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Genesis 27:15

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 27:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
Genesis 27:15 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver. And I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
15And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
16And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
17And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I. Who art thou, my son?
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Rebekah took goodly garments of her eldest son Esau, etc.] Or “desirable” f1431 ones, exceeding good ones: which [were] with her in the house; which she had the care and keeping of, and were wore only on particular occasions: some think these were priestly garments, which belonged to him as the firstborn, and were not in the keeping of his wives, being idolaters, but in his mother’s keeping; which is not very probable, yet more likely than that they were, as some Jewish writers f1432 say, the garments of Adam the first man, which Esau seeing on Nimrod, greatly desired them, and slew him for them, (see <011010>Genesis 10:10); and hence called desirable garments: and put them upon Jacob…”
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