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Genesis 27:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.


Genesis 27:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 27:3020 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
כִּלָּהkilāhEnd
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
לְבָרֵךְləvārēḵəTo kneel
אֶתʾet
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
יָצֹאyāṣōʾGo
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
פְּנֵיpənêFace
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְעֵשָׂוwəʿēśāwAnd Esav
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
בָּאbāʾGo
מִצֵּידוֹmiṣêdwōFrom chase
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
כִּלָּהkilāhEnd
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
לְבָרֵךְləvārēḵəTo kneel
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
יָצֹאyāṣōʾGo
יָצָאyāṣāʾGo
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
פְּנֵיpənêFace
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְעֵשָׂוwəʿēśāwAnd Esav
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
בָּאbāʾGo
מִצֵּידוֹmiṣêdwōFrom chase

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