.(:note) few, even a few, and strangers in it.

geneva@1Chronicles:28:4 @ Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of (note:)According to the prophecy of Jacob, (Gen_49:8).(:note) Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

geneva@1Chronicles:29:10 @ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD God of (note:)Who revealed yourself to our father Jacob.(:note) Israel our father, for ever and ever.

geneva@2Chronicles:15:17 @ But the high places were not (note:)Which was partly because of lack of zeal on his part, partly through the negligence of his officers and partly by the superstition of the people that all were not taken away.(:note) taken away out of Because God was called the God of Israel, by reason of his promise to Jacob, therefore Israel is sometimes taken for Judah, because Judah was his chief people. Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was In respect to his predecessors. perfect all his days.

geneva@Psalms:14:7 @ Oh that the salvation of (note:)He prays for the whole Church whom he is assured God will deliver: for no one else but he can do it.(:note) Israel [were come] out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.

geneva@Psalms:20:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.» The (note:)By this kings are also admonished to call to God in their affairs.(:note) LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the The virtue, power and grace of God. name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

geneva@Psalms:22:23 @ Ye that fear the LORD, (note:)He promises to exhort the Church that they by his example might praise the Lord.(:note) praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:24:6 @ This [is] the (note:)Though circumcision separates the carnal seed of Jacob, from the Gentiles, yet he who seeks God, is the true Jacob and an Israelite.(:note) generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:44:4 @ Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for (note:)Because you are our king, therefore deliver your people from their misery.(:note) Jacob.

geneva@Psalms:46:7 @ The LORD of hosts [is] (note:)They are assured that God can and will defend his Church from all dangers and enemies.(:note) with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:47:4 @ He shall choose (note:)God has chosen us above all other nations, to enjoy a most glorious inheritance.(:note) our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

geneva@Psalms:68:26 @ Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain (note:)Who come of the patriarch Jacob.(:note) of Israel.

geneva@Psalms:68:27 @ There [is] (note:)Benjamin is called little, because he was the youngest son of Jacob.(:note) little Benjamin [with] their Who was some chief ruler of the tribe. ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.

geneva@Psalms:78:5 @ For he established a (note:)By the testimony and law, he means your law written, which they were commanded to teach their children, (Deu_6:7).(:note) testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

geneva@Psalms:81:1 @ «To the chief Musician upon (note:)An instrument of music brought from Geth.(:note) Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.» Sing It seems that this psalm was appointed for solemn feasts and assemblies of the people to whom for a time these ceremonies were ordained, but now under the gospel are abolished. aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

geneva@Psalms:85:1 @ «To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.» LORD, thou hast been (note:)They confess that God's free mercy was the cause of their deliverance because he loved the land which he had chosen.(:note) favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

geneva@Psalms:114:1 @ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of (note:)Or, barbarous.(:note) strange language;

geneva@Psalms:114:7 @ Tremble, thou (note:)Ought then his people to be insensible when they see his power and majesty?(:note) earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

geneva@Psalms:132:5 @ Until I find out a place for the (note:)That is, the ark, which was a sign of God's presence.(:note) LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.

geneva@Psalms:135:4 @ For the LORD hath (note:)That is, has freely loved the posterity of Abraham.(:note) chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.

geneva@Psalms:147:19 @ He sheweth his (note:)As before he called God's secret working in all his creatures his word: so he means by this his word the doctrine of life everlasting, which he has left to his Church as a precious treasure.(:note) word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:2:3 @ And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to (note:)Alluding to mount Zion, where the visible Church then was.(:note) the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Meaning, the whole doctrine of salvation. law, and the word of the LORD from This was accomplished when the gospel was first preached in Jerusalem, and from there went through all the world. Jerusalem.

geneva@Isaiah:2:5 @ O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us (note:)Seeing the Gentiles will be ready, make haste, and show them the way to worship God.(:note) walk in the light of the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:2:6 @ Therefore thou (note:)The prophet seeing the small hope that the Jews would convert, complains to God as though he had utterly forsaken them for their sins.(:note) hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are Full of the corruptions that reigned chiefly in the east parts. filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, They altogether gave themselves to the fashions of other nations. and they please themselves in the children of foreigners.

geneva@Isaiah:9:8 @ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon (note:)This is another prophecy against them of Samaria who were mockers and contemners of God's promises and menaces.(:note) Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:10:20 @ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them; but shall (note:)This is the end of God's plagues toward his, to bring them to him, and to forsake all trust in others.(:note) lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

geneva@Isaiah:14:1 @ For (note:)He shows why God will haste to destroy his enemies, that is, because he will deliver his Church.(:note) the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers Meaning that the Gentiles will be joined with the Church and worship God. shall be joined with them, and they shall unite with the house of Jacob.

geneva@Isaiah:17:4 @ And in that day it shall come to pass, [that] the glory of (note:)Meaning, of the ten tribes who boasted themselves of their nobility, prosperity, strength and multitude.(:note) Jacob shall be diminished, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.

geneva@Isaiah:27:9 @ By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the (note:)He shows that there is no true repentance nor full reconciliation to God, till the heart is purged from all idolatry and the monuments of it are destroyed.(:note) fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten asunder, the idols and images shall not stand up.

geneva@Isaiah:40:27 @ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, (note:)He rebukes the Jews because they did not rest on the providence of God, but thought that he had forsaken them in their troubles.(:note) My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?

geneva@Isaiah:41:8 @ But thou, Israel, [art] my (note:)And therefore ought not to pollute yourself with the superstition of the Gentiles.(:note) servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

geneva@Isaiah:41:14 @ Fear not, thou (note:)Thus he calls them because they were contemned of all the world, and that they considering their own poor estate should seek him for help.(:note) worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:43:1 @ But now thus saith the LORD (note:)After these threatenings he promises deliverance to his Church, because he has regenerated them, adopted them, and called them.(:note) that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, When you see dangers and conspiracies on all sides, remember this benefit and the love of your God, and it will encourage you. Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.

geneva@Isaiah:43:22 @ But thou hast not (note:)You have not worshipped me as you ought to have done.(:note) called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been Because you have not willingly received that which I commanded you, you grieved me. By which he shows that his mercies were the only reason for their deliverance, as they had deserved the contrary. weary of me, O Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:43:28 @ Therefore I have (note:)That is, rejected, abhorred, and destroyed them in the wilderness and at other times.(:note) profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

geneva@Isaiah:44:2 @ Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed (note:)He treated and chose you from the beginning of his own mercy, and before you could merit anything.(:note) thee from the womb, [who] will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, Whom God accepts as righteous: or who had opportunity to it because of the law, and your holy calling. whom I have chosen.

geneva@Isaiah:44:5 @ One shall say, I [am] the LORD'S; and another (note:)By this diversity of speech he means one thing, that is, that the people will be holy, and receive the true religion from God, as in (Psa_87:5).(:note) shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall write [with] his hand to the LORD, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.

geneva@Isaiah:45:4 @ For Jacob my servant's (note:)Not for anything that is in you, or for your worthiness.(:note) sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

geneva@Isaiah:45:19 @ I have not spoken in secret, (note:)As do the false gods, who give uncertain answers.(:note) in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

geneva@Isaiah:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are (note:)He shows the difference between the idols and the true God; for they must be carried by others, but God himself carries his, as in (Deu_32:11).(:note) borne [by me] from the birth, which are carried from the womb:

geneva@Isaiah:48:1 @ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are (note:)He detects their hypocrisy who claimed to be Israelites, but were not so.(:note) called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Meaning, the fountain and stock. the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.

geneva@Isaiah:48:12 @ Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; (note:)Read (Isa_41:4).(:note) I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last.

geneva@Isaiah:49:5 @ And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb [to be] his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, (note:)Though the Jews refuse my doctrine, yet God will approve my ministry.(:note) yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

geneva@Isaiah:49:6 @ And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give (note:)To declare my gospel to the Gentiles, as in (Isa_42:6; Act_13:47; Luk_2:32).(:note) thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation to the end of the earth.

geneva@Isaiah:49:26 @ And I will feed them that oppress thee with (note:)I will cause them to destroy one another as in (Jdg_7:22; 2Ch_20:22; Isa_19:2).(:note) their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

geneva@Isaiah:52:4 @ For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went (note:)When Jacob went there in times of famine.(:note) down in times past into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian The Egyptians might pretend some reason to oppress my people because they went there and remained among them, but the Assyrians have no title to excuse their tyranny by, and therefore I will punish them more than I did the Egyptians. oppressed them without cause.

geneva@Isaiah:58:1 @ Cry (note:)The Lord thus speaks to the prophet willing him to use all diligence and severity to rebuke the hypocrites.(:note) aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

geneva@Isaiah:59:20 @ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to (note:)By which he declares that the true deliverance from sin and Satan belongs to none but to the children of God, whom he justifies.(:note) them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

geneva@Isaiah:60:16 @ Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the (note:)Both high and low will be ready to help and comfort you.(:note) breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

geneva@Isaiah:63:17 @ O LORD, why hast (note:)By taking away the Holy Spirit from us, by whom we were governed, and so for our ingratitude delivered us up to our own concupiscence, and punished sin by sin according to your just judgment.(:note) thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy Meaning, for the covenant's sake made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob his servants. servants' sake, the tribes of thy inheritance.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:16 @ The (note:)By these words, portion and rod, he signifies their inheritance, meaning that God would be all sufficient for them: and that their happiness consisted in him alone, and therefore they ought to renounce all other help and comfort as of idols, etc. (Deu_32:9; Psa_16:5).(:note) portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

geneva@Jeremiah:10:25 @ Pour out (note:)As God cannot only be known and glorified by his mercy that he uses toward his Church, but also by his justice in punishing his enemies, he prays that this glory may fully appear both in the one and the other, (Psa_79:6).(:note) thy fury upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:7 @ Alas! for that (note:)Meaning that the time of their captivity would be grievous.(:note) day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

geneva@Jeremiah:30:18 @ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captives of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be built upon her own heap, and the (note:)Meaning that the city and the temple would be restored to their former estate.(:note) palace shall remain after its manner.

geneva@Jeremiah:31:11 @ For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand (note:)That is, from the Babylonians and other enemies.(:note) of [him that was] stronger than he.

geneva@Jeremiah:46:28 @ Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct (note:){{See Jer_20:14}}(:note) thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

geneva@Jeremiah:51:19 @ The (note:)That is, the true God of Israel is not like these idols: for he can help when all things are desperate.(:note) portion of Jacob [is] not like them; for he [is] the one who formed of all things: and [Israel is] the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts [is] his name.

geneva@Lamentations:1:17 @ Zion spreadeth forth her hands, [and there is] none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, [that] his adversaries [should be] around him: Jerusalem is (note:)Who because of her pollution was separate from her husband, (Lev_15:19) and was abhorred for the time.(:note) as a menstruous woman among them.

geneva@Lamentations:2:3 @ He hath cut off in [his] fierce anger all the (note:)Meaning the glory and strength, as in (1Sa_2:1).(:note) horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his That is, his comfort which he was wont to send us, when our enemies oppressed us. right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, [which] devoureth on every side.

geneva@Ezekiel:20:5 @ And say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and (note:)I swore that I would be their God, which manner of oath was observed from all antiquity, where they used to lift up their hands toward the heavens, acknowledging God to be the author of truth and the defender of it, and also the judge of the heart, wishing that he would take vengeance, if they concealed anything which they knew to be truth.(:note) lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I [am] the LORD your God;

geneva@Ezekiel:28:25 @ Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be (note:)He shows why God will assemble his Church and preserve it, though he destroy his enemies: that is, that they should praise him, and give thanks for his great mercies.(:note) sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

geneva@Ezekiel:37:25 @ And they shall dwell in the (note:)Meaning that the elect by Christ will dwell in heaven by Jerusalem, which is meant by the land of Canaan.(:note) land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell in it, [even] they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.

geneva@Hosea:10:11 @ And Ephraim [is as] an heifer [that is] taught, [and] loveth to (note:)In which is pleasure, whereas in plowing there is labour and pain.(:note) tread out [the corn]; but I passed over upon her I will lay my yoke upon her fat neck. fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his clods.

geneva@Hosea:12:2 @ The LORD hath also a controversy with (note:)Which in those points was similar to Ephraim, but not in idolatry.(:note) Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

geneva@Hosea:12:3 @ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had (note:)Seeing that God in this way preferred Jacob their father, Judah's ingratitude was the more to be abhorred.(:note) power with God:

geneva@Hosea:12:4 @ Yea, he had (note:)Read (Gen_32:24-32).(:note) power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: God found Jacob as he lay sleeping in Bethel (Gen_28:12), and spoke with him there in such a way that the fruit of that speech appertained to the whole body of the people, of which we are. he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;

geneva@Hosea:12:7 @ [He is] (note:)As for Ephraim, he is more like the wicked Canaanites than godly Abraham or Jacob.(:note) a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

geneva@Amos:1:9 @ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the (note:)For Esau (from whom came the Edomites) and Jacob were brothers, therefore they ought to have admonished them by their brotherly friendship, and not to have provoked them to hatred.(:note) brotherly covenant:

geneva@Amos:9:8 @ Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly (note:)Though he destroys the rebellious multitude, yet he will always reserve the remnant of his Church to call upon his name.(:note) destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

geneva@Obadiah:1:1 @ The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; (note:)God has certainly revealed to his prophets, that he will raise up the heathen to destroy the Edomites, concerning which the rumour is now proclaimed; (Jer_49:14).(:note) We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and Thus the heathen encourage themselves to rise against Edom. let us rise up against her in battle. The Argument - The Idumeans, who came from Esau, were mortal enemies always to the Israelites, who came from Jacob, and therefore did not only vex them continually with various types of cruelty, but also stirred up others to fight against them. Therefore when they were now in their greatest prosperity, and did most triumph against Israel, which was in great affliction and misery, God raised up his Prophet to comfort the Israelites. For God had now determined to destroy their adversaries, who did so severely vex them, and to send them those who would deliver them, and set up the kingdom of the Messiah which he had promised.

geneva@Obadiah:1:10 @ For [thy] violence against thy (note:)He shows the reason why the Edomites were so severely punished: that is, because they were enemies to his Church, whom he now comforts by punishing their enemies.(:note) brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

geneva@Obadiah:1:18 @ And the house of Jacob shall be (note:)God attributes this power to consume his enemies to his Church, which power properly belongs only to himself; (Isa_10:17; Deu_4:24; Heb_12:29).(:note) a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].

geneva@Micah:1:5 @ For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not (note:)Samaria, which should have been an example to all Israel of true religion and justice, was the dirty pool and the tank that all idolatry and corruption was kept alive in, and who prided themselves in their father Jacob, and boasted of him.(:note) Samaria? and what [are] the high That is, the idolatry and infection. places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?

geneva@Micah:2:7 @ O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? (note:)Are these your works according to his Law?(:note) [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him Do not the godly find my words comfortable? that walketh uprightly?

geneva@Micah:2:12 @ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, (note:)To destroy you.(:note) all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men.

geneva@Micah:3:1 @ And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know (note:)That thing which is just and lawful, both to govern my people properly, and also to clear your own conscience.(:note) judgment?

geneva@Micah:3:8 @ But truly I am full (note:)The Prophet being assured of his vocation by the Spirit of God, sets himself alone against all the wicked, showing how God gave him gifts, ability and knowledge, to discern between good and evil, and also steadfastness and endurance to reprove the sins of the people, and not to flatter them.(:note) of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

geneva@Micah:4:2 @ And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will (note:)He shows that there is no true Church, except where the people are taught by God's pure word.(:note) teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

geneva@Micah:5:7 @ And the (note:)This remnant or Church which God will deliver will only depend on God's power and defence (as does the grass of the field), and not on the hope of man.(:note) remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

geneva@Micah:7:20 @ Thou wilt perform the (note:)The Church is assured that God will perform the truth of his merciful promise, which he had made long ago to Abraham, and to all that would apprehend the promise by faith.(:note) truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

geneva@Nahum:2:2 @ For the LORD hath (note:)Seeing God has punished his own people Judah and Israel, he will now punish the enemies by whom he scourged them; read (Isa_10:12).(:note) turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and Signifying that the Israelites were utterly destroyed. marred their vine branches.

geneva@Malachi:1:2 @ I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, (note:)Which declares their great ingratitude that did not acknowledge this love, which was so evident, in that he chose Abraham from out of all the world, and next chose Jacob the younger brother from whom they came, and left Esau the elder.(:note) Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

geneva@Malachi:2:12 @ The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that (note:)That is, the priest.(:note) offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

geneva@Malachi:3:6 @ For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob (note:)They murmured against God, because they did not see his help which was ever present to defend them: and therefore he accuses them of ingratitude, and shows that in that they are not daily consumed, it is a sign that he still defends them, and so his mercy towards them never changes.(:note) are not consumed.

geneva@Malachi:4:6 @ And he shall (note:)He shows in what John's office would consist: in the turning of men to God, and uniting the father and children in one voice of faith: so that the father will turn to the religion of his son who is converted to Christ, and the son will embrace the faith of the true fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.(:note) turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and The second point of his office was to give notice of God's judgment against those that would not receive Christ. smite the earth with a curse.