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Ramban on Genesis 27:32/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ז:ל״ב
אמִי אָתָּה כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר לוֹ "יָקוּם אָבִי" הָיָה חוֹשֵׁב שֶׁהוּא יַעֲקֹב, וְיָדַע שֶׁאָכַל מִצֵּיד עֵשָׂו וּבֵרַךְ אוֹתוֹ, וְעָשָׂה גַּם הוּא מַטְעַמִּים שֶׁיְּבָרֵךְ גַּם אוֹתוֹ, וְלָכֵן שְׁאָלוֹ מִי אָתָּה, לָדַעַת הָאֱמֶת:
1WHO ART THOU? When Esau said to him, Let my father arise,227 Isaac thought that it was Jacob, i.e., that because Jacob knew that he had eaten of Esau’s venison and blessed Esau, he too prepared savory meats so that he should bless him also. Therefore he asked, Who art thou?, in order to know the truth.228