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Genesis 27:18

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And he came unto his father,.... Into the tent and apartment where he was:and said, my father; to try whether he was awake, and to let him know that he was come, since he could not see him:and he said, here [am] I; what hast thou to say to me?

who [art] thou, my son?

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