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(2.) It grieved them that he married the
daughters of Hittites, who had no religion
among them; for Isaac remembered his father's
care concerning him, that he should by no
means marry a Canaanite.
(3.) It should seem, the wives he married were
provoking in their conduct towards Isaac and
Rebekah; those children have little reason to
expect the blessing of God who do that which
is a grief of mind to their good parents.
35 which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis -27
Jacob Obtains Isaac’s Blessing
1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were
dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, my son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Here is,
Isaac's design to make his will, and to declare Esau his heir. The promise of the Messiah and the land of Canaan was a great trust, first committed to Abraham, inclusive and typical of spiritual and eternal blessings; this, by divine direction, he transmitted to Isaac. Isaac, being now old, and not knowing, or not understanding, or not duly considering, the divine oracle concerning his two sons, that the elder should serve the younger, resolves to entail all the honour and power that were wrapped up in the promise upon Esau his eldest son. In this he was governed more by natural affection, and the common method of settlements, than he ought to have been, if he knew