Genesis 27:36
Context27:36 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
Context2:22 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
Context36:2 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,
[27:36] 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.
[27:36] 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.”
[2:22] 3 tn The Hebrew verb is בָּנָה (banah, “to make, to build, to construct”). The text states that the
[36:2] 5 tn Heb “from the daughters of Canaan.”
[36:2] 6 tn Heb “daughter,” but see Gen 36:24-25.





