Now Esau hated Jacob.GENESIS 27:41+The Raging of the DevilYou see how the devil rages in the home life and the household of even the saintliest people. It is not without cause that we warn so often an...  Read More

"Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.GENESIS 27:38+Treasure the BlessingLet us enjoy the blessing we now have and the grac...  Read More

Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing."GENESIS 27:36+The Beginning of HatredWith t...  Read More

[Isaac] said, "Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing."GENESIS 27:35+An Unchangeable WorkAt this point the question is raised why Isaac did not revoke the blessing, since J...  Read More

And Isaac . . . blessed [Jacob]...GENESIS 27:27-29+Blessing Assailed but Not OvercomeEventually the outcome was in accord with the prophecy. For how much Jacob suffered immediately after the beginning...  Read More

"Blessed be everyone who blesses you!"GENESIS 27:29+Blessing through TrialsAfter Isaac has mentioned the curses, that is, the cross and the trials which accompany those outstanding and rich blessings,...  Read More

"Cursed be everyone who curses you."GENESIS 27:29+Be Strong in the Face of CursesHow many even very pious people . . . feel the curses and anguish of hell more than they feel the divine and heavenly b...  Read More

"Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!"GENESIS 27:29+Victory in the CrossIn the last part, the holy cross follows. Yet at the same time it is victory through and ...  Read More

"Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you."GENESIS 27:29+Earthly AuthorityThe second part of the blessing has to do with the state and pertains to authority; for Jacob is appointed lord over...  Read More

[Isaac said,] "May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine."GENESIS 27:28+Daily Bread Comes from GodThis is the form of the blessing, and its fir...  Read More

Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."GENESIS 27:22+Blessing Versus CurseGod brings it about that Isaac is inten...  Read More

"Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you."GENESIS 27:8+God's InstrumentsLet everyone diligently and faithfully do his duty which has been committed to him by God. But let him beware of r...  Read More