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Now Rebekahוְרִבְקָהwas listeningשֹׁמַעַתwhileבְּIsaacיִצְחָקspokeדַבֵּרto Esauאֶל עֵשָׂוhis son.בְּנוֹAnd Esauוַ עֵשָׂוwentיֵּלֶךְto the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהto huntלָצוּדgameצַיִדand to bring it.לְהָבִיא
Genesis 27:5
Study it in the app“Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:5, word by word
- Now Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- was listeningשֹׁמַעַתshomaat
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shomaat” appears- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
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” appears- spokeדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
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” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- to huntצוּדtsud
hunt
To track down animals, or pursue someone.
Where else “tsud” appears- gameצַיִדtsayid
game
What is hunted.
Where else “tsayid” appears- and to bring itהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears
The context
4and make me tasty food such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Rebekah said to Jacob her son, “Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,
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?