Approaching Blessed Blessing Bore Brother Death Draw Esau Father's Full Grudge Hate Hated Hateth Heart Held Jacob Kill Mourning Slay Weeping Wherewith
27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; {l} then will I slay my brother Jacob.
(l) Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men.
27:41-46 Esau bore malice to Jacob on account of the blessing he had obtained. Thus he went in the way of Cain, who slew his brother, because he gained that acceptance with God of which he had rendered himself unworthy. Esau aimed to prevent Jacob or his seed from having the dominion, by taking away his life. Men may fret at God's counsels, but cannot change them. To prevent mischief, Rebekah warned Jacob of his danger, and advised him to withdraw for his safety. We must not presume too far upon the wisdom and resolution, even of the most hopeful and promising children; but care must be taken to keep them out of the way of evil. When reading this chapter, we should not fail to observe, that we must not follow even the best of men further than they act according to the law of God. We must not do evil that good may come. And though God overruled the bad actions recorded in this chapter, to fulfil his purposes, yet we see his judgment of them, in the painful consequences to all the parties concerned. It was the peculiar privilege and advantage of Jacob to convey these spiritual blessings to all nations. The Christ, the Saviour of the world, was to be born of some one family; and Jacob's was preferred to Esau's, out of the good pleasure of Almighty God, who is certainly the best judge of what is fit, and has an undoubted right to dispense his favours as he sees proper, Ro 9:12-15.
Approaching Blessed Blessing Bore Death Draw Esau Father's Full Grudge Hand Hate Hated Hateth Heart Held Jacob Kill Mourning Slay Weeping Wherewith
Approaching Blessed Blessing Bore Death Draw Esau Father's Full Grudge Hand Hate Hated Hateth Heart Held Jacob Kill Mourning Slay Weeping Wherewith
