place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be

seen.

THE BLESSED RESULTS OF ABRAHAM'S

OBEDIENCE.

GEN. xxii. 15-18.

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, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

IN APPEARING TO JACOB ON HIS WAY TOWARDS HARAN.

GEN. xxviii. 10, 11.

And Jacob went out from Beersheba,

and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

JACOB'S VISION.

GEN. xxviii. 12-15.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and 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. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into

this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

JACOB'S GRATEFUL MEMORIAL.

GEN. xxviii. 16-19.

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth-el.

JACOB'S VOW.

GEN. xxviii. 20-22.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If 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, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then

shall the Lord be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

IN PROSPERING JACOB AND MULTIPLYING HIS SUBSTANCE.

GEN. XXX. 43.

And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

IN DIRECTING JACOB'S RETURN WHEN

HIS

PROSPERITY HAD AWAKENED

THE ENVY OF HIS KINDRED.

GEN. xxxi. 1-3.

And he heard the 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. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the Lord said unto Jacob, Re

turn unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

IN RESTRAINING THE WRATH OF
LABAN.

GEN. xxxi. 25-29.

Then Laban overtook Jacob.

Now Ja

cob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.