21. Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son. If I can touch you, I will know if you are really my son Esau.”
22. So Jacob came near to Isaac his father. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob’s voice. But your hands are hairy like the hands of Esau.”
23. Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his hands were hairy like Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.
24. Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?”Jacob answered, “Yes, I am.”
25. Then Isaac said, “Bring me the food. I will eat it and bless you.” So Jacob gave him the food, and Isaac ate. Jacob gave him wine, and he drank.
26. Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come near and kiss me.”
27. So Jacob went to his father and kissed him. Isaac smelled Esau’s clothes and blessed him. Isaac said,“The smell of my sonis like the smell of the fieldthat the Lord has blessed.
28. May God give you plenty of rainand good soil.Then you will have plenty of grain and wine.
29. May nations serve you.May peoples bow down to you.May you be master over your brothers.May your mother’s sons bow down to you.May everyone who curses you be cursed.And may everyone who blesses you be blessed.”
30. Isaac finished blessing Jacob. Then, just as Jacob left his father Isaac, Esau came in from hunting.