Come near now, and kiss me, my son. — This was the solemn preparation for the giving of the blessing. Isaac’s suspicions had now quite passed away. He had eaten and drunk, and the time had now come for the decision which son was to inherit the promise.
- 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...
NOW. Not an adverb of time, but an expletive in command, emphasising the solemnity of the command. It must have been at this point that Isaac's faith overcame "the will of the flesh", and made him res...
COME NEAR NOW, AND KISS ME— Many suppose this to have been another way, by which Isaac wished to satisfy himself that it was his son Esau; but it appears to have been a merely natural expression of th...
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 HE CAME UNTO HIS FATHER, AND SAID, MY FATHER: AND HE SAID, HERE AM I; WHO ART THOU, MY SON?_ He came unto his father. The scheme planned by the mother was to be executed by the son in the father...
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 יֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו יִצְחָ֣ק אָבִ֑יו גְּשָׁה...
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 GETS ESAU'S BLESSING Genesis 27:18 It is better not to attempt to justify Jacob in this act of treachery; but we may learn the deep and helpful lesson, that if God were able to make a saint out...
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...
Son_2:13; Son_4:12-13; Son_7:11-12. These scriptures prove the spirituality carried on through the whole of this transaction....
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...
26._Come near now, and kiss me_. We know that the practice of kissing was then in use, which many nations retain to this day. Profane men, however, may say, that it is ludicrous for an old man, whose...
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 FATHER ISAAC SAID UNTO HIM,.... After he had eat and drank, and the repast was over, and all were took away: COME NEAR NOW, AND KISS ME, MY SON; which was desired either out of affection to h...
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Ver. 26. _Come near now, and kiss me, my son._] Kissing is a symbol of sweetest love: and those that "love out of a pure heart...
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 father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. It was the kiss of the father which was to introduce the blessing....
Isaac Blesses 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...
18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This...
Which he did, either that he might more fully satisfy himself concerning the person, or rather as a mark of that special favour and affection wherewith he bestowing the blessing. Compare GENESIS 48:10...
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 27:26 father H1 Isaac H3327 said H559 (H8799) near H5066 (H8798) kiss H5401 (H8798) son...
‘And he said, “Bring it near to me and I will eat of my son's venison that my soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.' Now he calls on hi...
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...
_God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine_ ISAAC BLESSING JACOB I. WITH TEMPORAL BLESSINGS. 1. A fertile soil. 2. Abundance of provision. 3. P...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:27. And blessed him.] The blessing (Genesis 27:27) is in the form of poetic parallelism.— GENESIS 27:28. THE DEW OF HEAVEN, AND THE FATNESS OF THE EARTH.] In Palestine the...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 27:15 AND REBEKAH TOOK GOODLY RAIMENT OF HER ELDEST SON ESAU,—literally, the _robes of Esau her son the elder—the desirable_,_ _i.e. the handsome ones. The בֶּגֶד was an outer garm...
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...
Genesis 27:26...