Verse Genesis 27:46. _I AM WEARY OF MY LIFE_] It is very likely that Rebekah kept many of the circumstances related above from the knowledge of Isaac; but as Jacob could not go to Padan-aram without...
- 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...
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 ...
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...
DAUGHTERS OF HETH. Refers to Esau's wives. Genesis 26:34; Genesis 26:35. WHAT GOOD. Figure of speech _Erotesis,_ and Figure of speech _Aposiopesis,_ App-6, Literally "Wherefore to me life? "Eng. Idio...
and ch. Genesis 28:1-9. This passage is from P, as is shewn by the characteristic language and phraseology. It supplies a different motive for Jacob's journey. He is to go to Paddan-aram, Genesis 28:2...
I AM WEARY, &C.— See notes on ch. Genesis 26:34, &c. The writers of the Universal History remark, that whosoever narrowly observes Jacob's life, after he had obtained his father's blessing, will own,...
PART FORTY THE STORY OF JACOB; THE JOURNEY TO PADDAN-ARAM (Genesis 27:46 to Genesis 28:22) 1. _The Biblical Account_ 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of H...
_AND REBEKAH SAID TO ISAAC, I AM WEARY OF MY LIFE BECAUSE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF HETH: IF JACOB TAKE A WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF HETH, SUCH AS THESE WHICH ARE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE LAND, WHAT GOOD SHALL...
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...
This verse must be read in connexion with Genesis 28:1; Genesis 27:46; - Genesis 28:9 are from the Priestly source and continue the narrative of Genesis 26:
There were two reasons why Jacob went to Haran. • If Jacob did not go, Esau would kill him. That was the reason that was important to Rebekah. • At Haran, Jacob could find a suitable wife. That was...
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....
REBEKAH SAID TO ISAAC. — With this begins a new act. In the previous five verses we had the general results of Rebekah’s guile: we have now the special consequence of Jacob’s departure for Haran. Upon...
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...
וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר רִבְקָה֙ אֶל ־יִצְחָ֔ק קַ֣צְתִּי...
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-...
JACOB'S FLIGHT AND DREAM Genesis 27:41 - Genesis 28:1 "So foolish was I and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee."- Psalms 73:22 IT is so commonly observed...
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...
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...
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...
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the (o) daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, (p) what g...
_To live. Life will be a burden to me. (Menochius) --- She does not mention the principal reason of her desiring Jacob to go to Haran, for fear of grieving the tender heart of her husband; who, it see...
In this expression of Rebekah's, was there not a believing reference to the promised seed? REFLECTIONS How sweet and precious is it, to behold dying believers anxious to give their last testimony, to...
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...
46._And Rebekah said to Isaac_. When Jacob might have fled secretly, his mother, nevertheless, obtains leave for his departure from his father; for so a well-ordered domestic government and discipline...
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...
AND REBEKAH SAID TO ISAAC,.... Not what she had told Jacob concerning the enmity of Esau to Jacob, and his intention to kill him, lest it should grieve him, and bring his gray hairs with sorrow to the...
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shal...
_If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth_ As Esau has done. More artifice still. This was not the thing she was afraid of. But if we use guile once, we shall be very ready to use it again. It sh...
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...
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall m...
ESAU'S HATRED OF JACOB...
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 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...
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...
THE DAUGHTERS OF HETH, Esau's wives, who were Hittites, GENESIS 26:34. Therefore let us, after the example of Abraham, send him to fetch a wife from his own kindred. This indeed was one reason, but th...
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 27:46 Rebekah H7259 said H559 (H8799) Isaac H3327 weary H6973 (H8804) life H2416 because H6440 daughters...
LIFE (Genesis 26:34); (Genesis 26:35). Heth was ancestor of the Hittites....
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...
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...
_I am weary of my life._ --Throughout the whole of man’s marvellous pilgrimage on earth, or at least from the time that he became truly intelligent, the same haunting mysteries hover around him; the s...
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...
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;...
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...
I am. Numbers 11:15 1 Kings 19:4 Job 3:20 Job 7:16 Job 14:13...
If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth — As Esau has done. More artifice still. This was not the thing she was afraid of. But if we use guile once, we shall be very ready to use it again. It sh...