“ And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. ”
- 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...
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...
this day. Hebrew "as on this very day. "Figure of speech Simile. App-6. Compare Luke 23:43 . birthright. Included (1) the Father's blessing and supremacy (which went to Jacob, Genesis 27 , a...
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. Sell me this day thy birthright - What the בחרה bechorah or birthright was, has greatly divided both ancient and modern commentators. It is generally...
Sell me thy birth-right— To judge rightly of the profaneness of Esau, ( Hebrews 12:16 .) we must consider what rights were attached to primogeniture. Now these were, 1st, Pre-eminence over the re...
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. Jacob said, Sell me ... thy birth-right - i:e., the rights and privileges of the first-born, which were very important. The Chief of these wer...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. An...
And Jacob said, sell me this day thy birthright. Which had many privileges annexed to it, as honour and authority in the family next to parents; a double portion of inheritance; some say the exerci...
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. Ver. 31. Sell me this day thy birthright. ] Which he knew, by the instruction of his mother, to be his by God's appointment; and therefore takes...
Sod That is, boiled. Edom , or red. Sell me this day thy birthright He cannot be excused in taking advantage of Esau's necessity; yet neither can Esau be excused, who was profane, Hebrews 12:16...
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...
Esau Sells His Birthright. B. C. 1805. 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from th...
1805 i.e. Speedily, without delay. So this Hebrew word is used 1 Samuel 2:16 , 1 Samuel 9:13,27 2 Chronicles 18:4 . The birthright then had divers singular privileges; as, 1. Dignity and a...
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.'...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:29 . Sod pottage.] “That is, seethed or boiled — a soup. This pottage is a very common dish in that country. It is made up of different grain or lentiles, bruised an...
birthright The "birthright" had three elements: (1) Until the establishment of the Aaronic priesthood the head of the family exercised priestly rights. (2) The Abrahamic family held the...
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...
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...
Esau despised his birthright The story of the birthright The story of the birthright shows us what kind of a man Esau was: hasty, careless, fond of the good things of this life. He had no reas...
Esau Sells His Birthright
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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,...
Sell me this day thy birth — right — He cannot be excused in taking advantage of Esau's necessity, yet neither can Esau be excused who is profane, Hebrews 12:16 , because for one morsel of meat he...