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 said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
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.
that I may eat. The blessing, says Dr. A. Clarke, which Isaac was to confer on his son, was a species of divine right, and must be communicated with appropriate ceremonies. As eating and drinking were used among the Asiatics on almost all religious occasions, and especially in making and confirming covenants, it is reasonable to suppose, that something of this kind was essentially necessary on this occasion; and that Isaac could not convey the right, till he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by him who was to receive the blessing.
that my.
Genesis 27:7,23,25,27 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless …
Genesis 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, …
Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, be …
Genesis 28:3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, …
Genesis 48:9,15-20 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given …
Genesis 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their …
Leviticus 9:22,23 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, …
Deuteronomy 33:1 And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed …
Joshua 14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron …
Joshua 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went to their tents.
Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this …
Luke 24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, …
Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
feel.
Genesis 27:22 And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, …
Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
2 Corinthians 6:8 By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, …
a deceiver.
Genesis 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted …
Genesis 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; …
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
and I shall.
Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be …
Deuteronomy 27:18 Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all …
Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed …
Malachi 1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, …
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
Upon.
Genesis 25:23,33 And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner …
Genesis 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shall you require him: if I …
1 Samuel 14:24-28,36-45 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured …
1 Samuel 25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity …
2 Samuel 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity …
Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
mother.
Genesis 27:4,7,9,17,31 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that …
Genesis 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah …
Psalm 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works …
Proverbs 23:2,3 And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite…
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged …
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
skins. Travellers inform us, that the Eastern goats have long, fine, and beautiful hair, of the most delicate silky softness; indeed the animals generally in those hot countries are not covered with so thick a coat of hair as they are in more northerly regions; so that Isaac might easily be deceived, when his eyes were dim, and his feeling no less impaired than his sight.
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
I am.
Genesis 27:21,24,25 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, …
Genesis 25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they …
Genesis 29:23-25 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, …
1 Kings 13:18 He said to him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke …
1 Kings 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray you, and disguise yourself, …
Isaiah 28:15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with …
Zechariah 13:3,4 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then …
Matthew 26:70-74 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what you say…
that thy.
Genesis 27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that …
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
The voice. How wonderful, says Mr. Scott, is that difference which there is betwixt the faces and the voices of the several individuals of the human species! Scarcely any two of the innumerable millions are exactly alike in either, and yet the difference cannot be defined or described! The power, wisdom, and kindness of our Creator should be admired and adored in this remarkable circumstance; for they are very visible. This description of Jacob is not unaptly accommodated to the character of a hypocrite: his voice, his language, is that of a Christian; his hands, or conduct, that of an ungodly man: but the judgment will proceed from God, the Judge of all, at the last day, as in the present case, not by the voice, but by the hands.
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
I am.
1 Samuel 21:2,13 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me …
1 Samuel 27:10 And Achish said, Where have you made a road to day? And David said, …
2 Samuel 14:5 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed …
Job 13:7,8 Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him…
Job 15:5 For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Proverbs 12:19,22 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue …
Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; …
Zechariah 8:16 These are the things that you shall do; Speak you every man the truth …
Romans 3:7,8 For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie to his glory; …
Ephesians 4:25 Why putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: …
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man …
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
blessed.
Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
the smell of a field. A field where aromatic plants, flowers, fruits, and spices grew in abundance, with which these garments (see ver.
Genesis 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her oldest son Esau, which were …
Songs 2:13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender …
Songs 4:11-14 Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are …
Songs 7:12,13 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, …
Hosea 14:6,7 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, …
which.
Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred …
Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft on it, and …
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
of the dew.
Deuteronomy 11:11,12 But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and …
Deuteronomy 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the …
Deuteronomy 33:13,28 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious …
2 Samuel 1:21 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be …
1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said …
Psalm 65:9-13 You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the …
Psalm 133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended on the mountains …
Isaiah 45:8 Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: …
Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? …
Hosea 14:5-7 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast …
Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as …
Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
the fatness.
Genesis 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling …
Genesis 45:18 And take your father and your households, and come to me: and I will …
Genesis 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
Numbers 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be …
Psalm 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; …
Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and you, being a wild …
plenty.
Deuteronomy 7:13 And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also …
Deuteronomy 8:7-9 For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water…
Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall …
Joshua 5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, …
1 Kings 5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food …
2 Chronicles 2:10 And, behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers that cut timber, …
Psalm 65:9,13 You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the …
Psalm 104:15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face …
Joel 2:19 Yes, the LORD will answer and say to his people, Behold, I will send …
Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn …
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Let people.
Genesis 9:25,26 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be …
Genesis 22:17,18 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply …
Genesis 49:8-10 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall …
2 Samuel 8:1-18 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, …
2 Samuel 10:1-19 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of …
1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land …
Psalm 2:6-9 Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion…
Psalm 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to …
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, …
Daniel 2:44,45 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, …
Revelation 19:16 And he has on his clothing and on his thigh a name written, KING …
be lord.
Genesis 27:37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your …
Genesis 25:22,23,33 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If …
2 Samuel 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, …
1 Kings 11:15,16 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain …
1 Kings 22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
1 Chronicles 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief …
2 Chronicles 25:11-14 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went …
Psalm 60:1-12 O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been …
Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? …
Malachi 1:2-5 I have loved you, said the LORD. Yet you say, Wherein have you loved …
Romans 9:12 It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
cursed.
Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: …
Numbers 22:11,12 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covers the face …
Numbers 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, …
Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall …
Zephaniah 2:8,9 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children …
Matthew 25:40,45 And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch …
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
trembled very exceedingly.
Job 21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh.
Job 37:1 At this also my heart trembles, and is moved out of his place.
Psalm 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
taken. Heb. hunted. thou camest.
Genesis 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, …
yea.
Genesis 28:3,4 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, …
John 10:10,28,29 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: …
Romans 5:20,21 Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where …
Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed …
Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
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.
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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 reserved a blessing for me?
Jacob. i.e., a supplanter.
Genesis 25:26,31-34 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's …
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: …
John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite …
he took.
Genesis 25:26,33,34 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's …
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
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;
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
thy sword.
Genesis 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother …
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send …
serve.
Genesis 25:23 And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner …
2 Samuel 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, …
1 Kings 11:15-17 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain …
2 Kings 14:7,10 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah …
1 Chronicles 18:11-13 Them also king David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and the …
2 Chronicles 25:11,12 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went …
Psalm 60:8 Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, …
Obadiah 1:17 But on mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; …
that thou.
2 Kings 8:20-22 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made …
2 Chronicles 21:8,10 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, …
2 Chronicles 28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
hated.
Genesis 4:2-8 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, …
Genesis 37:4,8 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all …
Ezekiel 25:12-15 Thus said the Lord GOD; Because that Edom has dealt against the house …
Ezekiel 35:5 Because you have had a perpetual hatred…
Amos 1:11,12 Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, …
Obadiah 1:10-14 For your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, …
1 John 3:12-15 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And …
The days.
Genesis 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered to his people, …
Genesis 50:3,4,10,11 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days …
Deuteronomy 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty …
2 Chronicles 35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him …
Psalm 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed …
then.
Genesis 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother …
2 Samuel 13:28,29 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when …
Psalm 37:12,13,16 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth…
Psalm 140:4,5 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the …
Psalm 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. …
Proverbs 1:12,13,16 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that …
Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Obadiah 1:10 For your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, …
Ephesians 4:26,27 Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath…
Titus 1:15,16 To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and …
Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, …
1 John 3:12-15 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And …
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
comfort himself.
Genesis 37:18-20 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, …
Genesis 42:21,22 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our …
1 Samuel 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, …
Job 20:12-14 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue…
Psalm 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying …
Proverbs 2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Proverbs 4:16,17 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep …
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
obey.
Genesis 27:8,13 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you…
Genesis 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, …
Jeremiah 35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons …
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to …
Haran.
Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's …
Genesis 12:4,5 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him…
Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
I am.
Numbers 11:15 And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if …
1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came …
Job 3:20-22 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul…
Job 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 14:13 O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, …
Jonah 4:3,9 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for …
because.
Genesis 26:34,35 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter …
Genesis 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Genesis 34:1,2 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out …
if Jacob.
Genesis 24:3 And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the …
