Genesis 27:1

Many years later, when Isaac was really old and he could not see very well, he called out to his oldest son. He said, “Esau, my son.” And Esau answered, “I am here father.”

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

In Context

2Isaac said, “I am getting really old and I do not know when I will die.

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Cross References

Genesis 48:10At this time, Israel was very old and he could not see very well, so Joseph took his sons closer to his father. Israel put his arms around the boys and kissed them.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:1

In this chapter we return to the typical story of the struggle between Esau and Jacob. Esau had profanely sold the birthright to Jacob; but Esau hopes he shall be never the poorer, nor Jacob the richer, for that bargain, while he preserves his interest in his father's affections, and so secures the blessing. Here therefore we find how he was justly punished for his contempt of the birthright (of which he foolishly deprived himself) with the loss of the blessing, of which Jacob fraudulently deprives him. Thus this… Read the whole commentary →

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