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`Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.`
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A Blessing Before the Lord
Commentators emphasize that Isaac's phrase 'before the Lord' was not merely a figure of speech. It signified that this blessing was a solemn, official act performed in God's presence and with His authority. This divine sanction made the blessing irrevocable, which is why its proper bestowal was of the utmost importance to the family.
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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
Before the Lord (Jehovah) — Rebekah has been accused of inserting words which Isaac had not used; but it is unreasonable …
Baptist
He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likel…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat Fetch him venison out of the field, and dress it in a savoury manner, and brin…
Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by deceiving him; she wronged Jacob by …
