_Isaac was old and his eyes were dim_ ISAAC IN THE NEAR PROSPECT OF DEATH I. HE HAS WARNINGS OF HIS APPROACHING END. 1. His advanced age. 2. Signs of weakness and decay. II. HE SETS IN ORDER HIS WORLDLY AFFAIRS. 1. Duties prompted by the social affections. 2. Duties regarding the settlement o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth_ REBEKAH’S CUNNING PLOT IN FAVOUR OF JACOB I. THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN IT. 1. The partiality of a fond mother. 2. Ambition. II. THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT IN IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Upon me be thy curse, my son_ REBEKAH’S IMPOSITION ON ISAAC CONSIDERED This language plainly shows that she thought her conduct justifiable, and thus we have a melancholy instance of the way in which good people sometimes deceive themselves, and suffer their judgments to be misled by carnal reaso... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother_ REBEKAH’S CUNNING PLOT ACCEPTED AND CARRIED OUT BY JACOB I. REVEALS SOME QUALITIES OF JACOB’S CHARACTER. 1. He was a weak and pliable man. 2. He lacked the power of self-determination. 3. He was fearful of consequences. 4. He could lon... [ Continue Reading ]
_God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine_ ISAAC BLESSING JACOB I. WITH TEMPORAL BLESSINGS. 1. A fertile soil. 2. Abundance of provision. 3. Political pre-eminence. II. WITH SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. 1. The channel of spiritual blessing to manki... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 without feeling some pity for Esau. All his hopes were disappointed in a moment. He had built much u... [ Continue Reading ]
_Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing._ ESAU’S RESENTMENT I. IT WAS CARNAL. II. IT WAS OVER-RULED FOR GOOD. (_T. H. Leale._) LESSONS 1. Esau’s wicked hypocrites hate always bitterly those whom God loves dearly. 2. God’s blessing on His own is the cause why the wicked do so much hate and cu... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am weary of my life._ --Throughout the whole of man’s marvellous pilgrimage on earth, or at least from the time that he became truly intelligent, the same haunting mysteries hover around him; the same unappeasable hunger, the same quenchless thirst, and the same abiding restlessness characterize... [ Continue Reading ]