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His motherאִמּוֹsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“On meעָלַיbe your curse,קִלְלָתְךָmy son;בְּנִיonlyאַךְlistenשְׁמַעto my voice,בְּקֹלִיand go,וְלֵךְget themקַחfor me.”לִי
Genesis 27:13
Study it in the app“His mother said to him, “On me be your curse, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, get them for me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:13, word by word
- His motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- be your curseקִלְלָתְkillat
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “killat” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- listenשְׁמַעshema
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shema” appears- to my voiceקֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- and goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- get themקַחkach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appears
The context
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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made tasty food such as his father loved.
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?