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
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
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice ,.... Hearken to what I am about to say, and do according to that which I command thee, in every particular ; she required of him filial obedience to all that she enjoined him; which, though not difficult to be performed, she was aware Jacob would make objections to, as he did; and therefore she is so pressing and peremptory in her injunctions, as well knowing it was respecting an affair of the greatest moment and importance. read more
Go now to the flock ,.... To the flock he had the care of, and that immediately, for the case required haste: and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; two young kids that were fat, as Jonathan and Ben Melech interpret it; and, though two may seem to be too much to be dressed for Isaac only; it may be observed, that Rebekah intended only to take out some of the choicest and most tender and delicate parts of them, and which would best suit her purpose, and which she would make... read more
And thou shall bring it to thy father ,.... For venison; and as if he was Esau that brought it: that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death ; to whom she knew by the divine oracle the blessing belonged, Genesis 25:23 , as well as by virtue of the sale of the birthright to him by his brother, Genesis 25:33 , and through Esau's forfeiting of it by marrying with the Canaanites, Genesis 26:34 ; in these her sentiments she was right, but wrong in the ways and means... read more
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
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
Now therefore, my son ,—Jacob at this time was not a lad, but a grown man of mature years, which shows that in the following transaction he was rather an accomplice than a tool— obey my voice according to that which I command thee. We can scarcely here think of a mother laying her imperative instructions on a docile and unquestioning child; but of a wily woman detailing her well-concocted scheme to a son whom she discerns to be possessed of a like crafty disposition with herself, and... read more
Go now to the flock, and fetch me —literally, take for me , i . e . for my purposes (cf. Genesis 15:9 )— from thence two good kids of the goats. According to Jarchi kids were selected as being the nearest approach to the flesh of wild animals. Two were specified, it has been thought, either to extract from both the choicest morsels (Menochius), or to have the appearance of animals taken in hunting (Rosenmüller), or to make an ample provision as of venison (Lunge), or to make a... read more
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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