Genesis 27:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatnessf of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; ”

• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the fatness of the earth, and of. Hebrew of the fatness, &c. The "of", which is omitted in the first clause, is the preposition, which means "from". Revised Version margin away from. Compare...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  39. Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth. At length Esau obtains what he had asked. For, perceiving himself to be cast down from the rank and honor of primogeniture, he choo...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

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• Genesis 27:39 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Behold, thy dwelling, &c.— See notes on Genesis 27:28 .

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  There is nothing here which distinguisheth Jesus. Lord! give me him for my portion, and in him I have all. Hosea 2:18 ; Ephesians 1:3 .

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• Genesis 27:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Isaac his father answered and said unto him ,.... Being willing to bestow what he could upon him, without lessening or breaking in upon the grant made to Jacob: behold, thy dwelling shall be t...

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• Genesis 27:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; Ver. 39. Answered and said unto him. ] Dixit, non ben...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The fatness of the earth Mount Seir, the heritage of Esau, was a fertile place, refreshed with dews and showers. By thy sword shalt thou live That is, thou shalt be warlike, and live upon spoil....

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Blessing Pronounced on Jacob and Esau. B. C. 1760.       30 And it came to pass, as soon...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In a country competently fruitful and refreshed with convenient dews and showers. Object. Thus Esau seems to have the same blessing which was before given to Jacob. Answ. 1. Though it may seem...

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• Genesis 27:39 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, from the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and from the dew of heaven from above. And by your sword you will live, and you will serv...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - 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...

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• Genesis 27:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Esau Returns and Receives the Younger Son's Blessing

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• Genesis 27:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Behold. Genesis 36:6-8 Joshua 24:4 Hebrews 11:20 the fatness. or, of the fatness. Genesis 27:28

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• Genesis 27:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Esau likewise obtained a blessing: yet it was far short of Jacob's. In Jacob's blessing the dew of heaven is put first, as that which he most valued and desired: in Esau's the fatness of the earth...

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