Chapter 27

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am 2244, bc 1760

dim Gen 48:10; 1Sam 3:2; Eccl 12:3; John 9:3

eldest son Gen 25:23-25


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I know not Gen 48:21; 1Sam 20:3; Prov 27:1; Eccl 9:10; Isa 38:1, Isa 38:3; Mark 13:35; Jas 4:14


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I Gen 10:9, Gen 25:27-28

take me Heb. hunt, Gen 25:27-28; 1Cor 6:12


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that I may eat The blessing, says Dr. A. Clarke, which Isaac was to confer on his son, was a species of divine right, and must be communicated with appropriate ceremonies. As eating and drinking were used among the Asiatics on almost all religious occasions, and especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable to suppose, that something of this kind was essentially necessary on this occasion; and that Isaac could not convey the right, till he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by him who was to receive the blessing.

that my Gen 27:7, Gen 27:23, Gen 27:25, Gen 27:27, Gen 14:19, Gen 24:60, Gen 28:3, Gen 48:9, Gen 48:15-20, Gen 49:28; Lev 9:22-23; Deut 33:1-29; Josh 14:13, Josh 22:6; Luke 2:34, Luke 24:51; Heb 11:20


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before the Deut 33:1; Josh 6:26; 1Sam 24:19


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Gen 27:13, Gen 25:23; Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29; Eph 6:1


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two Judg 13:15; 1Sam 16:20

savoury Matammim, from taam, to taste or relish. How dressed is uncertain, but its name declares it nature. Gen 27:4


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hairy man Gen 25:25


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feel Gen 27:22; Job 12:16; 2Cor 6:8

a deceiver Gen 27:36, Gen 25:27; 1Thess 5:22

and I shall Gen 9:25; Deut 27:18; Jer 48:10; Mal 1:14


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Upon Gen 25:23, Gen 25:33, Gen 43:9; 1Sam 14:24-28, 1Sam 14:36-45, 1Sam 25:24; 2Sam 14:9; Matt 27:25


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mother Gen 27:4, Gen 27:7, Gen 27:9, Gen 27:17, Gen 27:31, Gen 25:28; Ps 141:4; Prov 23:2-3; Luke 21:34


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goodly raiment Heb. desirable, Gen 27:27; The Septuagint translates it "a goodly robe," which was a long garment that great men used to wear (Luke 20:46; Luke 15:22). The priest afterwards in the law had "holy garments" to minister in (Exod 28:2-4). Whether the first-born before the law had such to minister in is not certain: for, had they been common garments, why did not Esau himself or his wives keep them? But being, in likelihood, holy robes, received from their ancestors, the mother of the family kept them in sweet chests, from moths and the like; whereupon it is said (Gen 27:27), "Isaac smelled the smell of his garments."


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skins Travellers inform us, that the Eastern goats have long, fine, and beautiful hair, of the most delicate silky softness; indeed the animals generally in those hot countries are not covered with so thick a coat of hair as they are in more northerly regions; so that Isaac might easily be deceived, when his eyes were dim, and his feeling no less impaired than his sight. Gen 27:16


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I am Gen 27:21, Gen 27:24-25, Gen 25:25, Gen 29:23-25; 1Kgs 13:18, 1Kgs 14:2; Isa 28:15; Zech 13:3-4; Matt 26:70-74

that thy Gen 27:4


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Because Exod 20:7; Job 13:7

to me Heb. before me


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Come Ps 73:28; Isa 57:19; Jas 4:8

may feel Gen 27:12


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The voice How wonderful, says Mr. Scott, is that difference which there is betwixt the faces and the voices of the several individuals of the human species! Scarcely any two of the innumerable millions are exactly alike in either, and yet the difference cannot be defined or described! The power, wisdom, and kindness of our Creator should be admired and adored in this remarkable circumstance; for they are very visible. This description of Jacob is not unaptly accommodated to the character of a hypocrite. His voice, his language, is that of a Christian; his hands, or conduct, that of an ungodly man, but the judgment will proceed from God, the Judge of all, at the last day, as in the present case, not by the voice, but by the hands. Gen 27:22


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his hands Gen 27:16

he blessed Rom 9:11-12; Heb 11:20


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I am 1Sam 21:2, 1Sam 21:13, 1Sam 27:10; 2Sam 14:5; Job 13:7-8, Job 15:5; Prov 12:19, Prov 12:22, Prov 30:8; Zech 8:16; Rom 3:7-8; Eph 4:25; Col 3:9


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that my Gen 27:4


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blessed Heb 11:20

the smell of a field A field where aromatic plants, flowers, fruits, and spices grew in abundance, with which these garments (see note on Gen 27:15) of Esau might probably have been perfumed by being laid up with them. Song 2:13, Song 4:11-14, Song 7:12-13; Hos 14:6-7

which Gen 26:12; Heb 6:7


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of the dew Deut 11:11-12, Deut 32:2, Deut 33:13, Deut 33:28; 2Sam 1:21; 1Kgs 17:1; Ps 65:9-13, Ps 133:3; Isa 45:8; Jer 14:22; Hos 14:5-7; Mic 5:7; Heb 11:20

the fatness Gen 27:39, Gen 45:18, Gen 49:20; Num 13:20; Ps 36:8; Rom 11:17

plenty Deut 7:13, Deut 8:7-9, Deut 33:28; Josh 5:6; 1Kgs 5:11; 2Chr 2:10; Ps 65:9, Ps 65:13; Ps 104:15; Joel 2:19; Zech 9:17


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Let people Gen 9:25-26, Gen 22:17-18, Gen 49:8-10; 2Sam 8:1-18, 2Sam 10:1-19; 1Kgs 4:21; Ps 2:6-9; Ps 72:8; Isa 9:7; Dan 2:44-45; Rev 19:16

be lord Gen 27:37, Gen 25:22-23, Gen 25:33; 2Sam 8:14; 1Kgs 11:15-16, 1Kgs 22:47; 1Chr 5:2; 2Chr 25:11-14; Ps 60:1-12 *title Ps 60:2-12; Isa 63:1-6; Mal 1:2-5; Rom 9:12

cursed Gen 12:3; Num 22:11-12, Num 23:8, Num 24:9; Zeph 2:8-9; Matt 25:40, Matt 25:45


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eat Gen 27:4


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trembled very exceedingly Heb. trembled with a great trembling greatly, Job 21:6, Job 37:1; Ps 55:5

taken Heb. hunted

thou camest Gen 27:25

yea Gen 28:3-4; John 10:10, John 10:28-29; Rom 5:20-21, Rom 11:29; Eph 1:3; Heb 11:20


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he cried 1Sam 30:4; Prov 1:24-28, Prov 1:31, Prov 19:3; Luke 13:24-28; Heb 12:17


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Gen 27:19-23; 2Kgs 10:19; Job 13:7; Mal 2:10; Rom 3:7-8; 2Cor 4:7; 1Thess 4:6


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Jacob i.e. a supplanter, Gen 25:26, Gen 25:31-34, Gen 32:28; John 1:47

he took Gen 25:26, Gen 25:33-34


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I have Gen 27:29, Gen 25:23; 2Sam 8:14; Rom 9:10-12

with Gen 27:28

sustained or, supported


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Gen 27:34, Gen 27:36, Gen 49:28; Prov 1:24-26; Isa 32:10-12, Isa 65:14; Heb 12:17


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Behold Gen 36:6-8; Josh 24:4; Heb 11:20

the fatness or, of the fatness, Gen 27:28; It is here foretold, says Bp. Newton, that as to temporal advantages, the two brothers should be much alike. (See note on Gen 27:28.) Esau had cattle, beasts, and substance in abundance, and he went to dwell in Mount Seir of his own accord. When the Israelites desired leave to pass through the territories of Edom, the country abounded with fruitful fields and vineyards (Num 20:17).


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thy sword Gen 32:6; Matt 10:34

serve Gen 25:23; 2Sam 8:14; 1Kgs 11:15-17; 2Kgs 14:7, 2Kgs 14:10; 1Chr 18:11-13; 2Chr 25:11-12; Ps 60:8; Obad 1:17-21

that thou 2Kgs 8:20-22; 2Chr 21:8, 2Chr 21:10, 2Chr 28:17


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hated Gen 4:2-8, Gen 37:4, Gen 37:8; Ezek 25:12-15, Ezek 35:5; Amos 1:11-12; Obad 1:10-14; 1John 3:12-15

The days Gen 35:29, Gen 50:3-4, Gen 50:10-11; Deut 34:8; 2Chr 35:24; Ps 35:14

then Gen 32:6; 2Sam 13:28-29; Ps 37:12-13, Ps 37:16, Ps 140:4-5, Ps 142:3; Prov 1:12-13, Prov 1:16; Prov 6:14; Eccl 7:9; Obad 1:10; Eph 4:26-27; Titus 1:15-16, Titus 3:3; 1John 3:12-15


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comfort himself Gen 37:18-20, Gen 42:21-22; 1Sam 30:5; Job 20:12-14; Ps 64:5; Prov 2:14; Prov 4:16-17


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obey Gen 27:8, Gen 27:13, Gen 28:7; Prov 30:17; Jer 35:14; Acts 5:29

Haran Gen 11:31, Gen 12:4-5, Gen 28:10


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a few days Gen 31:38


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then I Prov 19:21; Lam 3:37; Jas 4:13-15

why Gen 4:8-16, Gen 9:5-6; 2Sam 14:6-7; Acts 28:4


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I am Num 11:15; 1Kgs 19:4; Job 3:20-22, Job 7:16, Job 14:13; Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:9

because Gen 26:34-35, Gen 28:8, Gen 34:1-2

if Jacob Gen 24:3


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