Genesis 25:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. ”

• Genesis 25:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן padān , Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי ‛ êśâv , ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב ya‛ăqôb , Ja’aqob, “he shall...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Birth of Jacob and Esau. Jacob Takes Advantage of Esau to Secure his Birthright. At this point we pass to the story of Jacob. In the present section Genesis 25:19 f., Genesis 25:26 b belo...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  venison. Heb . hunting. Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, hunting put for what was caught. Eating was strong in Esau too ( Genesis 25:34 ). It was "the will of the flesh" which I...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  28. And Isaac loved Esau. That God might more clearly show his own election to be sufficiently firm, to need no assistance elsewhere, and even powerful enough to overcome any obstacle whateve...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. Isaac loved Esau - but Rebekah loved Jacob - This is an early proof of unwarrantable parental attachment to one chi...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Isaac loved Esau, &c.— Jacob was his mother's favourite; and it is not much to be wondered at, since the knew he was to inherit the blessing, see Genesis 25:23 which, by the way, gives us a k...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. The parents were divided in their affection; and while the grounds, at least, of the father's partiality were...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Sons of Abraham by Keturah. Death and Burial of Abraham. Descendants of Ishmael. Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his sec...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1-34 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Prove...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jacob and Esau, Twin Brothers Genesis 25:19-34 In the thought of that age, the birthright carried with it the spiritual leadership of the tribe. To be the priest of the family, to stand between...

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• Genesis 25:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the w...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. No doubt Rebekah had an eye to God's promise: Compare Genesis 25:23 with Romans 9:12 .

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• Genesis 25:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison ,.... Better than Jacob, not only because he was his firstborn, but because he brought him of the flesh of creatures, which he took in hunti...

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• Genesis 25:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. Ver. 28. And Isaac loved Esau, &c. ] Here, as likewise in Manoah's wife, more grace appears in the woman tha...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaac loved Esau The conduct of both these parents was blameable: they had but these two children, and the father was peculiarly attached to the one, and the mother to the other. And this improper...

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• Genesis 25:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he wou...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Birth of Esau and Jacob. B. C. 1837.       19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abra...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Isaac loved Esau, not simply nor chiefly because he pleased his palate, but because this was an evidence of his son's great respect and affection to him, that he would take such pains and incur suc...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Sale of the Birthright ( Genesis 25:27-34 ). Genesis 25:27-34 ‘And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the open country, and Jacob was a perfect man, dwelling in tents.'...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:25 . Esau.] Signifies hairy. Some understand the word to be derived from a verb meaning done, or finished, and therefore describing one who was prematurely developed...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Genesis 25 (with Hebrews 12:16-17 ) The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They fl...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 25:1 . Keturah is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his Bibliotheca Biblia, printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham aft...

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• Genesis 25:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Rebekah loved Jacob Rebekah; or, undue natural affection and partiality in parents 1. While the account of Rebekah in Holy Scripture is so brief, that it would be difficult to draw many refle...

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• Genesis 25:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jacob at Edar and Hebron

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• Genesis 25:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  he did eat of his venison. Heb. venison was in his mouth. Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:19 Genesis 27:25 Genesis 27:31 Rebekah. Genesis 27:6

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• Genesis 25:28 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Jacob, a Prince with God Genesis 25:27-34 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study centers around Jacob, one of the ancient heroes of the faith. 1. Jacob was an Hebrew of the Hebrews. He was, in fact,...

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• Genesis 25:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And Isaac loved Esau — Isaac though he was not a stirring man himself, yet he loved to have his son active. Esau knew how to please him, and shewed a great respect for him, by treating him often wi...

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