Genesis 27:1, Isaac sends Esau for venison; Genesis 27:6, Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing; Genesis 27:14, Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it; Genesis 27:30, Esau brings venison; Genesis 27:33, Isaac trembles; Genesis 27:34, Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing; Genesis 27:41, He threatens Jacob’s life; Genesis 27:42, Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away.
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1. Issac and Rebekah, or plotting and counterplotting.
I. THE SCHEME OF ISAAC.
1. Its sinful object. The heavenly oracle having with no uncertain sound proclaimed Jacob the…