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Genesis 27:36

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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

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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

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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,

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[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 Lord God built the rib into a woman. Again, the passage gives no indication of precisely how this was done.

[36:2]  5 tn Heb “from the daughters of Canaan.”

[36:2]  6 tn Heb “daughter,” but see Gen 36:24-25.



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