36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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36 And Esau said, (A)“Is he not rightly named [a]Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:36 Supplanter or Deceitful, lit. One Who Takes the Heel

27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

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27 So He said to him, “What is your name?”

He said, “Jacob.”

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Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

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“You shall not abhor an Edomite, (A)for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because (B)you were an alien in his land.

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And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

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To Isaac I gave (A)Jacob and Esau. To (B)Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, (C)but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

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10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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Edom Mistreated His Brother

10 “For (A)violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And (B)you shall be cut off forever.

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12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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12 “But you should not have (A)gazed[a] on the day of your brother
[b]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have (B)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Gloated over
  2. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. On the day he became a foreigner