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Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

Aa
אָב
Transliteration
'āḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
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TWOT Reference: 4a

Strong’s Definitions

אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x

The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x
The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).
  1. father of an individual

  2. of God as father of his people

  3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

  4. ancestor

    1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

    2. of people

  5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

  6. of producer, generator (fig.)

  7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

  8. term of respect and honour

  9. ruler or chief (spec.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
STRONGS H1: Abbreviations
אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبً, Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic አብ፡ Aramaic אַבָּא, axBAf  — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 + 47 times; construct אַב Genesis 17:4, 5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6 times; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 + 7 times; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 + 106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28, 29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6f, Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1, 6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (JE compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E)=Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15, 17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18, 19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), Genesis 50:1; Genesis 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4, 19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, father of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31Numbers 18:1, 2; Joshua 2:12, 18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת אָב בֵּית Numbers 3:30, 35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13, 15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= 'בית א 'ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 — Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor
(a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:10 [Genesis 32:9] (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24;
(b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4, 5 (P) Genesis 19:37, 38 (J) Genesis 36:9, 43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3, 45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20, 21.
6. figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός Greek Version of the LXX add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24, 42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITHib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 4:20; 4:20; 4:21; 10:21; 11:28; 11:29; 12:1; 15:15; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:5; 18:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:37; 19:38; 22:2; 24:40; 25:28; 27:4; 27:41; 28:1; 28:1; 28:6; 28:7; 28:13; 32:9; 36:9; 36:43; 37:3; 37:4; 37:10; 37:35; 38:11; 41:51; 44:19; 44:20; 45:8; 46:31; 46:34; 47:9; 49:4; 50:1; 50:5; 50:16

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:5; 4:22; 6:14; 6:14; 6:25; 6:25; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 19:4; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17

Leviticus

18:7; 18:8; 18:11; 22:13

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 3:30; 3:35; 18:1; 18:2

Deuteronomy

1:8; 5:16; 8:5; 21:18; 21:19; 26:5; 32:6; 32:11

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:18; 6:25; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

2:1; 14:10; 17:10; 18:19

1 Samuel

12:6; 12:15; 17:20; 24:12

2 Samuel

7:14; 12:22; 14:1; 18:5; 19:1; 19:2

1 Kings

1:21; 2:1; 2:10; 8:1; 11:21; 14:31; 15:11; 15:13; 15:24; 19:4; 19:20; 21:3; 21:4; 22:40; 22:51

2 Kings

2:12; 5:13; 6:21; 8:9; 8:24; 13:14; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:12; 20:17

1 Chronicles

2:24; 2:42; 4:38; 5:13; 5:15; 6:4; 7:11

2 Chronicles

2:12; 4:16

Esther

3:13

Job

17:14; 29:6; 31:18; 38:28

Psalms

68:6; 89:27; 103:13; 103:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:1; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 23:22; 29:3

Isaiah

9:6; 22:21; 43:27; 45:10; 51:2; 63:16; 64:7

Jeremiah

2:27; 3:4; 3:19; 31:9; 35:6

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45

Daniel

11:24

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

13:3

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 1,213 times in 1,060 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 22 (Gen 2:24–Gen 28:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 -

For H5921 this H5921 H3651 reason H5921 H3651 a man H376 shall leave H5800 his father H1 and his mother H517, and be joined H1692 to his wife H802; and they shall become H1961 one H259 flesh H1320.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 - Adah H5711 gave H3205 birth H3205 to Jabal H2989; he was the father H1 of those who live H3427 in tents H168 and have livestock H4735.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - His brother’s H251 name H8034 was Jubal H3106; he was the father H1 of all H3605 those who play H8610 the lyre H3658 and flute H5748.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:18 -

Now the sons H1121 of Noah H5146 who came H3318 out H3318 of the ark H8392 were Shem H8035, Ham H2526, and Japheth H3315; and Ham H2526 was the father H1 of Canaan H3667.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - Ham H2526, the father H1 of Canaan H3667, saw H7200 the nakedness H6172 of his father H1, and told H5046 his two H8147 brothers H251 outside H2351.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - But Shem H8035 and Japheth H3315 took H3947 a garment H8071 and laid H7760 it on both H8147 their shoulders H7926 and walked H1980 backward H322 and covered H3680 the nakedness H6172 of their father H1; and their faces H6440 were [fn]turned H322 away H322, so that they did not see H7200 their father’s H1 nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 -

Also H1571 to Shem H8035, the father H1 of all H3605 the children H1121 of Eber H5677, and the older H1419 brother H251 of Japheth H3315, children were born H3205.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - Haran H2039 died H4191 [fn]during the lifetime H6440 of his father H1 Terah H8646 in the land H776 of his birth H4138, in Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 - Abram H87 and Nahor H5152 took H3947 wives H802 for themselves. The name H8034 of Abram’s H87 wife H802 was Sarai H8297, and the name H8034 of Nahor’s H5152 wife H802 was Milcah H4435, the daughter H1323 of Haran H2039, the father H1 of Milcah H4435 [fn]and Iscah H3252.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram H87,

“Go H1980 from your country H776,

And from your relatives H4138

And from your father’s H1 house H1004,

To the land H776 which H834 I will show H7200 you;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - “As for you, you shall go H935 to your fathers H1 in peace H7965; you will be buried H6912 at a good H2896 old H7872 age H7872.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 -

“As for Me, behold H2009, My covenant H1285 is with you,

And you will be the father H1 of a multitude H1995 of nations H1471.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 -

“No H3808 longer H5750 shall you be named H7121 H8034 [fn]Abram H87,

But your name H8034 shall be [fn]Abraham H85;

For I have made H5414 you the father H1 of a multitude H1995 of nations H1471.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - Then the firstborn H1067 said H559 to the younger H6810, “Our father H1 is H2204 old H2204, and there H369 is H369 not H369 a man H376 [fn]on earth H776 to [fn]have H935 relations H935 with H935 us according to the custom H1870 of all H3605 the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - “Come H1980, let’s make H8248 our father H1 drink H8248 wine H3196, and let’s sleep H7901 with him so that we may keep H2421 [fn]our family H2233 alive H2421 through H4480 our father H1.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So they made H8248 their father H1 drink H8248 wine H3196 that night H3915, and the firstborn H1067 went H935 in H935 and slept H7901 with her father H1; and he did not know H3045 when she lay H7901 down H7901 or got H6965 up H6965.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - On the following H4283 day H4283, the firstborn H1067 said H559 to the younger H6810, “Look H2005, I slept H7901 last H570 night H570 with my father H1; let’s make H8248 him drink H8248 wine H3196 tonight H3915 too H1571, then you go H935 in H935 and sleep H7901 with him, so that we may keep H2421 [fn]our family H2233 alive H2421 through H4480 our father H1.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So they had H8248 their father H1 drink H8248 wine H3196 that night H3915 too H1571, and the younger H6810 got H6965 up H6965 and slept H7901 with him; and he did not know H3045 when she lay H7901 down H7901 or got H6965 up H6965.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36 - And so both H8147 of the daughters H1323 of Lot H3876 conceived H2029 by their father H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - The firstborn H1067 gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him Moab H4124; he is the father H1 of the Moabites H4124 to this day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - As for the younger H6810, she also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him Ben-ammi H1151; he is the father H1 of [fn]the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 to this day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - “Besides H1571, she actually H546 is my sister H269, the daughter H1323 of my father H1, but not the daughter H1323 of my mother H517; and she became H1961 my wife H802;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - and it came H1961 about H1961, when H834 God H430 caused me to wander H8582 from my father’s H1 house H1004, that I said H559 to her, ‘This H2088 is [fn]the kindness H2617 which H834 you will show H6213 to me: [fn]everywhere H413 H3605 H4725 H834 H8033 we go H935, say H559 of me, “He is my brother H251.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - Isaac H3327 spoke H559 to his father H1 Abraham H85 and said H559, “My father H1!” And he said H559, “Here H2009 I am, my son H1121.” And he said H559, “Look H2009, the fire H784 and the wood H6086, but where H346 is the lamb H7716 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz H5780 his firstborn H1060, Buz H938 his brother H251, Kemuel H7055 (the father H1 of Aram H758),
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - “The LORD H3068, the God H430 of heaven H8064, who H834 took H3947 me from my father’s H1 house H1004 and from the land H776 of my birth H4138, and who H834 spoke H1696 to me and who H834 swore H7650 to me, saying H559, ‘To your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 this H2088 land H776’—He will send H7971 His angel H4397 ahead H6440 of you, and you will take H3947 a wife H802 for my son H1121 from there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - and he said H559, “Whose H4310 daughter H1323 are you? Please H4994 tell H5046 me, is H3426 there H3426 room H4725 for us to stay H3885 overnight H3885 at your father’s H1 house H1004?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - but you shall go H1980 to my father’s H1 house H1004 and to my relatives H4940, and take H3947 a wife H802 for my son H1121.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - “And he said H559 to me, ‘The LORD H3068, before H6440 whom H834 I have walked H1980, will send H7971 His angel H4397 with you to make H6743 your journey H1870 successful H6743, and you will take H3947 a wife H802 for my son H1121 from my relatives H4940 and from my father’s H1 house H1004;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - “Live H1481 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481 in this H2088 land H776 and I will be with you and bless H1288 you, for to you and to your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 all H3605 these H411 lands H776, and I will establish H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I swore H7650 to your father H1 Abraham H85.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all H3605 the wells H875 which H834 his father’s H1 servants H5650 had dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, the Philistines H6430 stopped H5640 up H5640 [fn]by filling H4390 them with dirt H6083.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 -

Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to him the same H1931 night H3915 and said H559,

“I am the God H430 of your father H1 Abraham H85;

Do not fear H3372, for I am with you.

I will bless H1288 you and multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233,

For the sake H5668 of My servant H5650 Abraham H85.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - Rebekah H7259 said H559 to her son H1121 Jacob H3290, “Behold H2009, I heard H8085 your father H1 speak H1696 to your brother H251 Esau H6215, saying H559,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - “Go H1980 now H4994 to the flock H6629 and [fn]bring H3947 me two H8147 choice H2896 [fn]young H1423 H5795 goats H1423 H5795 from there H8033, so that I may prepare H6213 them as a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for your father H1, such H834 as H834 he loves H157.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - “Then you shall bring H935 it to your father H1, that he may eat H398, so H5668 H834 that H5668 H834 he may bless H1288 you before H6440 his death H4194.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - “Perhaps H194 my father H1 will touch H4959 me, then I will be like a [fn]deceiver H8591 in his sight H5869, and I will bring H935 upon myself a curse H7045 and not a blessing H1293.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 - So he went H1980 and got H3947 them, and brought H935 them to his mother H517; and his mother H517 made H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303 such H834 as H834 his father H1 loved H157.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:18 -

Then he came H935 to his father H1 and said H559, “My father H1.” And he said H559, “Here H2009 I am. Who H4310 are you, my son H1121?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob H3290 said H559 to his father H1, “I am Esau H6215 your firstborn H1060; I have done H6213 as you told H1696 me. Come H6965 now H4994, sit H3427 and eat H398 of my game H6718, so H5668 that H5668 [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - So Jacob H3290 came H5066 close H5066 to his father H1 Isaac H3327, and he touched H4959 him and said H559, “The voice H6963 is the voice H6963 of Jacob H3290, but the hands H3027 are the hands H3027 of Esau H6215.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 - Then his father H1 Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Please H4994 come H5066 close H5066 and kiss H5401 me, my son H1121.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 Isaac H3327 had finished H3615 blessing H1288 Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 had hardly H389 H3318 gone H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of his father H1 Isaac H3327, that his brother H251 Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from his hunting H6718.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Then he also H1571 made H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303, and brought H935 it to his father H1; and he said H559 to his father H1, “Let my father H1 arise H6965 and eat H398 of his son’s H1121 game H6718, that [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:32 - His father H1 Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Who H4310 are you?” And he said H559, “I am your son H1121, your firstborn H1060, Esau H6215.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau H6215 heard H8085 the words H1697 of his father H1, he cried H6817 out H6817 with an exceedingly H3966 great H1419 and bitter H4751 cry H6818, and said H559 to his father H1, “Bless H1288 me, me as H1571 well H1571, my father H1!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - Esau H6215 said H559 to his father H1, “Do you have only one H259 blessing H1293, my father H1? Bless H1288 me, me as H1571 well H1571, my father H1.” So Esau H6215 raised H5375 his voice H6963 and wept H1058.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 -

Then his father H1 Isaac H3327 answered H6030 and said H559 to him,

“Behold H2009, [fn]away from the [fn]fertility H8082 of the earth H776 shall be your dwelling H4186,

And [fn]away from the dew H2919 of heaven H8064 from above H5921.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 -

So Esau H6215 held H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 [fn]to himself H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - “Arise H6965, go H1980 to Paddan-aram H6307, to the house H1004 of Bethuel H1328 your mother’s H517 father H1; and from there H8033 take H3947 to yourself a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Laban H3837, your mother’s H517 brother H251.

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