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Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
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A Web of Deceit
Commentators are unanimous that Jacob's statement is not a clever ruse but a series of direct lies. Scholars like John Gill point out at least three falsehoods in this one verse: claiming to be Esau, claiming to have done as his father commanded, and claiming the food was venison he had hunted. The act of deception is presented without excuse.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years, he was contemporary with his father. For sixty-one more years, his…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, wh…
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16th Century
Protestant
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau. At first Jacob was timid and anxious; now, having dismissed his fear, he confidently and audaci…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob said to his father, I [am] Esau your firstborn , &c.] Had he only said that he was his firstborn, he might have…
Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point and received the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distingu…
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