Loved Esau, as his first-born, who shewed him all attention, and whom he would naturally have appointed his heir, if the will of God had not afterwards been revealed to him. Rebecca, to whom this was already known, gave the preference in her love to Jacob. (Haydock)
Verse Genesis 25:28. _ISAAC LOVED ESAU - BUT REBEKAH LOVED JACOB._] This is an early proof of unwarrantable parental attachment to one child in preference to another. _Isaac loved Esau_, and _Rebekah...
- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן _padān_, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי _‛__êśâv_, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב _ya‛ăqôb_, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the hee...
IX. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC CHAPTER 25:19-34 Esau and Jacob _ 1. Rebekah barren and the answered prayer (Genesis 25:19)_ 2. The birth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:23) 3. The growth of the boys ...
THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU. JACOB TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ESAU TO SECURE HIS BIRTHRIGHT. At this point we pass to the story of Jacob. In the present section Genesis 25:19 f., Genesis 25:26_ b_ belong to P...
VENISON. Heb _. hunting._ Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Cause), App-6, hunting put for what was caught. Eating was strong in Esau too (Genesis 25:34). It was "the will of the flesh" which Isaac'...
_because … venison_ Cf. Genesis 27:3-4. _Rebekah loved Jacob_ i.e. more than Esau. We have in this verse the division of the two pairs, Isaac and Esau, Rebekah and Jacob, on which turns the narrative...
ISAAC LOVED ESAU, &C.— Jacob was his mother's favourite; and it is not much to be wondered at, since the knew he was to inherit the blessing, see Genesis 25:23 which, by the way, gives us a key to all...
PART THIRTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ISAAC; THE TWINS AND THE BIRTHRIGHT (Genesis 25:19-34) _1. Introduction_ Having concluded the account of all that needed to be known about Ishmael and his progeny, th...
_AND ISAAC LOVED ESAU, BECAUSE HE DID EAT OF HIS VENISON: BUT REBEKAH LOVED JACOB._ The parents were divided in their affection; and while the grounds, at least, of the father's partiality were weak,...
25:28 taste; (d-10) Lit. 'in his mouth.'...
THE SONS OF ABRAHAM BY KETURAH. DEATH AND BURIAL OF ABRAHAM. DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL. BIRTH AND YOUTH OF ESAU AND JACOB 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his seconda...
The evil of such marked preferences in families appears plainly in the narrative....
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 25 ABRAHAM DIES V1 Abraham married another wife, who was called Keturah. V2 She became the mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and S...
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
BECAUSE HE DID EAT OF HIS VENISON. — Literally, _because the venison_ — that is, the produce of Esau’s hunting — _was in his mouth;_ in our phrase, _was to his taste_ — was what he liked. The diet of...
וַ יֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת ־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי ־צַ֣י
ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Proverbs 7:22...
JACOB AND ESAU, TWIN BROTHERS Genesis 25:19 In the thought of that age, the birthright carried with it the spiritual leadership of the tribe. To be the priest of the family, to stand between the Most...
The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the wo...
THE BIRTH OF JACOB AND ESAU After nineteen years of marriage, Isaac and Rebekah still had no children. Isaac prayed God would allow Rebekah to conceive. As John T. Willis observed, we may assume havin...
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. No doubt Rebekah had an eye to God's promise: Compare Genesis 25:23 with Romans 9:12....
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...
28._And Isaac loved Esau_. That God might more clearly show his own election to be sufficiently firm, to need no assistance elsewhere, and even powerful enough to overcome any obstacle whatever, he pe...
We have next the election of God which now sets apart the earthly people, Jacob. It is remarkable how little we have of Isaac, nothing but his remaining in heavenly places, I mean of course in the fig...
AND ISAAC LOVED ESAU, BECAUSE HE DID EAT OF [HIS] VENISON,.... Better than Jacob, not only because he was his firstborn, but because he brought him of the flesh of creatures, which he took in hunting,...
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. Ver. 28. _And Isaac loved Esau, &c._] Here, as likewise in Manoah's wife, more grace appears in the woman than in t...
_Isaac loved Esau_ The conduct of both these parents was blameable: they had but these two children, and the father was peculiarly attached to the one, and the mother to the other. And this improper p...
1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death. 9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah being barr...
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. And Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, literally, game, the result of the chase, was in his mouth, he was very partial to i...
THE TWO SONS, ESAU AND JACOB...
Jacob at Edar and Hebron...
SECOND SECTION _Jacob and Esau_ GENESIS 25:19-34 19And these _are_ the generations [genealogies] of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to...
OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he would b...
27,28 Esau hunted the beasts of the field with dexterity and success, till he became a conqueror, ruling over his neighbours. Jacob was a plain man, one that liked the true delights of retirement, be...
ISAAC LOVED ESAU, not simply nor chiefly because he pleased his palate, but because this was an evidence of his son's great respect and affection to him, that he would take such pains and incur such h...
In the opening of this chapter, Abraham's second marriage is set before us, an event not without its interest to the spiritual mind, when viewed in connection with what we have been considering in the...
Genesis 25:28 Isaac H3327 loved H157 (H8799) Esau H6215 ate H6310 game H6718 Rebekah H7259 loved H157 ...
THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT (GENESIS 25:27). Genesis 25:27 ‘And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the open country, and Jacob was a perfect man, dwelling in tents.' The two boys...
Genesis 25 _(with Hebrews 12:16)_ The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They flame amids...
CONTENTS: Abraham weds Keturah. Isaac becomes Abraham's heir. Death of Abraham. Generations of Ishmael and Isaac. Birth of Esau and Jacob and the sale of the birthright. CHARACTERS: Abraham, Keturah,...
Genesis 25:1. _Keturah_ is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his _Bibliotheca Biblia,_ printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham after...
_Rebekah loved Jacob_ REBEKAH; OR, UNDUE NATURAL AFFECTION AND PARTIALITY IN PARENTS 1. While the account of Rebekah in Holy Scripture is so brief, that it would be difficult to draw many reflectio...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 25:27 These verses tell of ESAU selling his birthright to JACOB. While Jacob may be criticized for exploiting his brother in a moment of weakness, Esau is indifferent toward hi...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:25. Esau.] Signifies _hairy._ Some understand the word to be derived from a verb meaning done, or finished, and therefore describing one who was prematurely developed.— GE...
Then in chapter twenty-five we find that Abraham [after Sarah's death] took another wife, her name was Keturah. [The name means, "mother of us all".] And she bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian,...
he did eat of his venison. Heb. venison was in his mouth. Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:19 Genesis 27:25 Genesis 27:31 Rebekah....
JACOB, A PRINCE WITH GOD Genesis 25:27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study centers around Jacob, one of the ancient heroes of the faith. 1. JACOB WAS AN HEBREW OF THE HEBREWS. He was, in fact, the head of...
And Isaac loved Esau — Isaac though he was not a stirring man himself, yet he loved to have his son active. Esau knew how to please him, and shewed a great respect for him, by treating him often with...