...primogeniture under the divine fanction ? or to the prophetic bleffings of the patriarchs: " Let " people ferve thee, and nations bow down to "thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy " mother's fons bow down to thee"—or to the difference made between the defcendants of Ham, &c.—How the Lord...

...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 : 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be Lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's...

...he smelled the smell of his raiment and blessed him, and said, God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." And thus he says to Esau; "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him...

...Ifuftained him, Gen. xxvii. 37. To Jacob. The elder Jhall feme the younger, Gen. xxv. 23. Let people ferve thee, and nations bow down to thee ; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's fon bow down to thee : curfed . be every one that curfeth thee, and blejfed be he that blejjeth thee,...

...shall serve the younger," Gen. xxv. 23. which Isaac also i» the confirmation of it so expresseth. " Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee," chap, xxvii. 29. and so he tells Esau afterwards, « Behold I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren...

...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, Stc. Dr....

...was the blessing given by Isaac to Jacob and his posterity. Gen. xxvii. 29. Let people serve tliee, and nations bow down to thee ; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee ; and it shall come to pass when thou shult have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from...

...arid delivers it ia much, the same form of words as it was delivered to him. Isaac had said to Jacob, Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mothers sons bow down to thee, Gen. xxvii. 20. And. here Jacob saith to Judah, Thou art he whom thy...

...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."' — p. 520. The approach to ' the Holy City' is described with equal eloquence : its present size and...

...land tabe indeed " a field which the Lord hath blessed :* God hath given it of the deff of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine." The first part of our journey led through the valley lying between the two mo nlains Ebal and Gerizim.f...