...lastly, in the rich fervours of grateful affection, most amply does he bless him. He implores for him the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. He proceeds to specify the relative dominion of his two sons, and their respective lot in life, and...

...its climate, prove this land to be indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed : God hath given it of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine."f Mr. Buckingham, travelling through the mountains of Gilead, says, " We were now in a land of...

...son come nearer to him —" He came near, and kissed him ; and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of the field, which the Lord hath blessed." (c. xxvii. v. 27.) The Father of Poets, when he would represent...

...came near, and kissed him : and he smelledthe smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See ihe M 2 : 38 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of com...

...means available to our profit. When the Preacher enters upon his work in such an assembly as this, " it is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:"— And, Secondly, these duties regard the Minister, who is placed over you in the Lord. Add not to his...

...and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field whiclt the LORD hath blessed: 23 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, 'and the fatness of...

...its climate, prove this land to be, indeed, ' a field which the Lord hath blessed : God hath given it of the dew of heaven; and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.' On the ancient history of Sichem, connected with the stories of Joseph, Eleazar, Joshua, &c., Dr. Clarke...

...now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son...Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and th.3 fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down...

...And (1) he came near and kissed (2) Aim : and (2) he smelled the smell of his (3) raiment, and (4) blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath hlessed : 1. Jacob.— 2. His father Isaae.— 3. Clothes which were Esau's. — *. Pronounced a blessing...

...naturally be deduced from any part of the blessing bestowed on him by his father, but this only ? ' God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of 'corn and wine :' Gen. xxvii. 28. There remains still to be accounted for, the passage relating to the sceptre of...