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Verse Genesis 27:27. _THE SMELL OF MY SON_ IS _AS THE SMELL OF A
FIELD_] The smell of these garments, the _goodly raiment which had
been laid up_ _in the house_, was probably occasioned by some aroma...
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- 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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_he smelled_ The scent of the "field" forms the starting-point of the
Oracle, or Song, of Blessing. The blessing is concerned not with the
personal destiny of Jacob, but with the national history of t...
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HE SMELLED THE SMELL, &C.— It is thought to have been the custom to
scent their richer garments with odoriferous flowers and other
perfumes, with which they could easily be supplied from Arabia, famed...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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AS THE SMELL OF A FIELD. — From the abundance of aromatic plants,
the pastures of Palestine are peculiarly fragrant; but Isaac, deceived
by the scent of Esau’s own garments, intended probably to contr...
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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...
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וַ יִּגַּשׁ֙ וַ יִּשַּׁק ־לֹ֔ו וַ
יָּ֛רַח
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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-...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Plentiful. A word retained by the Samaritan and Septuagint though
lost in the Hebrew copies. (Grotius.) --- Hath blessed with abundance
of fruit and odoriferous herbs; such as had probably been shut...
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Son_2:13; Son_4:12-13; Son_7:11-12. These scriptures prove the
spirituality carried on through the whole of this transaction....
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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...
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27._See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field_. The allegory
of Ambrose on this passage is not displeasing to me. Jacob, the
younger brother, is blessed under the person of the elder; the
ga...
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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...
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And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as
the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Ver. 27. _As t...
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_He smelled the smell of his raiment_ Probably scented with
odoriferous flowers and other perfumes, with which they could easily
be supplied from Arabia, famed for aromatic herbs. _The smell of my
son...
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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...
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And he came near, and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his
raiment which the strategy of Rebekah had placed on him, since their
odor was that of the fields and of the chase; and BLESSED HIM, AN...
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Isaac Blesses Jacob...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Which is full of odoriferous herbs, and flowers, and fruits, and
spices, with some of which Esau's garments might be perfumed in the
chest wherein they were laid, as the manner now is. These garments...
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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...
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Genesis 27:27 near H5066 (H8799) kissed H5401 (H8799) smelled H7306
(H8686) smell H7381 clothing H899 blessed...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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blessed. Hebrews 11:20 the smell of a field. Song of Solomon 2:13 Song
of Solomon 4:11 Song of Solomon 7:12
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He kissed him; in token of particular affection to him. Those that are
blessed of God are kissed with the kisses of his mouth, and they do by
love and loyalty kiss the son, Psalms 2:12 Psalms 2:1. He...