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Genesis 27:21

World English Bible

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

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Genesis 27:21 in other translations

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

Genesis 27:21 · American Standard Version

Genesis 27:21 in context

  1. 19Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”
  2. 20Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
    He said, “Because Yahweh your God gave me success.”
  3. 21Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
  4. 22Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
  5. 23He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.