Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
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Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
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And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
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And Isaac his father said unto him: 'Who art thou?' And he said: 'I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.'
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Passages linked to Genesis 27:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 27:18 He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him,…
Gen 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
Ver. 32. Thy firstborn Esau.] But have you forgot that you sold your first birthright to your brother Jacob, who now hath outwitted you?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Isaac his father said unto him, who art…
And Isaac his father said unto him, who art thou?.... Hearing another voice more like Esau's than what he had heard before surprised him, and therefore in haste puts this question:
and he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau; all which was true in a sense; he was his son, and he was Esau, and he was his firstborn by nature, but not by right, for he had sold his birthright.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. thy son, thy firstborn, Esau] For this triple…
32. thy son, thy firstborn, Esau] For this triple emphasis, cf. Gen_22:2. Esau answers, as if he were surprised that Isaac should have asked who he was, or possibly at the agitated manner of the questioner.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art…
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? The language indicates the patriarch"s surprise. And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. The emphatic tone of Esau"s answer may have been dictated by a suspicion, already awakened by Isaac"s question, that all was not right (Inglis). Esau"s claim to be regarded as Isaac"s firstborn, after having bartered away his birthright, is considered by some to be unwarranted (Wordsworth); but it is doubtful if Esau attached the importance to the term "firstborn" which this objection presupposes.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 said to him
said to him
"said to Esau"
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Isaac trembled
"Isaac began to shake"
hunted this game
Game refers to a wild animal that people hunt and kill. See how "game" was translated in Genesis 27:7.
translationWords
Isaac
ancestor
firstborn
Esau
bless
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