Genesis 27:24

24 And he said, "{Are you really} my son Esau?" And he said, "I [am]."

Genesis 27:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:24

And said, [art] thou my very son Esau?
&c.] Still having some doubt on his mind whether he really was so or not, because of his voice: and he said, I [am];
as for the observation of Jarchi upon this, in order to excuse Jacob from lying, that he does not say, "I am Esau", only "I", it will not do, since it is an answer to Isaac's question, with a design to deceive him; and he intended by it that he should understand him as he did, that he was really Esau.

Genesis 27:24 In-Context

22 And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father. And he felt him and said, "The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau."

23 And he did not recognize him because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother. And he blessed him.

24 And he said, "{Are you really} my son Esau?" And he said, "I [am]."

25 Then he said, "Bring [it] near to me that I may eat from the game of my son, so that I may bless you." And he brought [it] to him, and he ate. And he brought wine to him, and he drank.

26 Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son."

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "are you this one?"