z Both Airtires, the worſt of the Canaamtes, Exek. 16. 3. Which from his Grandfather 4brahar?'s ſevere Charge, Gen. 24 3. he muſt accds know v. ould be highly difpleaſing, both to God, and to his Parents. Andas Eſau has ſeveral Names, being called alſo Exam and Seir ; ſo it ſeems theſe Women and their Fa:ents had,by com- paring this 'with Gen: 36: 2: which was ufual in thoſe times and places. Or Eſau had more Wives than theſe. | a
35 Which * weie Fa giief of mind unto Iſaac, and * Chop. | 27. 46 :0 Rebekah a. ; . ©" 4&4
a Becauſe to their Tdolatry and other Wickedneſs, they added ;,ye(; 6 Obſtinacy and Incorrigiblenets, defpiting their Fe:fons, and godly ſorrit. _ounſels, whereby they invited them to Kepentance. |
CHAP. XXVII. Iſaac being aged, ſends Efau for veniſon, that he might eat theredf, and bl:ſs him, 1----4. Ejau obeys his father, 5. Reockah hearing it, tells
Jacob, 6, 7. Her contrivance and aavice to him to intercept the bleſſmg,
8----10. Jaceb is afraid of a curſt in ſtead of a bliſog, 11, 12. His
mother encourageth him, 13. He complies ; puts 0n Ejau's raiment, and
the skins of the kids ; goes with the veniſon his mother prepared : I[aac eats of it, ana bl ſth him, 1 4---29. Ejau brings the veniſon he had ta ken, 30, 31. 1/aac 13 exceedingly ſurpriz'd, vut confirms the blefſmg on ja= cob, 32, 33- Eſau weeps bitterly, but prays for a bleſſing, 34. Expo= | fulates with his father, and o23ains one, 35=--40. Eſau hates Jacob, 41. Rebekah hears of it, 41, 42. She adviſes Jacob to go to her kin» dared, 43, 44. Complains of Eſau's wives to Iſaac. | AN L> it Came to pals, that when Iſaac. was old a,
A and his ey«<s were dim, ſo that he could not ſeeb,
aecalled Eſau his eldeſt ſon, and faid unto him, My ſon. \nd he ſaid unto him, Behold, here am 1. |
a Abour one hundred and thirty ſeven years old. 6 Which was or- dered by God's wiſe Providence, not only for the exerciſe of /aac's parience, bur alſo as a means to transfer £E/aw's right to 7acos,
2 And he ſaid, Behold now, I zm oid, Iknow not che day of my death. |
23 Now therefore, take, I pray thee, thy weapons; thy quiver F, and thy bow, and go out to the field,and | * take-me /omeveniſon, }. bs
+ Or, As the Chaldee and H-brew DoCQors renders it, thy ſword, a Weapon no leſs neceſfary for an Hunter of Eeaſts, than a Bow.
4 Ard make me lavoury mear, fuch as 1 love, and bring it to me, that I may cat c, that my ſoul may bleſs thee 4 before I die. "Y |
: Nusſf., Why doth he require this before he blef, him? Avfw. r. Thar being refreſhed, and delighted therewith,bis Sy»icit mightbe more chearful, and ſo the litter for the giving of this Fropherical BenediQion ; for which reaton alſo the Prophet E///ha"called for a Minſtrel ere he could utter his Propheſie, 2 Kings 3. 15. 2. By the ſpecial direction of Divine Providence, that Ejau's abſence might give Jacob the advantage of getting'the Blefiing. d Be ſpeaks not here bfa common and cuſtomary tlefſing, which Parents may beſtow upon any of their Children, as, and when they pleaſe ; but of the | lait, ſolemn, extraordinary and Prophetical BenediCtion, whereby | theſe Holy Parriarchs did by God's appointment, and with his con- currence, conſtitute one of their Sons Heir, not only of their Tnhe« ritance, but of Abraham's Covenant, and all the Promiſes, borkh Temporal and Spi:itual, belonging to it. As for the Oracle deli- ' vered to Rebebnh, which transfe:-red this Blefſing upon Jacob, chap.
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nate aſieQion to his San Eſau. | F And Rebekal heard when Iſaac ſpake to Eſau his
ſon : and Efau went to the fieid ro hunt for veniſon, ;nd to bring it.
67 And Rebekah Behold, I heard thy daying,
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ſpake unto Jacob her ſon, ſaying, father ſpeak unto Eſau thy brother,
veniſon, and make me Tavoury meat,
thee before the LORD e« be-
n God's preſence, in his Name, and by his Au- thority, and with his leave and favour, which I ſhall heartily pray For thee. So he ſignifies that this was more than an ordinary Blet- fing which he now intended to give him- | :
8 Now therefore my ſon, obey my voice, accerding to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats f, and I will make them ſa- voury meat g for thy father, ſuch as he loveth ; Flt is obſerveable, That as Jacob deceived his F ather by a Kid,ſo His Sons deceived him by the ſame Creature,Gen: 37:3 r,32,33. £ Out of their moſt tender and delicate parts:Wherewith it was nor diiticulr ro deceive 1ſaac,partly becauſe of rhe likeneſs of the Fleſh, eſpecially being altered by convenient Sawce; and partly becauſe the ſame old age which had dimmed Iſaac'sSight, had alſo dulled his other Senfes.
to And thou ſhalt bring # to thy father that he may eat, and that he may bleſs thee before his death.
11 And Jacobſaid to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Eſau my brogher is an hairy man, and I am a ſmooth man. :
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I ſhal] ſeem to him asa deceiverg ; and1 ſhall bring a curſe upon me þ, and nota bletling | |
g I ſhall appear to him to be indeed a Deceiver,one that abuſerh his Age «iT @ Blindneſs. The Particle as ſometimes ſignifies nor the likeneſs, but the truth of the thing, John 1.14. 2 Cor.3.18. þ Which is due to every one that deceiveth the blind, Deur.27.18. eſpecially his Father, and eſpecially in a religious concern, Jer. 48. 10. Mal. I. 14. ſuch as this was, = ]
13 And his mother ſaid unto him, Upen me be thy curſe ;, my ſon ; only obey my voice, and gofetch me cher.
7 She faith ſo, out of an aſſured confidence in the Divine Oracle and Promiſe. | ;
14 And he went and fetched, and brought rhe to his mother : and his mother made ſavoury meat,ſuch as
his father loved. ;
15 And Rebekah took + goodly raiment & of her el- deſt ſon Eſau, which ere with her in the houſe,and put them upon Jacob her younger ſon.