Genèse 27:18-41 BDS

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:35

And he said, thy brother came with subtilty ,.... The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, and so Jarchi, interpret it, "with wisdom", taking it in a good sense, and as excusing the fact; or rather commending it, as if it was wisely and prudently managed; but the word signifies fraud and deceit, and so it must be understood; though it may be Isaac says this, not so much to blame Jacob for what he had done, as to excuse himself to Esau, that he did not intend to give the blessing from him, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:36

And he said, is not he rightly named Jacob ?.... As he was by his parents, and those that were at his birth, because he took his brother by the heel as he came out of his mother's womb; for Jacob signifies "heeler", a supplanter, and was given him to keep up the memory of what he had done, to which Esau here refers: for he hath supplanted me these two times ; to supplant another is to put his foot under the heel of another, in order to trip him up, to which Esau alludes; but uses the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:37

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau ,.... Giving an account of the blessing be had bestowed upon his brother: behold, I have made him thy lord ; the lord of his posterity, who would be subdued and become tributary to his seed: and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; the Edomites, who sprung from his brother Esau, who, according to this prophetic blessing, became servants to David, who was a son of Jacob's; see Gill on Genesis 27:29 , and with corn and wine have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:38

And Esau said unto his father, hast thou but one blessing, my father ?.... He seems to speak diminutively of what had been given to Jacob, calling it one blessing: whereas there were many, and of different sorts, both temporal and spiritual; but it may be Esau had not so clear and comprehensive a view of what was contained in Jacob's blessing; or at least was willing to think and hope that there was not so much given, but there might be some behind for him, and that his father had a greater... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:39

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him ,.... Being willing to bestow what he could upon him, without lessening or breaking in upon the grant made to Jacob: behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above : this agrees with part of the blessing of Jacob, only the clauses are inverted, and no mention made of corn and wine; the land of Edom not being so fat and fruitful as the land of Canaan. Castalio renders the words very differently,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live ,.... By what he could get by it; his land being so poor that he could not live upon it, but must be obliged to such methods for a livelihood; or his country being surrounded with enemies, his posterity would be obliged to defend themselves by the sword, and other weapons of war: and shalt serve thy brother ; which is the sense and language of the oracle, Genesis 25:23 ; and which Isaac perhaps now remembered, and had a clear understanding of it, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:41

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him ,.... It being a better blessing than his; giving him a better country, and greater plenty of good things, a larger dominion, and even dominion over him and his seed; for as for the promise of the Messiah, and spiritual blessings, he seems to have no concern about them, only temporal ones: and Esau said in his heart ; within himself, but he did not long keep it there, but told somebody of it; or otherwise, how... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:19

I am Esau thy first-born - Here are many palpable falsehoods, and such as should neither be imitated nor excused. "Jacob," says Calmet, "imposes on his father in three different ways. 1. By his words: I am thy first-born Esau. 2. By his actions; he gives him kids' flesh for venison, and says he had executed his orders, and got it by hunting. 3. By his clothing; he puts on Esau's garments, and the kids' skins upon his hands and the smooth of his neck. In short, he made use of every species of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:23

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy - From this circumstance we may learn that Isaac's sense of feeling was much impaired by his present malady. When he could not discern the skin of a kid from the flesh of his son, we see that he was, through his infirmity, in a fit state to be imposed on by the deceit of his wife, and the cunning of his younger son. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 aromatic herbs, which we may naturally suppose were laid up with the clothes; a custom which prevails in many countries to the present day. Thyme, lavender, etc., are often deposited in wardrobes, to communicate an agreeable scent, and under the supposition that the moths are thereby prevented from fretting the garments. I have... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:41

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:27

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