againe] God revealed himselfe in speciall manner to him sixe times before this. The first, Genesis 28:13. The second, Genesis 31:11. The third, Genesis 31:10. which two apparitions though they be reported together, were about sixe yeares distant the one from the other. See Annot. upon those two verses. The fourth, Gen. 32. 1, 2. The fifth, Genesis 32:24. &c. The sixth, Vers. 1. of this Chapter, and the seventh is that in this ninth verse.