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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 27:39 — And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
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Behold
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Gen 36:6-8; Jos 24:4; Hbr 11:20 |
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the fatness
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or, of the fatness Gen 27:28, It is here foretold, says Bp. Newton, that as to temporal advantages, the two brothers should be much alike. (See Gen 27:28, .) Esau had cattle, beasts, and substance in abundance, and he went to dwell in Mount Seir of his own accord. When the Israelites desired leave to pass through the territories of Edom, the country abounded with fruitful fields and vineyards. (Num 20:17, .) |
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Gen 36:6 |
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. |
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Gen 36:7 |
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. |
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Gen 36:8 |
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom. |
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Jos 24:4 |
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. |
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Hbr 11:20 |
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. |
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Gen 27:28 |
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: |
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Gen 27:28 |
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: |
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Num 20:17 |
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink [of] the water of the wells: we will go by the king's [high] way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. |
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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 27:39," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/27/39.html>.
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