Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 27:36
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Genesis27:36
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob ? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my Birth-right , and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing: and he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
He puts a perverse construction upon Iacobs name, as if it belonged not to him so properly because of the manner of his Birth, as because of his falseness and deceitfulness, and his tripping up his Brothers heels.
A false Accusation; Iacob did not take it deceitfully, but Esau sold it profanely.
Marginal references: chap. 25. 26.; That is, a supplanter.; chap. 25. 33.
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