Study it in the app“Isaac 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?””
Isaacיִצְחָקansweredוַיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Esau,לְעֵשָׂו“Look,הֵןI have made himשַׂמְתִּיוmasterגְּבִירover you,לָךְand allוְאֶת כָּלhis brothersאֶחָיוI have givenנָתַתִּיto himלוֹas servants,לַעֲבָדִיםand with grainוְדָגָןand new wineוְתִירֹשׁI have sustained him.סְמַכְתִּיוSo for you,וּלְכָהthen,אֵפוֹאwhatמָהcan I do,אֶעֱשֶׂהmy son?”בְּנִי
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “samti” appearsmaster, lord
Master, lord: one who rules over others.
Where else “gevir” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avadim” appearsgrain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appearsnew wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appearslean on
To rest one's weight on something or someone so as not to fall; to support.
Where else “semachti” appearsthen
Then; so, now.
Where else “efo” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears36He 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?”
37 · This verse (above)
38Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me too, my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
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?
