Genesis 27:36

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Esau replied, “My brother deserves the name Jacob, because he has already cheated me twice. The first time he cheated me out of my rights as the firstborn son, and now he has cheated me out of my blessing.” Then Esau asked his father, “Don't you still have any blessing left for me?”

Cross References

Genesis 25:26

The second baby grabbed his brother's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Genesis 32:28

The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel.”

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said, “Here is a true descendant of our ancestor Israel. And he isn't deceitful.”