21. Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, so that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22. Jacob went near to his father Isaac, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23. He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, just like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
24. He asked, “Are you really my son Esau?”And he said, “I am.”
25. He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s wild game, so that my soul may bless you.”And he brought it near to him, and he ate. He also brought him wine, and he drank.
26. His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”
27. He came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my sonis like the smell of the fieldwhich the Lord has blessed.
28. Therefore, may God give you of the dew of heavenand the fatness of the earth,and plenty of grain and new wine.
29. Let peoples serve you,and nations bow down to you.Be master over your brothers,and let your mother’s sons bow down to you.Cursed be everyone who curses you,and blessed be those who bless you!”
30. As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had barely gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.