King James Version
Genesis 27:18 in the King James Version says “And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?”
Genesis 27:18 · KJV
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. to me: Heb. before me
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Here am I who art thou my son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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