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Genesis 27:10-40

You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”

His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”

He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved. Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son. She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck. She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.”

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”

He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”

Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”

He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”

He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.

You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

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Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, ‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves. You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”

His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”

He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved. Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son. She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck. She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.”

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”

He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”

Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”

He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”

He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.

You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

    Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

    What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”

    His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”

    He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

    Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

    She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

    She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

    He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

    Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”

    Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.”

    Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

    Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

    He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

    He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”

    He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

    His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”

    He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.

    God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

    Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

    As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”

    Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

    Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”

    When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”

    He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”

    He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

    Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”

    Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

    Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.

    You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

    And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

    My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

    And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

    And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

    And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

    And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

    And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

    And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

    And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

    And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.

    And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

    And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

    And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

    And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

    And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

    And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

    Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

    Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

    And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.

    And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

    And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

    And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

    And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

    And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

    And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

    And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

    And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

    And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.'

    And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

    My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.'

    And his mother said unto him: 'Upon me be thy curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go fetch me them.'

    And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.

    And Rebekah took the choicest garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.

    And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.

    And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

    And he came unto his father, and said: 'My father'; and he said: 'Here am I; who art thou, my son?'

    And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

    And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?' And he said: 'Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.'

    And Isaac said unto Jacob: 'Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.'

    And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: 'The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.'

    And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

    And he said: 'Art thou my very son Esau?' And he said: 'I am.'

    And he said: 'Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee.' And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

    And his father Isaac said unto him: 'Come near now, and kiss me, my son.'

    And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said: See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.

    So God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fat places of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.

    Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

    And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

    And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: 'Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

    And Isaac his father said unto him: 'Who art thou?' And he said: 'I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.'

    And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said: 'Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.'

    When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.'

    And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.'

    And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?'

    And Isaac answered and said unto Esau: 'Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?'

    And Esau said unto his father: 'Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father.' And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

    And Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;

    And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

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  • Colossians 3:9 (v24) Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
  • Genesis 25:33 (vv13, 29) Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
  • Genesis 27:36 (vv12, 38) He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my…
  • Job 13:7 (vv20, 35) Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
  • Genesis 24:12 (v20) He said, “Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
  • Genesis 25:22-23 (v29) The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of Yahweh. Yahweh said to…
  • Genesis 25:27 (v12) The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
  • Genesis 27:28-29 (v37) God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow…
  • Genesis 28:3-4 (v33) May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples, and give you the blessing of…
  • Exodus 20:7 (v20) “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
  • Deuteronomy 32:2 (v28) My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
  • 2 Samuel 14:9 (v13) The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne…
  • 2 Chronicles 21:8 (v40) In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
  • 2 Chronicles 21:10 (v40) So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had…
  • 2 Chronicles 28:17 (v40) For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
  • Job 12:16 (v12) With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
  • Proverbs 12:22 (v24) Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
  • Song of Solomon 2:13 (v27) The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come…
  • Isaiah 28:15 (v19) “Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes…
  • Isaiah 57:19 (v21) I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
  • Joel 2:19 (v28) Yahweh answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make…
  • Zechariah 13:3-4 (v19) It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, ‘You must die, because you…
  • Malachi 1:14 (v12) “But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,”…
  • Matthew 26:70-74 (v19) But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.” When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw…
  • Luke 20:46 (v15) “Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the…
  • Romans 9:10-12 (v37) Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac. For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that…
  • 2 Corinthians 6:8 (v12) by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
  • Ephesians 4:25 (v24) Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (v12) Abstain from every form of evil.
  • James 4:8 (v21) Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  • Genesis 27:4 (vv14, 19, 25, 31) Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”
  • Romans 3:7-8 (vv24, 35) For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? Why not (as we are slanderously…
  • Genesis 9:25 (v12) He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
  • Genesis 25:28 (v14) Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
  • Genesis 27:7 (v14) ‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’
  • Genesis 27:8 (v13) Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
  • Genesis 27:9 (v14) Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
  • Genesis 27:12 (v21) What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”
  • Genesis 27:17 (v14) She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
  • Genesis 27:21 (v19) Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
  • Genesis 27:21-22 (v12) Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” Jacob went near to Isaac…
  • Genesis 27:24-25 (v19) He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.” He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may…
  • Genesis 27:31 (v14) He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that…
  • Genesis 27:34 (v38) When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me…
  • Genesis 29:23-25 (v19) In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her. Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah…
  • Genesis 32:6 (v40) The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
  • Genesis 36:6-8 (v39) Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his…
  • Genesis 43:9 (v13) I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the…
  • Genesis 45:18 (v28) Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the…
  • Genesis 49:8-10 (v29) “Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you. Judah is…
  • Numbers 18:12 (v28) “I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to…
  • Deuteronomy 8:7-9 (v28) For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and…
  • Deuteronomy 11:11-12 (v28) but the land that you go over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky, a land which Yahweh…
  • Joshua 24:4 (v39) I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
  • 1 Samuel 14:24-28 (v13) The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is…

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 11. And Jacob said to Rebekah. That Jacob does…

11. And Jacob said to Rebekah. That Jacob does not voluntarily present himself to his father, but rather fears lest, his imposture being detected, he should bring a curse upon himself, is very contrary to faith. For when the Apostle teaches, that “whatsoever is not of faith is sin,” (Romans 14:23,) he trains the sons of God to this sobriety, that they may not permit themselves to undertake anything with a doubtful and perplexed conscience. This firm persuasion is the only rule of right conduct, when we, relying on the command of God, go intrepidly wheresoever he calls us. Jacob, therefore, by debating with himself, shows that he was deficient in faith; and certainly, although he was not entirely without it, yet, in this point, he is convicted of failure. But by this example we are again taught, that faith is not always extinguished by a given fault; yet, if God sometimes bears with his servants thus far, that he turns, what they have done perversely, to their salvation, we must not hence take a license to sin. It happened by the wonderful mercy of God, that Jacob was not cut off from the grace of adoption. Who would not rather fear than become presumptuous? And whereas we see that his faith was obscured by doubting, let us learn to ask of the Lord the spirit of prudence to govern all our steps. There was added another error of no light kind: for why does he not rather reverence God than dread his father’s anger? Why does it not rather occur to his mind, that a foul blot would stain the hallowed adoption of God, when it seemed to owe its accomplishment to a lie? For although it tended to a right end, it was not lawful to attain that end, through this oblique course. Meanwhile, there is no doubt that faith prevailed over these impediments. For what was the cause why he preferred the bare and apparently empty benediction of his father, to the quiet which he then enjoyed, to the conveniences of home, and finally to life itself? According to the flesh, the father’s benediction, of which he was so desirous, that he knowingly and willingly plunged himself into great difficulties, was but an imaginary thing. Why did he act thus, but because in the exercise of simple faith in the word of God, he more highly valued the hope which was hidden from him, shall the desirable condition which he actually enjoyed? Besides, his fear of his father’s anger had its origin in the true fear of God. He says that he feared lest he should bring upon himself a curse. But he would not so greatly have dreaded a verbal censure, if he had not deemed the grace deposited in the hands of his father worth more than a thousand lives. It was therefore under an impulse of God that he feared his father, who was really God’s minister. For when the Lord sees us creeping on the earth, he draws us to himself by the hand of man.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv12, 13, 19, 22, 24, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40 Hebrew, before his eyes.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Gen 27:10 And thou shalt bring [it] to thy…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 I shall appear to him to be indeed a…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On vv18, 30 Observe here, I. The art and assurance with which…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv10–40 And thou shall bring it to thy father,.... For…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv19, 20, 33, 39 And Jacob said, I am Esau - Who would…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv12, 13, 15, 19, 23, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40 Verse 12. I shall bring a curse upon me]…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 27, 29, 33, 39 Gen 27:13. Upon me be thy curse — That…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv12, 13, 15, 19, 22, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40 Mocked him, taking advantage of his blindness and old…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv11, 13, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39 Jacob said, Esau my brother is a hairy man--It…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv12, 15, 16, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40 12. I shall seem to him as a deceiver…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 11. And Jacob said, &c.] Jacob objects to the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 36, 38, 39, 40 (13) Upon me be thy curse.—No curse followed upon…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 And Jacob (who was not yet such an adept…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 25, 33 Upon me be thy curse, my son
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain On vv11, 25, 30 Gen_27:15. Goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau.] Heb.…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv29, 38 See, Gen 12:3; Gen 15:18, See note 3,(5), (See…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On vv18, 30 Isaac Blesses Jacob
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39 I am a smooth man
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv11, 18, 20, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39 27:11-12 Jacob had no qualms about this deception; he…
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