Study it in the app“Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, so that you may bless me.””
Jacobיַעֲקֹבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his father,אֶל אָבִיו“Iאָנֹכִיam Esauעֵשָׂוyour firstborn.בְּכֹרֶךָI have doneעָשִׂיתִיasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou toldדִּבַּרְתָּme.אֵלָיGet up,קוּםplease,נָאsitשְׁבָהand eatוְאָכְלָהof my game,מִצֵּידִיso thatבַּעֲבוּרyouנַפְשֶׁךָmay bless me.”תְּבָרֲכַנִּי
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsEsau
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” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechore” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “sheva” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achla” appearsgame
What is hunted.
Where else “tsedi” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshe” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “tevaracha” appearsThe story tells of Jacob’s deception without approving of it. Later Jacob himself will be deceived in a similar way (Genesis 29:25).
18He went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?”
19 · This verse (above)
20Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because YHWH your Elohim made it happen before me.”
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?
