Genesis 27:1 · World English Bible
Genesis 27:1 Meaning When Isaac Was Old
When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”
What does Genesis 27:1 mean?
Isaac is the self that has gone blind to the senses, the man who can no longer tell what is outwardly so from what is only inwardly felt. His dimming eyes are the whole secret of the chapter.
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Isaac is the self that has gone blind to the senses, the man who can no longer tell what is outwardly so from what is only inwardly felt. His dimming eyes are the whole secret of the chapter. Because he cannot see, he will bless whatever presents itself to him as real. Esau, the elder, is the rough outer world, the coarse present fact known by touch and appearance.
Esau answers first, Behold, here am I, because the obvious condition always shows up first and claims to be the one that deserves the blessing. But blindness is the opening. A self that no longer trusts what the eyes report can be persuaded by an inner state pressed close and felt as solid, and it will pour its blessing there instead. The desired state, held until it feels as near and real as the present fact, takes the blessing meant for the fact.
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Live Genesis 27:1 today
- Lie down for five minutes with your eyes closed, in a quiet room with the phone in another room, and let one thing you want be as near and solid as the floor under you. Stay there until it feels ordinary.
- With one person today, stop reading their face for signs of what they think of you. Close that eye and listen to them as if you had nothing to find out.
- When the screen in front of you shows a number that looks final, the bank app, the inbox count, the test result, put it down and shut your eyes for twenty seconds. Let what you choose to be true be the last thing you held.
What have I been letting my eyes decide for me?
The same truth in other traditions
Zen
The teachers speak of not knowing as the most intimate state. A mind that has stopped being certain about what it sees is finally open enough to receive something.
Tao Te Ching 47
Without going out the door, without looking through the window, the sage knows. Shutting the eyes is not a loss of information.
Hinduism · Upanishads
The senses are made to face outward, which is why they never find the self. Turning away from them is how the inner thing becomes visible.
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