Genesis 27:36

27:36 Esau exclaimed, “‘Jacob’ is the right name for him! ¹  He has tripped me up ²  two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”

Genesis 2:22

2:22 Then the Lord God made ³  a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Genesis 36:2

36:2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: ⁴  Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter ⁵  of Zibeon the Hivite,

¹ tn Heb “Is he not rightly named Jacob?” The rhetorical question, since it expects a positive reply, has been translated as a declarative statement.

² sn He has tripped me up. When originally given, the name Jacob was a play on the word “heel” (see Gen 25:26). The name (since it is a verb) probably means something like “may he protect,” that is, as a rearguard, dogging the heels. This name was probably chosen because of the immediate association with the incident of grabbing the heel. Esau gives the name “Jacob” a negative connotation here, the meaning “to trip up; to supplant.”

³ tn The Hebrew verb is בָּנָה (banah, “to make, to build, to construct”). The text states that the Lord God built the rib into a woman. Again, the passage gives no indication of precisely how this was done.

⁵ tn Heb “from the daughters of Canaan.”

⁶ tn Heb “daughter,” but see Gen 36:24-25.