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 Pharaoh in his thirtieth year
(Genesis 41:46), and having been thirty-nine years of age (Genesis
45:6)... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 27:15
AND REBEKAH TOOK GOODLY RAIMENT OF HER ELDEST SON ESAU,—literally,
the _robes of Esau her son the elder—the desirable_,_ _i.e. the
handsome ones. The בֶּגֶד was an outer garment worn by the
Oriental (Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13, Genesis 39:15; Genesis
41:42),—στολὴ, LXX.,... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 27:30
AND IT CAME TO PASS (literally, _and it _was), AS SOON AS ISAAC HAD
MADE AN END OF BLESSING JACOB, AND JACOB WAS YET SCARCE GONE
OUT—literally, _and it was _(_sc_._ _as soon as, or when) _Jacob
only going forth _had gone; _i_._e_. had just gone out (Ewald, Keil),
rather th... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 27:41
AND ESAU HATED JACOB—a proof that he was not penitent, however
disappointed and remorseful (cf. Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:11; 1 John
3:12, 1 John 3:15)—BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING WHEREWITH HIS FATHER
BLESSED HIM:—notwithstanding the fact that he too had received an
appropriate b... [ Continue Reading ]