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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:19
And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. The usual formula for the opening of a new section (cf. Genesis 2:4). Abraham begat Isaac. A reiteration in perfect harmony not only with the style of the present n…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:19-26
§ 9. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC (Ge 25:19-35:29). EXPOSITION
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:19-26
The childless pair. I. THE DISAPPOINTED HUSBAND. 1. The grievous affliction. Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, was barren. Though neither uncommon nor unjust, this was to Isaac 2. The earnest intercession. "Isaac entreated th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:19-34
Divine purposes unfolded. We are now entering a new stage of the sacred history, where we are looking less upon the development of one man's character than upon the unfolding purposes of Jehovah in the family with which…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,—the valuable chronological fact here stated for the first time proves that Isaac was married three years after his mother's death (cf. Genesis 23:1)—the daught…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated—from a root signifying to burn incense, hence to pray, implying, as some think (Wordsworth, 'Speaker's Commentary'), the use of incense in patriarchal worship; but perhaps only pointing to the fact t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:22
And the children struggled together within her. The verb is expressive of a violent internal commotion, as if the unborn children had been dashing against one another in her womb. Cf. the story of Acrisius and Praetus,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said unto her,—in a dream (Havernick), a form of revelation peculiar to primitive times (Genesis 15:1; Genesis 20:6; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 37:5; 90:5; 91:1; 96:2; cf. Job 4:13; Job 33:15); but whether comm…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:24
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,—literally, and were fulfilled her days to bring forth; ἐπληρώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ τεκεῖν αὐτην (LXX.; cf. Luke 1:57; Luke 2:6). Jarchi accounts for the different…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:25
And the first came out red,—Adhmoni, πυῤῥάκης (LXX.), rufus (Vulgate), red-haired (Gesenius), of a reddish color (Lange), containing an allusion to Adham, the red earth—all over like an hairy garment. Literally, all…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 25:26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel. The inf. constr, standing for the finite verb. Not simply followed close upon the heels of Esau (Kalisch), but seized Esau's heel, as if he wou…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old,—according to the generally accepted calculation, in his one hundred and thirty-seventh year. Joseph, having been introduced to Pharaoh in his thirtieth year (Genesis 41:46),…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:1-14
EXPOSITION
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:1-14
The stolen blessing: a domestic drama. 1. Issac and Rebekah, or plotting and counterplotting. I. THE SCHEME OF ISAAC. 1. Its sinful object. The heavenly oracle having with no uncertain sound proclaimed Jacob the theocra…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:2
And he (i.e. Isaac) said, Behold now, I am old, and know not the day of my death. Isaac had manifestly become apprehensive of the near approach of dissolution. His failing sight, and probably the recollection that Ishma…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:3
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons,—the word "weapon" signifying a utensil, vessel, or finished instrument of any sort (cf. Genesis 14:1-24 :53; Genesis 31:37; Genesis 45:20). Here it manifestly denotes weapon…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:4
And make me savory meat,—"delicious food," from a root whose primary idea is to taste, or try the flavor, of a thing. Schultens observes that the corresponding Arabic term is specially applied to dishes made of flesh ta…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:5
And Rebekah (who, though younger than Isaac, must also have been old) heard when Isaac spake—literally, in the speaking of Isaac; בְּ with the inf. forming a periphrasis for the gerund, and being commonly rendered by wh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:8
Now therefore, my son,—Jacob at this time was not a lad, but a grown man of mature years, which shows that in the following transaction he was rather an accomplice than a tool—obey my voice according to that which I com…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man (vide Genesis 25:25) and I am a smooth man— חָלָק, smooth (opposed to שָׂעִיר," hairy); the primary idea of which is to cut off the hair. Cf.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:12
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver;—literally, shall be in his eyes as a scorer (Keil, Lange), with the idea of mocking at his aged sire's infirmities—ὡς καταφρονῶν (LXX.); or a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:13
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son (cf. Genesis 43:9; 1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Samuel 14:9; Matthew 27:25). Tempted to regard Rebekah's words as the utterance of a bold and unscrupulous woman (Aben Ezra…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:14
And he went (sc. to the flock), and fetched,—or, rather, took (sc. the two kids as directed) and brought them (after slaughter, of course) to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. All th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:15-29
EXPOSITION