Gen_28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Ver. 2. Arise, go to Padanaram.] Jacob was no sooner blest, but banished. So our Saviour was no sooner out of the water of baptism, and had heard, "This is my beloved Son," &c., but he was presently in the fire of temptation, and heard, "If thou be the Son," &c. {Mat_3:1-17; Mat_4:1-11} When Hezekiah had set all in good order, {2Ch_31:1-21} then up came Sennacherib with an army. {2Ch_32:1} God puts his people to it; and often, after sweetest feelings.