Bar’chu
et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH
Eloheinu
melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to.
Baruch
atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH
the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are
you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have selected us from among
all the peoples, and have given us your Torah. Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of
the Torah. Ameyn.)
Gen 27:1
And it came to be, when Yitsḥaq was old and his eyes were too dim to
see, that he called Ěsaw his elder son and said to him, “My son.” And he
answered him, “Here I am.”
Gen 27:2 And he said,
“See now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death.
Last week we extolled the virtues of the Patriarchs – they
dug wells, built altars and pitched their tents. They opened for us the wells
and ways of the faith.
This week we see that even these great men displayed a
short-sightedness, a lack of discernment …. “was old and his eyes were too dim
to see” may reveal a lack of spiritual insight. Yitzchaq would only die about
50 years later.
The Word of YHVH was clear, it was Yakov and not Esav that
was to receive the birth right blessing.
Gen 25:23 And יהוה said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples
shall be separated from your body. And one people shall be stronger than the
other, and the older serve the younger.”
To add to our accusation of a lack of discernment, Yitzchak
thought he may die before giving the blessing to his first-born son. Yitzchak
died several years later. We hear of his death ten chapters later in the book
of Beresheet.
Gen 35:28 And the
days of Yitsḥaq were one hundred and eighty years.
So was Yitzchaq
really deceived or did he really want to give the blessing of the first born to
both brothers ?
Heb 11:20 By belief, Yitsḥaq blessed Yaʽaqoḇ and Ěsaw
concerning that which was to come.
If we study the history of the descendants of both brothers,
we will see both blessing and curses came from their descendants – Christianity
, Islam and Judaism. Both good and evil has characterized the descendants of
both brothers and will play out on the centre stage at the end of this age.
Rom 9:13 as it has
been written, “Yaʽaqoḇ I have loved, but Ěsaw I have hated.”
Oba 1:18 “And the
house of Yaʽaqoḇ shall be a fire, and the house of Yosĕph a flame, but the
house of Ěsaw for stubble. And they shall burn among them and they shall consume
them, so that no survivor is left of the house of Ěsaw.” For יהוה
has spoken.
Gen 27:3 “Now
then, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the
field and hunt wild game for me.
Gen 27:4 “And make
me a tasty dish, such as I love, and bring it to me to eat, in order that my
being does bless you before I die.”
Gen 27:5 And
Riḇqah heard when Yitsḥaq spoke to Ěsaw his son. And Ěsaw went to the field
to hunt wild game and to bring it.
Gen 27:6 And Riḇqah
spoke to Yaʽaqoḇ her son, saying, “See, I heard your father speak to Ěsaw your
brother, saying,
Gen 27:7 ‘Bring me
wild game and make me a tasty dish to eat, and bless you in the presence of יהוה before my death.’
Gen
27:8 “And now my son, listen to my voice
according to what I command you.
Gen
27:9 “Please go to the flock and bring
me two choice young goats, and I make a tasty dish from them for your father,
such as he loves.
Gen
27:10 “And you shall take it to your
father, and he shall eat it, so that he might bless you before his death.”
Gen
27:11 And Yaʽaqoḇ said to Riḇqah his
mother, “See, Ěsaw my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
Gen
27:12 “What if my father touches me?
Then I shall be like a deceiver in his eyes, and shall bring a curse on myself
and not a blessing.”
Gen
27:13 But his mother said to him, “Let
your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”
Gen 27:14 And he went and fetched them and brought them
to his mother, and his mother made a tasty dish, such as his father loved.
Gen
27:15 And Riḇqah took the best garments
of her elder son Ěsaw, which were with her in the house, and put them on
Yaʽaqoḇ her younger son.
Gen
27:16 And she put the skins of the young
goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
Gen 27:17 Then she gave the tasty dish and the bread,
which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Yaʽaqoḇ.
Gen
27:18 And he went to his father and
said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
Gen
27:19 And Yaʽaqoḇ said to his father,
“I am Ěsaw your first-born, I have done as you said to me. Please rise, sit and
eat of my wild game, so that your being might bless me.”
Gen
27:20 But Yitsḥaq said to his son, “How
is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because יהוה your Elohim brought it to me.”
Gen
27:21 Then Yitsḥaq said to Yaʽaqoḇ,
“Please come near, so that I feel you, my son, whether you truly are my son
Ěsaw or not.”
Gen
27:22 And Yaʽaqoḇ went near to Yitsḥaq
his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Yaʽaqoḇ, but
the hands are the hands of Ěsaw.”
Gen
27:23 And he did not recognise him, for
his hands were hairy like his brother Ěsaw’s hands, and he blessed him.
Gen
27:24 And he said, “Are you truly my son
Ěsaw?” And he said, “I am.”
Gen
27:25 And he said, “Bring it near to me,
and let me eat of my son’s wild game, so that my being might bless you.” So he
brought it near to him, and he ate. And he brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen
27:26 And his father Yitsḥaq said to
him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
Gen
27:27 And he came near and kissed him.
And he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him and said, “See, the
smell of my son is like the smell of a field which יהוה
has blessed.
Gen
27:28 And Elohim give you of the dew of
the heavens, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. (note
the blessing begins with blessings from heaven)
Gen
27:29 Let peoples serve you, and nations
bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow
down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!”
This blessing
comprises 26 words (gematria of YHVH) FOR BOTH BROTHERS – SEE VS 39-40.
The original text would read “and he shall bow down himself”
(veyishtachu) they add another vav to make the word “veyashtechu u” which means
“they shall bow down themselves”
This conveys the idea that ‘’he’’ (possibly Esav who
represents false religion) will bow before Yakov. This may be connected to
Revelation 3:9 where it speaks of false believers bowing down before the true
believers in the end times.
Rev
3:9 “See, I am giving up those of the congregation of Satan, who say they
are Yehuḏim and are not, but lie. See, I am making them come and worship before(in
view of) your feet, and to
know that I have loved you.
Deu 4:30 “In your distress, when all these
words shall come upon you in the latter days, then you shall return to יהוה your Elohim and shall obey His
voice.
Jer 30:4 And these are the words יהוה spoke concerning
Yisra’ěl and Yehuḏah.
Jer 30:5 “For this is what יהוה said, ‘We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace.
Jer 30:6 Ask now, and see if a man is giving birth.
Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labour, and
all faces turned pale?
Jer 30:7 Oh! For great is that day, there is none
like it. And it is the time of Ya‛aqoḇ’s distress, but he shall be saved out of
it.
Jer 30:8 And it shall be in that day,’ declares יהוה
of hosts, ‘that I break his yoke from your neck, and tear off your bonds, and
foreigners no more enslave them.