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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Your brotherאָחִיךָcameבָּאwith deceitבְּמִרְמָהand tookוַיִּקַּחyour blessing.”בִּרְכָתֶךָ
Genesis 27:35
Study it in the app“He said, “Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:35, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- with deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears- and tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- your blessingבִּרְכָתֶbirchate
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “birchate” appears
The context
34When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me too, my father!”
35 · This verse (above)
36He said, “Was he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved for me 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?