"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

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, 'Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the LORD before I die.' Now the...  Read More

"Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for My servant Abraham's sake."GENESIS 26:24+Look for Eternal BlessingsAs for you, if God tries and scourges you, believe, a...  Read More

And the LORD appeared to [Isaac] the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for My servant Abraham's sake...  Read More

So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines ha...  Read More

And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him.GENESIS 26:12+Staying Strong While We WaitLet us learn from this passage to persevere in faith, lest we dou...  Read More

Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."GENESIS 26:11+Peace in the Midst of EnemiesYou see how kind the Lord is to His saints. To b...  Read More