Genesis 27:34

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Esau	עֵשָׂו֙ 'e.Sav	H6215	Esav · proper noun, a man's name
heard	כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ kish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
words	דִּבְרֵ֣י div.Rei	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural construct
father	אָבִ֔יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
cried	וַיִּצְעַ֣ק vai.yitz.'Ak	H6817	to shriek · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
great	גְּדֹלָ֥ה ge.do.Lah	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
exceeding	מְאֹ֑ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
bitter	וּמָרָ֖ה u.ma.Rah	H4751	bitter (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + adjective, feminine singular absolute
cry	צְעָקָ֔ה tze.'a.Kah	H6818	a shriek · noun, common feminine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
father	לְאָבִ֔יו le.'a.Viv	H1	father · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Bless	בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי ba.ra.Khe.ni	H1288	to kneel · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
father	אָבִֽי 'a.Vi	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Hebrews 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he s…
Proverbs 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
1 Samuel 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Proverbs 1:24-28 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Proverbs 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Luke 13:24-28 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:30-40

Here is, I. The covenant-blessing denied to Esau. He that made so light of the birthright would now have inherited the blessing, but he was rejected, and found no place of repentance in his father, though he sought it carefully with tears, Heb 12:17. Observe, 1. How carefully he sought it. He prepared the savoury meat, as his father had directed him, and then begged the blessing which his father had encouraged him to expect, Gen 27:31. When he understood that Jacob had obtained it surreptitiously, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, Gen 27:34. No man could have laid the disappointment more to heart than he did; he made his father's tent to ring with his grief, and again (Gen 27…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:30

Esau came in from his hunting--Scarcely had the former scene been concluded, when the fraud was discovered. The emotions of Isaac, as well as Esau, may easily be imagined--the astonishment, alarm, and sorrow of the one; the disappointment and indignation of the other. But a moment's reflection convinced the aged patriarch that the transfer of the blessing was "of the Lord," and now irrevocable. The importunities of Esau, however, overpowered him; and as the prophetic afflatus was upon the patriarch, he added what was probably as pleasing to a man of Esau's character as the other would have been.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:33

And Isaac trembled - The marginal reading is very literal and proper, And Isaac trembled with a great trembling greatly. And this shows the deep concern he felt for his own deception, and the iniquity of the means by which it had been brought about. Though Isaac must have heard of that which God had spoken to Rebekah, The elder shall serve the younger, and could never have wished to reverse this Divine purpose; yet he might certainly think that the spiritual blessing might be conveyed to Esau, and by him to all the nations of the earth, notwithstanding the superiority of secular dominion on the other side. Yea, and he shall be blessed - From what is said in this verse, collated with Heb 12:1…

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The Church Fathers

And Esau cried out and wailed bitterly, not because he lost his spiritual blessings but because he was now deprived of the bountiful produce of the blessed earth. [Esau wept] not because he was no longer able to be righteous but because he would not be able to make his brother his servant; not because he would not inherit eternal life but because the land of the Canaanites would not be his portion. Since Esau had such spite for his brother that he wished to kill him, Rebekah persuaded Jacob to go to the house of Laban lest they kill each other in their strife, and she became bereft of both of them at the same time.
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 25:3

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Dictionary and topics

Esau — Hairy, Rebekah’s first-born twin son (Gen. 25:25). The name of Edom, “red”, was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil “pottage” for which he sold his birthright (30,…
Father — A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings…
Jacob — One who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was…
Judas Iscariot — (Judas of Kerioth). He is sometimes called “the son of Simon,” (John 6:71; 13:2,26) but more commonly ISCARIOTES. (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16) etc. The name Iscariot has received many…
Isaac · .His old age, last blessing upon his — .His old age, last blessing upon his
Parents · . — .

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 27:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:30-40

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:30

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 27:34

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:30-40

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 27:30

Adam Clarke on Genesis 27:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 27:34

John Calvin on Genesis 27:34-35

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 27:30-40

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 27:34-35

Rashi on Genesis 27:33