Genesis 27:4

This blessing was the same as that mentioned, Genesis 28:4.

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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. Fo...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my (a) soul may bless thee before I die. (a) The carnal affecti...
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 mus...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

such as. love. See verses: Genesis 27:27 ; Genesis 27:9 ; Genesis 27:14 and Genesis 25:28 . my soul . myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. b...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. That my soul may bless thee. Wonderfully was the faith of the holy man blended with a foolish and inconsiderate carnal affection. The gene...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. Savory meat - מטעמים matamm...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. Make me savoury meat...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

That my soul may bless thee before I die ] In purposing to give the blessing to Esau, his firstborn son, Isaac was acting in opposition to the expre...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Savoury meat. — On the rare occasions on which an Arab sheik tastes flesh, it is flavoured with almonds, pistachio nuts, and raisins. It would thus...
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 i...
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 u...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And make me savoury meat, such as I love ,.... For, though he had lost his sight, he had not lost his taste, nor his appetite for savoury food: an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. Ver. 4. That my soul may...
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)...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rebekah's Contrivance. B. C. 1760. 1 A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Quest. Why doth he require that he may eat before he bless him? Answ. 1. That being refreshed and delighted therewith, his spirit might be mo...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing of Esau and Jacob ( Genesis 26:34 to Genesis 27:45 ). This passage was recorded in writing because it records the blessings given t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:3 . Take some venison.] Heb. Hunt a hunt for me. “What this hunt should be except of the deer or gazelle, does not...
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...
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 w...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, —according to the generally accepted calculation, in his one hundred...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaac Prepares to Bless Esau
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. It was not the sudden whim of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

that I may eat. that my. Genesis 27:7 Genesis 27:23 Genesis 27:25 Genesis 27:27 Genesis 14:19 Genesis 24:60 Genesis 28:3 Genesis 48:9...

⁴ And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 27:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 27:4