The Meaning of Genesis 27:36 Explained

Genesis 27:36

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?

YLT: And he saith, 'Is it because one called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;' he saith also, 'Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?'

Darby: And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

ASV: And he said, Is not he rightly name Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two time. 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?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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? 

What does Genesis 27:36 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 27:30-45 - Esau's Grief And Anger
Esau apparently had awakened to realize the value of the blessing of the birthright which he had treated so lightly. His exceeding great and bitter cry expressed the anguish of one who awakes to discover that he has forfeited the best for a trifle. But obviously, he was only being held to his own original contract with Jacob. There are similar events in all lives when we take some irrevocable step under the sway of evil passion, and it affects the whole future. There is "no place for repentance"-i.e., no opportunity of altering the decisive effect, of that act. See Hebrews 12:17. We may obtain some lower and inferior blessing, as Esau did, acquiring something of the fatness of the earth and the dew of heaven, living by our sword, and finally, after long years, shaking the yoke from our neck, but we can never be what we might have been! We can never undo that moment of sowing to the flesh. See Galatians 6:7-8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 27

1  Isaac sends Esau for venison
6  Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing
14  Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it
30  Esau brings venison
33  Isaac trembles
34  Esau complains, and by importunity obtains a blessing
41  He threatens Jacob's life
42  Rebekah disappoints him, by sending Jacob away

What do the individual words in Genesis 27:36 mean?

And [Esau] said is not he rightly called the name Jacob for he has supplanted me these two times - my birthright He took away and behold now he has taken away my blessing And he said not have you reserved for me a blessing
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הֲכִי֩ קָרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ ؟ יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙ זֶ֣ה : פַעֲמַ֔יִם אֶת־ בְּכֹרָתִ֣י לָקָ֔ח וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה לָקַ֣ח בִּרְכָתִ֑י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הֲלֹא־ אָצַ֥לְתָּ לִּ֖י בְּרָכָֽה

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר  And  [Esau]  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הֲכִי֩  is  not  he  rightly 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
קָרָ֨א  called 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
שְׁמ֜וֹ  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
؟ יַעֲקֹ֗ב  Jacob 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעֲקֹב  
Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙  for  he  has  supplanted  me 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: עָקַב  
Sense: to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach.
זֶ֣ה  these 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
: פַעֲמַ֔יִם  two  times 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: פַּעַם  
Sense: stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בְּכֹרָתִ֣י  my  birthright 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בְּכֹרָה  
Sense: birthright, primogeniture, right of the first-born.
לָקָ֔ח  He  took  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
וְהִנֵּ֥ה  and  behold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
עַתָּ֖ה  now 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
לָקַ֣ח  he  has  taken  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
בִּרְכָתִ֑י  my  blessing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר  And  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אָצַ֥לְתָּ  have  you  reserved 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָצַל  
Sense: to lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold.
לִּ֖י  for  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
בְּרָכָֽה  a  blessing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.

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