Genesis 27:1
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE ME SOME VENISON. Hebrew hunt me some hunting. Figure of speech _Polyptoton,_ and _Metonymy_ (of Cause), by which venison, the result of hunting, is put for the hunting itself (from Latin venatio,. hunting). In Genesis 25:29 Esau missed his venison and lost his birthright. Was he now to miss it... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCH AS. LOVE. See verses: Genesis 27:27; Genesis 27:9; Genesis 27:14 and Genesis 25:28. MY SOUL. myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. BLESS THEE. He must have heard that he was to bless Jacob, for it was "by faith" he ultimately did so (Hebrews 11:20); and it came "by hearing" (Romans 10:17). "The w... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARD. Hebrew was listening. SPAKE. Hebrew was speaking... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEM. He shrinks, not from the fraud, but from its detection.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOODLY. Hebrew desires. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Adjunct), App-6, put for the things desired or coveted (2 Chronicles 36:10; Isaiah 64:11.Lamentations 1:10; Lamentations 1:10). RAIMENT. All raiment in the East to this day marks the social rank and position of the wearer. Among the Bedouin... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM. Said perhaps because he had bought the birthright. THY SOUL. thou. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ See App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. Not an adverb of time, but an expletive in command, emphasising the solemnity of the command. It must have been at this point that Isaac's faith overcame "the will of the flesh", and made him resolve to bless Jacob, in spite of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
CORN. Put by _Metonymy_ (of the Cause), App-6, for bread and solid food generally. Compare Lamentations 2:12. WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ See App-27. Usually combined with "corn", as put by _Metonymy_ (of the Cause) for all liquids.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. Hebrew peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCARCE GONE OUT. Hebrew "going was gone". Figure of speech _Polyptoton,_ for emph.; well represented by the word "scarce". See note on Genesis 26:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY FIRSTBORN. Esau still claims what he had sold.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREMBLED VERY EXCEEDINGLY. The Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ is thus beautifully rendered, Hebrew "trembled. great trembling greatly. "See note on. Genesis 26:28. This trembling was not from doubt, or from the discovery (now made, verses: Genesis 27:26; Genesis 27:27), but on account of the difficul... [ Continue Reading ]
THY LORD. a mighty man unto thee. See App-14. Fulfilled in 2 Samuel 8:14. WINE. See note on Genesis 27:28 above.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEPT. See Hebrews 12:17, but could not change his father's mind.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FATNESS OF THE EARTH, AND OF. Hebrew of the fatness, &c. The "of", which is omitted in the first clause, is the preposition, which means "from". Revised Version margin _away from._ Compare Isaiah 22:3.Jeremiah 48:33.Lamentations 4:9. Should be "Far from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwel... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVE. See 1 Samuel 14:47. 2Sa 8:14. 2 Kings 8:20, and compare 1 Kings 22:47. THOU SHALT BREAK. Fulfilled in 2 Kings 8:20; 2 Kings 8:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT HAND. Isaac mistaken, verses: Genesis 27:1; Genesis 27:2. Esau mistaken here.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLEE THOU. Hebrew flee for thyself. HARAN. See Genesis 11:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FEW DAYS. Rebekah mistaken, for he was there 20 years. UNTIL. Figure of speech _Synonymia._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. BOTH. Jacob by Esau's hand, and Esau by the avenger of blood. Genesis 9:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTERS OF HETH. Refers to Esau's wives. Genesis 26:34; Genesis 26:35. WHAT GOOD. Figure of speech _Erotesis,_ and Figure of speech _Aposiopesis,_ App-6, Literally "Wherefore to me life? "Eng. Idiom, "What good would my life be to me? ... [ Continue Reading ]