Genesis 27:1
Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.
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- Gen 48:10 : 10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
- Gen 25:23-25 : 23 and the LORD said to her,“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.” 24 When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.
- John 9:3 : 3 Jesus answered,“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.
- Eccl 12:3 : 3 when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,
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- Gen 27:30-345 verses83%
30Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
31He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau said to him,“My father, get up and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.”
32His father Isaac asked,“Who are you?”“I am your firstborn son,” he replied,“Esau!”
33Isaac began to shake violently and asked,“Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!”
34When Esau heard his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father,“Bless me too, my father!”
- Gen 27:18-269 verses82%
18He went to his father and said,“My father!” Isaac replied,“Here I am. Which are you, my son?”
19Jacob said to his father,“I am Esau, your firstborn. I’ve done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me.”
20But Isaac asked his son,“How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?”“Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
21Then Isaac said to Jacob,“Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.”
22So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said,“The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.”
23He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.
24Then he asked,“Are you really my son Esau?”“I am,” Jacob replied.
25Isaac said,“Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you.” So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.
26Then his father Isaac said to him,“Come here and kiss me, my son.”
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2Isaac said,“Since I am so old, I could die at any time.
- Gen 27:36-394 verses78%
36Esau exclaimed,“‘Jacob is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked,“Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
37Isaac replied to Esau,“Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
38Esau said to his father,“Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.
39So his father Isaac said to him,“See here, your home will be by the richness of the earth, and by the dew of the sky above.
- Gen 27:5-62 verses78%
5Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back,
6Rebekah said to her son Jacob,“Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,
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7Isaac said to his father Abraham,“My father?”“What is it, my son?” he replied.“Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said,“but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
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32“Look,” said Esau,“I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”
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8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!
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16However, Eli called Samuel and said,“Samuel, my son!” He replied,“Here I am.”
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26When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
- Gen 27:41-433 verses74%
41So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately,“The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
42When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him,“Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.
43Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.
- Gen 27:10-112 verses73%
10Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”
11“But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah,“and I have smooth skin!
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1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.
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29Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
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15Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.