Genesis 27:5
in Genesis 27Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
KJV
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Rebekah heard - And was determined, if possible, to frustrate the design of Isaac, and procure the blessing for her favorite son. Some pretend that she received a Divine inspiration to the purpose; but if she had she needed not to have recourse to deceit, to help forward the accomplishment. Isaac, on being informed, would have had too much piety not to prefer the will of his Maker to his own partiality for his eldest son; but Rebekah had nothing of the kind to plead, and therefore had recourse to the most exceptionable means to accomplish her ends.
This site's exposition
Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau
on Genesis 27:5-7
Rebekah listens while Isaac sends Esau out, then gives the errand to Jacob. Isaac had said he would bless his son before he died. In Rebekah's telling the blessing comes in the presence of the LORD. God's name is on the errand before the disguise is made.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרִבְקָ֣ה | verivkah | and Rebekah | H7259 → | 30 times |
| שֹׁמַ֔עַת | shomaat | [was] listening | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּדַבֵּ֣ר | bedaber | when spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יִצְחָ֔ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עֵשָׂ֖ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| בְּנ֑וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| עֵשָׂו֙ | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | hasadeh | [to] the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| לָצ֥וּד | latzud | to hunt | H6679 → | 18 times |
| צַ֖יִד | tzayid | wild game | H6718 → | 19 times |
| לְהָבִֽיא׃ | lehavi' | to bring [it] | H935 → | 2568 times |
וְרִבְקָ֣הand Rebekah
verivkahH7259 →30 times
שֹׁמַ֔עַת[was] listening
shomaatH8085 →1159 times
בְּדַבֵּ֣רwhen spoke
bedaberH1696 →1141 times
יִצְחָ֔קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עֵשָׂ֖וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
בְּנ֑וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
וַיֵּ֤לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
עֵשָׂו֙Esau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה[to] the field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
לָצ֥וּדto hunt
latzudH6679 →18 times
צַ֖יִדwild game
tzayidH6718 →19 times
לְהָבִֽיא׃to bring [it]
lehavi'H935 →2568 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsRebekahIsaac's bride, drawn from Abraham's kindred by providence (ch. 24); mother of the twins, who receives the oracle “the elder shall…
- PersonPatriarchsEsauIsaac's elder son who despised his birthright (Heb 12:16); father of Edom, Israel's perennial neighbor and adversary.
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).