Genesis 27:15

15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there at the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.

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 said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey me and go get them for me."

14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food his father loved.

15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there at the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.

16 She put the goatskins on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.

17 Then she handed the delicious food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.