...serenity of the climate, prove this to be indeed ' a field which the Lord hath blessed ; God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.' " These are glowing words, and would furnish a considerably exaggerated statement as applied to the...

...by birth-right, I leave the reader to judge: and to believe, if he can, that these words of Isaac, " be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's " sons bow down to thee," confirmed Jacob in a sovereignty over Esau, upon the account of the birth-right he had got from him....

...heir of his father's substance. He had dominion over his brethren. Isaac, in blessing Jacob, said, "Be lord over thy brethren; and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee." It was the privilege of the first born to have the priest's office. In all these respects there is...

...and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LOUD hath blessed : Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness...and wine : Let people serve thee, and nations bow clown to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every...

...this land to be indeed я field which the Lord hath blessed (Gen. xxvii. 28.) : God liath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine."1 Such being the state of the Holy Land, at least of that part of it which is properly cultivated,...

...the Lord, as the land of Egypt." * Isaac, when blessing Jacob, declared that God should give him " of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn arid wine."f The spies whom Moses despatched to see whether " the land be good or bad, fat or lean,...

...after the best part of Jacob's portion, yet he was very earnest to have had that clause of it reversed, Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. If this could have been granted him, he had been satisfied ; for the fatness of the earth was all he...

...blessing for him, and he obtained it; but his desire was to have that clause of Jacob's reversed,—" be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee." This would have satisfied him, for the things of this life alone did he care for. But as the temporal...

...declines the honour of precedency given him in the blessing, calling Esau hit lord. Isaac bad said to him, Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee ; but Jacob either understood it of spiritual ascendency, or if of temporal, as referring to his posterity,...

...the dew of heaven, and AC 1700. the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine : ~n^TIi — 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee...curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 5T And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce...