Genesis 27:36

rightly named Jacob See note on Genesis 25:26.

supplanted i.e. "outwitted," "overreached by guile." The word in the original is of the same root as the word "Jacob." It is as if Esau had said "he hath -Jacob-ed" me these two times"; "he hath twice overreached me." See Jeremiah 9:4. LXX ἐπτέρνικε, Lat. supplantavit. Our word "supplant" is probably derived from this context.

he took away my birthright See Genesis 25:29-34. Esau now applies the words "took away" to the transaction in which he was foolish enough, not only to sell his birthright for a "mess of pottage," but also to ratify his action with an oath. He tries to hide his own folly by denouncing his brother's part in the affair.

my blessing The word "my blessing" is spelt in the Heb. with the same consonants as "my birthright," but with two letters transposed. The difference between the birthright or primogenita, and the blessing or benedictio, is that between a title of privilege and the patent which confers it.