Genesis 27:18
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New International Version (©2011)
He went to his father and said, "My father." "Yes, my son," he answered. "Who is it?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
So Jacob took the food to his father. "My father?" he said. "Yes, my son," Isaac answered. "Who are you--Esau or Jacob?"

English Standard Version (©2001)
So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he came to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When he came to his father, he said, "My father." And he answered, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

International Standard Version (©2012)
who went to his father and said, "My father." "It's me!" he replied. "Which one are you, my son?"

NET Bible (©2006)
He went to his father and said, "My father!" Isaac replied, "Here I am. Which are you, my son?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He went to his father and said, "Father?" "Yes?" he answered. "Who are you, Son?"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?

American King James Version
And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?

American Standard Version
And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I. Who art thou, my son?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when he had carried in, he said: My father? But he answered: I hear. Who art thou, my son?

Darby Bible Translation
And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my son?

English Revised Version
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

Webster's Bible Translation
And he came to his father, and said, My father: And he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

World English Bible
He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"

Young's Literal Translation
And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, 'My father;' and he saith, 'Here am I; who art thou, my son?'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his own faith in these things. It might therefore be expected, that leanness would attend his blessing, agreeing with the state of his mind.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - And he came unto his father, - by this time a bed-ridden invalid (vide ver. 19) - and said, My father. If he attempted to imitate the voice of Esau, he was manifestly unsuccessful; the dull ear of the aged patient was yet acute enough to detect a strangeness in the speaker's tone. And he said, Here am I who art thou, my son? "He thought be recognized the voice of Jacob; his suspicions were aroused; he knew the crafty disposition of his younger son too well; and he felt the duty of extreme carefulness" (Kalisch).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he came unto his father,.... Into the tent and apartment where he was:

and said, my father; to try whether he was awake, and to let him know that he was come, since he could not see him:

and he said, here am I; what hast thou to say to me?

who art thou, my son? for, from the voice and the quick dispatch made, he suspected it was not his son Esau.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

18-27. he came unto his father—The scheme planned by the mother was to be executed by the son in the father's bedchamber; and it is painful to think of the deliberate falsehoods, as well as daring profanity, he resorted to. The disguise, though wanting in one thing, which had nearly upset the whole plot, succeeded in misleading Isaac; and while giving his paternal embrace, the old man was roused into a state of high satisfaction and delight.

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Jacob's Deception
…16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck: 17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?

Genesis 27:17 Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
Genesis 27:19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing."
Genesis 27:32 His father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I am your son," he answered, "your firstborn, Esau."