And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
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Gill's Exposition
And Rebekah took goodly garments of her eldest son Esau,.... Or "desirable" (q) ones, exceeding good ones:
which were with her in the house; which she had the care and keeping of, and were wore only…
- Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the…
Adam Clarke
Goodly raiment - Mr. Ainsworth has a sensible note on this place. "The priest in the law had holy garments to minister in, Exo 28:2-4, which the Septuagint there and in this place term την στολην, The…
Rebekah is here contriving to procure for Jacob the blessing which was designed for Esau; and here,
I. The end was good, for she was directed in this intention by the oracle of God, by which she had…
Cambridge Bible
the goodly raiment "Goodly," lit. "choice," "desirable." By this is meant the clothes worn by Esau on festivals and solemn occasions. Their odour was familiar, Gen 27:27. It was the ancient Jewish…