Study it in the app“And Jacob said, “Elohim of my father Abraham and Elohim of my father Isaac, YHWH, who said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you,’”
And Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof my fatherאָבִיAbrahamאַבְרָהָםand Elohimוֵאלֹהֵיof my fatherאָבִיIsaac,יִצְחָקYHWH,יְהוָהwho saidהָאֹמֵרto me,אֵלַי‘Returnשׁוּבto your landלְאַרְצְךָand to your kindred,וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָand I will deal wellוְאֵיטִיבָהwith you,’עִמָּךְ
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsAbraham
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” appearsIsaac
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” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearskindred
One's family and homeland.
Where else “moladt” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “etiva” appears8For he said, “If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes it, then the camp that is left will escape.”
9 · This verse (above)
10I am too small for all the acts of loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant; for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?
