Genesis 28:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”

Genesis 28:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:625 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בֵרַךְvēraḵəKneel

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

אֶתʾet—

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

פַּדֶּנָהpadenāh—

אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan

לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take

לוֹlwōTo

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

בְּבָרֲכוֹbəvārăḵwōIn kneel

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לֹאlōʾNot

תִקַּחtiqaḥTake

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בֵרַךְvēraḵəKneel

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

פַּדֶּנָהpadenāhdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲרָםʾărāmPaddan

לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take

לוֹlwōTo

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

בְּבָרֲכוֹbəvārăḵwōIn kneel

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

לֹאlōʾNot

תִקַּחtiqaḥTake

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

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