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She gaveוַתִּתֵּןthe tasty foodאֶת הַמַּטְעַמִּיםand the breadוְאֶת הַלֶּחֶםthatאֲשֶׁרshe had madeעָשָׂתָהinto the handבְּיַדof Jacobיַעֲקֹבher son.בְּנָהּ
Genesis 27:17
Study it in the app“She gave the tasty food and the bread that she had made into the hand of Jacob her son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:17, word by word
- She gaveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- the tasty foodמַּטְעַמִּיםmatamim
tasty food
Tasty food, a dish carefully prepared.
Where else “matamim” appears- and the breadלֶּחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- she had madeעָשָׂתָהasata
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asata” appears- into the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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- her sonבְּנָbena
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears
The context
16And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
17 · This verse (above)
18He went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?”
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?