Kejadian 27:36

27:36 Esau exclaimed, “‘Jacob’ is the right name for him! ¹  He has tripped me up ²  two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”

Ibrani 12:16

12:16 And see to it that no one becomes ³  an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. ⁴ 

[27:36]  ¹ tn Heb “Is he not rightly named Jacob?” The rhetorical question, since it expects a positive reply, has been translated as a declarative statement.

[27:36]  ² sn He has tripped me up. When originally given, the name Jacob was a play on the word “heel” (see Gen 25:26). The name (since it is a verb) probably means something like “may he protect,” that is, as a rearguard, dogging the heels. This name was probably chosen because of the immediate association with the incident of grabbing the heel. Esau gives the name “Jacob” a negative connotation here, the meaning “to trip up; to supplant.”

[12:16]  ³ tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.

[12:16]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.