Génesis 25:26

26 Y después salió su hermano, con su mano asida al talón de Esaú, y lo llamaron Jacob . Isaac tenía sesenta años cuando ella los dio a luz.

Génesis 25:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:26

And after that came his brother out
Out of his mother's womb, either by his own strength, or by the help of the midwife: and his hand took hold on Esau's heel;
to pluck him back and get out first; and this was not casual, but was so ordered in Providence, and had a meaning and mystery in it: and his name was called Jacob;
by his parents and others, and that for the above reason, because he took his brother by the heel, which his name has the signification of, and Esau has respect to in ( Genesis 27:36 ) : and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them;
and so it was twenty years after he had been married to her; so long was his faith tried and exercised about the promised seed that was to spring from him.

Génesis 25:26 In-Context

24 Y cuando se cumplieron los días de dar a luz, he aquí, había mellizos en su seno.

25 Salió el primero rojizo, todo velludo como una pelliza, y lo llamaron Esaú .

26 Y después salió su hermano, con su mano asida al talón de Esaú, y lo llamaron Jacob . Isaac tenía sesenta años cuando ella los dio a luz.

27 Los niños crecieron, y Esaú llegó a ser diestro cazador, hombre del campo; pero Jacob era hombre pacífico, que habitaba en tiendas.

28 Y amaba Isaac a Esaú porque le gustaba lo que cazaba, pero Rebeca amaba a Jacob.

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e., el que toma por el taln, o, suplantador