Genesis 27:24
in Genesis 27Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
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ASV
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
KJV
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd said, art thou my very son Esau?.... Still having some doubt on his mind whether he really was so or not, because of his voice: and he said, I am; as for the observation of Jarchi upon this, in order to excuse Jacob from lying, that he does not say, "I am Esau", only "I", it will not do, since it is an answer to Isaac's question, with a design to deceive him; and he intended by it that he should understand him as he did, that he was really Esau.
This site's exposition
Are you really my son Esau
on Genesis 27:24-25
Isaac asks a second time whether this is really his son Esau. He replied, I am. Gill records an old attempt to soften those two words into something short of a lie, and rejects it outright. The father then eats the goat and drinks the wine, and the blessing is one verse away.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), Art thou my very son Esau? he said, I am. How could he say, I have done as thou badest me, when he had received no command from his father, but was doing as his mother bade him?
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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.
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The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אַתָּ֥ה | ʾatah | [are] you? | H859 → | 1094 times |
| זֶ֖ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| בְּנִ֣י | beni | son my | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵשָׂ֑ו | ʾesav | Esau | H6215 → | 97 times |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אָֽנִי׃ | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אַתָּ֥ה[are] you?
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
זֶ֖הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
בְּנִ֣יson my
beniH1121 →4930 times
עֵשָׂ֑וEsau
ʾesavH6215 →97 times
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אָֽנִי׃I
ʾaniH589 →874 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
Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
it leads to
- Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Colossians 3:9
Through
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ephesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Ephesians 4:25
Through
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
it leads to
- Psalms 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Proverbs 11:20
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
- Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Psalms 5:6
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.