 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; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have...  Manual of Bible history. Gradation 1-3 - Page 16by Charles Baker - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Robert Wilson Evans - 1834 - 390 pages
...as remained from the full feast of his brother. Isaac blessed him and said, " Behold, thy dwell1ng shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck'." All which was literally fulfilled in himself and his posterity. The Edomites, or Idumasans, his descendants,... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 pages
...father's reply foretold the subjection of Esau's posterity to Jacob's, and their final emancipation. ' By thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.' Gen. xxvii. 38. 40. 21 2 Chron. xxv. 11-14. 20. Josephus mentions one of these idols to have been the... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 pages
...father's reply foretold the subjection of Esau's posterity to Jacob's, and their final emancipation. ' By thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.' Gen. xxvii. 38. 40. " 2 Chron. xxv. 11-14. 20. Josephus mentions one of these idols to have been the... | |
 | Etienne Achille Réveil - 1834 - 568 pages
...And Esau lifted up his voice , and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, Ihy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of...shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shalt come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion , that thou shalt break is yoke from of thy neck.... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1834 - 1038 pages
...fatness of tilt earth, and plenty of corn and wine : and much the same is said to Esau, ver. 39. — Behold thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. The spiritual blessing, or the promise of the blessed seed, could be given only to ONE; but temporal... | |
 | William Allen (of Peel.) - 1835 - 426 pages
...prophecy, informing him partly of his own future condition, and partly of that of his posterity. " Behold thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth....the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from oft- thy neck." There are two verses in the 12th chapter to the Hebrews, that relate to this subject... | |
 | John Goodwin - 1835 - 568 pages
...in his for a time, yet, according to the prophetical prediction of their father Isaac unto Esau, " And it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck," (Gen. xxvii. 40,) not long after, the Idumeans, Esau's posterity, joining with Nebuchadnezzar in the... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 pages
...the subjection of Esau's posterity to .lacub'n, and their final emancipation. " By thy sword shall thou live, and Shalt serve thy brother; and it shall...pass, when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shall break his yoke from off thy neck."—Gen. s >. vil, 38,40. Il 2 Chron. xxi. 8-10. 2 Kings, viii.... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1835 - 464 pages
...fertility and early cultivation are implied not only in the blessings of Esau, whose dwelling was to be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; but also in the condition proposed by Moses to the Edomites, when he solicited a passage for the... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pages
...example, when Isaac was prophetically blessing his two sons, he said to Esau : " By thy sword shall thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall...that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck." And we find that Jeremiah was commanded to make and wear a wooden yoke upon his shoulders, and to send... | |
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