Genesis 27:15-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 27:6-17

Rebekah is here contriving to procure for Jacob the blessing which was designed for Esau; and here, I. The end was good, for she was directed in this intention by the oracle of God, by which she had been governed in dispensing her affections. God had said it should be so, that the elder should serve the younger; and therefore Rebekah resolves it shall be so, and cannot bear to see her husband designing to thwart the oracle of God. But, II. The means were bad, and no way justifiable. If it was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:15

And Rebekah took goodly garments of her eldest son Esau ,.... Or "desirable" F17 החמדת "desideratissimis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ones, exceeding good ones: which were with her in the house ; which she had the care and keeping of, and were wore only on particular occasions: some think these were priestly garments, which belonged to him as the firstborn, and were not in the keeping of his wives, being idolaters, but in his mother's keeping; which is not very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:16

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands ,.... Upon both his hands, and the whole of them that was bare, that he might appear to be like Esau: and upon the smooth of his neck ; which in Esau was covered with hair as his hands; and Hiscuni, a Jewish writer F19 Apud Drusium in loc. , observes, that the skins of goats are rough, and like the skin of a hairy man; and so Bochart F20 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 51. col. 626. remarks, that goats' hair in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:17

And she gave the savoury meat ,.... Seasoned and dressed in such a manner as might be taken for venison: and the bread which she had prepared to eat with it: into the hand of her son Jacob ; the dish of meat in one hand, and the bread in the other. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:15

Goodly raiment - Mr. Ainsworth has a sensible note on this place. "The priest in the law had holy garments to minister in, Exodus 28:2-4 , which the Septuagint there and in this place term την στολην , The robe, and στολην ἁγιαν , the holy robe. Whether the first-born, before the law, had such to minister in is not certain, but it is probable by this example; for had they been common garments, why did not Esau himself, or his wives, keep them? But being, in all likelihood, holy robes,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 garment worn by the Oriental ( Genesis 39:12 , Genesis 39:13 , Genesis 39:15 ; Genesis 41:42 ),—στολὴ, LXX .,—and was often made of beautiful and costly materials (cf. 1 Kings 22:10 ). That the clothes mentioned as belonging to Esau were sacerdotal robes possessed by him as heir of the patriarchal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:15-29

The stolen blessing: a domestic drama.-2. Isaac and Jacob, or the successful stratagem. I. JACOB 'S DECEPTION OF ISAAC . Jacob's impersonation of Esau was— 1. Deftly prepared . The ingenious Rebekah, having dressed him in the fragrant festal robes of the princely hunter, covered his smooth skin with the soft, silky hide of the camel-goat, and put into his hand the simulated dainty dish which she had cooked. It is a melancholy thing when either woman's wit or man's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:16

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats —not European, but Oriental camel-goats, whose wool is black, silky, of a much finer texture than that of the former, and sometimes used as a substitute for human hair (cf. So Genesis 4:1 ); vide on this subject Rosenmüller's 'Scholia,' and commentaries generally— upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck— thus cautiously providing against detection, in case, anything occurring to arouse the old man's suspicions, he should seek, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:17

And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob —who forthwith proceeded on his unholy errand. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 27:1-46

- Isaac Blessing His SonsThe 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 paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life.Genesis 27:1-4Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he stood before Pharaoh, and therefore thirty-nine when... read more

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