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Genesis 27:23-27 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

23. (He failed to identify him because his hands were hairy, like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.)

24. Again Isaac said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And Jacob said, “I am.”

25. Then Isaac said, “Serve me, my son, and let me eat of the game so that I may bless you.” Jacob served it to him, and Isaac ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.

26. Finally his father Isaac said to him, “Come closer, my son, and kiss me.”

27. As Jacob went up to kiss him, Isaac smelled the fragrance of his clothes. With that, he blessed him, saying,“Ah, the fragrance of my sonis like the fragrance of a fieldthat the Lord has blessed!

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