29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
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Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: …
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. …
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-34)We have here a bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau’s by providence but Jacob’s by promise. It was a spiritual privilege, including the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power, as well as the double portion, Gen. 49:3. It seemed to be such a birthright as had then the blessing annexed to it, and the entail of the promise. Now see, I. Jacob’s pious desi…
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