World English Bible
Genesis 27:21
“Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
Verse in context — Genesis 27
Jacob 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.
Isaac 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.
Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.
Jacob 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.
He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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