THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

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And Isaac loved Esau. That God might more clearly show his own election to be sufficiently firm, to need no assistance elsewhere, and even…

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison ,
&c.] Better than Jacob, not only because he was his firs…

Esau hunted the beasts of the field with dexterity and success, until he became a conqueror, ruling over his neighbors. Jacob was a plain man, one …