Kejadian 27:36

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?”

Kejadian 27:38

27:38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” ³  Then Esau wept loudly. ⁴ 

Kejadian 27:41

27:41 So Esau hated ⁵  Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. ⁶  Esau said privately, ⁷  “The time ⁸  of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill ⁹  my brother Jacob!”

[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.”

[27:38]  ³ tn Heb “Bless me, me also, my father.” The words “my father” have not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[27:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Esau lifted his voice and wept.”

[27:41]  ⁵ tn Or “bore a grudge against” (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV). The Hebrew verb שָׂטַם (satam) describes persistent hatred.

[27:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “because of the blessing which his father blessed him.”

[27:41]  ⁷ tn Heb “said in his heart.” The expression may mean “said to himself.” Even if this is the case, v. 42 makes it clear that he must have shared his intentions with someone, because the news reached Rebekah.

[27:41]  ⁸ tn Heb “days.”

[27:41]  ⁹ tn The cohortative here expresses Esau’s determined resolve to kill Jacob.