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Verse Genesis 25:34. _POTTAGE OF LENTILES_] Genesis 25:29.
_THUS ESAU DESPISED HIS BIRTHRIGHT._] On this account the apostle,
Hebrews 12:16, calls Esau a _profane person_, because he had,
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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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AND. Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_. _Four_ "ands" marking the
deliberateness of Esau's acts, and their solemn significance. He
despised _grace._ See App-10.
DESPISED. Hence in Hebrews 12:16 he is c...
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_lentils_ The pottage here described is made of a small reddish kind
of bean much in use for food in Palestine, Arab. _-adas_. Cf. 2 Samuel
17:28; 2 Samuel 23:11; Ezekiel 4:9. It makes the reddish pot...
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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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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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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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This verse, with verse 27, tells us about Esau’s character. He
enjoyed hunting and he enjoyed eating. He did not think that his
family was important. So it is not surprising that God did not choose
hi...
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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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HE DID EAT AND DRINK, AND ROSE UP, AND WENT HIS WAY. — These words
graphically describe Esau’s complete indifference to the spiritual
privileges of which he had denuded himself. There is no regret, no...
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וְ יַעֲקֹ֞ב נָתַ֣ן לְ עֵשָׂ֗ו לֶ֚חֶם
וּ
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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 SELLING OF THE BIRTHRIGHT
A special blessing ordinarily went to the firstborn. In fact, under
the law of Moses, the firstborn received a double portion when the
inheritance was distributed. Of co...
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And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall
this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he
sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. The...
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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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_THE DESPISED BIRTHRIGHT_
‘Thus Esau despised his birthright.’
Genesis 25:34
I. ESAU WAS FULL OF HEALTHY VIGOUR AND THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE,
exulting in field sports, active, muscular, with the rou...
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34._Then Jacob gave_. Although, at first sight, this statement seems
to be cold and superfluous, it is nevertheless of great weight. For,
in the first place, Moses commends the piety of holy Jacob, wh...
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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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THEN JACOB GAVE ESAU BREAD AND POTTAGE OF LENTILES,.... This shows
what the pottage was made of, of which see Genesis 25:30; and that
Jacob gave to Esau more than he asked and bargained for, bread as...
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Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his]
birthright.
Ver. 34. _He did eat and drink, and rose up, &c._] _H...
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_He did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way_ Without any
serious reflections upon the ill bargain he had made, or any show of
regret. _Thus Esau despised his birthright_ He used no means to g...
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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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Esau Sells His Birthright...
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Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright. So it was not a mere momentary whim of Esau, for his
cont...
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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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29-34 We have here the bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the
right, which was Esau's by birth, but Jacob's by promise. It was for a
spiritual privilege; and we see Jacob's desire of the birth...
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Secure and impenitent, without any remorse for his ingratitude to God,
or the injury which he had done to himself and to all his posterity,
HE WENT HIS WAY, DESPISING HIS BIRTHRIGHT, preferring the pr...
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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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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...
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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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Genesis 25:34
In forfeiting his birthright to his younger brother, Esau gave up (1)
the right of priesthood inherent in the eldest line of the patriarch's
family; (2) the promise of the inheritance of...
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Genesis 25:29
The story of the birthright shows us what kind of a man Esau was:
hasty, careless, fond of the good things of this life. He had no
reason to complain if he lost his birthright. He did no...
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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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_Esau despised his birthright_
THE STORY OF THE BIRTHRIGHT
The story of the birthright shows us what kind of a man Esau was:
hasty, careless, fond of the good things of this life.
He had no reason t...
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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...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 25:29. Sod pottage.] “That is, _seethed or boiled_—_a
soup._ This pottage is a very common dish in that country. It is made
up of different grain or lentiles, bruised and boi...
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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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eat. Ecclesiastes 8:15 Isaiah 22:13 1 Corinthians 15:32 thus Esau.
Psalms 106:24...
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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...
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He did eat and drink, and rise up and went his way — Without any
serious reflections upon the ill bargain he had made, or any shew of
regret. Thus Esau despised his birth — right — He used no means to...