Hebrews 11:20 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

KJV

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

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Commentary

3 voices

Severian of Gabala

FRAGMENTS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 11.2 (425)

"By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau." First he gave it to Jacob, then to Esau, not according to the sequence of their birth but according to the order of spiritual blessing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau,.... The history of this is in Gen 27:33. 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.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But, notwithstanding all this, Isaac's faith recovered itself, and he ratified the blessing: I have blessed him yea, and he shall be blessed. Rebecca and Jacob are not to be justified in the indirect means they used to obtain this blessing, but God will be justified in overruling even the sins of men to serve the purposes of his glory.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 (note).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jacob is put before Esau, as heir of the chief, namely, the spiritual blessing. concerning things to come--Greek, "even concerning things to come": not only concerning things present. Isaac, by faith, assigned to his sons things future, as if they were present.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πίστει	Pistei	By faith	G4102 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
μελλόντων	mellontōn	[the things] coming	G3195 →
εὐλόγησεν	eulogēsen	blessed	G2127 →
Ἰσαὰκ	Isaak	Isaac	G2464 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰακὼβ	Iakōb	Jacob	G2384 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἠσαῦ.¶	Ēsau	Esau.	G2269 →