Genesis:25:19-27:40
geneva@Genesis:25:19 @ Likewise these are the generations of Izhak Abrahams sonne Abraham begate Izhak,
geneva@Genesis:25:20 @ And Izhak was fourtie yeere olde, when he tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite.
geneva@Genesis:25:21 @ And Izhak prayed vuto the Lorde for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued,
geneva@Genesis:25:22 @ And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I (note:)That is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another.(:note) thus? And she went For that is the only refuge in all our miseries. to enquire of the LORD.
geneva@Genesis:25:23 @ And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.
geneva@Genesis:25:24 @ Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.
geneva@Genesis:25:25 @ So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau.
geneva@Genesis:25:26 @ And afterward came his brother out, and his hande helde Esau by the heele: therefore his name was called Iaakob. Nowe Izhak was threescore yeere olde when Rebekah bare them.
geneva@Genesis:25:27 @ And the boyes grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakob was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes.
geneva@Genesis:25:28 @ And Izhak loued Esau, for venison was his meate, but Rebekah loued Iaakob.
geneva@Genesis:25:29 @ Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie.
geneva@Genesis:25:30 @ Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom.
geneva@Genesis:25:31 @ And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.
geneva@Genesis:25:32 @ And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what (note:)The reprobate do not value God's benefits unless they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures.(:note) profit shall this birthright do to me?
geneva@Genesis:25:33 @ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he (note:)Thus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite.(:note) sold his birthright unto Jacob.
geneva@Genesis:25:34 @ Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.
geneva@Genesis:26:1 @ And there was a famine in the (note:)In the land of Canaan.(:note) land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
geneva@Genesis:26:2 @ And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, (note:)God's providence always watches to direct the ways of his children.(:note) Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
geneva@Genesis:26:3 @ Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
geneva@Genesis:26:4 @ Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,
geneva@Genesis:26:5 @ Because that Abraham (note:)He commends Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be even more ready to follow the same: for as God made this promise of his free mercy, so does the confirmation of it proceed from the same fountain.(:note) obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
geneva@Genesis:26:6 @ So Izhak dwelt in Gerar.
geneva@Genesis:26:7 @ And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: (note:)By which we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful.(:note) for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.
geneva@Genesis:26:8 @ And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac [was] (note:)Or showing some familiar sign of love, by which it might be known that she was his wife.(:note) sporting with Rebekah his wife.
geneva@Genesis:26:9 @ Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her.
geneva@Genesis:26:10 @ And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought (note:)In all ages men were persuaded that God's vengeance would come on adulterers.(:note) guiltiness upon us.
geneva@Genesis:26:11 @ Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death.
geneva@Genesis:26:12 @ Afterwarde Izhak sowed in that lande, and founde in the same yeere an hundreth folde by estimation: and so the Lord blessed him.
geneva@Genesis:26:13 @ And the man waxed mightie, and stil increased, till he was exceeding great,
geneva@Genesis:26:14 @ For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines (note:)The malicious always envy the graces of God in others.(:note) envied him.
geneva@Genesis:26:15 @ In so much that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the welles, which his fathers seruantes digged in his father Abrahams time.
geneva@Genesis:26:16 @ Then Abimelech sayde vnto Izhak, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then wee a great deale.
geneva@Genesis:26:17 @ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the (note:)The Hebrew word signifies a flood, or valley, where water at any time runs.(:note) valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
geneva@Genesis:26:18 @ And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.
geneva@Genesis:26:19 @ Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.
geneva@Genesis:26:20 @ But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the wel Esek, because they were at strife with him.
geneva@Genesis:26:21 @ Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.
geneva@Genesis:26:22 @ Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.
geneva@Genesis:26:23 @ So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.
geneva@Genesis:26:24 @ And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God (note:)God assures Isaac against all fear by rehearsing the promise made to Abraham.(:note) of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
geneva@Genesis:26:25 @ And he builded an (note:)To signify that he would serve no other God, but the God of his father Abraham.(:note) altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
geneva@Genesis:26:26 @ Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friendes, and Phichol the captaine of his armie.
geneva@Genesis:26:27 @ To whom Izhak sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate mee and haue put mee away from you?
geneva@Genesis:26:28 @ Who answered, Wee sawe certainely that the Lorde was with thee, and wee thought thus, Let there be nowe an othe betweene vs, euen betweene vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee.
geneva@Genesis:26:29 @
geneva@Genesis:26:30 @ Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke.
geneva@Genesis:26:31 @ And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
geneva@Genesis:26:32 @ And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.
geneva@Genesis:26:33 @ So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.
geneva@Genesis:26:34 @ Nowe when Esau was fourtie yeere olde, he tooke to wife Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon an Hittite also.
geneva@Genesis:26:35 @ And they were a griefe of minde to Izhak and to Rebekah.
geneva@Genesis:27:1 @ And when Izhak was olde, and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see) he called Esau his eldest sonne, and sayde vnto him, My sonne; he answered him, I am here.
geneva@Genesis:27:2 @ Then he sayd, Beholde, I am nowe olde, and knowe not the day of my death:
geneva@Genesis:27:3 @ Wherefore nowe, I pray thee take thine instrumentes, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take mee some venison.
geneva@Genesis:27:4 @ And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my (note:)The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife. (Gen_25:23).(:note) soul may bless thee before I die.
geneva@Genesis:27:5 @ (Nowe Rebekah heard, when Izhak spake to Esau his sonne) and Esau went into the fielde to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
geneva@Genesis:27:6 @ Then Rebekah spake vnto Iaakob her sonne, saying, Beholde, I haue heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, saying,
geneva@Genesis:27:7 @ Bring mee venision, and make mee sauourie meate, that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death.
geneva@Genesis:27:8 @ Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.
geneva@Genesis:27:9 @
geneva@Genesis:27:10 @ Then shalt thou bring it to thy father, and he shal eate, to the intent that he may blesse thee before his death.
geneva@Genesis:27:11 @ But Iaakob sayde to Rebekah his mother, Beholde, Esau my brother is rough, and I am smoothe.
geneva@Genesis:27:12 @ My father may possibly feele me, and I shal seem to him to be a mocker: so shall I bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing.
geneva@Genesis:27:13 @ And his mother said unto him, (note:)The assurance of God's decree made her bold.(:note) Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].
geneva@Genesis:27:14 @ So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued.
geneva@Genesis:27:15 @ And Rebekah tooke faire clothes of her elder sonne Esau, which were in her house, and clothed Iaakob her yonger sonne:
geneva@Genesis:27:16 @ And she couered his hands and the smoothe of his necke with the skinnes of the kiddes of the goates.
geneva@Genesis:27:17 @ Afterward she put the pleasant meate and bread, which she had prepared, in the hand of her sonne Iaakob.
geneva@Genesis:27:18 @ And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne?
geneva@Genesis:27:19 @ And Jacob said unto his father, (note:)Although Jacob was assured of this blessing by faith: yet he did evil to seek it by lies, even more because he abuses God's name through it.(:note) 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.
geneva@Genesis:27:20 @ Then Izhak said vnto his sonne, Howe hast thou founde it so quickly my sonne? Who sayde, Because the Lorde thy God brought it to mine hande.
geneva@Genesis:27:21 @ Againe sayde Izhak vnto Iaakob, Come neere nowe, that I may feele thee, my sonne, whether thou be that my sonne Esau or not.
geneva@Genesis:27:22 @ And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The (note:)This declares that he suspected something, yet God would not have his decree altered.(:note) voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.
geneva@Genesis:27:23 @ (For he knewe him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands: wherefore he blessed him)
geneva@Genesis:27:24 @ Againe he sayd, Art thou that my sonne Esau? Who answered, Yea.
geneva@Genesis:27:25 @ Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee; he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he dranke.
geneva@Genesis:27:26 @ Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne.
geneva@Genesis:27:27 @ And hee came neere and kissed him. Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes, and blessed him, and sayde, Behold, the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde, which the Lorde hath blessed.
geneva@Genesis:27:28 @ God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plentie of wheate and wine.
geneva@Genesis:27:29 @ Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
geneva@Genesis:27:30 @ And when Izhak had made an ende of blessing Iaakob, and Iaakob was scarce gone out from the presence of Izhak his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting,
geneva@Genesis:27:31 @ And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father, and sayd vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.
geneva@Genesis:27:32 @ But his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau.
geneva@Genesis:27:33 @ And Isaac (note:)In perceiving his error, by appointing his heir against God's sentence pronounced before.(:note) 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.
geneva@Genesis:27:34 @ When Esau heard the wordes of his father, he cryed out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayde vnto his father, Blesse me, euen me also, my father.
geneva@Genesis:27:35 @ Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken away thy blessing.
geneva@Genesis:27:36 @ And he said, Is not he rightly named (note:)In (Gen_25:26) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver.(:note) 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?
geneva@Genesis:27:37 @ And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him (note:)For Isaac did this as he was the minister and prophet of God.(:note) 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?
geneva@Genesis:27:38 @ Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept.
geneva@Genesis:27:39 @ Then Izhak his father answered, and sayde vnto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shal be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue.
geneva@Genesis:27:40 @ And (note:)Because your enemies will be all around you.(:note) by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt Which was fulfilled in his posterity the Idumeans: who were tributaries for a time to Israel, and later came to freedom. 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.
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