Study it in the app“until your brother’s anger turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?””
untilעַדyour brother’sאָחִיךָangerאַףturns awayשׁוּבfrom youמִמְּךָand he forgetsוְשָׁכַחwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרyou have doneעָשִׂיתָto him.לּוֹThen I will sendוְשָׁלַחְתִּיand get youוּלְקַחְתִּיךָfrom there.מִשָּׁםWhyלָמָהshould I be bereavedאֶשְׁכַּלof you bothגַּם שְׁנֵיכֶםin oneאֶחָדday?”יוֹם
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appearsturn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuv” appearsforget
Forget.
Where else “shachach” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asita” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachti” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lekachti” appearsbe bereaved
To lose one's children, by death or by separation.
Where else “eshkal” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears44and stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,
45 · This verse (above)
46Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good is life to 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?
