31And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
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And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-40)Here is, I. The covenant-blessing denied to Esau. He that made so light of the birthright would now have inherited the blessing, but he was rejected, and found no place of repentance in his father, though he sought it carefully with tears , Heb. 12:17. Observe, 1. How carefully he sought it. He prepared the savoury meat, as his father had directed him, and then begged the blessing which his father…
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