And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said, I [am].
Ver. 24. Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.] Thus one sin entertained fetcheth in another; a lie especially, which, being a tinkerly, blushful sin, is either denied by the liar, who is ashamed to be taken with it, or else covered by another and another lie, as we see here in Jacob, who, being once over shoes, will be over boots too, but he will persuade his father that he is his very son Esau.