Genesis 27:24
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New International Version (©2011)
"Are you really my son Esau?" he asked. "I am," he replied.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"But are you really my son Esau?" he asked. "Yes, I am," Jacob replied.

English Standard Version (©2001)
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And he said, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he said, "I am."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Again he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he replied, "I am."

International Standard Version (©2012)
He asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.

NET Bible (©2006)
Then he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Are you really my son Esau?" he asked him. "I am," Jacob answered.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said, are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

American King James Version
And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

American Standard Version
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said: Art thou my son Esau? He answered: I am.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, Art thou really my son Esau? And he said, It is I.

English Revised Version
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

World English Bible
He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."

Young's Literal Translation
and saith, 'Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, 'I am.'

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

Verses 24-26. - And he said (showing that a feeling of uneasy suspicion yet lingered in his mind), Art thou my very son Esau? Luther wonders how Jacob was able to brazen it out; adding, "I should probably have run away in terror, and let the dish fall;" but, instead of that, he added one more lie to those which had preceded, saying with undisturbed composure, I am - equivalent to an English yes; upon which the blind old patriarch requested that the proffered dainties might be set before him. Having partaken of the carefully-disguised kid's flesh, and drunk an exhilarating cup of wine, he further desired that his favorite son should approach his bed, saying, Come near now, and kiss me, my son - a request dictated more by paternal affection (Keil, Kalisch) than by lingering doubt which required reassurance (Lange).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said, art thou my very son Esau?.... 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.

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Isaac Blesses Jacob
…23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. …

Genesis 27:23 He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.
Genesis 27:25 Then he said, "My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.