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Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
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A Warning on Favoritism
Commentators point to this verse as a clear warning against parental partiality. Isaac and Rebekah each had a favorite son, which created division. Scholars like Matthew Henry advise that even if parents feel more affection for one child, they should strive to act with justice and equality toward all children to avoid causing strife within the family.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פדן padān — Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.”
עשׂי ‛êśâv, Esau, “hairy, or made.”
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
And Isaac loved Esau. That God might more clearly show his own election to be sufficiently firm, to need no assistance elsewhere, and even…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
