Genesis 27:5 - Exposition

And Rebekah (who, though younger than Isaac, must also have been old) heard when Isaac spake —literally, in the speaking of Isaac; בְּ with the inf. forming a periphrasis for the gerund, and being commonly rendered by when ( Genesis 14:1-24 :30; Genesis 31:18 ), the subordinated noun being changed in translation into the subject of the sentence—to Esau his son (to which the "her son" of Genesis 27:6 stands in contrast). And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, —literally, to hunt hunting . ( vide on Genesis 27:3 ) and to bring it — i . e . " the savory meat" or " delicious food," as directed ( Genesis 27:4 ).