Genesis 27:26
- 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...
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...
now. Not an adverb of time, but an expletive in command, emphasising the solemnity of the command. It must have been at this point that Isaac's fai...
26. Come near now, and kiss me. We know that the practice of kissing was then in use, which many nations retain to this day. Profane men, how...
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Come near now, and kiss me— Many suppose this to have been another way, by which Isaac wished to satisfy himself that it was his son Esau; but it a...
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? He came unto his father. The scheme planned b...
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...
EXCURSUS G: UPON THE CHRONOLOGY OF JACOB’S LIFE ( Genesis 27 ) The elaborate calculations of Lightfoot, and most Jewish and Christian commentators...
Come near now, and kiss me, my son. — This was the solemn preparation for the giving of the blessing. Isaac’s suspicions had now quite passed away....
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...
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 an...
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...
Son_2:13; Son_4:12-13; Son_7:11-12. These scriptures prove the spirituality carried on through the whole of this transaction.
And his father Isaac said unto him ,.... After he had eat and drank, and the repast was over, and all were took away: come near now, and kiss me,...
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Ver. 26. Come near now, and kiss me, my son. ] Kissing is a symbol of swee...
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)...
The Fraud of Jacob. B. C. 1760. 18 And...
Which he did, either that he might more fully satisfy himself concerning the person, or rather as a mark of that special favour and affection wherewi...
‘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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 27:27 . And blessed him.] The blessing ( Genesis 27:27-29 ) is in the form of poetic parallelism.— Genesis 27:28 . Th...
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...
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...
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....
EXPOSITION Genesis 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau ,—literally, the robes of Esau her son the elder—the desi...
Isaac Blesses Jacob
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. It was the kiss of the father which was to introduce the blessing.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.