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Genesis 25:34 Interlinear

“Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he did eat and drink and rose up despised Esau his birthright”

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Genesis 25 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְיַֽעֲקֹ֞ב	H3290	Then Jacob	jaakob, the israelitish patriarch
2	נָתַ֣ן	H5414	gave	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
3	עֵשָׂ֖ו	H6215	Esau	esav, a son of isaac, including his posterity
4	לֶ֚חֶם	H3899	bread	food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
5	וּנְזִ֣יד	H5138	and pottage	something boiled, i.e., soup
6	עֲדָשִׁ֔ים	H5742	of lentiles	a lentil
7	וַיֹּ֣אכַל	H398	and he did eat	to eat (literally or figuratively)
8	וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ	H8354	and drink	to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
9	וַיָּ֖קָם	H6965	and rose up	to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
10	וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ	H1980		to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
11	וַיִּ֥בֶז	H959	despised	to disesteem
12	עֵשָׂ֖ו	H6215	Esau	esav, a son of isaac, including his posterity
13	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14	הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃	H1062	his birthright	the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture

Genesis 25:34 (current)Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he did eat and drink and rose up despised Esau his birthright