and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)כִּֽי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedזָקֵ֣ן
zâqên
to be oldיִצְחָ֔ק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abrahamוַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ
kâhâh
and — to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dullעֵינָ֖יו
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)מֵרְאֹ֑ת
râʼâh
from — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)וַיִּקְרָ֞א
qârâʼ
and — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)עֵשָׂ֣ו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityבְּנ֣וֹ
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)הַגָּדֹ֗ל
gâdôwl
the — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolentוַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, toבְּנִ֔י
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)אֵלָ֖יו
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, toהִנֵּֽנִי
hinnêh
lo!
Genesis 27:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
Now when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his elder [and favorite] son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And Esau answered him, “Here I am.”
Isaac's failing eyesight is the hinge the whole deception turns on — Rebekah and Jacob can only pull this off because he can't see. It's a pointed inversion of Eden, where the humans' eyes are famously "opened" by forbidden food; here, deception succeeds precisely because eyes stay closed. The chapter is riddled with this kind of exact vocabulary from Genesis 2-3 — eating, blessing and cursing, "listening to the voice of" — reused so densely that almost no verse in the opening scene is free of an Eden echo.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Now when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his elder [and favorite] son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And Esau answered him, “Here I am.””
Isaac's failing eyesight is the hinge the whole deception turns on — Rebekah and Jacob can only pull this off because he can't see. It's a pointed inversion of Eden, where the humans' eyes are famously "opened" by forbidden food; here, deception succeeds precisely because eyes stay closed. The chapter is riddled with this kind of exact vocabulary from Genesis 2-3 — eating, blessing and cursing, "listening to the voice of" — reused so densely that almost no verse in the opening scene is free of an Eden echo.