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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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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...
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_trembled very exceedingly_ Isaac's agitation is expressed in the
original with an emphasis which our version can hardly reproduce. Lat.
"_expavit Isaac stupore vehementi et ultra quam credi potest
ad...
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ISAAC TREMBLED, &C.— It may appear extraordinary, that Isaac should
be so exceedingly alarmed at this event, and yet confirm what he had
done; not withdrawing the blessing, so deceitfully gained: _I h...
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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, AS SOON AS ISAAC HAD MADE AN END OF BLESSING
JACOB, AND JACOB WAS YET SCARCE GONE OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF ISAAC
HIS FATHER, THAT ESAU HIS BROTHER CAME IN FROM HIS HUNTING._
Esa...
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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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YEA, _and_ HE SHALL BE BLESSED] Isaac evidently feels that the
purposes of God are not to be thwarted by his own preferences, and
does not withdraw the blessing from Jacob....
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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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‘I have blessed him. Nobody shall change that.’ When a father gave
his *blessing to his son, that *blessing was true. God showed to the
father what he should say. Therefore, the father could not chang...
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ISAAC TREMBLED VERY EXCEEDINGLY. — This was not from mere vexation
at having been so deceived, and made to give the blessing contrary to
his wishes. What Isaac felt was that he had been resisting God....
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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 יֶּחֱרַ֨ד יִצְחָ֣ק חֲרָדָה֮
גְּדֹלָ֣ה עַד...
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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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ESAU'S GRIEF AND ANGER
Genesis 27:30
Esau apparently had awakened to realize the value of the blessing of
the birthright which he had treated so lightly. His exceeding great
and bitter cry expressed...
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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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ESAU'S DESPAIR
Almost as soon as Jacob had left, Esau returned with the meat he had
killed and prepared. Isaac asked who he was. As soon as Esau
identified himself, Isaac realized the deception which...
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And Isaac (f) trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he
that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all
before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shal...
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Fear. Septuagint, "Isaac was rapt into an ecstasy exceedingly great;"
during which God explained to him the meaning of what had happened,
that he might not think of revoking his blessing. (St. Augusti...
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It is probable that by this time, Isaac had learnt that the thing was
of God. He now speaks positively that the blessing is sure....
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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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33._And Isaac trembled very exceedingly _(48) Here now again the faith
which had been smothered in the breast of the holy man shines forth
and emits fresh sparks; for there is no doubt that his fear s...
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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 ISAAC TREMBLED VERY EXCEEDINGLY,.... Or "trembled with a great
trembling exceedingly" b; he was amazed, and astonished, and seized
with a trembling all over his body, and with terror and confusion...
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And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that
hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all
before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be...
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_Isaac trembled very exceedingly_ Being perplexed and astonished to
consider herein God's overruling providences, and how strangely his
purpose of giving the blessing to Esau had been disappointed. Th...
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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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And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? Where is he that
hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed him? Yea, and he shall be bless...
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ESAU RETURNS AND RECEIVES THE YOUNGER SON'S BLESSING...
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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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TREMBLED VERY EXCEEDINGLY:
_ Heb._ trembled with a great trembling greatly
TAKEN:
_ Heb._ hunted...
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30-40 When Esau understood that Jacob had got the blessing, he cried
with a great and exceeding bitter cry. The day is coming, when those
that now make light of the blessings of the covenant, and sel...
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ISAAC was filled with astonishment and horror in consideration of
Jacob's fraud, and the sad disappointment and great misery of his
beloved Esau, and his own rashness and folly in suffering his fond
a...
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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 27:33 Isaac H3327 trembled H2729 (H8799) exceedingly H1419
H3966 H2731 said H559 (H8799) Where...
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‘And Isaac trembled very violently, and said, “Then who is he who
has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all
before you came, and have blessed him. Yes and he shall be blessed.”...
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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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_And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me
also, O my father_
ESAU’S CRY
No one can read this chapter w...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 27:30 IS HE NOT RIGHTLY NAMED JACOB? FOR HE
HAS CHEATED ME THESE TWO TIMES (v. Genesis 27:36). Esau refers here to
the name “Jacob,” whic
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 27:39. Thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and
of the dew of heaven from above.] The preposition is here used in a
_privative_ sense, _apart from the fatness of...
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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...
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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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trembled very exceedingly. Heb trembled with a great Job 21:6 Job 37:1
Psalms 55:5 taken. Heb. hunted. thou camest. Genesis 27:25 yea....
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Isaac trembled exceedingly — Those that follow the choice of their
own affections rather than the dictates of the Divine will, involve
themselves in such perplexities as these. But he soon recovers
hi...