SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:20
Por la fe tambin bendijo Isaac a Jacob y a Esa de lo que habían de ser.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Hebrew 11:20
Verse 20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau] He believed that God would fulfill his promise to his posterity; and God gave him to see what would befall them in their future generations. The apostle does not seem to intimate that one should be an object of the Divine hatred, and the other of Divine love, in reference to their eternal states. This is wholly a discovery of later ages. For an ample consideration of this subject, see the notes on Genesis 27.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau , etc..] The history of this is in ( Genesis 27:33-39). The former of these was a good man, and, though the youngest son, he is set before, and was blessed before the eldest; and the latter was a wicked man, and yet had a blessing; for temporal blessings are enjoyed in common: and this blessing was prophetic, it was concerning things to come. Jacob's blessing was plenty of temporal things, and under which may be signified the dews of divine grace, the fatness of God's house, the bread of life, and wine of divine love, which true Israelites partake of; also dominion over his brother, and government over nations, which had their accomplishment in his posterity; and may be expressive of the spiritual reign of the saints, and their dominion, by grace; and of the kingdom that shall hereafter be put to their hands; and of the extensiveness of Christ's kingdom in the latter day, who was to spring front him. Esau's blessings were merely temporal ones, and respected things future, which were fulfilled in his posterity; and these several blessings Isaac pronounced upon them by faith, believing they would be bestowed upon them; and so his faith answered to the account of faith in ( Hebrews 11:1). It may be asked, how Isaac can be said to have blessed Jacob by faith, when he was deceived by him? It is certain he took him to be Esau, when he blessed him, wherefore it was not the design of Isaac, though it was the will of God that he should bless him, ( Genesis 27:18-30), but yet notwithstanding this, Isaac might do it in faith, believing that the person he blessed would be blessed, though he was mistaken in him; and which he confirmed when he did know him, ( Genesis 27:33,37) to which the apostle may have respect; and besides, he blessed him after this, ( Genesis 28:1-3).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20-31 - Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come. Things presen are not the best things; no man knoweth love or hatred by having the or wanting them. Jacob lived by faith, and he died by faith, and in faith. Though the grace of faith is of use always through our whol lives, it is especially so when we come to die. Faith has a great wor to do at last, to help the believer to die to the Lord, so as to honou him, by patience, hope, and joy. Joseph was tried by temptations to sin, by persecution for keeping his integrity; and he was tried by honours and power in the court of Pharaoh, yet his faith carried his through. It is a great mercy to be free from wicked laws and edicts but when we are not so, we must use all lawful means for our security In this faith of Moses' parents there was a mixture of unbelief, but God was pleased to overlook it. Faith gives strength against the sinful, slavish fear of men; it sets God before the soul, shows the vanity of the creature, and that all must give way to the will an power of God. The pleasures of sin are, and will be, but short; the must end either in speedy repentance or in speedy ruin. The pleasure of this world are for the most part the pleasures of sin; they ar always so when we cannot enjoy them without deserting God and his people. Suffering is to be chosen rather than sin; there being mor evil in the least sin, than there can be in the greatest suffering God's people are, and always have been, a reproached people. Chris accounts himself reproached in their reproaches; and thus they becom greater riches than the treasures of the richest empire in the world Moses made his choice when ripe for judgment and enjoyment, able to know what he did, and why he did it. It is needful for persons to be seriously religious; to despise the world, when most capable of relishing and enjoying it. Believers may and ought to have respect to the recompence of reward. By faith we may be fully sure of God' providence, and of his gracious and powerful presence with us. Such sight of God will enable believers to keep on to the end, whatever the may meet in the way. It is not owing to our own righteousness, or bes performances, that we are saved from the wrath of God; but to the bloo of Christ, and his imputed righteousness. True faith makes sin bitte to the soul, even while it receives the pardon and atonement. All ou spiritual privileges on earth, should quicken us in our way to heaven The Lord will make even Babylon fall before the faith of his people and when he has some great thing to do for them, he raises up great an strong faith in them. A true believer is desirous, not only to be in covenant with God, but in communion with the people of God; and i willing to fare as they fare. By her works Rahab declared herself to be just. That she was not justified by her works appears plainly; becaus the work she did was faulty in the manner, and not perfectly good therefore it could not be answerable to the perfect justice of righteousness of God.
Greek Textus Receptus
πιστει 4102 περι 4012 μελλοντων 3195 5723 ευλογησεν 2127 5656 ισαακ 2464 τον 3588 ιακωβ 2384 και 2532 τον 3588 ησαυ 2269
Vincent's NT Word Studies
20. Blessed (euloghsen). See on John xii. 13.
Concerning things to come (kai peri mellontwn). A.V. Omits kai which gives an emphasis to the following words. Isaac pronounced a blessing, and that concerning things to come; things beyond the lifetime of Jacob and Esau. See Gen. xxvii. 29, 39. The blessing was an act of faith. Isaac's confidence in the power of his blessing to convey the good which it promised was "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen," founded on the promise of Gen. xvii. 5.
