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Isaacיִצְחָקsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Jacob,אֶל יַעֲקֹב“Come near,גְּשָׁהplease,נָּאso that I may feel you,וַאֲמֻשְׁךָmy son,בְּנִיto know whetherהַyouאַתָּהare reallyזֶהmy sonבְּנִיEsauעֵשָׂוorאִםnot.”לֹא
Genesis 27:21
Study it in the app“Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, please, so that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:21, word by word
- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- “Come nearגְּשָׁgesha
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “gesha” appears- so that I may feel youאֲמֻשְׁamush
feel, touch
Feel, touch with the hands.
Where else “amush” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears
The context
20Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because YHWH your Elohim made it happen before me.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Jacob came near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
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?