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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 27:30-45

Esau’s Grief and Anger Genesis 27:30-45 Esau apparently had awakened to realize the value of the blessing of the birthright which he had treated so lightly. His exceeding great and bitter cry expressed the anguish of one who awakes to discover that he has forfeited the best for a trifle. But obviously, he was only being held to his own original contract with Jacob. There are similar events in all lives when we take some irrevocable step under the sway of evil passion, and it affects the... 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 27:41

‘And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob.” ’ As we have seen earlier, Isaac thought he was near death, and it is clear Esau thought likewise. ‘The days of mourning for my father are at hand’ means exactly this. (Probably no one thought that Isaac would linger on another twenty years or more. But he did, and by the time he died all the differences... 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 27:41

Esau hated Jacob; and this hatred was hereditary, extending to their posterity also. See Ezekiel 35:5; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 1:10. Esau said in his heart, within himself; although he could not contain it there, but declared his intentions to some of his confidants, by which means it came to Rebekah’s ear. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 27:41-46

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 27:45. Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? If Esau killed Jacob, she must lose them both, for the avenger of blood would punish Esau with death.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 27:41-46ESAU’S RESENTMENTI. It was carnal. There is a proper resentment which comes of righteous indignation against evil and wrong. It is a noble sentiment in us when we stand up for truth and the law of God, as against the errors and oppositions of unrighteous men. But... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:1-46

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 him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, your quiver, your bow, go out to the field, and get me some venison; Make me some savoury barbecued venison, such like I such as I... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 27:1-46

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 lived, though blind, about forty-two years after he had blessed Jacob. Genesis 27:3. Take thy bow. Providence here seems to have given Jacob an opportunity in this mysterious transaction to obtain the blessing. God having promised Isaac the blessing, the reprehensible step was the means employed... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 27:41-45

Genesis 27:41-45Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing.--Esau’s resentmentI. IT WAS CARNAL. II. IT WAS OVER-RULED FOR GOOD. (T. H. Leale.)Lessons1. Esau’s wicked hypocrites hate always bitterly those whom God loves dearly. 2. God’s blessing on His own is the cause why the wicked do so much hate and curse them. 3. The hearts of the wicked are meditating mischief, and their tongues belching it out against the righteous. 4. Pretended mourning for the dead is the hypocrite’s cloak for the death... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 27:41

Gen 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. Ver. 41. And Esau hated Jacob, &c. ] Because God said, "Jacob have I loved." And, as all hatred is bloody, he resolves to be his death. "The righteous is abomination to the wicked," saith Solomon. Pro 29:27 Moab was irked because of Israel, or, did fret and vex at them, Num 22:3-4 who yet... read more

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