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Genesis 25:28

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

KJV

Isaac amabat Esau, eo quod de venationibus illius vesceretur : et Rebecca diligebat Jacob.

Vulgate

ἠγάπησεν δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἠσαύ, ὅτι ἡ θήρα αὐτοῦ βρῶσις αὐτῷ· Ῥεβέκκα δὲ ἠγάπα τὸν Ἰακώβ.

LXX

Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: and Rebekah loved Jacob.

ASV

וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי צַ֣יִד בְּ/פִ֑י/ו וְ/רִבְקָ֖ה אֹהֶ֥בֶת אֶֽת יַעֲקֹֽב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People IsaacRebekahEsauJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
צַ֖יִד
tsyd
noun · 17×
רִבְקָ֥ה
rbqh
proper_noun · 30×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 27:4 — 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.
  • Gen 27:9 — 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:
  • Gen 27:14 — And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
  • Gen 27:19 — 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.
  • Gen 27:25 — 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.
  • Gen 27:31 — 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.
  • Gen 48:19 — And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be