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He wentוַיָּבֹאto his fatherאֶל אָבִיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“My father.”אָבִיAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Here I am;הִנֶּנִּיwhoמִיare you,אַתָּהmy son?”בְּנִי
Genesis 27:18
Study it in the app“He went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:18, word by word
- He wentיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears
The context
17She gave the tasty food and the bread that she had made into the hand of Jacob her son.
18 · This verse (above)
19Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, so that you may bless me.”
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?