The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 27:14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And he went (sc. to the flock), and fetched,—or, rather, took (sc. the two kids as directed) and brought them (after slaughter, of course) to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. All this implies that Rebekah reckoned on Esau's absence for a considerable time, perhaps throughout the entire day.

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