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


In Context

18 He came to his father, and said, |My father?| He said, |Here I am. Who are you, my son?|

19 Jacob said to his father, |I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.|

20 Isaac said to his son, |How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?| He said, |Because Yahweh your God gave me success.|

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

22 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, |The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.|

23 He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:21Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not."

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 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.