after him, and we might suppose that that included Isaac, and
that there was no need of a new revelation to him on the subject; but
if it did include him, Isaac was not fully satisfied, he would not
place his dependence on something that had been said to some other
man, but wanted to know for himself whether God intended him to
possess that land, and there was no way for him to obtain this
knowledge except by direct communication with the heavens. He obtained
it, God renewing the promise to him that he had made to his father
Abraham.

By and by comes along the grandson of Abraham—Jacob, who, not
satisfied with the promises made to his grandfather and his
father—Abraham and Isaac, and not considering himself safe to depend
on promises made to somebody else, came beforethe Lord and plead with
him, and the angels of God came and visited this lad, and he saw a
ladder reaching from the ground on which he slept to the very heavens,
upon which the angels were ascending and descending; and he, on that
occasion, obtained a confirmation of the promise made to his father
and grandfather.

It is unnecessary for me to trace the history of these patriarchs, or
to mention the various times when God thought fit to communicate a new
revelation unto them, according to the circumstances in which they
were placed. We might relate the revelations given to Jacob after he
went down into the country of Laban, where he married his four wives.
We might relate to you the various revelations God gave to him during
his sojourn in that land. We might
also relate