Chapter XXXI.—Let us see by what...

Chapter XXXI.—Let us see by what means we may obtain the divine blessing.

Let us cleave then to His blessing, and consider what are the means ¹²⁴ of possessing it. Let us think ¹²⁵ over the things which have taken place from the beginning. For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? was it not because he wrought righteousness and truth through faith? ¹²⁶ Isaac, with perfect confidence, as if knowing what was to happen, ¹²⁷ cheerfully yielded himself as a sacrifice. ¹²⁸ Jacob, through reason ¹²⁹ of his brother, went forth with humility from his own land, and came to Laban and served him; and there was given to him the sceptre of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Footnotes

13:124

Literally, “what are the ways of His blessing.”

13:125

Literally, “unroll.”

13:126

Comp. Jas. ii. 21.

13:127

Some translate, “knowing what was to come.”

13:128

Gen. xxii.

13:129

So Jacobson: Wotton reads, “fleeing from his brother.”