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Verse Genesis 25:26. _HIS NAME WAS CALLED JACOB_] יעקב _Yaccob_,
from עקב _akab_, to _defraud, deceive_, to _supplant_, i.e., to
overthrow a person by _tripping up his heels_. Hence this name was
give...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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HEEL. Hebrew. _yakob,_ whence the name Jacob (_yakob_) heel-catcher:
hence, contender....
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_had hold … heel_ As if, from the first, desirous to pull his
brother, back, and get in front of him. See the reference to this
passage in Hosea 12:3. The character of the man was thus prefigured at
b...
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ISAAC WAS THREESCORE YEARS OLD, &C.— It has been asked, why God
permitted Sarah and Rebekah to continue so long barren? To which it is
answered, not only to prove and exercise the faith of these
patri...
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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...
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_AND AFTER THAT CAME HIS BROTHER OUT, AND HIS HAND TOOK HOLD ON ESAU'S
HEEL; AND HIS NAME WAS CALLED JACOB: AND ISAAC WAS THREESCORE YEARS
OLD WHEN SHE BARE THEM._
His brother ... was called Jacob -...
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25:26 Jacob. (c-21) Heel-holder, or supplanter....
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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...
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JACOB] i.e. following at the heel. See Esau's allusion to the name
(Genesis 27:36), giving it a sinister sense, as suited to Jacob's
plotting nature. The words Jacob and Joseph, compounded with _-el_...
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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...
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The back of the foot is called the ‘heel’. Jacob seized Esau’s
heel. Jacob means ‘someone who follows another person’s heels’.
That can mean ‘someone who takes the place of another person’. So
it can...
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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...
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HIS HAND TOOK HOLD ON ESAU’S HEEL. — Usually there is a
considerable interval — an hour or more — between the birth of
twins; but here Jacob appeared without delay, following immediately
upon his brot...
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וְ אַֽחֲרֵי ־כֵ֞ן יָצָ֣א אָחִ֗יו וְ
יָדֹ֤ו
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his
hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: an...
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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...
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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...
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AND AFTER THAT CAME HIS BROTHER OUT,.... Out of his mother's womb,
either by his own strength, or by the help of the midwife:
AND HIS HAND TOOK HOLD ON ESAU'S HEEL; to pluck him back and get out
firs...
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And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years
old when she bare them.
Ver. 26. _And after that came his b...
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_His hand took hold on Esau's heel_ This signified, 1st, Jacob's
pursuit of the birthright and blessing; from the first he reached
forth to have caught hold of it, and if possible to have prevented hi...
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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...
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and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher; these are the
sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. Cf Genesis 29:30.
Benjamin is enumerated with the other sons of Jacob for the...
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Jacob at Edar and Hebron...
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THE TWO SONS, ESAU AND JACOB...
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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...
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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...
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19-26 Isaac seems not to have been much tried, but to have spent his
days in quietness. Jacob and Esau were prayed for; their parents,
after being long childless, obtained them by prayer. The fulfilm...
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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...
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Genesis 25:26 Afterward H310 brother H251 out H3318 (H8804) hand H3027
hold H270 (H8802) Esaus H6215 heel...
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Genesis 25:19 A
“This is the family history of Isaac, Abraham” s son.' On the
death of Ishmael Isaac becomes the eldest son of Abraham and
accordingly takes responsibility for the family records and...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_Twins_
BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB
I. THEIR MARKED INDIVIDUALITY.
II. HOW HEREBY IS POINTED OUT THEIR FUTURE DESTINY.
III. HOW THEIR CHARACTERS, SO EARLY DEVELOPED, AFFECTED THE
PREFERENCES OF THEIR...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 25:26 HOLDING ESAU’S HEEL, SO HIS NAME WAS
CALLED JACOB. The name “Jacob” resembles the Hebrew term for
“heel” and has the connotation of “deceiver.” To grasp someone
by the he...
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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...
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§ 9. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-1).
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 25:19
AND THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC, ABRAHAM'S SON. The usual
formula for the opening of a new section (cf....
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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,...
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And after. Genesis 38:28 took. Hosea 12:3 Jacob. Genesis 27:36 Isaac
was. Genesis 25:20...
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His hand took hold on Esau's heel — This signified, Jacob's pursuit
of the birth — right and blessing; from the first he reached forth
to have catched hold of it, and if possible to have prevented his...