Genesis 27:24

and says, “You are he—my son Esau?” And he says, “I [am].”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

In Context

23And he has not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of his brother Esau, and he blesses him,

25And he says, “Bring [it] near to me, and I eat of my son’s game, so that my soul blesses you”; and he brings [it] near to him, and he eats; and he brings wine to him, and he drinks.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:13and changes his behavior before their eyes, and feigns himself mad in their hand, and scribbles on the doors of the gate, and lets down his spittle to his beard.

2 Samuel 14:5And the king says to her, “What do you [want]?” And she says, “I [am] truly a widow woman, and my husband dies,

Job 13:7Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?

Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth is established forever, || And a tongue of falsehood for a moment.

Proverbs 30:8Put vanity and a lying word far from me, || Do not give poverty or wealth to me, || Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

Romans 3:7For if the truth of God in my falsehood abounded more to His glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:19-30

The Fraud of Jacob. ( b. c. 1760.) 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may… Read the whole commentary →

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