Yaʻăqôb — Jacob = “heel holder” or “supplanter”
ʻâqab — to supplant, circumvent, take by the heel, follow at the heel, assail insidiously, overreach
182 + 26 = 208
Genesis 25:26 — “Then his brother emerged, holding on to the heel of Esau; so they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.”
Genesis 25:27 — “When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob became a mild man who stayed in camp.”
Genesis 25:28 — “Isaac favored Esau because he had a taste for game; but Rebekah favored Jacob.”
Genesis 25:29 — “Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished.”
Genesis 25:30 — “And Esau said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red stuff to gulp down, for I am famished”—which is why he was named Edom.”
| Gen | Isa | Psa | Jer | Exo | Deu | Mic | Num | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 40 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 317 |