Isaac was old According to P, Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah (Genesis 25:20); sixty years old when Esau and Jacob were born (Genesis 25:26); and a hundred years old when Esau married Judith and Basemath (Genesis 26:34).

his eyes were dim The narrative assumes that Isaac is in extreme old age, and feeling the nearness of death (cf. Genesis 48:10). Cf. 1 Kings 14:4.

he called Esau His favourite son (cf. Genesis 25:28).

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