Genesis 27:4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 27:1-5

Here is, I. Isaac's design to make his will, and to declare Esau his heir. The promise of the Messiah and the land of Canaan was a great trust, first committed to Abraham, inclusive and typical of spiritual and eternal blessings; this, by divine direction, he transmitted to Isaac. Isaac, being now old, and not knowing, or not understanding, or not duly considering, the divine oracle concerning his two sons, that the elder should serve the younger, resolves to entail all the honour and power... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:4

And make me savoury meat, such as I love ,.... For, though he had lost his sight, he had not lost his taste, nor his appetite for savoury food: and bring it to me, that I may eat ; this, was enjoined to make trial of his filial affection and duty to him, before he blessed him: that my soul may bless thee before I die ; not only that he might do it with cheerfulness and vivacity, having eaten a comfortable meal, and being refreshed with it, but that having had proof of his son's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:4

Savory meat - מטעמים matammim , from טעם taam , to taste or relish; how dressed we know not, but its name declares its nature. That I may eat - The blessing which Isaac was to confer on his son was a species of Divine right, and must be communicated with appropriate ceremonies. As eating and drinking were used among the Asiatics on almost all religious occasions, and especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable to suppose that something of this kind was... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:4

Verse 4 4.That my soul may bless thee. Wonderfully was the faith of the holy man blended with a foolish and inconsiderate carnal affection. The general principle of faith flourishes in his mind, when, in blessing his son, he consigns to him, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, the right of the inheritance which had been divinely promised to himself. Meanwhile, he is blindly carried away by the love of his firstborn son, to prefer him to the other; and in this way he contends against the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:1-14

The stolen blessing: a domestic drama. 1. Issac and Rebekah , or plotting and counterplotting . I. THE SCHEME OF ISAAC . 1. Its sinful object . The heavenly oracle having with no uncertain sound proclaimed Jacob the theocratic heir, the bestowment of the patriarchal benediction on Esau was clearly an unholy design. That Isaac, who on Mount Moriah had evinced such meek and ready acquiescence in Jehovah's will, should in old age, from partiality towards his firstborn,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:4

And make me savory meat ,—"delicious food," from a root whose primary idea is to taste, or try the flavor, of a thing. Schultens observes that the corresponding Arabic term is specially applied to dishes made of flesh taken in hunting, and highly esteemed by nomad tribes— such as I love (cf. Genesis 25:28 , the ground of his partiality for Esau), and bring it to me, that I may eat ;—"Though Isaac was blind and weak in his eyes, yet it seem-eth his body was of a strong constitution,... 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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:1-46

Jacob receives Isaac’s blessing (26:34-28:9)The custom in ancient times was for the father of the household to confirm the birthright on his firstborn son by giving his special blessing just before he died. People considered this blessing to be more than just a promise; they saw it as a prophecy that carried God’s favour. Isaac knew that God’s will was for Jacob, not Esau, to receive the firstborn’s blessing (see 25:23). Yet he was determined to give the blessing to Esau, even though Esau, by... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 27:4

such as I love. See verses: Genesis 27:27 , Genesis 27:9 , Genesis 27:14 and Genesis 25:28 . my soul = myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . bless thee. He must have heard that he was to bless Jacob, for it was "by faith" he ultimately did so (Hebrews 11:20 ); and it came "by hearing" (Romans 10:17 ). "The will of the flesh" made him wish to bless Esau (Compare Genesis 27:4 with Genesis 25:28 ). But his faith in the end overcame "the will of the flesh" in him. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 27:1-4

ATTEMPTED THEFT OF THE BIRTHRIGHT FRUSTRATED"And it came to pass that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, 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, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul... read more

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