Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Genesis 28:8
and Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac, his father, literally, were evil in his eyes;
and Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac, his father, literally, were evil in his eyes;
- Jacob’s Journey to Haran 3. קהל _qâhāl_, “congregation.” 9. מחלת _māchălat_, Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.” 19. לוּז _lûz_, Luz, “almond.” The blessing of his sons was the last passage in...
CHAPTER 28 JACOB'S DEPARTURE TO PADAN-ARAM AND HIS VISION _ 1. Isaac sends Jacob away and gives his blessing (Genesis 28:1)_ 2. Esau's action (Genesis 28:6) 3. Jacob's vision and vow (Genesis 28:10...
GENESIS 27:46 TO GENESIS 28:9. JACOB IS SENT FROM HOME TO MARRY INTO HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY. The reader may readily suppose that Rebekah uses the unfortunate marriage of Esau as a pretext to hide her rea...
PLEASED NOT. Compare Genesis 26:35....
3. _Esau Takes Another Wife_ (Genesis 28:6-9)_._ Isaac blessed Jacob that the blessing which he had given him previously, viz., _God gave thee of the dew of heaven,_ etc. (Genesis 27:28) might be fulf...
_WHEN ESAU SAW THAT ISAAC HAD BLESSED JACOB, AND SENT HIM AWAY TO PADAN-ARAM, TO TAKE HIM A WIFE FROM THENCE; AND THAT AS HE BLESSED HIM HE GAVE HIM A CHARGE, SAYING, THOU SHALT NOT TAKE A WIFE OF THE...
JACOB DEPARTS FOR PADAN-ARAM. HIS DREAM AT BETHEL 1-4. Isaac bids Jacob seek one of the daughters of his uncle Laban in marriage, and assures him that the blessings and promises bestowed on Abraham s...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 28 JACOB SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY V1 Then Isaac called Jacob and he blessed him. He *commanded him, ‘Do not marry a *Canaanite woman. V2 Go to the...
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...
וַ יַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֔ו כִּ֥י רָעֹ֖ות בְּנֹ֣ות כְּ
JACOB SENT AWAY FROM HOME Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:1 Esau deferred the execution of his murderous purpose, because of the near approach, as he supposed, of his father's death. But Isaac lived for fo...
Here Jacob is seen exiled from his home, flying from Beersheba. In this connection we have the account of the first of the direct divine communications to him. Tired and weary, he reached Luz and duri...
JACOB LEFT CANAAN Isaac agreed with Rebekah in the matter of a wife for Jacob. He sent him to Laban's house to find a wife. Isaac also gave Jacob the blessing of Abraham from God. When Esau realized...
Observe the policy of Esau. It was to please his father, not with a view to obtain the favor of God. And moreover, whom did he marry? The issue of the bond-woman, not the free. Still you see pursuing...
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...
Jacob becomes now the picture of cast-out and wandering Israel, heir of the promises, watched over, but an outcast. The wanderings of Abraham were in the land of promise; those of Jacob, out of it: tw...
AND ESAU SEEING THAT THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN PLEASED NOT ISAAC HIS FATHER. Who he perceived was displeased with the daughters of Canaan, or that they were "evil in [his] eyes" i, offensive to him, and...
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Ver. 8. _Pleased not Isaac his father._] Whether himself or they pleased God or not, was no part of his care. God is not in...
1 Isaac blesseth Iacob, and sendeth him to Padan Aram. 6 Esau marrieth Mahalal the daughter of Ishmael. 10 The Vision of Iacobs ladder. 18 The stone of Bethel. 20 Iacobs vow. 1 AND Isaac called I...
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...
JACOB SENT TO PADAN-ARAM Though scripture tells us that Isaac loved Esau, he had not done as Abraham had in making sure that Isaac's wife was of his own kindred. Rebekah's words to him now evidently a...
PLEASED NOT: _ Heb._ were evil in the eyes, etc...
6-9 Good examples impress even the profane and malicious. But Esau thought, by pleasing his parents in one thing, to atone for other wrong doings. Carnal hearts are apt to think themselves as good as...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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...
Genesis 28:8 Esau H6215 saw H7200 (H8799) daughters H1323 Canaan H3667 not H7451 please H5869 father H1 Isaac...
Genesis 28 I. If there be little poetic or romantic charm in the history of Isaac, what a wealth of it there is in that of Jacob! A double deceit, followed by banishment from his country; this expulsi...
CONTENTS: Jacob at Bethel and the Abrahamic covenant confirmed to him in a dream. CHARACTERS: Isaac, Jacob, Laban, Esau, Ishmael, Mahalath, angels. CONCLUSION: The believer should realize that he is...
Genesis 28:1. _Isaac called Jacob and blessed him._ A heart-rending business to be forced away from his father's house in the 58th year of his age. He went not with a train of ten camels, as were sent...
_Then went Esau unto Ishmael_ ESAU, THE TYPE OF WORLDLINESS AND HYPOCRISY I. HIS CONDUCT WAS MERCENARY. II. HIS CONDUCT WAS ONE-SIDED. III. HIS CONDUCT WAS FRAMED BY THE PRINCIPLE OF IMITATION. (_...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 28:6 Esau seeks to make amends for having taken CANAANITE wives by marrying one of Ishmael’s daughters. However, he still retains his two Canaanite wives....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 28:9. Then went Esau unto Ishmael.] To his family, and not to Ishmael himself, who had been dead for fourteen years. (Genesis 25:17.)— _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Ge...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 28:1 AND ISAAC CALLED JACOB (to his bed-side), AND BLESSED HIM,—in enlarged form, renewing the benediction previously given (Genesis 27:27)—and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a...
So Isaac called Jacob, and he blessed him, and he charged him, and he said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, and go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy moth...
the daughters. Genesis 28:1 Genesis 24:3 Genesis 26:34 Genesis 26:35 pleased not. Heb. were evil in the eyes....