Genesis 27:29
May the people of different nations serve you and bow down to you. May you rule over your relatives, and may they bow down to you. May everyone who curses you be cursed, and may everyone who blesses you be blessed.”
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28“May God use the dew of heaven and fertile land to give you rich harvests of grain and new wine!
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you; I will curse those who curse you. Everyone on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 25:22The twin babies inside her struggled with each other. So she asked the Lord, “Why is this happening to me?”
Genesis 25:33“First you have to swear to me,” Jacob demanded. So Esau swore an oath selling his rights of the firstborn to Jacob.
Genesis 27:40You will make a living by using your sword, and you will be your brother's servant. But when you rebel, you will throw off his yoke from your neck.”
Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will defeat your enemies. Your father's sons shall bow down to you in respect.
Numbers 23:8But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:19-30
The Fraud of Jacob. ( b. c. 1760.) 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may… Read the whole commentary →