Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
His name was called Jacob - Yaccob , from akab , to defraud, deceive, to supplant, i.e., to overthrow a person by tripping up his heels. Hence this name was given to Jacob, because it was found he had laid hold on his brother' s heel, which was emblematical of his supplanting Esau, and defrauding him of his birthright.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Genesis 25:26:
Genesis 25:21
Genesis 27:36
Exodus 12:40
Hosea 12:3
Galatians 3:17
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