Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
- KJV And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
- NKJV Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
- NASB And he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.”
- NLT “But are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Jacob replied.
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Quick answer
Isaac asks again if he is truly Esau, and Jacob lies, 'I am.'
Overview
Pressed once more, Jacob repeats his falsehood without flinching. The repeated lie shows how deeply he is committed to the deception. The verse marks the final confirmation Isaac sought before pronouncing the blessing.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Col 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- Prov 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Eph 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Prov 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Prov 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Job 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
- Job 13:7–8Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
- Zech 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Rom 3:7–8However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
- 1 Sam 27:10who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
- 1 Sam 21:13So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
- 1 Sam 21:2“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
- 2 Sam 14:5“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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