Genesis 27:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Genesis 27:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 27:118 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
זָקֵןzāqēnBe old
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וַתִּכְהֶיןָwatiḵəheynāAnd be weak
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
מֵרְאֹתmērəʾōtFrom see
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֶתʾet—
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
בְּנִיbənîSon
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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