Genesis 27:6
in Genesis 27Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
KJV
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rebekah spake unto Jacob--She prized the blessing as invaluable; she knew that God intended it for the younger son [Ge 25:23]; and in her anxiety to secure its being conferred on the right object--on one who cared for religion--she acted in the sincerity of faith; but in crooked policy--with unenlightened zeal; on the false principle that the end would sanctify the means.
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.
This site's exposition
Rebekah said to her son Jacob
Rebekah knew the word given before the twins were born at 25:23, that the older would serve the younger. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown credit her with sincere faith and fault her method, acting as if the end made the means holy. Adam Clarke saw a mother working for her favourite son.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Rebekah is here contriving to procure the blessing for Jacob, which was designed for Esau. If the end was good, the means were bad, and no way justifiable.
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,.... Who was in the tent with her, and for whom she had the strongest affection: saying, behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother; heard the conversation that passed between them, and particularly what Isaac had given in charge to Esau: saying, as follows:
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרִבְקָה֙ | verivkah | and Rebekah | H7259 → | 30 times |
| אָֽמְרָ֔ה | ʾamerah | she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֥ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| בְּנָ֖הּ | benah | son her | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ | shama'ti | I have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָבִ֔יךָ | ʾavikha | father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מְדַבֵּ֛ר | medaber | speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עֵשָׂ֥ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| אָחִ֖יךָ | ʾachikha | brother your | H251 → | 630 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וְרִבְקָה֙and Rebekah
verivkahH7259 →30 times
אָֽמְרָ֔הshe said
ʾamerahH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יַעֲקֹ֥בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
בְּנָ֖הּson her
benahH1121 →4930 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הִנֵּ֤הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙I have heard
shama'tiH8085 →1159 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָבִ֔יךָfather your
ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times
מְדַבֵּ֛רspeaking
medaberH1696 →1141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עֵשָׂ֥וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
אָחִ֖יךָbrother your
ʾachikhaH251 →630 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 25:28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
it leads to
- Genesis 27:19
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
- Genesis 27:4
Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
- Genesis 27:31
He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
- Genesis 27:25
“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he…
- Genesis 27:9
Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
- Genesis 27:19
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.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.