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CHAPTER XXVII
_Isaac, grown old and feeble, and apprehending the approach of_
_death, desires his son Esau to provide some savoury meat for_
_him, that having eaten of it he might convey to him the...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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OLD. About 137 years (same age as his brother Ishmael died at). He
recovered and lived 43 years longer (Compare Genesis 35:28).
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
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_Isaac was old_ According to P, Isaac was forty years old when he
married Rebekah (Genesis 25:20); sixty years old when Esau and Jacob
were born (Genesis 25:26); and a hundred years old when Esau marr...
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WAS OLD, &C.— Bishop Kidder, from several passages of the history
laid together, proves, that Isaac was now one hundred and thirty-six
or one hundred and thirty-seven years old; when his faculties bei...
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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...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD, AND HIS EYES WERE DIM,
SO THAT HE COULD NOT SEE, HE CALLED ESAU HIS ELDEST SON, AND SAID UNTO
HIM, MY SON: AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, HERE AM I._
Whe...
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ISAAC WAS OLD] He was about 120, and both he and Esau thought that his
death was at hand (Genesis 27:2; Genesis 27:41). According to Genesis
35:27 he lived sixty years longer; and Jacob and Esau, thei...
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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...
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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....
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XXVII.
JACOB BY SUBTILTY OBTAINS THE FIRSTBORN’S BLESSING.
(1) IT CAME TO PASS. — The importance of this chapter is manifest.
Just as in Abraham’s life the decision had to be made which of the
two son...
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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...
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וַ יְהִי֙ כִּֽי ־זָקֵ֣ן יִצְחָ֔ק וַ
תִּכְהֶ֥י
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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-...
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REBEKAH PLANS TO CHEAT ISAAC
Genesis 27:1
This chapter narrates a sad story of the chosen family. Esau is the
only character which elicits universal sympathy. Isaac appears to have
sunk into prematur...
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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...
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Despite the marriages, Isaac continued to love Esau more than Jacob.
His advancing years convinced Isaac it was time to give the blessing,
which normally went with the birthright, to Esau. He intended...
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_Old: 137 years, when falling sickly and blind, at least for a time,
he wished to bless Esau, who was 77 years old. (Tirinus)_...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter contains the history of Jacob's craftily obtaining the
blessing of the birth-right from his father Isaac, and thereby
supplanting his brother Esau: a circumstance, which unless r...
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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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1._And it came to pass that when Isaac was old_. In this chapter Moses
prosecutes, in many words, a history which does not appear to be of
great utility. It amounts to this; Esau having gone out, at h...
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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...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD,.... He is generally
thought to be about one hundred and thirty seven years of age at this
time, which was just the age of his brother Ishmael when he died...
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto
him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.
Ver...
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_When Isaac was old_ A hundred and thirty-seven years old; but he
lived forty years after this. _And his eyes were dim_ Whereby God
brought about his own purpose of bestowing the blessing on Jacob. _H...
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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...
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Isaac Prepares to Bless Esau...
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And it came to pass that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so
that he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto
him, My son; and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. Isaac...
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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...
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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...
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1-5 The promises of the Messiah, and of the land of Canaan, had come
down to Isaac. Isaac being now about 135 years of age, and his sons
about 75, and not duly considering the Divine word concerning h...
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GENESIS CHAPTER 27 Isaac being aged, sends Esau for venison, that he
might eat thereof, and bless him, GENESIS 27:1. Esau obeys his father,
GENESIS 27:5. Rebekah hearing it, tells Jacob, GENESIS 27:6,...
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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...
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Genesis 27:1 pass H1961 (H8799) Isaac H3327 old H2204 (H8804) eyes
H5869 dim H3543 (H8799) see...
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THE BLESSING OF ESAU AND JACOB (GENESIS 26:34 TO GENESIS 27:45).
This passage was recorded in writing because it records the blessings
given to Jacob and Esau which were in the nature of a binding cov...
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Genesis 27:1. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his
eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest
son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, her...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 27:1 Isaac decides it is time to bless his
firstborn son, Esau. Such blessings were seen as shaping the future of
those blessed.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 27:3. Take some venison.] Heb. _Hunt a hunt for me._ “What
this hunt should be except of the deer or gazelle, does not appear.
And hence it is not surprising that kids of the...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 27:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD,—according to the
generally accepted calculation, in his one hundred and thirty-seventh
year. Joseph, having been introduced to Ph...
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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...
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A.M. 2244. B.C. 1760. dim. Genesis 48:10 1 Samuel 3:2 Ecclesiastes
12:3 John 9:3 eldest son....