Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 27:39

39 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 .

In a country competently fruitful and refreshed with convenient dews and showers. Obj. Thus Esau seems to have the same blessing which was before given to Iacob. Ans. 1. Thought it may seem to be the same as to the fertility of the Soil, in which divers other parts of the World did and do equal the land of Canaan, yet there is an observable difference in the manner of Isaacs expression. When he speaks of Esau, he onely saith, Thy dwelling shall be the fatness, &c. But when he speaks to Iacob, he saith, God give thee, or shall give thee of the fatness, &c. which words being, as it may seem, purposely omitted concerning Esau, and so emphatically expressed concerning Iacob seem to intimate, especially if compared with many other Scriptures where that phrase is applyed to good men, that Esaus fat soil was rather taken by himself then given by God, or if given by God, to him, it was only by his general providence by which he giveth food to all creatures; whereas Iacobs fat and fruitful Soil was derived to him and his by Gods special gift as a token of his singular kindness and pledge of greater blessings. 2. This is but one branch of the blessing, the other part which concerns Dignity and Sup[illegible: 1+ letters]rity is expresly given to Iacob, ver. 29. and denied to Esau, ver. 40.

Marginal references: Ver. 28. Heb. 11. 20.; Or, of the fatness.