SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:29
Sírvante pueblos, y naciones se inclinen a ti: Sé señor de tus hermanos, e inclínense a ti los hijos de tu madre; malditos los que te maldijeren, y benditos los que te bendijeren.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 27:29
Verse 29. Let people serve thee] ""However alike their temporal advantages were to each other,"" says Bp. Newton, ""in all spiritual gifts and graces the younger brother was to have the superiority, was to be the happy instrument of conveying the blessing to all nations: In thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed; and to this are to be referred, in their full force, those expressions: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. The same promise was made to Abraham in the name of God: I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee, chap. xii. 3; and it is here repeated to Jacob, and thus paraphrased in the Jerusalem Targum: 'He who curseth thee shall be cursed as Balaam the son of Beor; and he who blesseth thee shall be blessed as Moses the prophet, the lawgiver of Israel.' It appears that Jacob was, on the whole, a man of more religion, and believed the Divine promises more, than Esau. The posterity of Jacob likewise preserved the true religion, and the worship of one God, while the Edomites were sunk in idolatry; and of the seed of Jacob was born at last the saviour of the world. This was the peculiar privilege and advantage of Jacob, to be the happy instrument of conveying these blessings to all nations. This was his greatest superiority over Esau; and in this sense St. Paul understood and applied the prophecy: The elder shall serve the younger, Rom. ix. 12.
The Christ, the saviour of the world, was to be born of some one family; and Jacob's was preferred to Esau's, out of the good pleasure of Almighty God, who is certainly the best judge of fitness and expedience, and has undoubted right to dispense his favours as he shall see proper; for he says to Moses, as the apostle proceeds to argue, Rom. i10: 15: 'I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.' And when the Gentiles were converted to Christianity, the prophecy was fulfilled literally: Let people serve thee, and let nations bow down to thee; and will be more amply fulfilled when the fullness of the Gentiles shall come in, and all Israel shall be saved.""
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-29 - Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who wa before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the bes things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the min of God, must have greatly weakened his own faith in these things. I might therefore be expected, that leanness would attend his blessing agreeing with the state of his mind.
Original Hebrew
יעבדוך 5647 עמים 5971 וישׁתחו 7812 לך לאמים 3816 הוה 1933 גביר 1376 לאחיך 251 וישׁתחוו 7812 לך בני 1121 אמך 517 ארריך 779 ארור 779 ומברכיך 1288 ברוך׃ 1288
