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Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 27:16-27

Son_2:13; Son_4:12-13; Son_7:11-12 . These scriptures prove the spirituality carried on through the whole of this transaction. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:18-29

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 might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his own faith in these things. It might therefore... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 27:18-29

Isaac Blesses Jacob v. 18. And he came unto his father, and said, My father; and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? v. 19. And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau, thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me; arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. Jacob here became guilty of his mother's deceit in deed as well as in words and intent, for he was not Esau, nor was the meat which he was bringing venison. So far as he was concerned, he was... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 27:1-46

SIXTH SECTIONIsaac’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 the flight of Jacob, and his journey with reference to a theocratic marriage. Isaac’s directions for the journcy of Jacob, the counterpart to the dismissal of Ishmael. Esau’s pretended correction of his ill-assoried marriagesGenesis 27:1 to Genesis 28:91And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 27:18-29

Jacob Gets Esau’s Blessing Genesis 27:18-29 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 of such material as this, He also can take our poor lives with all their sin and failure and make something of them for His glory. Notice how one lie led to another! Few who enter on a course of deception stop at one falsehood; and how terrible it was to add blasphemy to lying, as when he... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 27:1-46

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 degenerate in his devotion to the physical. Rebekah knows the purpose of God but is not content to wait. Esau is still the same, a man of physical strength, completely centered therein. Jacob is weak as he yields to the suggestion of his mother. Over the whole is seen the activity of the divine... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:25-29

‘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 him to do the son’s part, bonding the unity between them. We can only imagine Jacob’s apprehension as he carries through the charade wishing it would end, and probably hating what he was doing, but determined to carry it through so that he could have justice, all the while full of trepidation in case... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:1-45

Genesis 27:1-Romans : . 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 to the use of two sources. We naturally expect the blessing to follow at the end of Genesis 27:23, but it comes only in Genesis 27:27 b. Twice Jacob is questioned as to his identity, and Isaac is in one place deceived by touch ( Genesis 27:21-Isaiah :) in the other by... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 27:26

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. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 27:25-29

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 27:27. And blessed him.] The blessing (Genesis 27:27-29) is in the form of poetic parallelism.—Genesis 27:28. The dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth.] In Palestine these are closely connected. The dews are copious, and make up for the lack of rain during several months of the year. The dew of Hermon, and the dew upon the mountains of Zion are spoken of by the Psalmist as an evidence of the Divine blessing. (Psalms 133:0; Deuteronomy 33:13; Deuteronomy... read more

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