Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Genesis 27:21

Context
NETBible

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you, 1  my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.” 2 

XREF

Ge 27:12; Ps 73:28; Isa 57:19; Jas 4:8

NET © Notes

tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.

tn Heb “Are you this one, Esau, my son, or not?” On the use of the interrogative particle here, see BDB 210 s.v. הֲ.



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