Genesis 27:19
in Genesis 27Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
8 notes on this verseI am Esau thy first-born - Here are many palpable falsehoods, and such as should neither be imitated nor excused. “Jacob,” says Calmet, “imposes on his father in three different ways. 1. By his words: I am thy first-born Esau. 2. By his actions; he gives him kids’ flesh for venison, and says he had executed his orders, and got it by hunting. 3. By his clothing; he puts on Esau’s garments, and the kids’ skins upon his hands and the smooth of his neck.
This site's exposition
Which one are you, my son
on Genesis 27:18-20
Isaac asks which son is in front of him. Jacob answers with three false statements: the name Esau, the place of the firstborn, and the claim that he hunted the meat. Pressed on the speed of the hunt, he puts the LORD behind it. Adam Clarke marks that answer as the worst of them, a lie that borrows God's name.
This site's exposition
I am Esau, your firstborn
Jacob gives his father his brother's name and the title firstborn, which he had bought at 25:33. John Gill, at verse 32, says Esau was the firstborn son by nature and no longer by right. Adam Clarke still called the answer a plain lie.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The words of Jacob to his father, "I have done as you told me," demonstrate that the Word is always obedient to his Father, as is confirmed by what he says in Ezekiel: "I did just as I was commanded."
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), I am Esau thy first-born; nor do I see how the endeavour of some to bring him off with that equivocation, I am made thy first-born, namely by purchase, does him any service; for when his father asked him (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And Jacob said, I am Esau - Who would have thought this plain man could have played such a part? His mother having put him in the way of it, he applies himself to those methods which he had never accustomed himself to, but had always conceived an abhorrence of. But lying is soon learned.
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he came unto his father--The scheme planned by the mother was to be executed by the son in the father's bedchamber; and it is painful to think of the deliberate falsehoods, as well as daring profanity, he resorted to.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֜ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אָבִ֗יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אָנֹכִי֙ | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| עֵשָׂ֣ו | ʾesav | [am] Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| בְּכֹרֶ֔ךָ | bekhorekha | firstborn your | H1060 → | 122 times |
| עָשִׂ֕יתִי | ʾasiti | I have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ | dibarta | you said | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| קֽוּם־ | kum- | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| נָ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| שְׁבָ֗ה | shevah | sit ! | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וְאָכְלָה֙ | veakhelah | and eat ! | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִצֵּידִ֔י | mitzeidi | some of wild game my | H6718 → | 19 times |
| בַּעֲב֖וּר | baavur | inorder that | H5668 → | 49 times |
| תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי | tevarakhani | <it> may bless me | H1288 → | 330 times |
| נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ | nafshekha | self your | H5315 → | 754 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יַעֲקֹ֜בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אָבִ֗יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
אָנֹכִי֙I
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
עֵשָׂ֣ו[am] Esau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
בְּכֹרֶ֔ךָfirstborn your
bekhorekhaH1060 →122 times
עָשִׂ֕יתִיI have done
ʾasitiH6213 →2628 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבַּ֖רְתָּyou said
dibartaH1696 →1141 times
אֵלָ֑יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
קֽוּם־arise
kum-H6965 →628 times
נָ֣אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
שְׁבָ֗הsit !
shevahH3427 →1079 times
וְאָכְלָה֙and eat !
veakhelahH398 →810 times
מִצֵּידִ֔יsome of wild game my
mitzeidiH6718 →19 times
בַּעֲב֖וּרinorder that
baavurH5668 →49 times
תְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּי<it> may bless me
tevarakhaniH1288 →330 times
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃self your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 14:2and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 28:8
So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring…
- 2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act…
- 1 Kings 11:29–38
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them…
- 2 Chronicles 18:29
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
- 1 Samuel 28:8
Through
Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our…
it leads to
- Isaiah 8:7–8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
- Amos 2:4
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they…
- Isaiah 8:7–8
Through
Genesis 27:21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
it leads to
- James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Isaiah 57:19
bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- James 4:8
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Hippolytus of Rome, ON THE BLESSINGS OF ISSAC AND JACOB 6; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.