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Verse Genesis 27:3. _THY WEAPONS_] The original word כלי _keley_
signifies _vessels_ and _instruments_ of any kind; and is probably
used here for a _hunting spear, javelin, sword, c_.
_QUIVER_] תלי...
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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 (Gen...
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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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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,...
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_thy weapons_ The quiver and bow are the huntsman's weapons. Esau as
"a man of the field" (Genesis 25:27) is to go out "to the field," i.e.
the open country. Targum of Onkelos, "thy sword and thy bow...
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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 s...
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_AND HE SAID, BEHOLD NOW, I AM OLD, I KNOW NOT THE DAY OF 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. I...
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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
jou...
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וְ עַתָּה֙ שָׂא ־נָ֣א כֵלֶ֔יךָ
תֶּלְיְךָ֖ וְ קַשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ וְ צֵא֙ הַ
שָּׂדֶ֔ה וְ צ֥וּדָה...
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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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Despite the marriages, Isaac continued to love Esau more than Jacob.
His advancing years convinced Isaac it was time to give the blessing,
which normally went with the birthright, to Esau. He intended...
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"hunt me venison." Hebrew...
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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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NOW THEREFORE, TAKE, I PRAY THEE, THY WEAPONS,.... Or "thy vessels",
or "instruments" n, his instruments of hunting: as
THY QUIVER AND THY BOW; the former is the vessel or instrument, in
which arrows...
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
Ver. 3. _Take me some venison._] It is some blemish to holy Isaac,
that he s...
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_Take me some venison_ In this Isaac designed, not so much the
refreshment of his own spirits, as the receiving a fresh instance of
his son's filial duty and affection to him, before he bestowed the
d...
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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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Isaac Prepares to Bless Esau...
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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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TAKE:
_ Heb._ hunt...
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1-5 The promises of the Messiah, and of the land of Canaan, had come
down to Isaac. Isaac being now about 135 years of age, and his sons
about 75, and not duly considering the Divine word concerning h...
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THY QUIVER, or, as the Chaldee and Hebrew doctors render it, _thy
sword; _ a weapon no less necessary for a hunter of beasts than a bow....
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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 27:3 take H5375 (H8798) weapons H3627 quiver H8522 bow H7198
out H3318 (H8798) field H7704 hunt H6679 (H8798) game H6718 (H8675)
H6720
I - GENESIS 10:9, GENESIS 25:27-28
take me - Heb. hunt,...
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THE BLESSING OF ESAU AND JACOB (GENESIS 26:34 TO GENESIS 27:45).
This passage was recorded in writing because it records the blessings
given to Jacob and Esau which were in the nature of a binding co...
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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, he...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 27:3. Take some venison.] Heb. _Hunt a hunt for me._ “What
this hunt should be except of the deer or gazelle, does not appear.
And hence it is not surprising that kids of the...
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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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take, I. Genesis 10:9 Genesis 25:27 Genesis 25:28 take me. Heb. hunt.
Genesis 25:27 Genesis 25:28 1 Corinthians 6:12...
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Take me some venison that I may; bless thee — Esau must go a hunting
and bring some venison. In this he designed not so much the
refreshment of his own spirits, as the receiving a fresh instance of
hi...