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Matthew Henry

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 27:36

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:37

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau ,.... Giving an account of the blessing be had bestowed upon his brother: behold, I have made him thy lord ; the lord of his posterity, who would be subdued and become tributary to his seed: and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; the Edomites, who sprung from his brother Esau, who, according to this prophetic blessing, became servants to David, who was a son of Jacob's; see Gill on Genesis 27:29 , and with corn and wine have... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:37

I have made him thy lord - See note on Genesis 27:28 . 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:37

Verse 37 37.Behold, I have made him thy Lord. Isaac now more openly confirms what I have before said, that since God was the author of the blessing, it could neither be vain nor evanescent. For he does not here magnificently boast of his dignity, but keeps himself within the bounds and measure of a servant, and denies that he is at liberty to alter anything. For he always considers, (which is the truth,) that when he sustains the character of God’s representative, it is not lawful for him to... 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 27:36

And he (Esau) said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? —literally, is it that one has called ha name Jacob? הֲכִיְ being employed when the reason is unknown. On the meaning of Jacob cf. Genesis 25:26 — for (literally, and) he hath supplanted me (a paronomasia on the word Jacob) these two times— or, already twice; זֶה being used adverbially in the sense of now. The precise import of Esau's exclamation has been rendered, "Has he not been justly (δικαίως, LXX .; juste , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:36

Unfaithfulness in believers. "Is not he rightly named Jacob?" Jacob, Israel—how widely different the thoughts suggested by the two names. Both tell of success. But one is the man of craft, who takes by the heel to trip up. The other, as a prince of God (cf. Luke 1:15 ), prevails through believing prayer. Yet Jacob became Israel, and Israel had once been Jacob. The plant of faith has often to struggle through a hard soil. To understand the lessons of his life, remember— 1. In contrast... read more

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