And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
- Isaac Blessing His Sons The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years he is contemporary with his father. For sixty-one years more his son Jacob remains under the…
Here is, I. The covenant-blessing denied to Esau. He that made so light of the birthright would now have inherited the blessing, but he was rejected, and found no place of repentance in his father,…
Cambridge Bible
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…