“And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.”
Are you really my son Esau? he asked. I am, Jacob replied. The direct question and the direct lie are the clearest moment in the deception. Isaac asks once more; Jacob lies once more. The word I am (anoki) is the same Hebrew word used for God's self-identification in Exodus 20:2. Jacob uses the word of divine identity to assert a false human identity. The application: the Jacob who lies here will not finish his life in this posture — he will wrestle with God at Peniel (Genesis 32:28) and receive a new name. But the lie is the current chapter.
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