Genesis 27:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 sustainede him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? ”

Genesis 27:37 - 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 27:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him (h) 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 n...
Genesis 27:37 - 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 27:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thy lord . a mighty man unto thee. See App-14. Fulfilled in 2 Samuel 8:14 . wine. See note on Genesis 27:28 above.
Genesis 27:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

37. Behold, I have made him thy Lord. Isaac now more openly confirms what I have before said, that since God was the author of the blessing, it could neither be vain nor evanescent. For he do...
Genesis 27:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 un...
Genesis 27:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 rese...
Genesis 27:37 - 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 27:37 - 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 27:37 - 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 27:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esau's Grief and Anger Genesis 27:30-45 Esau apparently had awakened to realize the value of the blessing of the birthright which he had treated so lightly. His exceeding great and bitter cry e...
Genesis 27:37 - 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 27:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Fulfilled, 2 Samuel 8:14 .
Genesis 27:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau ,.... Giving an account of the blessing be had bestowed upon his brother: behold, I have made him thy lord ; the lord of his posterity, who would be subdued a...
Genesis 27:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 un...
Genesis 27:37 - 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 27:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Blessing Pronounced on Jacob and Esau. B. C. 1760. 30 And it came to pass, as soon...
Genesis 27:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The blessing of Abraham is not at my disposal, but God s, who hath manifested his mind and will by my error; it cannot be divided into several hands, nor imparted to one, who, though my son, yet hath...
Genesis 27:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold I have made him your lord, and I have given to him all his brothers for servants, and I have sustained him with corn and wine. And what then shall I do f...
Genesis 27:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:39 . Thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.] The preposition is here used in a privative sense, apart from the fatn...
Genesis 27:37 - 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 27:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 Esau’s cry No one can read this chapte...
Genesis 27:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 27:30 And it came to pass (literally, and it was), as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out —literally, and it was ( s...
Genesis 27:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esau Returns and Receives the Younger Son's Blessing
Genesis 27:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have. Genesis 27:29 Genesis 25:23 2 Samuel 8:14 Romans 9:10-12 with. Genesis 27:28 sustained. or, supported.

Genesis 27:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 27:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 27:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 27:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 27:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 27:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 27:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 27:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 27:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 27:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 27:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 27:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 27:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 27:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge