Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 46:2
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Genesis46:2
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night , and said, Jacob, Jacob : And he said, here am I.
(i. e.) In that way or manner of visions which God affordeth to men by night and in their sleep. See Gen 20. 3. Iob 33. 15, 16. Mat. 1. 20. and 2. 13, 19. Act. 16 9. and 18. 9, &c.
He doubles the name both in token of his friendship and familiarity with him and to raise Iacobs attention. Compare Gen. 22, 11. 1 Sam. 3. 10.
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