Genesis 25:28
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יִצְחָק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
צַיִד
tsayid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
Key Terms in This Verse
צַיִד tsayid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
Study H6718 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
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