Genesis 27:24-26 - Exposition

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).