Genesis 27:21

Isaac said to Jacob, “Come here so that I can touch you. Then I will know if you really are Esau or someone else.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20Isaac asked him, “How did you find the meat so quickly?” Jacob answered, “The Lord your God helped me find it.”

22Jacob went close to his father. Isaac touched Jacob's hands but he did not know that it was Jacob pretending to be his brother Esau. Isaac said, “When you talk, you sound like Jacob, but your hands feel like Esau's hands, they are really hairy.” Isaac was going to ask God to do good things for Jacob and make him strong and he started to say the special words to bless Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:12What if my father touches my skin? He will know that I am tricking him and instead of asking God to do good things for me he would ask God to put a curse on me.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:19-30

The Fraud of Jacob. ( b. c. 1760.) 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may… Read the whole commentary →

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