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He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."
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A Deliberate Lie
Commentators are clear that Jacob's response, "I am," is not a clever turn of phrase but a direct lie. Scholar John Gill notes that this was a deliberate answer to Isaac's specific question, intended to deceive. Isaac had a "lurking doubt" due to Jacob's voice, and this blunt falsehood was the final step needed to secure the blessing through deceit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years, he was contemporary with his father. For sixty-one more years, his…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, please, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are my very son Esau or not.
And Jacob went…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And said, [are] you my very son Esau ? &c.] Still having some doubt on his mind whether he really was so or not, bec…
Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point and received the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distingu…
