Genesis 27:5-7

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

Matthew Henry

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 27:5

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son ,.... She might hear Isaac call to him by one means or another, that he had sent for him, or might see him go into his father's tent, and might stand at the door of it and listen to hear what he said to him; though the Targum of Jonathan says, she heard by the Holy Spirit: and Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it ; as his father directed and enjoined him; and thus it was ordered by divine Providence, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:6

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son ,.... Who was in the tent with her, and for whom she had the strongest affection: saying, behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother ; heard the conversation that passed between them, and particularly what Isaac had given in charge to Esau: saying , as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:7

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat ,.... Fetch him venison out of the field, and dress it in a savoury manner, and bring it to him: that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death ; the phrase "before the Lord" is here added, which yet perhaps might be expressed by Isaac, though before omitted by the historian, and has a very considerable emphasis in it; for this solemn blessing was given not only in the presence of the Lord, and before him as a witness, but by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:5

And Rebekah heard - And was determined, if possible, to frustrate the design of Isaac, and procure the blessing for her favorite son. Some pretend that she received a Divine inspiration to the purpose; but if she had she needed not to have recourse to deceit, to help forward the accomplishment. Isaac, on being informed, would have had too much piety not to prefer the will of his Maker to his own partiality for his eldest son; but Rebekah had nothing of the kind to plead, and therefore had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:5

Verse 5 5.And Rebekah heard. Moses now explains more fully the artifice by which Jacob attained the blessing. It truly appears ridiculous, that an old man, deceived by the cunning of his wife, should, through ignorance and error, have given utterance to what was contrary to his wish. And surely the stratagem of Rebekah was not without fault; for although she could not guide her husband by salutary counsel, yet it was not a legitimate method of acting, to circumvent him by such deceit. For, as a... 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 27:5

And Rebekah (who, though younger than Isaac, must also have been old) heard when Isaac spake —literally, in the speaking of Isaac; בְּ with the inf. forming a periphrasis for the gerund, and being commonly rendered by when ( Genesis 14:1-24 :30; Genesis 31:18 ), the subordinated noun being changed in translation into the subject of the sentence—to Esau his son (to which the "her son" of Genesis 27:6 stands in contrast). And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:6-7

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, —i.e. her favorite, in contrast to Esau, Isaac's son ( Genesis 27:5 )— saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison ( vide on Genesis 27:3 ), and make me savory meat, that I may eat (literally, and I shall eat ), and bless thee —the lengthened form of the future in this and the preceding verb (cf. וְאֹכֵלָה in Genesis 27:4 ) is expressive of Isaac's self-excitement and emphatic... read more

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