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The boysהַנְּעָרִיםgrew up,וַיִּגְדְּלוּand Esauוַ עֵשָׂוbecameיְהִיa manאִישׁskilled inיֹדֵעַhunting,צַיִדa manאִישׁof the field,שָׂדֶהwhile Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבwas a manאִישׁof integrity,תָּםlivingיֹשֵׁבin tents.אֹהָלִים
Genesis 25:27
Study it in the app“The boys grew up, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field, while Jacob was a man of integrity, living in tents.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:27, word by word
- The boysנְּעָרִיםnearim
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appears- grew upיִּגְדְּלוּyigdlu
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdlu” appears- and Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- becameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- skilled inיֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- huntingצַיִדtsayid
game
What is hunted.
Where else “tsayid” appears- of the fieldשָׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- while Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- of integrityתָּםtam
blameless
Upright, without deceit.
Where else “tam” appears- livingיֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in tentsאֹהָלִיםohalim
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalim” appears
The context
26After that his brother came out, with his hand holding on to the heel of Esau, and he called his name Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
27 · This verse (above)
28Isaac loved Esau, because game was to his taste, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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?