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Text -- Genesis 27:28-46 (NET)
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27:28 May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth , and plenty of grain and new wine .
27:29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers , and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed , and those who bless you be blessed .”
27:30 Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob , and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence , when his brother Esau returned from the hunt .
27:31 He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father . Esau said to him, “My father , get up and eat some of your son’s wild game . Then you can bless me.”
27:32 His father Isaac asked, “Who are you ?” “I am your firstborn son ,” he replied , “Esau !”
27:33 Isaac began to shake violently and asked , “Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived , and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed !”
27:34 When Esau heard his father’s words , he wailed loudly and bitterly . He said to his father , “Bless me too , my father !”
27:35 But Isaac replied , “Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing .”
27:36 Esau exclaimed , “‘Jacob ’ is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times ! He took away my birthright , and now , look , he has taken away my blessing !” Then he asked , “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
27:37 Isaac replied to Esau , “Look ! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine . What is left that I can do for you, my son ?”
27:38 Esau said to his father , “Do you have only that one blessing , my father ? Bless me too !” Then Esau wept loudly .
27:39 So his father Isaac said to him, “Indeed , your home will be away from the richness of the earth , and away from the dew of the sky above .
27:40 You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother . When you grow restless , you will tear off his yoke from your neck .”
27:41 So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately , “The time of mourning for my father is near ; then I will kill my brother Jacob !”
27:42 When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said , she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look , your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.
27:43 Now then, my son , do what I say . Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran .
27:44 Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides .
27:45 Stay there until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there . Why should I lose both of you in one day ?”
27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac , “I am deeply depressed because of these daughters of Heth . If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land , I would want to die!”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Esau |
Jacob |
Birthright |
Hypocrisy |
HEREDITY |
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
Family |
FATHER |
Death |
Parents |
Isaac |
Rebekah |
JUDAS ISCARIOT |
Edomites |
Benedictions |
CORN |
Bless |
Homicide |
Israel |
BENEDICTION |
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NET Notes -> Gen 27:28; Gen 27:28; Gen 27:29; Gen 27:29; Gen 27:29; Gen 27:30; Gen 27:30; Gen 27:30; Gen 27:31; Gen 27:31; Gen 27:31; Gen 27:32; Gen 27:32; Gen 27:33; Gen 27:33; Gen 27:34; Gen 27:34; Gen 27:35; Gen 27:35; Gen 27:36; Gen 27:36; Gen 27:38; Gen 27:38; Gen 27:39; Gen 27:39; Gen 27:40; Gen 27:41; Gen 27:41; Gen 27:41; Gen 27:41; Gen 27:41; Gen 27:42; Gen 27:42; Gen 27:42; Gen 27:43; Gen 27:43; Gen 27:44; Gen 27:45; Gen 27:45; Gen 27:45; Gen 27:46; Gen 27:46; Gen 27:46
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NET Notes: Gen 27:29 Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form (which is either an imperfect or a jussive) with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or resu...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:32 Heb “and he said, ‘I [am] your son, your firstborn.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been r...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:33 Heb “Who then is he who hunted game and brought [it] to me so that I ate from all before you arrived and blessed him?”
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NET Notes: Gen 27:36 He has tripped me up. When originally given, the name Jacob was a play on the word “heel” (see Gen 25:26). The name (since it is a verb) p...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:40 You will tear off his yoke from your neck. It may be that this prophetic blessing found its fulfillment when Jerusalem fell and Edom got its revenge. ...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:42 Heb “is consoling himself with respect to you to kill you.” The only way Esau had of dealing with his anger at the moment was to plan to k...
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NET Notes: Gen 27:44 Heb “a few days.” Rebekah probably downplays the length of time Jacob will be gone, perhaps to encourage him and assure him that things wi...
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