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Genesis 27:34

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27:34 When Esau heard 1  his father’s words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. 2  He said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”

Genesis 27:36

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27:36 Esau exclaimed, “‘Jacob’ is the right name for him! 3  He has tripped me up 4  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?”

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[27:34]  1 tn The temporal clause is introduced with the temporal indicator and has the infinitive as its verb.

[27:34]  2 tn Heb “and he yelled [with] a great and bitter yell to excess.”

[27:36]  3 tn Heb “Is he not rightly named Jacob?” The rhetorical question, since it expects a positive reply, has been translated as a declarative statement.

[27:36]  4 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.”



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