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Theseוְאֵלֶּהare the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתof Isaac,יִצְחָקthe sonבֶּןof Abraham.אַבְרָהָםAbrahamאַבְרָהָםfatheredהוֹלִידIsaac.אֶת יִצְחָק
Genesis 25:19
Study it in the app“These are the generations of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:19, word by word
- are the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתtoldot
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldot” appears- of Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- fatheredהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears
The context
18They lived from Havilah to Shur, which is facing Egypt as you go toward Assyria. He settled facing all his brothers.
19 · This verse (above)
20Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, as his wife.
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?