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Genesis 27

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Genesis 27:2 [1] Isaac lived another forty-three years after this blessing was given to Jacob ( 35:27-29).
Genesis 27:2 [1] Isaac lived another forty-three years after this blessing was given to Jacob ( 35:27-29).
Genesis 27:2 [2] Lit the day of my death.
Genesis 27:2 [2] Lit the day of my death.
Genesis 27:7 [3] The patriarch's formal blessing, offered before the LORD, was equivalent to an inalterable command and prophecy, whose outcome was assured. For that reason it had great importance and tangible value, especially for the firstborn son. When Esau sold his birthright ( 25:33), he did not imagine that, as a consequence, he would actually lose the blessing to which he had originally been entitled as the firstborn.
Genesis 27:7 [3] The patriarch's formal blessing, offered before the LORD, was equivalent to an inalterable command and prophecy, whose outcome was assured. For that reason it had great importance and tangible value, especially for the firstborn son. When Esau sold his birthright ( 25:33), he did not imagine that, as a consequence, he would actually lose the blessing to which he had originally been entitled as the firstborn.
Genesis 27:28 [4] The Hebrew word refers to wine that is in the first stage of fermentation, still in the vat. Some of the rabbis said that the first stage takes three days, and that wine does not have a strong appeal to the senses until it is 40 days old (according to the Talmud).
Genesis 27:28 [4] The Hebrew word refers to wine that is in the first stage of fermentation, still in the vat. Some of the rabbis said that the first stage takes three days, and that wine does not have a strong appeal to the senses until it is 40 days old (according to the Talmud).
Genesis 27:36 [5] See note 25:26.
Genesis 27:36 [5] See note 25:26.
Genesis 27:45 [6] Rebekah never saw her son Jacob again. He was well over forty and probably fifty-seven years old when he fled from Esau to Haran, and he stayed there at least twenty years.
Genesis 27:45 [6] Rebekah never saw her son Jacob again. He was well over forty and probably fifty-seven years old when he fled from Esau to Haran, and he stayed there at least twenty years.
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