Bible Strands
Genesis 27:19
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jacob speaks to his blind father Isaac immediately after presenting a prepared meal, claiming the identity of his brother Esau to secure the paternal blessing.
The words — The Hebrew אָנֹכִי ('a.no.Khi) and עֵשָׂ֣ו ('e.Sav) literally render "I [am] Esau," while עָשִׂ֕יתִי ('a.Si.ti) states "I have done," marking the completed deception.
The thread — The narrative tension of concealed identity and spoken untruths echoes in Isaiah 28:15, Zechariah 13:3, and Matthew 26:70, where speakers rely on evasion or denial.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how spoken claims can override visible reality, requiring a reader to confront the consequences of substituting human manipulation for divine timing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 28:15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Zechariah 13:3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
- Matthew 26:70 But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”
- Genesis 25:25 The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
- Genesis 27:4 Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
- Genesis 27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
- Genesis 27:24 Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
- Genesis 29:23 But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
- 1 Kings 14:2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
- 1 Kings 13:18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,