Genesis 27:26
in Genesis 27Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
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ASV
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
KJV
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
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This verse in Genesis 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
come near and kiss me
on Genesis 27:26-27
The last test is smell, and the borrowed clothes pass it. Clarke takes the finest clothes to have been stored with aromatic herbs, the way a wardrobe was kept. Isaac smells the open country on his son and blesses him. He names it the smell of a field the LORD has blessed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And his father Isaac said unto him,.... After he had eat and drank, and the repast was over, and all were took away: come near now, and kiss me, my son; which was desired either out of affection to him, excited by this instance of preparing such savoury and agreeable food; or else having some suspicion still, and willing to have more satisfaction before he proceeded further to bless, from the smell of his breath, and of his garments,
And thus, as well as by their baptism, to do what they can to preserve and perpetuate the entail of the covenant in their families. But this was an extraordinary blessing; and Providence so ordered it that Isaac should bestow it upon Jacob ignorantly and by mistake, that it might appear he was beholden to God for it, and not to Isaac.
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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלָ֖יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יִצְחָ֣ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| גְּשָׁה־ | geshah- | draw near ! | H5066 → | 125 times |
| נָּ֥א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| וּשְׁקָה־ | ushekah- | and kiss ! | H5401 → | 35 times |
| לִּ֖י | li | <to> <the> me | ||
| בְּנִֽי׃ | beni | O son my | H1121 → | 4930 times |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלָ֖יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
יִצְחָ֣קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
גְּשָׁה־draw near !
geshah-H5066 →125 times
נָּ֥אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
וּשְׁקָה־and kiss !
ushekah-H5401 →35 times
לִּ֖י<to> <the> me
li
בְּנִֽי׃O son my
beniH1121 →4930 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.