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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Genesis 25:28

Loved Esau, as his first-born, who shewed him all attention, and whom he would naturally have appointed his heir, if the will of God had not afterwards been revealed to him. Rebecca, to whom this was already known, gave the preference in her love to Jacob. (Haydock)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 25:28. _ISAAC LOVED ESAU - BUT REBEKAH LOVED JACOB._] This is an early proof of unwarrantable parental attachment to one child in preference to another. _Isaac loved Esau_, and _Rebekah...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן _padān_, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי _‛__êśâv_, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב _ya‛ăqôb_, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the hee...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IX. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC CHAPTER 25:19-34 Esau and Jacob _ 1. Rebekah barren and the answered prayer (Genesis 25:19)_ 2. The birth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:23) 3. The growth of the boys ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU. JACOB TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ESAU TO SECURE HIS BIRTHRIGHT. At this point we pass to the story of Jacob. In the present section Genesis 25:19 f., Genesis 25:26_ b_ belong to P...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    VENISON. Heb _. hunting._ Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Cause), App-6, hunting put for what was caught. Eating was strong in Esau too (Genesis 25:34). It was "the will of the flesh" which Isaac'...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _because … venison_ Cf. Genesis 27:3-4. _Rebekah loved Jacob_ i.e. more than Esau. We have in this verse the division of the two pairs, Isaac and Esau, Rebekah and Jacob, on which turns the narrative...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ISAAC LOVED ESAU, &C.— Jacob was his mother's favourite; and it is not much to be wondered at, since the knew he was to inherit the blessing, see Genesis 25:23 which, by the way, gives us a key to all...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART THIRTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ISAAC; THE TWINS AND THE BIRTHRIGHT (Genesis 25:19-34) _1. Introduction_ Having concluded the account of all that needed to be known about Ishmael and his progeny, th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ISAAC LOVED ESAU, BECAUSE HE DID EAT OF HIS VENISON: BUT REBEKAH LOVED JACOB._ The parents were divided in their affection; and while the grounds, at least, of the father's partiality were weak,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    25:28 taste; (d-10) Lit. 'in his mouth.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONS OF ABRAHAM BY KETURAH. DEATH AND BURIAL OF ABRAHAM. DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL. BIRTH AND YOUTH OF ESAU AND JACOB 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his seconda...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The evil of such marked preferences in families appears plainly in the narrative....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 25 ABRAHAM DIES V1 Abraham married another wife, who was called Keturah. V2 She became the mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and S...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BECAUSE HE DID EAT OF HIS VENISON. — Literally, _because the venison_ — that is, the produce of Esau’s hunting — _was in his mouth;_ in our phrase, _was to his taste_ — was what he liked. The diet of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת ־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי ־צַ֣י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Proverbs 7:22...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB AND ESAU, TWIN BROTHERS Genesis 25:19 In the thought of that age, the birthright carried with it the spiritual leadership of the tribe. To be the priest of the family, to stand between the Most...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the wo...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU After nineteen years of marriage, Isaac and Rebekah still had no children. Isaac prayed God would allow Rebekah to conceive. As John T. Willis observed, we may assume havin...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. No doubt Rebekah had an eye to God's promise: Compare Genesis 25:23 with Romans 9:12....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    28._And Isaac loved Esau_. That God might more clearly show his own election to be sufficiently firm, to need no assistance elsewhere, and even powerful enough to overcome any obstacle whatever, he pe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have next the election of God which now sets apart the earthly people, Jacob. It is remarkable how little we have of Isaac, nothing but his remaining in heavenly places, I mean of course in the fig...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ISAAC LOVED ESAU, BECAUSE HE DID EAT OF [HIS] VENISON,.... Better than Jacob, not only because he was his firstborn, but because he brought him of the flesh of creatures, which he took in hunting,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. Ver. 28. _And Isaac loved Esau, &c._] Here, as likewise in Manoah's wife, more grace appears in the woman than in t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Isaac loved Esau_ The conduct of both these parents was blameable: they had but these two children, and the father was peculiarly attached to the one, and the mother to the other. And this improper p...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death. 9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah being barr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. And Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, literally, game, the result of the chase, was in his mouth, he was very partial to i...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TWO SONS, ESAU AND JACOB...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jacob at Edar and Hebron...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SECOND SECTION _Jacob and Esau_ GENESIS 25:19-34 19And these _are_ the generations [genealogies] of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he would b...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    27,28 Esau hunted the beasts of the field with dexterity and success, till he became a conqueror, ruling over his neighbours. Jacob was a plain man, one that liked the true delights of retirement, be...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ISAAC LOVED ESAU, not simply nor chiefly because he pleased his palate, but because this was an evidence of his son's great respect and affection to him, that he would take such pains and incur such h...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    In the opening of this chapter, Abraham's second marriage is set before us, an event not without its interest to the spiritual mind, when viewed in connection with what we have been considering in the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 25:28 Isaac H3327 loved H157 (H8799) Esau H6215 ate H6310 game H6718 Rebekah H7259 loved H157 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT (GENESIS 25:27). Genesis 25:27 ‘And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the open country, and Jacob was a perfect man, dwelling in tents.' The two boys...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 25 _(with Hebrews 12:16)_ The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They flame amids...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Abraham weds Keturah. Isaac becomes Abraham's heir. Death of Abraham. Generations of Ishmael and Isaac. Birth of Esau and Jacob and the sale of the birthright. CHARACTERS: Abraham, Keturah,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 25:1. _Keturah_ is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his _Bibliotheca Biblia,_ printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham after...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rebekah loved Jacob_ REBEKAH; OR, UNDUE NATURAL AFFECTION AND PARTIALITY IN PARENTS 1. While the account of Rebekah in Holy Scripture is so brief, that it would be difficult to draw many reflectio...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 25:27 These verses tell of ESAU selling his birthright to JACOB. While Jacob may be criticized for exploiting his brother in a moment of weakness, Esau is indifferent toward hi...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:25. Esau.] Signifies _hairy._ Some understand the word to be derived from a verb meaning done, or finished, and therefore describing one who was prematurely developed.— GE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then in chapter twenty-five we find that Abraham [after Sarah's death] took another wife, her name was Keturah. [The name means, "mother of us all".] And she bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    he did eat of his venison. Heb. venison was in his mouth. Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:19 Genesis 27:25 Genesis 27:31 Rebekah....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JACOB, A PRINCE WITH GOD Genesis 25:27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study centers around Jacob, one of the ancient heroes of the faith. 1. JACOB WAS AN HEBREW OF THE HEBREWS. He was, in fact, the head of...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And Isaac loved Esau — Isaac though he was not a stirring man himself, yet he loved to have his son active. Esau knew how to please him, and shewed a great respect for him, by treating him often with...

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