 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 938 sider
...situation, and other temporal advantages, they should be much alike. It was said to Jacob: God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the 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,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 696 sider
...this land to be indeed a field which the Lord hath blessed (Gen. xxvii. 27.) : God hath given it i>f the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty ttfcnrn and wine."7 Such being the state of the Holy Land, at least of that part of it which is properly... | |
 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 sider
...Besides the prophecy just quoted, we find when Isaac invoked a blessing on Jacob he said, " God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." In the eightieth Psalm, the Israelitish people and their national vicissitudes are compared to " a... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 910 sider
...and other temporal advantages,, they should be much alike. . ;It was said to Jacob : God give thee or ; and much the same is said to Esau, ver. 39 : Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness nf the earth,... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1838 - 428 sider
...history of Esau and Jacob. (Gen. xxvii. 28.) When Isaac blessed Jacob, his words are " God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine ;" but when he turns to Esau, his form of benediction runs thus, " Behold, thy dwelling shall be the... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1838 - 234 sider
...the smell of my son is as the smell of a field, which the Lord hath blessed. Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee ; Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 sider
...this land to be indeed a field which the Lord halk blessed (Gen. «vii. 27, 28) ; God hath given it the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." " Syria," says Gibbon, " one of the countries that have been improved by the most early cultivation,... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 sider
...smell of £S my son и as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: therefore God give thee their corn and their wine increased. 8 I £9 and wine : let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and... | |
 | William Hill Tucker - 1838 - 512 sider
...and power and might which should arise to the world in Christ from the line of his posterity, — " and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine ; — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee; — be lord over thy brethren, and let thy... | |
 | Ephraim Banks - 1838 - 436 sider
...and he drank." What was the great blessing that Isaac bad to bestow on Jacob ?—" The dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." The wise old patriarchs hud too much sense to prefer the hungry pleasures of the imagination to the "featt... | |
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Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 
