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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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_before the Lord_ i.e. in the presence of Jehovah, and in
acknowledgment of His power, the human blessing will be pronounced,
and will be effectual. The supposition that "before the Lord" means
before...
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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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_BRING ME VENISON, AND MAKE ME SAVOURY MEAT, THAT I MAY EAT, AND BLESS
THEE BEFORE THE LORD BEFORE MY DEATH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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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BEFORE THE LORD (_Jehovah_)_. — _Rebekah has been accused of
inserting words which Isaac had not used; but it is unreasonable to
suppose that more is recorded of Isaac’s address to his son than the
ma...
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הָבִ֨יאָה לִּ֥י צַ֛יִד וַ עֲשֵׂה
־לִ֥י מַטְעַ
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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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REBEKAH HELPED JACOB GET THE BLESSING
Rebekah overheard Isaac's instructions to Esau. She called for Jacob
and told him to kill two choice kids from the flocks. She planned to
prepare them in a way w...
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_In the sight of the Lord, answers to my soul, &c., ver. 4. I will
bless thee with all earnestness and sincerity. (Haydock)_...
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There is not a passage in scripture which needs more the enlightening
influences of the Holy Ghost to guide into all truth, than these
verses. Various have been the opinions of Commentators upon the
t...
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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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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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BRING ME VENISON, AND MAKE ME SAVOURY MEAT,.... Fetch him venison out
of the field, and dress it in a savoury manner, and bring it to him:
THAT I MAY EAT, AND BLESS THEE BEFORE THE LORD BEFORE MY DEA...
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Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the LORD before my death.
Ver. 7. _That I may eat, and bless thee._] Being cheered up by thy
good cheer and wine, I m...
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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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Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the Lord before my death. Rebekah made Jacob her
confederate by making known to him all that she had found out....
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Rebekah Arranges to have Jacob Blessed First...
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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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6-17 Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and
expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by putting a cheat on
him; she wronged Jacob by tempting him to wickedness. She put a...
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BEFORE THE LORD; solemnly, as in God's presence, in his name, and by
his authority, and with his leave and favour, which I shall heartily
pray for thee. So he signifies that this was more than an ordi...
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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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‘And Rebekah said to Jacob her son, “Look, I heard your father
speak to Esau your brother, saying, ‘Bring me venison and make me
savoury meat that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my
deat...
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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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_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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 27:5 REBEKAH WAS LISTENING. Rebekah plans
Jacob’s deception, but Jacob is still responsible for the part he
plays in this trick....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 27:6_
REBEKAH’S CUNNING PLOT IN FAVOUR OF JACOB
I. The human element in it.
1. _The partiality of a fond mother._ She tenderly loved this son, and
was re...
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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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before the. Deuteronomy 33:1 Joshua 6:26 1 Samuel 24:19...