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Isaacיִצְחָקhis fatherאָבִיוsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Whoמִיare you?”אָתָּהHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאֲנִיam your son,בִּנְךָyour firstborn,בְכֹרְךָEsau.”עֵשָׂו
Genesis 27:32
Study it in the app“Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:32, 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- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- am your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- your firstbornבְכֹרְvechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “vechor” 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
31He also made tasty food and brought it to his father, and he said to his father, “Let my father get up and eat of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
32 · This verse (above)
33Isaac trembled with a great trembling, exceedingly, and said, “Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of all before you came, and I blessed him? Indeed, he will be blessed.”
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?