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Abraham gave the name Isaac to this son of his whom Sarah bore him.(A)

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26 Next his brother came out, gripping Esau’s heel;[a] so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:26 Heel: in Hebrew ‘aqeb, a wordplay on the name Jacob; cf. 27:36. The first of three scenes of striving with Esau. The second is vv. 27–34, and the third, chap. 27. In all the scenes, Jacob values the blessing more than his ardent but unreflective brother Esau does.

35 Once more she conceived and bore a son, and she said, “This time I will give thanks to the Lord”; therefore she named him Judah.[a] Then she stopped bearing children.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:35 Judah: related to ’odeh, “I will give thanks, praise.”

Chapter 2

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,(A)

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