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Genesis 27:39

And Isaac, his father, answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven from above. of the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven would Esau's dwelling place be, that is, away from the fruitful and fat fields of Canaan. There are some fertile valleys in the northeastern part of Idumea, where Esau and his descendants lived, but the greater part of Idumea is one of the dreariest and most sterile deserts in the world.

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See also Genesis 27:39 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 27 THE STORY OF JACOB AND THE DECEPTION OF REBEKAH AND JACOB _ 1. Esau sent (Genesis 27:1)_ 2. Rebekah's deception (Genesis 27:5) 3. Jacob's deception (Genesis 27:18) 4. Jacob blessed ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AT HIS MOTHER'S INSTIGATION, JACOB CHEATS Esau OF HIS FATHER'S BLESSING. Probably compiled from J and E. Since both presuppose it later, both must have told the story. There are doublets which point t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE FATNESS OF THE EARTH, AND OF. Hebrew of the fatness, &c. The "of", which is omitted in the first clause, is the preposition, which means "from". Revised Version margin _away from._ Compare Isaiah...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Behold_, &c. Isaac's utterance again takes the form of poetry. His prediction as to Esau's future is contained in 6 strophes; 1 and 2 refer to the physical conditions of the nation's existence; 3 to...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, THY DWELLING, &C.— See notes on Genesis 27:28....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART THIRTY-NINE THE STORY OF ISAAC: THE TWINS AND THE BLESSING (Genesis 27:1-45) _The Biblical Account 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not se...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID, IS NOT HE RIGHTLY NAMED JACOB? FOR HE HATH SUPPLANTED ME THESE TWO TIMES: HE TOOK AWAY MY BIRTHRIGHT; AND, BEHOLD, NOW HE HATH TAKEN AWAY MY BLESSING. AND HE SAID, HAST THOU NOT RESERVED...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:39 of (b-15) of (b-22) Some translate 'without.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB BY SUBTILTY OBTAINS THE BLESSING Urged on by his mother, Jacob attempts by unworthy means to secure the blessing of the firstborn with all the privileges it involved. But the wrongdoing of the a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SHALL BE THE FATNESS] rather, 'Shall be away from the fatness.' Read thus, the prophecy is in agreement with the general barrenness of Edom or Seir, where the descendants of Esau dwelt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 27 JACOB CHEATS HIS FATHER V1 Isaac was very old. His eyes had become so weak that he could not see. Then he called Esau, who was his older son....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    (For the meaning of ‘dew’, see the comment on verse 28.)...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EXCURSUS G: UPON THE CHRONOLOGY OF JACOB’S LIFE (Genesis 27) The elaborate calculations of Lightfoot, and most Jewish and Christian commentators, intended to show that when Jacob set out upon his jour...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ISAAC HIS FATHER ANSWERED. — Unwillingly, and only after repeated entreaty and earnest expostulation, and even tears, upon Esau’s side, does Isaac bring himself to the effort to lessen in any way the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֛עַן יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֑

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JACOB'S FRAUD Genesis 27:1 "The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever."- Psalms 33:11 THERE are some families whose miserable existence is almost entirely made up of malicious plottings and counter-...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ESAU'S GRIEF AND ANGER Genesis 27:30 Esau apparently had awakened to realize the value of the blessing of the birthright which he had treated so lightly. His exceeding great and bitter cry expressed...

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

    From this point the history passes to center largely around Jacob. At the beginning, four persons stand out: Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob, and not one of them is admirable. Isaac is even more degen...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    ESAU'S DESPAIR Almost as soon as Jacob had left, Esau returned with the meat he had killed and prepared. Isaac asked who he was. As soon as Esau identified himself, Isaac realized the deception which...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Moved; yet not so as to repent of what he had done; for Esau found no place of repentance in his father's breast, although with tears he had sought it, (Hebrew xii. 17.) desiring to obtain the blessin...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is nothing here which distinguisheth Jesus. Lord! give me him for my portion, and in him I have all. Hosea 2:18; Ephesians 1:3....

  • 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

    39._Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth_. At length Esau obtains what he had asked. For, perceiving himself to be cast down from the rank and honor of primogeniture, he chooses rath...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Jacob's history now begins [1]. Heir of the promises, and valuing them, he uses means to have them, evil and low in character. God answers his faith, and chastens his evil and unbelief. God could have...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ISAAC HIS FATHER ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... Being willing to bestow what he could upon him, without lessening or breaking in upon the grant made to Jacob: BEHOLD, THY DWELLING SHALL BE THE F...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; Ver. 39. _Answered and said unto him._] _Dixit, non bened...

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

    _The fatness of the earth_ Mount Seir, the heritage of Esau, was a fertile place, refreshed with dews and showers. _By thy sword shalt thou live_ That is, thou shalt be warlike, and live upon spoil. T...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 5 Rebekah instructeth Iacob to obtaine the blessing. 15 Iacob vnder the person of Esau obteineth it. 30 Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau compla...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SIXTH SECTION _Isaac’s preference for the natural first-born, and Esau. Rebekah and Jacob steal from him the theocratic blessing. Esau’s blessing. Esau’s hostility to Jacob. Rebekah’s preparation for...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB DECEIVES HIS FATHER In spite of Esau's wrong marriages, and in spite of God's word that Isaac's older son would serve the younger (ch.25:23). Isaac was ready to confer his chief blessing on Esa...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE FATNESS: Or, of the fatness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    30-40 When Esau understood that Jacob had got the blessing, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry. The day is coming, when those that now make light of the blessings of the covenant, and sel...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    In a country competently fruitful and refreshed with convenient dews and showers. OBJECT. Thus Esau seems to have the same blessing which was before given to Jacob. ANSW. 1. Though it may seem to be t...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 27:39 Isaac H3327 father H1 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) dwelling H4186 fatness H4924 earth...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, from the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and from the dew of heaven from above. And by your sword you will live, and you will serve...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Fraudulent methods of Jacob in getting Isaac's blessing. Remorse of Esau. CHARACTERS: Isaac, Esau, Jacob, Rebekah. CONCLUSION: Human nature in prone to scheme to bring about what God would...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 27:1. _Isaac was old;_ in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of his age, the very year in which his brother Ishmael died. Jacob and Esau were also in their seventy-seventh year; but Isaac liv...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father_ ESAU’S CRY No one can read this chapter w...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:39. Thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.] The preposition is here used in a _privative_ sense, _apart from the fatness of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 27:30 AND IT CAME TO PASS (literally, _and it _was), AS SOON AS ISAAC HAD MADE AN END OF BLESSING JACOB, AND JACOB WAS YET SCARCE GONE OUT—literally, _and it was _(_sc_._ _as soon...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Genesis chapter twenty-seven? Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Behold. Genesis 36:6 Joshua 24:4 Hebrews 11:20 the fatness. or, of the fatness. Genesis 27:28...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Esau likewise obtained a blessing: yet it was far short of Jacob's. In Jacob's blessing the dew of heaven is put first, as that which he most valued and desired: in Esau's the fatness of the earth is...

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