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Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
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The Fear of Resisting God
Commentators explain that Isaac's "exceeding trembling" was not just anger at being deceived, but a profound spiritual shock. He realized he had been trying to follow his own preference for Esau, thereby resisting God's divine will. His fear, scholars note, was a recognition that God's sovereign plan had prevailed despite his own intentions.
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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
Isaac trembled very exceedingly. —This was not from mere vexation at having been so deceived and made to give the blessin…
16th Century
Protestant
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly. Here again, the faith that had been smothered in the breast of the holy man shines forth and emits fr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly Or "trembled with a great trembling exceedingly" F2; he was amazed, a…
When Esau understood that Jacob had received the blessing, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry. The day is coming when those who now mak…
