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Genesis 27:1

Genesis 27:1 is verse 1 of Genesis chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

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King James Version

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

World English Bible

When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”

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Genesis 27:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

2 “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.

3 Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

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Hebrew words

וַיְהִי֙and it was כִּֽיfor זָקֵ֣ןhe was old יִצְחָ֔קIsaac וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָand they were [too] dim עֵינָ֖יוeyes his מֵרְאֹ֑תfor seeing וַיִּקְרָ֞אand he summoned אֶת<obj.>עֵשָׂ֣וEsau בְּנ֣וֹson his הַגָּדֹ֗ל<the> old וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said אֵלָיו֙to him בְּנִ֔יO son my וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said אֵלָ֖יוto him הִנֵּֽנִיhere [am] I

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 48:10
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

1 Samuel 3:2
And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

Ecclesiastes 12:3
on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

John 9:3
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

Genesis 25:23
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:24
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

Genesis 25:25
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

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