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BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, τίς εἶ σύ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ υἱός σου ὁ πρωτότοκος Ἡσαῦ. (Kai eipen autōi Isaʼak ho pataʸr autou, tis ei su; ho de eipen, egō eimi ho huios sou ho prōtotokos Haʸsau. )
BrTrAnd Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy first-born son Esau.
ULTBut Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn Esau.”
USTBut his father asked him, “Which son are you?” Esau answered, “I am your oldest son Esau.”
BSB § But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” § “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
OEBBut Isaac his father said to him, ‘Who are you?’ He answered, ‘I am your son, your oldest, Esau.’
WEBBEIsaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” ¶ He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
JPSAnd Isaac his father said unto him: 'Who art thou?' And he said: 'I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.'
ASVAnd Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.
DRAAnd Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou? He answered: I am thy firstborn son Esau.
YLTAnd Isaac his father saith to him, 'Who [art] thou?' and he saith, 'I [am] thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'
DrbyAnd Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
RVAnd Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
WbstrAnd Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born Esau.
KJB-1769And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. (And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy/your son, thy/your firstborn Esau. )
KJB-1611And Isaac his father said vnto him, Who art thou? and he said, I am thy sonne, thy first borne Esau. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
BshpsThen his father Isahac sayde vnto hym: who art thou? He aunswered: I am thy sonne, thy first borne Esau. (Then his father Isahac said unto him: who art thou? He answered: I am thy/your son, thy/your firstborn Esau.)
GnvaBut his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau. (But his father Izhak said unto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy/your son, even thy/your firstborn Esau. )
CvdlThen answered him Isaac his father: Who art thou? He sayde: I am Esau thy firstborne sonne. (Then answered him Isaac his father: Who art thou? He said: I am Esau thy/your firstborne son.)
WyclAnd Isaac seide, Who forsothe art thou? Which answerde, Y am Esau, thi firste gendrid sone. (And Isaac said, Who forsothe art thou? Which answered, I am Esau, thy/your first gendrid sone.)
LuthDa antwortete ihm Isaak, sein Vater: Wer bist du? Er sprach: Ich bin Esau, dein erstgeborner Sohn: (So replied him Isaak, his Vater: Who are du? He spoke: I am Esau, your erstgeborner son:)
ClVgDixitque illi Isaac: Quis enim es tu? Qui respondit: Ego sum filius tuus primogenitus Esau. (And_he_said illi Isaac: Who because you_are tu? Who answered: I I_am son tuus primogenitus Esau. )
27:1-40 Jacob got his father Isaac’s blessing through deception. In this story, an entire family tries to carry out their responsibilities by physical means rather than by faith. Faith would have provided Rebekah and Jacob a more honorable solution to the crisis.
For some languages it is more natural to make Isaac explicit in verse 31 and leave it implied here in verse 32. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Then his father asked him,” or “But his father exclaimed,”
מִי אָ֑תָּה
who? you(ms)
Isaac knew from what Esau just said in verse 31 that one of his sons was talking to him. Also, Isaac is very upset, so some translations add an exclamation point after the question mark to help communicate that. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Which of my sons are you?!”
While Isaac’s family was at Beersheba, Jacob stole Esau’s birthright, and Esau made plans to kill Jacob once his father had passed away. When Rebekah found out about Esau’s plan, she told Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan-aram (also called Aram-naharaim, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”) and garnered Isaac’s support by telling him that she was concerned that Jacob might marry one of the local Canaanite woman. So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, much like Abraham had sent his servant Eleazar to this area to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Jacob left Beersheba and headed for Haran in Paddan-aram, and as night fell he stopped at a town called Luz. There he slept with his head resting on a stone and dreamed of a staircase to heaven with angels ascending and descending it. The Lord also spoke to him and reaffirmed his promise to give Canaan to his descendants. The Lord also promised to bring Jacob back to Canaan from Haran. When Jacob woke from his sleep, he declared the place to be the house of God and renamed it Bethel (meaning, “house of God”). Later Bethel appears to have served as an early location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land (Judges 20; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). From Bethel Jacob continued on to the general area of Haran, likely following the same route in reverse that he followed upon his return journey to Canaan from Haran (Genesis 31-35). Sometime before Jacob returned, however, Esau moved away from Canaan and settled in Seir (Genesis 32:3; 36:1-8; ; see “Edom and the Land of Seir” map).
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
