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Gen_25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.
Ver. 26. And after that came his brother out.] God could have brought Jacob out first, for it is he that "takes us out of the womb"; {Psa_22:9} but he suffereth Esau for a time to enjoy the first birthright, till his own time came to set things to rights. God "waits to be gracious; for he is a God of judgment". {Isa_30:18}
And his hand took hold on Esau’s heel.] As if he would have turned up his heels, and got to the goal before him.
And his name was called Jacob.] Calcanearius , a heel catcher, or supplanter, as he afterwards proved to Esau, who hit him also in the teeth with it. {Gen_27:36}
“Conveniunt rebus nomina saepe suis.”
And Isaac was threescore years old.] He lived twice threescore years after this, being a hundred and eighty when he died. {Gen_35:28} Five years longer he lived than his father Abraham, {Gen_25:17} being blind for the last forty. {Gen_27:1}