k Either his Sacerdoral Garments which the eldeſt Son wore in the adminiſtration of that Office which belonged to him ; or rather ſome other Suit better than ordinary. ; |
1s And jhe put the skins ot the kids of the goats up- on his hands, and upon thie ſmoorh of his neck /,
{ Upon the two naked parts of his Body,which were molt likely to bediſcovered. As for his Face, it is more than probable from his Age, which was the ſame with Eſau's, chap: 26:34: that Nature had given him a covering like Eſau's. ;
17 And ſhe gave the {avoury meat,andthe bread which ſhe had prepared, into the hand of her ſon Jacob.
18 © And he came unto his father, andiaid, My fa- ther: and he ſaid, Here am I : who art thou, my fon?
19 And Jacobfaid unto his father: 1 an Efau thy firſt-born #2 ; I have done according as thou badſt me : ariſe, I pray thee, fit and cat of my veniſon, that thy ſoul may bleſs me. = iN:
» This cannot be excuſed, for it wasa manifeſt untruth, and no
leſs is all this following Relation, though it pleaſed wod graciouſly to pardon it; and notwithſtanding theſe failings, to conter the
Blefling promiſed upon Jacov. : j- ' 20 And Ifaac ſaid unto his fon, How 7s it that thou
| haſt found it ſo quickly,my ſon? And he ſaid, Becauſe
+11cb. 3,. he LORD thy God brought 1t tro me. fore we, 2t And Ifaacſaid unto Jacob, Come near, 1 pray thee, thar I may feel thee, my ſon, whether thou ve my very ſon Eſau, or nor. o
22 And Jacob went near unto Iſaac his father, and he felt him ; andſaid, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Eſau.
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; as becauſe of his falſeneſs and deceitfulneſs, and his tri
23 And he diſcerned him not », becauſe his hands |
were hairy,as his brother Eſau's hands: So he Þleiled him.
2 Becauſe all his Senſes were not only dulled wirh Age-and In- firmity, bur alſo held by Divine Providence, as theirs, Luke 24. 16. for the bringing about his own purpoſe : So thar it is no wonder he was ſo groſly deceived in the whole buſineb.. |
24 And he ſaid, Art thou my very fon Efau? and he faid, I am. | :
25 And he ſaid, Bring it near to me, and I will cat of my ſon's veniſon, that my ſoul may bleſs thee. And. he brought # near ro him, and he did cat; and he
brought him wiae, and he drank,
Chap. X?
26 And his father Iſaac ſaid unto him, Come neas now, and kiſs me o, my ſon.
0 Which he did, either that he might more fu concerning the perſon,or rather as a mark of th altection wherowith, he beſtowed the Bleſſing. Compare Gen. 48. 10
27 Andhe came near, and kifſedhim : and he {me]-" led the fmell of his raiment, and bleſſed him, and ſaid, See, the {mell of my ſon 5s as the ſinell of afield, which the LORD hath bleſſed f.
f Which is full of odoriferous Herbs and Spiccs,with ſome of which Eſau's Garments michtb fu in the Cheſt wherein they were laid, as the ME row Theſe Garments ſmell not of the Sheep-cotes and Stables, as Jacob's do,but of the Fields in which Eſa is converſant. ?
28 Therefore, * God give thee of the dew of hea- * Heb: 1 ven g, and the fatneſs of the earth h,and plenty of corn 2: and wine. ";
* Or, willgive, For it is both a Prayer and a Propheſie. & He mentions the dew rather than the Rain, becauſe it was of more con- ſtant uſe and neceſſity in thoſe parts than the Rain, which fell con« ſiderably but twice in a year, the firſt being called the former, and the other thelatter Rain. And under this and the following Bleſſings, which are but 'Temporal,are comprehended all manner of Bleſſings, borh Spiritual, Temporal, and Eternal, according to the uſage of that Time and State of the Church. h A far and fruitful Land, which Canaan was, abounding with all ſorts of precious Fruits.
' Compare Dewt.'8. 8. and 32. 13, 14. 29 * Let people ſerve thee, and nations bow. down .+ Chap! ro thee: be Lord over thy brethren, and let thy mo- +5. * thers ſon bow down to thee ;: * Curſed be every one t Chay:
chat curfeth thee, and bleſſed be he that bleſſeth thee. 4% * |
: How, and when this was fulfilled, ſee on Gen. 25. 23. Chap 'r.
39 C And it came to paſs as ſoon as Iſaac had: made * an end of blefling Jacob,that Jacob was yet ſcarce well gone Out from the preſence of Iſaac his father, that E- fau his brother came in from his hunting, _
31 And healſo made ſavoury meat, and brought it unto his farher &; and faid unto his father, Let my fa- ther ariſe, and eatofhis ſon's veniſon, that thy ſoul may bleſs me
k Thar Eſau did not come to his Father till the Meat was dreſſed, may be aſcribed partly to his own choice,that he might come with more acceptance ; and partly to Rebekah, who could caſily hinder his coming ſooner by ſpectous Pretences and Artifices.
32 And Haac his father faid unto him, Who art thou? And he ſaid, I a» thy fon, thy firſt-born Eſau.
33 And Ifaac Ftrembled very exceedingly Land ſaid, + Heb, Who,wiere zs he »» that hath * taken veniſon,& brought #remld it ms, and [I have caten of all before thou cameſt, and ®*-* * have hletled him ? yea, and he ſhall be bleſſed ». EE
{ He was filled with aſtoniſhment and horror in confgderation of _ Jacob's kraud, and the ſad diſappointment and great milery of his I ek beloved &/au, and his.own raſhneſs and folly in ſuffering his fond ' BASS" Y affection towards him to carry him headlong into an oppoſition ro : the Divine Oracle, Gen. 25. 23. which naw came to his remem- brance, as appears by his ratification of Facob's Blefling. m A fhort Speech proceeding from a diſcompoſed Mind. » This Blefling,tho otherwiſe intended by me, and pronounced upon a miſtake of the perſon, ſhall and muit reſt upon the head of Jacob; and I neither can,nor dare undertake to revoke and contradi& God's appointment, which now T more fully diſcern,and in which borh thou and I and all men mult fu/ly acquieſce: And now Jſaac fixeth the Bleſſing up- on Jacob by Faith,as is expreſſed, Heb. 11.20. which before, through miſguided Fancy and Aftettion, he intended for Eſav.
34 And when Efau heard the words of his father * * Heb:r: he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry o,and ſaid 17. unto his iather, Bleſs me, ever me alſo, O my father p.