Yak’veni means “Outwitted me” and is used in Genesis 27:36 And he (Esau) said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has outwitted me these two times: he took away my birthright and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing.”

The word commonly translated Supplanted is the Latin word Subplantavit, which tradition still uses in many English translations. The word Supplant has led to some really blasphemous messages about Jacob, one of our Patriarchs who has extraordinary zeal for the LORD* and who still is one of God’s favorites.

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