After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esav's heel. He was named Ya`akov. Yitzchak was sixty years old when she bore them.
Hosea 12:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he contended with God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He took his brother by the heel in [their mother's] womb, and in the strength [of his manhood] he contended and had power with God. [Gen. 25:26; 27:36.] American Standard Version (1901) In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God: Common English Bible From the womb he tried to be the oldest of twin brothers; as an adult he struggled with God. Catholic Public Domain Version In the womb, he supplanted his brother; for in his good fortune, he had been guided by an angel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. |
After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esav's heel. He was named Ya`akov. Yitzchak was sixty years old when she bore them.
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Yisra'el, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Yehudah only.
The LORD rejected all the seed of Yisra'el, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
until the LORD removed Yisra'el out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Yisra'el was carried away out of their own land to Ashur to this day.
Therefore I will yet contend with you, says the LORD, and with your children's children will I contend.
Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Yisra'el; for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: *Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
It will be, like people, like Kohen; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
Thus says the LORD: *For three transgressions of Yehudah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected the LORD's law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;
Hear, you mountains, the LORD's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Yisra'el.
For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,