Genesis 27:34-36 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:34

And when Esau heard the words of his father ,.... That another person had been before him, and got the blessing; and especially when he heard this ratified, and confirmed, and made irrevocable: he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry ; as loud as he possibly could, and in as doleful and hideous a manner as can be imagined; according to the Vulgate Latin version, he roared like a lion: and said unto his father, bless me, even me also, O my father ; thou art my father, and I... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:35

Hath taken away thy blessing - This blessing, which was a different thing from the birthright, seems to consist of two parts: The dominion, generally and finally, over the other part of the family; and, Being the progenitor of the Messiah. But the former is more explicitly declared than the latter. See note on Genesis 25:31 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:36

Is not he rightly named Jacob? - See note on Genesis 25:26 . He took away my birthright - So he might say with considerable propriety; for though he sold it to Jacob, yet as Jacob had taken advantage of his perishing situation, he considered the act as a species of robbery. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:34

Verse 34 34.He cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry. Though Esau persists in imploring the blessing, he yet gives a sign of desperation, which is the reason why he obtains no benefit, because he enters not by the gate of faith. True piety, indeed, draws forth tears and great cries from the children of God; but Esau, trembling and full of fears, breaks out in wailings; afterwards he casts, at a venture, his wish into the air, that he also may receive a blessing. But his blind incredulity... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:36

Verse 36 36.Is he not rightly named Jacob? That the mind of Esau was affected with no sense of penitence appears hence; he accused his brother and took no blame to himself. But the very beginning of repentance is grief felt on account of sin, together with self-condemnation. Esau ought to have descended into himself, and to have become his own judge. Having sold his birthright, he had darted, like a famished dog, upon the meat and the pottage; and now, as if he had done no wrong, he vents all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:30-40

The stolen blessing: a domestic drama.-3. Isaac and Esau, or the hunter's lamentation. I. Isaac's STARTLING DISCOVERY . 1. Unexpectedly made . The return of Esau from the hunting-field with a dish of venison was a sudden and most unpleasant revelation to the aged patriarch, showing that in some inexplicable manner he had been out-maneuvered, and, as it were, constrained against his will to bestow the blessing upon Jacob. So in common life it is not infrequently seen that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:34

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry —literally, he cri ed a cry , great and bitter exceedingly; expressive of the poignant anguish of his soul (Kalisch, Bush), if not also of his rage against his brother (Philo, Eusebius), of his envy of the blessing (Menochius, Lapide), and of the desperation of his spirit (Calvin). Cf. Hebrews 12:17 — and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. A proof of Esau's blind... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 27:30-40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:34

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:30-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:34

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