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Genesis
25:1-6. SONS OF ABRAHAM.
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Verse 1. Abraham took a
wife--rather, "had taken"; for Keturah is called
Abraham's concubine, or secondary wife (1Ch
1:32); and as, from her bearing six sons to him, it
is improbable that he married after Sarah's death; and
also as he sent them all out to seek their own
independence, during his lifetime, it is clear that this
marriage is related here out of its chronological order,
merely to form a proper winding up of the patriarch's
history.
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Verse 5, 6. Abraham gave all that
he had unto Isaac . . . unto the sons of the
concubines . . . Abraham gave gifts--While
the chief part of the inheritance went to Isaac; the
other sons (Ishmael included) migrated to "the East
country," that is, Arabia, but received each a portion
of the patrimony, perhaps in cattle and other things;
and this settlement of Abraham's must have given
satisfaction, since it is still the rule followed among
the pastoral tribes.
Genesis
25:7-11. DEATH OF ABRAHAM.
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Verse 7. these are the days of
. . . Abraham--His death is here related,
though he lived till Jacob and Esau were fifteen years,
just one hundred years after coming to Canaan; "the
father of the faithful," "the friend of God" [Jas
2:23], died; and even in his death, the promises
were fulfilled (compare Genesis
15:15). We might have wished some memorials of his
deathbed experience; but the Spirit of God has withheld
them--nor was it necessary; for (see Mt
7:16) from earth he passed into heaven (Lu
16:22). Though dead he yet liveth (Mt
22:32).
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Verse 9, 10. his sons
. . . buried him--Death often puts an end
to strife, reconciles those who have been alienated, and
brings rival relations, as in this instance, to mingle
tears over a father's grave.
Genesis
25:12-18. DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL. Before passing to the line of the
promised seed, the historian gives a brief notice of
Ishmael, to show that the promises respecting that son
of Abraham were fulfilled--first, in the greatness of
his posterity (compare Genesis
17:20); and, secondly, in their independence.
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Verse 18. he died--rather, "it
[their lot] fell" in the presence of his brethren
(compare Genesis
16:12).
Genesis
25:19-34. HISTORY OF ISAAC.
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Verse 19. these are the
generations--account of the leading events in his
life.
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Verse 21. Isaac entreated the Lord
for his wife--Though tried in a similar way to his
father, he did not follow the same crooked policy.
Twenty years he continued unblessed with offspring,
whose seed was to be "as the stars" [Genesis
26:4]. But in answer to their mutual prayers (1Pe
3:7), Rebekah was divinely informed that she was to
be the mother of twins, who should be the progenitors of
two independent nations; that the descendants of the
younger should be the more powerful and subdue those of
the other (Ro
9:12; 2Ch 21:8).
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Verse 27. the boys grew--from
the first, opposite to each other in character, manners,
and habits.
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Verse 28. The parents were
divided in their affection; and while the grounds, at
least of the father's partiality, were weak, the
distinction made between the children led, as such
conduct always does, to unhappy consequences.
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Verse 29. Jacob sod
pottage--made of lentils or small beans, which are
common in Egypt and Syria. It is probable that it was
made of Egyptian beans, which Jacob had procured as a
dainty; for Esau was a stranger to it. It is very
palatable; and to the weary hunter, faint with hunger,
its odor must have been irresistibly tempting.
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Verse 31. Jacob said, Sell me
. . . thy birthright--that is, the rights
and privileges of the first-born, which were very
important, the chief being that they were the family
priests (Ex
4:22) and had a double portion of the inheritance
(De
21:17).
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Verse 32. Esau said . . .
I am at the point to die--that is, I am running
daily risk of my life; and of what use will the
birthright be to me: so he despised or cared little
about it, in comparison with gratifying his appetite--he
threw away his religious privileges for a trifle; and
thence he is styled "a profane person" (Heb
12:16; also Job
31:7, 16; 6:13; Php 3:19). "There was never any
meat, except the forbidden fruit, so dear bought, as
this broth of Jacob" [BISHOP HALL].
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Jamieson, Robert,
D.D. "Commentary on Genesis 25". "Commentary Critical and
Explanatory
on the Whole Bible".
<http://www.studylight.org/com/jfb/view.cgi?book=ge&chapter=25>.
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