"And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee."
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Verse Genesis 27:42. _DOTH COMFORT HIMSELF_, PURPOSING _TO KILL
THEE._] מתנחם לך _mithnachem lecha_, which Houbigant renders
_cogitat super te_, he thinks or meditates to kill thee. This sense is
natu...
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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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_the words of Esau_ Esau's threat in the previous verse was "said in
his heart"; but his was not a nature to keep a secret. His intention
was soon the subject of talk.
_doth comfort himself_ A strang...
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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 THESE WORDS OF ESAU HER ELDER SON WERE TOLD TO REBEKAH: AND SHE
SENT AND CALLED JACOB HER YOUNGER SON, AND SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, THY
BROTHER ESAU, AS TOUCHING THEE, DOTH COMFORT HIMSELF, PURPOSI...
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27:42 himself (a-34) See Isaiah 1:24 . 'ease me.'...
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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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וַ יֻּגַּ֣ד לְ רִבְקָ֔ה אֶת
־דִּבְרֵ֥י עֵשָׂ֖ו בְּנָ֣הּ הַ
גָּדֹ֑ל וַ תִּשְׁלַ֞ח וַ תִּקְרָ֤א...
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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 these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy
brother Esau, (m) as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [pur...
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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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42._And these words of Esau... were told to Rebekah_. Moses now makes
a transition to a new subject of history, showing how Jacob, as a
wanderer from his father’s house, went into Mesopotamia. Without...
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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 THESE WORDS OF ESAU HER ELDEST SON WERE TOLD TO REBEKAH,....
Jarchi and Jonathan say, by the Holy Ghost; but Aben Ezra thinks, by
one of Esau's friends and confidants, to whom out of the abundance...
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_And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy
brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purpos...
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_Esau said in his heart_ What he afterward uttered in words, _The days
of mourning for my father are at hand_ According to the course of
nature. Isaac, however, lived forty-four years after this. _Thy...
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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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ESAU'S HATRED OF JACOB...
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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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41-46 Esau bore malice to Jacob on account of the blessing he had
obtained. Thus he went in the way of Cain, who slew his brother,
because he gained that acceptance with God of which he had rendered...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 27:42 words H1697 Esau H6215 older H1419 son H1121 told H5046
(H8714) Rebekah H7259 sent H7971 (H8799) called H7121 (H8799) Jacob
H3290 younger H6996 son H1121 said H559 (H8799) brother H251 E...
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‘And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah, and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Look, your
brother Esau consoles himself about you with the thought of killin...
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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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_Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing._
ESAU’S RESENTMENT
I. IT WAS CARNAL.
II. IT WAS OVER-RULED FOR GOOD. (_T. H. Leale._)
LESSONS
1. Esau’s wicked hypocrites hate always bitterly those who...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 27:41 I WILL KILL MY BROTHER JACOB (v.
Genesis 27:41). When Rebekah learns of Esau’s desire to murder
Jacob, she encourages Jacob to go to her brother LABAN in northwestern
Mes...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 27:45. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
If Esau killed Jacob, she must lose them both, for the avenger of
blood would punish Esau with death.
_MAIN HOMI...
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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...
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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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comfort himself. Genesis 37:18 Genesis 42:21 Genesis 42:22 1 Samuel
30:5 Job 20:12 Psalms 64:5 Proverbs 2:14 Proverbs 4:16 Proverbs 4:17...
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Did Jacob return to Haran to flee Esau or to get a wife?
PROBLEM: Here Rebekah told Jacob, “Flee to my brother Laban in
Haran. And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns
away.” But...