Genesis 27:36

Genesis 27:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

Context of Genesis 27:36

34When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!” 35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” 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?” 37But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?” 38Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

Genesis 27:36 word by word

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הֲכִי֩ קָרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙ זֶ֣ה פַעֲמַ֔יִם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתִ֣י לָקָ֔ח וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה לָקַ֣ח בִּרְכָתִ֑י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הֲלֹא־אָצַ֥לְתָּ לִּ֖י בְּרָכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• So Esau declaredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Is he not rightlyכִּיkîy · forH3588
• namedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• namedשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• For he has cheated meעָקַב‛âqab · to assailH6117
• For he has cheated meזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• twiceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• He tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• my birthrightבְּכֹרָהbekôrâh bekôrâh · birthrightH1062
• andהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• my blessingבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293
• Haven’tלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• you savedאָצַל'âtsal · to reserveH680

Cross-references for Genesis 27:36

• Genesis 25:26After 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.
• Genesis 32:28Then 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.”
• John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Commentaries on Genesis 27:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Is not he rightly named Jacob? - See note on Genesis 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-40Verses 30-40 When Esau understood that Jacob had got the blessing, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry. The day is coming, when those that now make light of the blessings of the covenant, and sell their title to spiritual blessings for that which is of no value, will, in vain, ask urgently for them. Isaac, when made sensible of the deceit practised on him, trembled exceedingly. Those who follow the choice of their own affections, rather than…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36he has cheated me twice (or tripped me up, or deceived me): Esau started to understand Jacob's true nature. Jacob took the birthright (the right of inheritance, Hebrew bekorah; 25:27–34). He tricked their father to get the blessing (the spoken pronouncement of the inheritance, Hebrew berakah). Esau was right in how he judged Jacob, but he did not recognize his own ungodliness in these actions (see study note on 27:5; Hebrews 12:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-4628. God give thee of the dew of heaven--To an Oriental mind, this phraseology implied the highest flow of prosperity. The copious fall of dew is indispensable to the fruitfulness of lands, which would be otherwise arid and sterile through the violent heat; and it abounds most in hilly regions, such as Canaan, hence called the "fat land" (Ne 9:25, 35). plenty of corn and wine--Palestine was famous for vineyards, and it produced varieties of corn, namely…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 27:36

• Birthright
• Death
• Family
• Firstborn
• Isaac
• Parents
• Responsibility
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Jacob, Israel
• Bless
• Cry
• Deceiver
• Dim
• Esau
• Exceedingly
• Fatness
• Feel

Commentaries on Genesis 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings