Study it in the app“He 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?””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Was he not rightlyהֲכִיnamedקָרָא שְׁמוֹJacob?יַעֲקֹבFor he has supplanted meוַיַּעְקְבֵנִיtheseזֶהtwo times:פַעֲמַיִםmy birthrightאֶת בְּכֹרָתִיhe took,לָקָחand look,וְהִנֵּהnowעַתָּהhe has takenלָקַחmy blessing.”בִּרְכָתִיAnd he said,וַיֹּאמַר“Have you notהֲלֹאreservedאָצַלְתָּfor meלִּיa blessing?”בְּרָכָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “kara” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsJacob
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” appearssupplant
Take another's place by trickery.
Where else “yakve” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “faamayim” appearsbirthright
The rights of the eldest son in the family.
Where else “bechorati” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakach” appearsblessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “birchati” appearsset aside
Put something aside for someone.
Where else “atsalta” appears“He has supplanted me” (vayaqeveni) repeats the name Jacob (Yaaqov); “birthright” (bechora) and “blessing” (beracha) almost rhyme in Hebrew.
35He said, “Your brother came with deceit and took your blessing.”
36 · This verse (above)
37Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Look, I have made him master over you, and all his brothers I have given to him as servants, and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. So for you, then, what can I do, my son?”
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?
