Genesis 27:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 27:28 - 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 27:28 - 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 27:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

corn. Put by Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for bread and solid food generally. Compare Lamentations 2:12 . wine. Hebrew. tirosh. See App-27. Usually combined with "corn", as put by Meton...
Genesis 27:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: God give thee of the dew of heaven - Bp. Newton's view of these predictions is so correct and...
Genesis 27:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God give thee, &c.— It is here foretold, and in Genesis 27:39 of these two brethren, that, as to situation and other temporal advantages, they should be much alike. It was said to Jacob, God...
Genesis 27:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: God give thee of the dew. To an Oriental mind this phraseology implied the highest flo...
Genesis 27:28 - 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 27:28 - 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 27:28 - 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 27:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Gets Esau's Blessing Genesis 27:18-29 It is better not to attempt to justify Jacob in this act of treachery; but we may learn the deep and helpful lesson, that if God were able to make a...
Genesis 27:28 - 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 27:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

See Hebrews 11:20 . Reader! remember every other mercy centers in Christ. Psalms 72:17 . Compare Numbers 23:7-10 , and Numbers 23:19-23 .
Genesis 27:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven ,.... Or "shall" or "will give thee" x, seeing he was blessed of God, and the blessed seed should spring from him, as well as his posterity should inheri...
Genesis 27:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Ver. 28. God give thee of the dew. ] For that country was dry and thirsty. They had rain,...
Genesis 27:28 - 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 27:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Fraud of Jacob. B. C. 1760. 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and...
Genesis 27:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God give thee, or, will give; for it is both a prayer and a prophecy. He mentions the dew rather than the rain, because it was of more constant use and necessity in those parts than the rain,...
Genesis 27:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said, “Bring it near to me and I will eat of my son's venison that my soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.' Now he calls on...
Genesis 27:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:27 . And blessed him.] The blessing ( Genesis 27:27-29 ) is in the form of poetic parallelism.— Genesis 27:28 . The dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth. ] I...
Genesis 27:28 - 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 27:28 - 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 27:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine Isaac blessing Jacob I. WITH TEMPORAL BLESSINGS. 1. A fertile soil. 2. Abundance of provision...
Genesis 27:28 - 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 27:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaac Blesses Jacob
Genesis 27:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

of the dew. Deuteronomy 11:11 Deuteronomy 11:12 Deuteronomy 32:2 Deuteronomy 33:13 Deuteronomy 33:28 2 Samuel 1:21 1 Kings 17:1 Psalms 65:9-13 Psalms 133:3 Isaiah 45:8 Jeremiah 1...

Genesis 27:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 27:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 27:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 27:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 27:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 27:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 27:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 27:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 27:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 27:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 27:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 27:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 27:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 27:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge