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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 27:30-40
Here is, I. The covenant-blessing denied to Esau. He that made so light of the birthright would now have inherited the blessing, but he was rejected, and found no place of repentance in his father, though he sought it carefully with tears, Heb. 12:17. Observe, 1. How carefully he sought it. He prepared the savoury meat, as his father had directed him, and then begged the blessing which his father had encouraged him to expect, Gen. 27:31. When he understood that Jacob had obtained it... read more