Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
- KJV And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
- BSB Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
- NKJV So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
- NLT she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Rebekah tells Jacob she overheard Isaac's plan to bless Esau.
Overview
She reports Isaac's words to Jacob, preparing to enlist him in her plan. Her initiative shows determination that the blessing go to Jacob, consistent with God's oracle but pursued by sinful means. The episode honestly records the moral mixture in the patriarchal family, where faith and deceit coexist.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 1
- Gen 25:28Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
How Genesis 27:6 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.