Genesis 27:36 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 27:36

So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

BSB

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ASV

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

KJV

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Commentary

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Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 36.) And Esau said, rightly is his name called Jacob: for he hath supplanted me these two times. Jacob is interpreted supplanter. And therefore, because he had deceived his brother by art, he alluded to the name. Therefore, he was called Jacob before, because he had taken hold of his brother's heel in his birth.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Is not he rightly named Jacob? - See note on Gen 25:26. He took away my birthright - So he might say with considerable propriety; for though he sold it to Jacob, yet as Jacob had taken advantage of his perishing situation, he considered the act as a species of robbery.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הֲכִי֩	ha.Khi	¿ for	H3588 →
קָרָ֨א	ka.Ra'	did someone call	H7121 →
שְׁמ֜וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
יַעֲקֹ֗ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙	vai.ya'.ke.Ve.ni	and he has supplanted me	H6117 →
זֶ֣ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
פַעֲמַ֔יִם	fa.'a.Ma.yim	two times	H6471 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּכֹרָתִ֣י	be.kho.ra.Ti	birthright my	H1062 →
לָקָ֔ח	la.Kach	he took	H3947 →
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	ve.hi.Neh	and here!	H2009 →
עַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
לָקַ֣ח	la.Kach	he has taken	H3947 →
בִּרְכָתִ֑י	bir.kha.Ti	blessing my	H1293 →
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
הֲלֹא־	ha.lo'-	¿ not	H3808 →
אָצַ֥לְתָּ	'a.Tzal.ta	have you reserved	H680 →
לִּ֖י	li	for <the> me
בְּרָכָֽה׃	be.ra.Khah	a blessing	H1293 →

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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 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
leads to
- Revelation 2:17
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
- Genesis 35:10
  And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- Isaiah 62:2–4
  Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Hosea 12:3–5
  In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- Genesis 27:33–36
  Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will…
Through
John 1:47
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
leads to
- Revelation 14:5
  And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
- Psalms 32:2
  Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Through
Genesis 25:26
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
leads to
- Hosea 12:3
  In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis