...Jacob, as appears by thatmurthering, perfecuting Mind, that then was unmortified in him ; for, fays he, the Days of Mourning for my Father are at Hand, and then I voill Jlay my Brother Jacob, Gen. xxvii. 41. But then, as his Wickednefs was great, his Converfion...

...natural, hated Jacob, after the bleffing of which he (Efau) was defrauded, and he faid in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and then I will flay my brother. To prevent the execution and ill effects of this menace, Rebekah, dreading...

...of thy foul ?; and, upon that account, that it doth not deferte to live ? It was Efau's expreflion, Gen. xxvii. 41. " The days of mourning for my father are at hand \ and then will I flay my brother Jacob " But fay thou, O communicant, •' The days of mourning for the death of my...

...upon that account, that it doth not deferve to live ? It was Efau's expreflion, Gen. xxvii. 41. " 1 he days of mourning for my father are at hand ; and then will I flay my brother Jacob " But fay thou, O communicant, " The days of mourning for the death of my dear...

...as appears by that murdering, persecuting mind, that then was unmortified in him ; " For (says he) the days of mourning for my father are at hand, and then I will slay my brother Jacob." Gen. xxvii. 41. But then, as his wickedness was great, his conversion...

...the 95th Olympiad, BC 400. ( To be continued. ) ORIENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE LANGUAGE. GENESIS xxvii. 41. — " The days of mourning for my father are at hand." When the father or the mother has become aged, the children say, " The day for the lamentation of our...

...: This was the effect of his malice. From the same disease of malice proceeded those words of Esau, Gen. xxvii. 41, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, then will I slay my brother Jacob. You will now see what and what kind of sins are here reproved by...

...and relations ; the females were uncovered until they perceived at a distance some stranger coming. Gen. xxvii. 41. "The days of mourning for my father are at hand, then will I slay my brother Jacob." It often happens in the East that the brothers wait for the death...

...Mangles, "You do not understand her: she says, ' Come hither, my darling! and let me smell thee.'" Gen. xxvii. 41. " The days of mourning for my father are at hand." — When the father or mother has become aged, the children say, " The day for the lamentation of our...

...strengthened by the recollection of what their father Jacob had suffered from the vindictive spirit of Esau ; 'The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and then I will kill my brother Jacob.' But they knew that Esau relented before his father's death. Wby did...