God’s Word Translation
Genesis 27:24
24“Are you really my son Esau?” he asked him. “I am,” Jacob answered.
Genesis 27:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
- New International Version (NIV)“Are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “I am,” he replied.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered, "I am."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
Context of Genesis 27:24
22So Jacob went over to his father. Isaac felt ⌞his skin⌟. “The voice is Jacob’s,” he said, “but the hands are Esau’s.” 23He didn’t recognize Jacob, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him. “Are you really my son Esau?” he asked him. “I am,” Jacob answered. 25Isaac said, “Bring me some of the game, and I will eat it, Son, so that I will bless you.” Jacob brought it to Isaac, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him wine, and he drank it. 26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here and give me a kiss, Son.”
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וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה בְּנִ֣י עֵשָׂ֑ו וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 27:24
- 1 Samuel 21:2“The king ordered me to do something,” David answered the priest Ahimelech, “and he told me, ‘No one must know anything about this mission I’m sending you on and about the orders I’ve given you. I’ve stationed my young men at a certain place.’ ”
- 1 Samuel 27:10Achish would ask, “Whom did you raid today?” And David would answer, “the Negev in Judah,” or “the portion of the Negev where the descendants of Jerahmeel live,” or “the portion of the Negev where the Kenites live.”
- 2 Samuel 14:5The king asked her, “What can I do for you?” She answered, “I’m a widow; my husband is dead.
- Job 13:7“Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf?
- Job 15:5Your sin teaches you what to say. You choose ⌞to talk with⌟ a sly tongue.
- Proverbs 12:19The word of truth lasts forever, but lies last only a moment.
- Proverbs 30:8Keep vanity and lies far away from me. Don’t give me either poverty or riches. Feed me ⌞only⌟ the food I need,
- Zechariah 8:16You must do these things: Speak the truth to each other. Give correct and fair verdicts for peace in your courts.
- Romans 3:7If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner?
- Ephesians 4:25So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body.
- Colossians 3:9Don’t lie to each other. You’ve gotten rid of the person you used to be and the life you used to live,
Commentaries on Genesis 27:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-46Verses 1-46 - Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the paternal roof. The remaining forty-four years are passed in the retirement of old age. The chapter before us narrates the last solemn acts of the middle period of his life. Genesis 27:1-4 Isaac was old. - Joseph was in his thirtieth year when he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27Isaac expressed his doubts three times. But his senses, which were not working well, eventually misled him (see study note on 27:1–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2718-27. 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. The disguise, though wanting in one thing, which had nearly upset the whole plot, succeeded in misleading Isaac; and while giving his paternal embrace, the old man was roused into a state of high satisfaction and delight.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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