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Esau’s Lost Hope

Genesis 27:32

In 11 translations

BSB
But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
KJV
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
WEB
Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
ASV
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.
LSV
And his father Isaac says to him, “Who [are] you?” And he says, “I [am] your son, your firstborn, Esau”;
YLT
And Isaac his father saith to him, 'Who [art] thou?' and he saith, 'I [am] thy son, thy first-born, Esau;'
DBY
And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
DRC
And Isaac said to him: Why! who art thou? He answered: I am thy firstborn son Esau.
GNV
But his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau.
JPS
And Isaac his father said unto him: 'Who art thou?' And he said: 'I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau.'
LXXE
And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy first-born son Esau.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֛וֹ יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו מִי־אָ֑תָּה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֲנִ֛י בִּנְךָ֥ בְכֹֽרְךָ֖ עֵשָֽׂו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, τίς εἶ σύ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ υἱός σου ὁ πρωτότοκος Ἡσαῦ.

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  • Genesis 27:18So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”

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