And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
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Gill's Exposition
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Cambridge Bible
Let my father arise Cf. 19. The effect of this scene is heightened by the use of almost identical language.