Genesis 27:24

He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

25He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:13He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

2 Samuel 14:5The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Job 13:7Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Proverbs 12:19Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,

Romans 3:7For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still 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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