Genesis 27:15

15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau's good clothes, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Genesis 27:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:15

And Rebekah took goodly garments of her eldest son Esau
Or "desirable" ^F17 ones, exceeding good ones: which [were] with her in the house;
which she had the care and keeping of, and were wore only on particular occasions: some think these were priestly garments, which belonged to him as the firstborn, and were not in the keeping of his wives, being idolaters, but in his mother's keeping; which is not very probable, yet more likely than that they were, as some Jewish writers ^F18 say, the garments of Adam the first man, which Esau seeing on Nimrod, greatly desired them, and slew him for them, see ( Genesis 10:10 ) ; and hence called desirable garments: and put them upon Jacob her younger son;
that be might be took for Esau, should Isaac examine him and feel his garments, or smell them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (tdmxh) "desideratissimis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F18 Targum Jon. in loc. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 65. fol. 58. 1. Pirke Eliezer, c. 24. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 3. 1.

Genesis 27:15 In-Context

13 His mother responded, "Let any curse on you fall on me, Son. Just obey me and go! Get me [the young goats]."

14 He went and got them and brought them to his mother. She prepared a good-tasting meal, just the way his father liked it.

15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau's good clothes, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

16 She put the skins from the young goats on his hands and on the back of his neck.

17 Then she gave her son Jacob the good-tasting meal and the bread she had prepared.