...now independent of Israel ; and thus was fulfilled the second part of Isaac's prophetic blessings, " It shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion,...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck." From this time forward there are no further notices of the Edomites in the historical books of the...

...also, O my father! And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shall serve thy brother : and it shall come to pass, when...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him ; and Esau said in his...

...badge and symbol of slavery. "Thou shalt serve thy brother," says the Patriarch to his eldest son ; " and it shall come to pass " when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt " break his yoke (fuyov) from off thy neck f. It was under this kind of yoke, or under a staff, beam, or spear representing...

...fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heavfli from above, and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shah serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass, when...dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck :" verses 39, 40. These blessings have not only respect to their o«n proper persons, but also to their...

...thy sword shalt thou live, and shah' serve. thy brother : and it shall come to pass when thou shah have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. i ANNOTATIONS AN* REFLECTIONS. There is something so affecting in the account which is given in this...

...him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and el' the dew of heaven from above. 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 4 1 And Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said...

...thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee ; and it shall come to pass when thou shult have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. Hence it was said, and Esau hated Jacob. All this was literally accomplished, for the descendants of...

...fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; and by thy sword shalt thou live, and shall serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass, when...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck." The reader is left to determine for himself respecting the import of this paternal blessing. It seems,...

...dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and ' shalt serve thy brother ; and m a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 "Behold, th oft' thy neck. «ch.37.4.». 41 1 And Esau "hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father...

...above ; and by thy sword shall thou live and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass that when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck." V. CATECHETICAL QUESTIONS. 1. What are the words of th« Text ? Read them, 2. Why did Isaac ask Esau...