Genesis 27:37

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Isaac	יִצְחָ֜ק yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
answered	וַיַּ֨עַן vai.Ya.'an	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Esau	לְעֵשָׂ֗ו le.'e.Sav	H6215	Esav · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
made	שַׂמְתִּ֥יו sam.Tiv	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
lord	גְּבִ֞יר ge.Vir	H1376	a master · noun, common masculine singular absolute
brethren	אֶחָ֗יו 'e.Chav	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
given	נָתַ֤תִּי na.Ta.ti	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
servants	לַעֲבָדִ֔ים la.'a.va.Dim	H5650	a servant · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
corn	וְדָגָ֥ן ve.da.Gan	H1715	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wine	וְתִירֹ֖שׁ ve.ti.Rosh	H8492	must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sustained	סְמַכְתִּ֑יו se.makh.Tiv	H5564	to prop (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
do	אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה 'e.'e.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
now	אֵפ֔וֹא 'e.Fo'	H645	strictly a demonstrative particle · interjection
son	בְּנִֽי be.Ni	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Genesis 25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people sha…
Genesis 27:28-29 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
2 Samuel 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved Dav…
Romans 9:10-12 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:30-40

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 had encouraged him to expect, Gen 27:31. When he understood that Jacob had obtained it surreptitiously, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, Gen 27:34. No man could have laid the disappointment more to heart than he did; he made his father's tent to ring with his grief, and again (Gen 27…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:30

Esau came in from his hunting--Scarcely had the former scene been concluded, when the fraud was discovered. The emotions of Isaac, as well as Esau, may easily be imagined--the astonishment, alarm, and sorrow of the one; the disappointment and indignation of the other. But a moment's reflection convinced the aged patriarch that the transfer of the blessing was "of the Lord," and now irrevocable. The importunities of Esau, however, overpowered him; and as the prophetic afflatus was upon the patriarch, he added what was probably as pleasing to a man of Esau's character as the other would have been.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:37

I have made him thy lord - See note on Gen 27:28.

John Gill on Genesis 27:37

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau,.... Giving an account of the blessing be had bestowed upon his brother: behold, I have made him thy lord; the lord of his posterity, who would be subdued and become tributary to his seed: and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; the Edomites, who sprung from his brother Esau, who, according to this prophetic blessing, became servants to David, who was a son of Jacob's; see Gill on Genesis 27:29, and with corn and wine have I sustained him; promised him a fruitful country, the land of Canaan, abounding with all good things, particularly with corn and wine, which are put for all the rest: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? what i…

Dictionary and topics

Corn — The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas,…
Father — A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings…
Jacob — One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was…
Judas Iscariot — (Judas of Kerioth). He is sometimes called “the son of Simon,” (John 6:71; 13:2,26) but more commonly ISCARIOTES. (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16) etc. The name Iscariot has received many…
Benedictions · Upon Jacob — Upon Jacob
Edomites, The · Predictions respecting: Subjection to Israel — Predictions respecting: Subjection to Israel
Isaac · .His old age, last blessing upon his — .His old age, last blessing upon his
Parents · . — .
Rulers · Patriarchal — Patriarchal
Wine · With corn and oil, denoted all temporal blessings — With corn and oil, denoted all temporal blessings

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 27:37

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:30-40

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:30

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:37

John Gill on Genesis 27:37

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 27:37

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:30-40

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:30

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:37

John Gill on Genesis 27:37

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 27:37

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 27:30-40

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 27:37

Rashi on Genesis 27:37