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Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them. <a href="/nlt/genesis/25.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. <a href="/esv/genesis/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. <a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. <a href="/kjv/genesis/25.htm">King James Bible</a> And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/25.htm">New King James Version</a> Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. <a href="/nasb/genesis/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau&#8217s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. <a href="/lsb/genesis/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. <a href="/amp/genesis/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Afterward his brother came out, and his hand grasped Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob (one who grabs by the heel, supplanter). Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them. <a href="/csb/genesis/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> After this, his brother came out grasping Esau&#8217s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. <a href="/asv/genesis/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. <a href="/cev/genesis/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The second baby grabbed on to his brother's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. <a href="/erv/genesis/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. <a href="/gwt/genesis/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Afterwards, his brother was born with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, and so he was named Jacob [Heel]. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. <a href="/gnt/genesis/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. <a href="/isv/genesis/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> After that, his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born. <a href="/msb/genesis/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> After this, his brother came out grasping Esau?s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. <a href="/net/genesis/25.htm">NET Bible</a> When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. <a href="/nheb/genesis/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. <a href="/wbt/genesis/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And after that his brother was born, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. <a href="/web/genesis/25.htm">World English Bible</a> After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and afterward his brother has come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau’s heel, and one calls his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them. <a href="/ylt/genesis/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac is a son of sixty years in her bearing them. <a href="/slt/genesis/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And after this, his brother will come forth, and his hand having laid hold upon Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaak the son of sixty years in her bringing them forth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Isaac was sixty years old when the little ones were born to him. <a href="/nabre/genesis/25.htm">New American Bible</a> Next his brother came out, gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And after him his brother came forth, and his hand held Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And after him his brother went out, and his hand was holding on the heel of Esau, and he called his name Yaquuv, and Isaac was a son of sixty years when she gave birth to them.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. <a href="/sep/genesis/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them. <a href="/parallel/genesis/25-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=5947" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/25.htm">Jacob and Esau</a> …25The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau. 26<a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥă·rê- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">After</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">this,</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’ā·ḥîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">his brother</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">came out</a> <a href="/hebrew/270.htm" title="270: ’ō·ḥe·zeṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To grasp, take hold, take possession. A primitive root; to seize.">grasping</a> <a href="/hebrew/6215.htm" title="6215: ‘ê·śāw (N-proper-ms) -- Apparently a form of the passive participle of asah in the original sense of handling; rough; Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity.">Esau’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6119.htm" title="6119: ba·‘ă·qêḇ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Heel, footprint, hind part. Or hiqqbah; from aqab; a heel; hence, a track; figuratively, the rear.">heel;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: wə·yā·ḏōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">so he was named</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Jacob.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: wə·yiṣ·ḥāq (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">And Isaac</a> <a href="/hebrew/8346.htm" title="8346: šiš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Sixty. Multiple of shesh; sixty.">was sixty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years old</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: bə·le·ḏeṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">when the twins were born.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> 27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a> Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. / Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, / not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” ... <a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">Hosea 12:3</a> In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-3</a> “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” <a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16-17</a> See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. / For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears. <a href="/genesis/27-36.htm">Genesis 27:36</a> So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?” <a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a> Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.” <a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Genesis 33:1-3</a> Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. / He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. / But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. <a href="/genesis/36-1.htm">Genesis 36:1</a> This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom). <a href="/1_chronicles/1-34.htm">1 Chronicles 1:34</a> Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. <a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10</a> Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. <a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm">Obadiah 1:18</a> Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken. <a href="/deuteronomy/21-15.htm">Deuteronomy 21:15-17</a> If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, / when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife. / Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him. <a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm">2 Samuel 8:14</a> He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went. <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Jeremiah 49:10</a> But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more. <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three score years old when she bore them.And after.<a href="/genesis/38-28.htm">Genesis 38:28-30</a> And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first… took.<a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">Hosea 12:3</a> He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:Jacob.<a href="/genesis/27-36.htm">Genesis 27:36</a> And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?Isaac was.<a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a> And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/24-55.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/genesis/24-55.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/genesis/25-24.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/25-25.htm">Born</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-9.htm">Esau's</a> <a href="/genesis/25-25.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Gripping</a> <a href="/genesis/24-49.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Heel</a> <a href="/genesis/21-18.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/genesis/24-21.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-21.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/25-21.htm">Rebekah</a> <a href="/genesis/5-27.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/genesis/25-7.htm">Threescore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/genesis/30-21.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/genesis/29-32.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/29-35.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/genesis/25-31.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/27-19.htm">Born</a> <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Esau's</a> <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-13.htm">Gripping</a> <a href="/genesis/26-29.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/genesis/27-36.htm">Heel</a> <a href="/genesis/43-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/25-27.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/25-28.htm">Rebekah</a> <a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Threescore</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 25</div>1. <a href="/genesis/25-1.htm">The sons of Abraham by Keturah.</a> 5. <a href="/genesis/25-5.htm">The division of his goods.</a> 7. <a href="/genesis/25-7.htm">His age, death, and burial.</a> 11. <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">God blesses Isaac.</a> 12. <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">The generations of Ishmael.</a> 17. <a href="/genesis/25-17.htm">His age and death.</a> 19. <a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">Isaac prays for Rebekah, being barren.</a> 22. <a href="/genesis/25-22.htm">The children strive in her womb.</a> 24. <a href="/genesis/25-24.htm">The birth of Esau and Jacob.</a> 27. <a href="/genesis/25-27.htm">Their different characters and pursuits.</a> 29. <a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Esau sells his birthright.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; The birth of Jacob and Esau is significant in biblical history, as it sets the stage for the ongoing struggle between the two brothers and their descendants. The act of Jacob grasping Esau's heel is symbolic of the conflict that would characterize their relationship. In Hebrew, the name Jacob (Ya'akov) is related to the word for "heel" (akev), indicating his role as the one who follows or supplants. This foreshadows Jacob's later actions in obtaining Esau's birthright and blessing. The imagery of grasping the heel also suggests a struggle for dominance, which is a recurring theme in their lives and the history of their descendants, the Israelites and Edomites.so he was named Jacob. The name Jacob means "he grasps the heel" or "he deceives," reflecting both his birth action and his later life. Names in the Bible often carry significant meaning and can reflect character or destiny. Jacob's life is marked by instances of deception, such as when he tricks Esau out of his birthright and deceives his father Isaac to receive the blessing meant for Esau. This name also points to the transformative journey Jacob undergoes, as he later wrestles with God and is renamed Israel, meaning "he struggles with God," indicating a shift in his character and relationship with God.And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. Isaac's age at the birth of Jacob and Esau highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding his descendants. Isaac, the child of promise, waited twenty years after marrying Rebekah to have children, emphasizing the theme of divine timing and faith in God's promises. This period of waiting also mirrors the experiences of other patriarchs, such as Abraham and Sarah, who waited for the birth of Isaac. The age of Isaac at the twins' birth underscores the continuation of the covenantal line through Jacob, despite the challenges and delays faced by the patriarchs.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> The second son of Isaac and Rebekah, born grasping his brother Esau's heel. His name, "Jacob," is derived from the Hebrew root (aqab), meaning "to follow" or "to supplant," which foreshadows his future actions and character. 2. <a href="/topical/e/esau.htm">Esau</a> The firstborn twin brother of Jacob. His birth and the circumstances surrounding it set the stage for the sibling rivalry and the fulfillment of God's prophecy to Rebekah about the two nations in her womb. 3. <a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a> The father of Jacob and Esau, who was sixty years old at the time of their birth. Isaac's role as the patriarch is significant in the continuation of God's covenant with Abraham. 4. <a href="/topical/r/rebekah.htm">Rebekah</a> The mother of Jacob and Esau, who received a prophecy from God about the two nations that would come from her sons. 5. <a href="/topical/b/birth_of_the_twins.htm">Birth of the Twins</a> The event of Jacob and Esau's birth is pivotal in the account of Genesis, highlighting themes of destiny, divine election, and the unfolding of God's plan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty_and_human_responsibility.htm">Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility</a> God's plans and purposes are sovereign, yet human actions and decisions play a role in the unfolding of His will. Jacob's grasping of Esau's heel symbolizes his future actions and the fulfillment of God's prophecy. <a href="/topical/i/identity_and_destiny.htm">Identity and Destiny</a> Names in the Bible often reflect character and destiny. Jacob's name foreshadows his life's journey and the transformation he undergoes. Reflect on how our identity in Christ shapes our destiny. <a href="/topical/f/family_dynamics_and_god's_plan.htm">Family Dynamics and God's Plan</a> The account of Jacob and Esau highlights complex family dynamics and God's ability to work through them. Consider how God can use our family situations for His purposes. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_across_generations.htm">God's Faithfulness Across Generations</a> Isaac's age at the birth of his sons reminds us of God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises across generations. Trust in God's timing and faithfulness in your own life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 25</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_sons_of_jacob.htm">Who are the Sons of Jacob?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jacob_and_esau's_story_important.htm">What is the significance of Jacob and Esau's story?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_esau_sell_his_birthright.htm">Why did Esau sell his birthright to Jacob?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jacob's_pride_important.htm">What is the significance of Jacob's pride?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) His hand took hold on Esau's heel.--Usually there is a considerable interval--an hour or more--between the birth of twins; but here Jacob appeared without delay, following immediately upon his brother. This is expressed by the metaphorical phrase that his hand had hold on Esau's heel--that is, there was absolutely no interval between them. Though very rare, yet similar cases have been chronicled from time to time.His name was called Jacob.--The name signifies one who follows at another's heels. It was Esau who first put upon it a bad meaning (<a href="/genesis/27-36.htm" title="And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?">Genesis 27:36</a>), and this bad sense has been riveted to it by Jacob's own unworthy conduct. It is constantly so used even in the Bible. Thus in <a href="/hosea/12-3.htm" title="He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:">Hosea 12:3</a>--a passage quoted in defence of a literal explanation of the metaphor in this verse by those who are acquainted only with the English Version--the Hebrew has, he Jacobed, literally, heeled--that is, o<a href="/jeremiah/9-4.htm" title="Take you heed every one of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.">Jeremiah 9:4</a> and elsewhere; but it is not well rendered by our word supplant, which contains a different metaphor, the planta being the sole of the foot; whereas to be at a person's heel is to be his determined pursuer, and one who on overtaking throws him down.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 26. - And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel. The inf. constr, standing for the finite verb (Ewald's 'Hebrews Synt.,' 304). Not simply followed close upon the heels of Esau (Kalisch), but seized Esau's heel, as if he would trip him up (Keil, Murphy). It has been contended (De Wette, Schumann, Knobel) that such an act was impossible, a work on obstetrics by Busch maintaining that an hour commonly intervenes between the birth of twins; but practitioners of eminence who have been consulted declare the act to be distinctly possible, and indeed it is well known that "a multitude of surprising phenomena are connected with births" (Havernick), some of which are not greatly dissimilar to that which is here recorded. Delitzsch interprets the language as meaning only that the hand of Jacob reached out in the direction of his brother's heel, as if to grasp it; but <a href="/hosea/12-3.htm">Hosea 12:3</a> explicitly asserts that he had his brother's heel by the hand while yet in his mother's womb. And his name was called - literally, and he (i.e. one) called his name; καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ (LXX.); id circo appellavit eum (Vulgate; cf. <a href="/genesis/16-14.htm">Genesis 16:14</a>; <a href="/genesis/27-36.htm">Genesis 27:36</a>) - Jacob. Not "Successor," like the Latin secundus, from sequor (Knobel, Kalisch); but "Heel-catcher" (Rosenmüller, Gesenius, Keil, Lange, Murphy), hence Supplanter (cf. <a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Genesis 37:36</a>). And Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. Literally, in the bearing of them, the inf. constr, taking the case of its verb (vide Gesenius, § 133) - when she (the mother) bare them; ὄτε ἔτεκεν αὐτοὺς Ῥεβέκκα (LXX.); quum nati sunt parvuli (Vulgate); though, as Rebekah's name does not occur in the immediate context, and ילד is applied to the father (<a href="/genesis/4-18.htm">Genesis 4:18</a>; <a href="/genesis/10-8.htm">Genesis 10:8, 13</a>) as well as to the mother, the clause may be rendered when he (Isaac) begat them (Kalisch, Afford). CHAPTER 25:27-34 <a href="/commentaries/genesis/25-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>After וְאַֽחֲרֵי־ (wə·’a·ḥă·rê-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part this, כֵ֞ן (ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus his brother אָחִ֗יו (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> A brother, ) came out יָצָ֣א (yā·ṣā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim grasping אֹחֶ֙זֶת֙ (’ō·ḥe·zeṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_270.htm">Strong's 270: </a> To grasp, take hold, take possession Esau’s עֵשָׂ֔ו (‘ê·śāw) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6215.htm">Strong's 6215: </a> Esau -- oldest son of Isaac heel; בַּעֲקֵ֣ב (ba·‘ă·qêḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6119.htm">Strong's 6119: </a> Heel, footprint, hind part so he was named וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read Jacob. יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc And Isaac וְיִצְחָ֛ק (wə·yiṣ·ḥāq) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah was sixty שִׁשִּׁ֥ים (šiš·šîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8346.htm">Strong's 8346: </a> Sixty years old בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son when [the twins] were born. בְּלֶ֥דֶת (bə·le·ḏeṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/25-26.htm">Genesis 25:26 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/25-26.htm">OT Law: Genesis 25:26 After that his brother came out (Gen. 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