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Jacobיַעֲקֹבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Rebekahאֶל רִבְקָהhis mother,אִמּוֹ“Look,הֵןEsauעֵשָׂוmy brotherאָחִיis a hairyשָׂעִרman,אִישׁand Iוְאָנֹכִיam a smoothחָלָקman.אִישׁ
Genesis 27:11
Study it in the app“Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:11, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- 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- my brotherאָחִachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- is a hairyשָׂעִרsair
hairy
Covered in hair, like Esau.
Where else “sair” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- am a smoothחָלָקchalak
smooth
Hairless of skin.
Where else “chalak” appears
The context
10Then you will bring it to your father, and he will eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be in his eyes like a mocker, and I will bring on myself a curse and not a blessing.”
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?