Study it in the app“The words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Look, Esau your brother is consoling himself about you by planning to kill you.”
The wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof Esauעֵשָׂוher olderהַגָּדֹלsonבְּנָהּwere toldוַיֻּגַּדto Rebekah,לְרִבְקָהand she sentוַתִּשְׁלַחand calledוַתִּקְרָאJacobלְיַעֲקֹבher youngerהַקָּטָןsonבְּנָהּand saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Look,הִנֵּהEsauעֵשָׂוyour brotherאָחִיךָis consoling himselfמִתְנַחֵםabout youלְךָby planning to kill you.לְהָרְגֶךָ
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” 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” appearselder
Born first: the firstborn son.
Where else “gadol” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appearsRebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” 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” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsfind relief
To recover one's spirits after a loss and feel relief.
Where else “mitnachem” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harge” appears41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill Jacob my brother.”
42 · This verse (above)
43So now, my son, listen to my voice: get up, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran,
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?
