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Gen 27:27 — And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son [is] as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

blessed		Hbr 11:20
the smell of a field		A field where aromatic plants, flowers, fruits, and spices grew in abundance, with which these garments (see Gen 27:15) of Esau might probably have been perfumed by being laid up with them. Sgs 2:13; Sgs 4:11-14; Sgs 7:12,13; Hsa 14:6,7
which		Gen 26:12; Hbr 6:7

Correlating Passages

blessed

Hbr 11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

the smell of a field

	Gen 27:15	And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which [were] with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
	Sgs 2:13	The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
	Sgs 4:11	Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
	Sgs 4:12	A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
	Sgs 4:13	Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
	Sgs 4:14	Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
	Sgs 7:12	Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
	Sgs 7:13	The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
	Hsa 14:6	His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
	Hsa 14:7	They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.

which

	Gen 26:12	Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
	Hbr 6:7	For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 27:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/27/27.html>.

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