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Genesis 25:26 [3] states that Esau was born before Jacob, who came out holding on to his older brother's heel as if he was trying to pull Esau back into the womb so that he could be firstborn. [4] The name Jacob means "he grasps the heel" which is a Hebrew idiom for deceptive behavior.
GENESIS 27. Isaac, old and blind, wants to bless his eldest son before he dies. He sends Esau to hunt meat and prepare a meal, after which he would receive his blessing.
The Gemara read the words of Genesis 33:11, "Because I have everything," to support the Sages' teaching that God gave three people in this world a taste of the World To Come]]—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Of Abraham, Genesis 24:1 says, "And the Lord blessed Abraham with everything." Of Isaac, Genesis 27:33 says, "And I have eaten from everything."
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And for that proposition, the Gemara cited Genesis 14:1, Isaiah 7:1 Jeremiah 1:3, Ruth 1:1, and Esther 1:1. [ 128 ] Reading Genesis 29:13, "It was when Laban heard," a midrash taught that Laban thought that Abraham's servant had been among the lowest of Abraham's household, but as Genesis 24:10 reports, "The servant took ten camels."
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Abraham's servant's meeting (on behalf of Isaac) of Rebekah at the well in Genesis 24:11–27 is the Torah's first of several meetings at watering holes that lead to marriage. Also of the same type scene are the meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the well in Genesis 29:1–12 and the meeting of Moses and Zipporah at the well in Exodus 2:15–21 ...
Nahum Sarna identified three literary genres in Genesis 49:1–27: a deathbed blessing like that in Genesis 27:27–29 and Genesis 28:1–4; a farewell address like that in Joshua 23:1–24:15 and 1 Kings 2:1–9; and a tribal poem like that in Deuteronomy 33 and Judges 5. [156]