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So Esauוַ עֵשָׂוwentיֵּלֶךְto Ishmaelאֶל יִשְׁמָעֵאלand tookוַיִּקַּחMahalathאֶת מָחֲלַתthe daughterבַּתof Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאלsonבֶּןof Abraham,אַבְרָהָםthe sisterאֲחוֹתof Nebaioth,נְבָיוֹתbesidesעַלhis wives,נָשָׁיוas hisלוֹwife.לְאִשָּׁה
Genesis 28:9
Study it in the app“So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, the sister of Nebaioth, besides his wives, as his wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 28:9, word by word
- So 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵאלyishmael
Ishmael
Ishmael, the son of Abram and Hagar, father of twelve tribal chiefs; also the name of other Israelites. The name means "God hears" (Genesis 16:11).
Where else “yishmael” appears- and tookיִּקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- Mahalathמָחֲלַתmachalat
Mahalath
Mahalath, the name of a daughter of Ishmael who became Esau's wife, and of a wife of King Rehoboam.
Where else “machalat” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- the sisterאֲחוֹתachot
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appears- of Nebaiothנְבָיוֹתnevayot
Nebaioth
Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; also the people that came from him.
Where else “nevayot” appears- his wivesנָשָׁיnashay
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashay” appears
The context
8Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were displeasing in the eyes of Isaac his father.
9 · This verse (above)
10Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
To study Genesis 28 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob dream at Bethel, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 12-15)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Elohim tells Jacob, “I am with you and will keep you,” in his flight (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
In what difficult place in your life do you need to remember that Elohim is with you?