21Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not."


In Context

18 He went to his father and said, "My father." "Yes, my son," he answered. "Who is it?"

19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may give me your blessing."

20 Isaac asked his son, "How did you find it so quickly, my son?" "The Lord your God gave me success," he replied.

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not."

22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

23 He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Genesis 27:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:21And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:21And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau, or not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:21And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:21And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou art my very son Esau, or not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21Isaac said to Jacob, |Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:21And Isaac saith unto Jacob, 'Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou art he, my son Esau, or not.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:21And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not.