And he also had made savory 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.
31. Let my father arise ] Cf. 19. The effect of this scene is heightened by the use of almost identical language.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That Esau did not come to his father till the meat was dressed, may be ascribed partly to his own choice, that he might come with more acceptance; and partly to Rebekah, who could easily hinder his coming sooner by specious pretences and artifices.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father,…. Which was made of real venison, or of creatures taken in hunting, and not like Jacob’s, made of other flesh, in imitation of it; for what the Jewish writers a say is not to be regarded, that he was hindered from getting true venison, by angels loosing the deer he bound; still less what the Targum of Jonathan says, that he killed a dog, made savoury meat of it, and brought it to his father:
and said unto his father, let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me; this address is made by Esau to his father in a very respectful manner, as became a dutiful son to an aged and honoured parent; who in obedience to his command had prepared agreeable food for him, and now brought it to him, in order to receive his blessing, which he had himself proposed to give him upon it.
a Bereshit Rabba, sect. 67. fol. 59. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(31) He also had made.Heb., he also made, Esau returned just as Jacob was leaving Isaacs presence. There would still be some considerable delay before the captured game was made into savoury meat
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 27:31 And 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.
Ver. 31. And he also had made savoury meat. ] Esau’s works here are better than Jacob’s. Election is not of works, but of grace. Rom 9:11 Quis te discernit? saith the apostle. 1Co 4:7 Grevinchovius, the Arminian, saucily answers, Ego meipsum dicerno. And surely, had the cause of our election been either by our faith, or good works foreseen, as the Papists and Arminians would have it, St Paul might have spared his question, or soon received a ready answer.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
eat: Gen 27:4
Reciprocal: Gen 25:28 – he did eat of his venison Gen 27:14 – mother Heb 12:17 – when he