11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
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And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-17)Rebekah is here contriving to procure for Jacob the blessing which was designed for Esau; and here, I. The end was good, for she was directed in this intention by the oracle of God, by which she had been governed in dispensing her affections. God had said it should be so, that the elder should serve the younger ; and therefore Rebekah resolves it shall be so, and cannot bear to see her husband des…
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