Upon me be thy curse. — No curse followed upon their conduct; but, on the contrary, Isaac acknowledged the substantial justice of the act of Rebekah and her son, and confirmed Jacob in the possession of the blessing (Genesis 27:33). It seems strange, nevertheless, that neither of them had any scruples at the immorality of the deed, but apparently thought that as the end was right they were justified in using falsehood and treachery.
Verse Genesis 27:13. _UPON ME BE THY CURSE, MY SON_] Onkelos gives this a curious turn: _It has been revealed to me by prophecy that the_ _curses will not come upon thee, my son_. What a dreadful res...
- 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 ...
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...
_thy curse_ i.e. "the penalty pronounced upon thee." Rebekah is prepared to take upon herself the evil consequences. Absorbed in her plan, she will not waste time upon the consideration of ill results...
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 se...
_AND HIS MOTHER SAID UNTO HIM, UPON ME BE THY CURSE, MY SON: ONLY OBEY MY VOICE, AND GO FETCH ME THEM._ And his mother said ... Upon me be thy curse. His conscience being soothed by his mother, prepa...
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...
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....
וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ אִמֹּ֔ו עָלַ֥י קִלְלָתְךָ֖ ב
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-...
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...
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...
REBEKAH HELPED JACOB GET THE BLESSING Rebekah overheard Isaac's instructions to Esau. She called for Jacob and told him to kill two choice kids from the flocks. She planned to prepare them in a way w...
And his mother said unto him, (c) Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them]. (c) The assurance of God's decree made her bold....
_This curse. Rebecca had too much confidence in God's promises, to think that he would suffer them to be ineffectual. Hence, Onkelos makes her say, "I have learnt by revelation, that thou wilt receive...
Is not this a very apt similitude of Him, who assumed our likeness, the likeness, as the apostle terms it, of sinful flesh; and was made sin for us, though he knew no sin, that we might be made the ri...
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...
13._Upon me be thy curse, my son_. Here Rebekah sins again, because she burns with such hasty zeal that she does not consider how highly God disapproves of her evil course. She presumptuously subjects...
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 HIS MOTHER SAID UNTO HIM, UPON ME [BE] THY CURSE, MY SON,.... That is, if thy father should curse thee, which I am well assured he will not, let the curse, be what it will, fall upon me, and not o...
And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them]. Ver. 13. _Upon me be thy curse, my son._] A bold speech: but she respected the promise by fai...
_Upon me be thy curse_ That is, I will warrant the success; or, if the issue turn out ill, I will stand between thee and all danger. This she speaks in confidence of a good issue, probably through fai...
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 his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. Both the blame and the curse which might strike Jacob Rebekah was willing to shoulder, for with he...
Rebekah Arranges to have Jacob Blessed First...
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...
6-17 Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by putting a cheat on him; she wronged Jacob by tempting him to wickedness. She put a...
She saith so out of an assured confidence in the Divine oracle and promise....
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 27:13 mother H517 said H559 (H8799) curse H7045 son H1121 obey H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 go...
THE COURTYARD OF THE TABERNACLE (EXODUS 27:9). Before and around the sanctuary was a large courtyard into which the people themselves could come. They could not enter the sanctuary, only the chosen pr...
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, her...
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...
_Upon me be thy curse, my son_ REBEKAH’S IMPOSITION ON ISAAC CONSIDERED This language plainly shows that she thought her conduct justifiable, and thus we have a melancholy instance of the way in whi...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:15. Goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau.] Heb. _The desirable garments._ The choicest garments belonging to Esau were put upon Jacob. From Genesis 27:27 it would appear t...
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...
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...
Upon. Genesis 25:23 Genesis 25:33 Genesis 43:9 1 Samuel 14:24...