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Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"
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Incomplete Repentance
Commentators like Calvin and Henry see Esau's actions as a picture of flawed repentance. He observed his parents' displeasure with his Canaanite wives and tried to fix it by marrying an Ishmaelite. However, he didn't divorce his other wives or truly change his heart. This serves as a warning against trying to 'atone' for our sins with a single good deed rather than seeking a thorough, root-level change of heart and life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
קהל qâhāl — “congregation.”
מחלת māchălat — Machalath, “sickness, or a harp.”
לוּז l…
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
When Esau saw. A brief narration concerning Esau is inserted here, which is useful to know, because we learn from it that the wicked, thou…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob Had conferred the blessing before given, or had wished him a good journey;…
Good examples impress even the ungodly and malicious. But Esau thought, by pleasing his parents in one thing, to atone for other wrongdoings. Carna…
