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26 Afterward his brother came out, and his hand grasped Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob ([a]one who grabs by the heel, supplanter). Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:26 Another meaning may be protect, i.e. may God protect.

36 Esau replied, “Is he not rightly named [a]Jacob (the supplanter)? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:36 See note 25:26.

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