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Rebekahוְרִבְקָהsaidאָמְרָה לֵאמֹרto Jacobאֶל יַעֲקֹבher son,בְּנָהּ“Look,הִנֵּהI heardשָׁמַעְתִּיyour fatherאֶת אָבִיךָspeakingמְדַבֵּרto Esauאֶל עֵשָׂוyour brother,אָחִיךָsaying,לֵאמֹר
Genesis 27:6
Study it in the app“Rebekah said to Jacob her son, “Look, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,”
Rebekah tells Jacob to take the meal to his father to receive the blessingParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:6, word by word
- Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- saidאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
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” appears- her sonבְּנָbena
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears- I heardשָׁמַעְתִּיshamati
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamati” appears- your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” 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- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
5Now Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.
6 · This verse (above)
7‘Bring me game and make me tasty food, so that I may eat and bless you before YHWH before my death.’
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?