Genesis 27:1-4 NKJV,NLT

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:2

Verse 2 2.Behold, now I am old, I know not the day of my death. There is not the least doubt that Isaac implored daily blessings on his sons all his life: this, therefore, appears to have been an extraordinary kind of benediction. Moreover, the declaration that he knew not the day of his death, is as much as if he had said, that death was every moment pressing so closely upon him, a decrepit and failing man, that he dared not promise himself any longer life. Just as a woman with child when the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:4

Verse 4 4.That my soul may bless thee. Wonderfully was the faith of the holy man blended with a foolish and inconsiderate carnal affection. The general principle of faith flourishes in his mind, when, in blessing his son, he consigns to him, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, the right of the inheritance which had been divinely promised to himself. Meanwhile, he is blindly carried away by the love of his firstborn son, to prefer him to the other; and in this way he contends against the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:1

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, —according to the generally accepted calculation, in his one hundred and thirty-seventh year. Joseph, having been introduced to Pharaoh in his thirtieth year ( Genesis 41:46 ), and having been thirty-nine years of age ( Genesis 45:6 ) when his father, aged one hundred and thirty ( Genesis 47:9 ), came down to Egypt, must have been born before Jacob was ninety-one; consequently, as his birth occurred in the fourteenth year of Jacob's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:1-14

The stolen blessing: a domestic drama. 1. Issac and Rebekah , or plotting and counterplotting . I. THE SCHEME OF ISAAC . 1. Its sinful object . The heavenly oracle having with no uncertain sound proclaimed Jacob the theocratic heir, the bestowment of the patriarchal benediction on Esau was clearly an unholy design. That Isaac, who on Mount Moriah had evinced such meek and ready acquiescence in Jehovah's will, should in old age, from partiality towards his firstborn,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:2

And he ( i . e . Isaac) sa id, Behold now, I am old, and know not the day of my death. Isaac had manifestly become apprehensive of the near approach of dissolution. His failing sight, and probably the recollection that Ishmael, his half-brother, had died at 137 (if that was Isaac's age at this time; wide supra ), occasioned the suspicion that his own end could not be remote, though he lived forty-three or sixty-three years longer, according to the calculation adopted, expiring at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:3

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons ,—the word "weapon" signifying a utensil, vessel, or finished instrument of any sort (cf. Genesis 14:1-24 :53; Genesis 31:37 ; Genesis 45:20 ). Here it manifestly denotes weapons employed in hunting, and in particular those next specified— thy quiver —the ἅπαξ λέγομενον, תְּלִי : from תָּלָה to hang, properly is "that which is suspended;" hence a quiver, φαρέτραν ( LXX .), pharetram (Vulgate), which commonly depends from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:4

And make me savory meat ,—"delicious food," from a root whose primary idea is to taste, or try the flavor, of a thing. Schultens observes that the corresponding Arabic term is specially applied to dishes made of flesh taken in hunting, and highly esteemed by nomad tribes— such as I love (cf. Genesis 25:28 , the ground of his partiality for Esau), and bring it to me, that I may eat ;—"Though Isaac was blind and weak in his eyes, yet it seem-eth his body was of a strong constitution,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 27:1-46

- Isaac Blessing His SonsThe life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life.Genesis 27:1-4Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he stood before Pharaoh, and therefore thirty-nine when... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 27:1

Genesis 27:1. When Isaac was old A hundred and thirty-seven years old; but he lived forty years after this. And his eyes were dim Whereby God brought about his own purpose of bestowing the blessing on Jacob. He called Esau, his eldest son With a view to declare him his heir. The promise of the Messiah, and the land of Canaan, was a great trust, first committed to Abraham, inclusive and typical of spiritual and eternal blessings; this, by divine direction, he transmitted to Isaac. Isaac,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 27:2

Genesis 27:2. I know not the day of my death How soon I may die; a declaration which every man may make, and which every man ought well to consider, and lay to heart. It is great mercy and wisdom in God to conceal from us the time of our dissolution. Hereby foreboding fear on the one hand, and vain presumption on the other, are prevented, and a strong motive is afforded us always to live and walk in the Spirit, and be like men waiting for their lord, that when Jesus cometh to call us hence,... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 27:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 27:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 27:1-46

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 27:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 27:2

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