“ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. ”
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come - see Genesis 27:26-40 . The meaning is, that he pronounced a blessing on them in respect to their future condition. This was by f...
(8) By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. (8) Isaac.
Passing now from the men of the primeval world, the writer comes to the patriarchs, and especially to Abraham, who stands out in the OT as the chief example of faith. Abraham showed his faith by his...
Isaac . Isaac shows us faith overcoming the will of the flesh, in that he blessed Jacob instead of Esau. concerning . Greek. peri . App-104.
20. By faith Isaac, etc. It was also the work of faith to bless as to future things; for when the thing itself does not exist and the word only appears, faith must necessarily bear rule....
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau - He believed that God would fulfill his promise to his posterity; and God gave him to see what...
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau— He was persuaded that God would one way or other make good his promises to them, though he could not certainly tell how.
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Jacob is put before Esau, as heir of the chief, namely, the spiritual, blessing. (Even) concerning things to come , х kai...
Heroes of Faith The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel, beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The writer has already mentioned faith as a necessar...
Concerning things to come. — It is probable, though not certain, that the word “even” should be inserted before “concerning”; on these words, then, the emphasis will rest. Not having regard to thin...
CHAPTER XIII. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES. "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a-dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped...
Seeking the Better Country Hebrews 11:11-22 Faith has the twofold power, first, of making the unseen real; and second, of receiving the grace and strength of God into the heart. Sarah, through...
Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God. Af...
(20) By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. (21) By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff. (22)...
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau ,.... The history of this is in Genesis 27:33 . The former of these was a good man, and, though the youngest son, he is set before, and was blessed before the...
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Ver. 20. By faith Isaac blessed ] Patriarchal benedictions were prophetical; the blessing of godly parents is still very available...
By faith By firmly believing what God had revealed unto him concerning the future state of his children; Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau Prophetically foretold the particular blessings they should r...
This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now...
Exemplars of Faith. A. D. 62. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cai...
Isaac is the next example instanced in of the same Divine faith, described, Hebrews 11:1 ; only here exercised on the special revelation of God to him concerning his seed. By this faith he did not...
Faith Revealed By Those Whose Eyes Were On the Certainty of the Future Fulfilment of the Promises of God With Their Eyes On Things To Come ( Hebrews 11:17-22 ).
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 11:19 . Received him in a figure. —Lit. “in a parable.” Stuart thinks the reference is to Abraham’s having originally received Isaac as one born of parent...
Hebrews 11:8-22 The Patriarchs. I. The period of the patriarchs has a very peaceful and lovely character. God appeared and spoke to them. There was as yet no law. What is the real peculiarity of...
This is the Arc de Triomphe erected to the memory of the heroes of faith, whose names are here recorded by the apostle's inspired pen, with a brief mention of some of their most memorable actions. If...
Hebrews 11:1 . Now faith is the substance of things hoped for. Paul uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3 , that the Son is the express image of the Father's hypostasis, or person. Th...
EXPOSITION Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be...
The example of the patriarchs:
Genesis 27:27-40 ; Genesis 28:2 ; Genesis 28:3
The Place of Faith Hebrews 11:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens up...
Blessed — Genesis 27:27 , Genesis 27:39 ; prophetically foretold the particular blessings they should partake of. Jacob and Esau — Preferring the elder before the younger.