Genesis 25:28 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 25:28

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: and Rebekah loved Jacob.

KJV

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Jacob and the Blessed Life, Book 2, Chapter II, Section 5 (397)

However, even parents should not be excused for abandoning us, because they have preferred a younger son to an older one. At the same time, care must be taken that no one, while following their example, has an unfair judgment between their children; so that they think one should be loved, the other should be disregarded. For from this fraternal hatred is aroused, and a crime of parricide is made from the despicable gain of money. The same measure of piety should nourish offspring.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And Isaac loved Esau - Isaac though he was not a stirring man himself, yet he loved to have his son active. Esau knew how to please him, and shewed a great respect for him, by treating him often with venison, which won upon him more than one would have thought.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Isaac loved Esau - but Rebekah loved Jacob - This is an early proof of unwarrantable parental attachment to one child in preference to another. Isaac loved Esau, and Rebekah loved Jacob; and in consequence of this the interests of the family were divided, and the house set in opposition to itself. The fruits of this unreasonable and foolish attachment were afterwards seen in a long catalogue of both natural and moral evils among the descendants of both families.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב	vai.ye.'e.Hav	and he loved	H157 →
יִצְחָ֛ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵשָׂ֖ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
צַ֣יִד	Tza.yid	wild game	H6718 →
בְּפִ֑יו	be.Fiv	[was] in mouth his	H6310 →
וְרִבְקָ֖ה	ve.riv.Kah	and Rebekah	H7259 →
אֹהֶ֥בֶת	'o.He.vet	[was] loving	H157 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יַעֲקֹֽב׃	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.”
leads to
- Hebrews 11:20
  By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Genesis 48:9
  Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- 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 49:28
  These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
- Luke 24:51
  While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
Through
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…
leads to
- 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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
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.”
leads to
- Matthew 26:70–74
  But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”
- Isaiah 28:15
  For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis