Genesis 27:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 27:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under...
Genesis 27:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

At his Mother's Instigation, Jacob Cheats Esau of his Father's Blessing. Probably compiled from J and E. Since both presuppose it later, both must have told the story. There are doublets which po...
Genesis 27:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

goodly. Hebrew desires. Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct), App-6, put for the things desired or coveted ( 2 Chronicles 36:10 ; Isaiah 64:11 . Lamentations 1:10 ; Lamentations 1:10 )....
Genesis 27:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Goodly raiment - Mr. Ainsworth has a sensible note on this place....
Genesis 27:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Took goodly raiment of her eldest son, &c.— Some critics of very great name, as Bochart, Selden, Grotius, &c. are of opinion, that these were the sacerdotal garments, appropriated to the fi...
Genesis 27:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. And his mother said ... Upon me be thy curse. His conscience being soothed by his mother,...
Genesis 27:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob by Subtilty obtains the Blessing Urged on by his mother, Jacob attempts by unworthy means to secure the blessing of the firstborn with all the privileges it involved. But the wrongdoing of t...
Genesis 27:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS G: UPON THE CHRONOLOGY OF JACOB’S LIFE ( Genesis 27 ) The elaborate calculations of Lightfoot, and most Jewish and Christian commentators, intended to show that when Jacob set out upon hi...
Genesis 27:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JACOB'S FRAUD Genesis 27:1-46 "The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever."- Psalms 33:11 THERE are some families whose miserable existence is almost entirely made up of malicious plottings a...
Genesis 27:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rebekah Plans to Cheat Isaac Genesis 27:1-17 This chapter narrates a sad story of the chosen family. Esau is the only character which elicits universal sympathy. Isaac appears to have sunk into...
Genesis 27:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From this point the history passes to center largely around Jacob. At the beginning, four persons stand out: Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob, and not one of them is admirable. Isaac is even more dege...
Genesis 27:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not this a very apt similitude of Him, who assumed our likeness, the likeness, as the apostle terms it, of sinful flesh; and was made sin for us, though he knew no sin, that we might be made the r...
Genesis 27:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Rebekah took goodly garments of her eldest son Esau ,.... Or "desirable" q ones, exceeding good ones: which [were] with her in the house ; which she had the care and keeping of, and were wore...
Genesis 27:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 15. And Rebekah took goodly raiment. ] The priestly garmen...
Genesis 27:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB DECEIVES HIS FATHER In spite of Esau's wrong marriages, and in spite of God's word that Isaac's older son would serve the younger (ch.25:23). Isaac was ready to confer his chief blessing on...
Genesis 27:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee...
Genesis 27:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either the sacerdotal garments which the eldest son wore in the administration of that office which belonged to him; or rather some other suit better than ordinary.
Genesis 27:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Courtyard of The Tabernacle ( Exodus 27:9-19 ). Before and around the sanctuary was a large courtyard into which the people themselves could come. They could not enter the sanctuary, only the...
Genesis 27:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:15 . Goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau.] Heb. The desirable garments. The choicest garments belonging to Esau were put upon Jacob. From Genesis 27:27 it would...
Genesis 27:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 27:1-4 . And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behol...
Genesis 27:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 27:1 . Isaac was old; in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of his age, the very year in which his brother Ishmael died. Jacob and Esau were also in their seventy-seventh year; but Isaac...
Genesis 27:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother Rebekah’s cunning plot accepted and carried out by Jacob I. REVEALS SOME QUALITIES OF JACOB’S CHARACTER. 1. He was a weak and pliable...
Genesis 27:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau ,—literally, the robes of Esau her son the elder—the desirable , i.e. the handsome ones. The בֶּגֶד was a...
Genesis 27:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rebekah Arranges to have Jacob Blessed First
Genesis 27:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

goodly raiment. Heb. desirable. Genesis 27:27

Genesis 27:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 27:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 27:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 27:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 27:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 27:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 27:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 27:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 27:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 27:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 27:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 27:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 27:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 27:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge