NOTES. In Joseph's dream (Gen. xxxvii. 9) the patriarch Jacob is represented by the sun, and his children by the stars. 2 "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." Gen. xxviii. 12. The poetical liberty taken with the literality of this passage was suggested by the view of the Alps at sunrise from the Righi. [Vide lines on the same subject among the Miscellaneous Poems.] 3" And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he 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. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." Gen. xxxii. 24-28. "And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. "And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept." Gen. xxxiii. 4. ❝ Gen. xxxiv. 7 Gen. xxxv. 9-12. God appeared to Jacob and blessed him, immediately before the death of Rachel. "They sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no." Gen. xxxvii. 32. 9" He refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning." Gen. xxxvii. 35. 10 66 They told him, saying: Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not." Gen. xlv. 26. "1" And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed." Gen. xlviii. 11. 12 "The Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads." Gen. xlviii. 16. ISHMAEL. Since my young days of passion-joy or pain, And both may jar: it may be that in vain I would essay as I have sung to sing : Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I cling, Of selfish grief. I. AND here we part! for thrice ten years, 'Mid all that blesses, soothes, endears, I called this place my home: With parents, kindred, friends at last With all that linked me to the past The parting hour is come! CHILDE HAROLD. |