4And 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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By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here is, I. Isaac’s design to make his will, and to declare Esau his heir. The promise of the Messiah and the land of Canaan was a great trust, first committed to Abraham, inclusive and typical of spiritual and eternal blessings; this, by divine direction, he transmitted to Isaac. Isaac, being now old, and not knowing, or not understanding, or not duly considering, the divine oracle concerning his…
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