Verse 21
Genesis 27:21
Young's Literal Translation
21
And Isaac saith unto Jacob, 'Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יִצְחָק֙ אֶֽל יַעֲקֹ֔ב גְּשָׁ/ה נָּ֥א וַ/אֲמֻֽשְׁ/ךָ֖ בְּנִ֑/י הַֽ/אַתָּ֥ה זֶ֛ה בְּנִ֥/י עֵשָׂ֖ו אִם לֹֽא
English Translation
And Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near so that I may feel you, my son, whether you are indeed my son Esau or not."
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Chapter 27 Context
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And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau...
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And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;
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and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, an...
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and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that m...
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And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to...
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and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, 'Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau...
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Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah...
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'And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:
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Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make...
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and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his...
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And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, 'Lo, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man,
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it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon m...
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and his mother saith to him, 'On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take fo...
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And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, [such]...
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and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which [are] with her in the house,...
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and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck,
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and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her so...
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And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, 'My father;' and he saith, 'Here [am] I; who [art] thou...
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And Jacob saith unto his father, 'I [am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto m...
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And Isaac saith unto his son, 'What [is] this thou hast hasted to find, my son?' and he saith, 'That...
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And Isaac saith unto Jacob, 'Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he,...
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And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, 'The voice [is] the voic...
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And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and...
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and saith, 'Thou art he -- my son Esau?' and he saith, 'I [am].'
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And he saith, 'Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision, so that my soul doth bless thee...
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And Isaac his father saith to him, 'Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;'
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and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him...
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and God (Elohim) doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abunda...
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peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the so...
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And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from...
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and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, 'Let my fat...
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And Isaac his father saith to him, 'Who [art] thou?' and he saith, 'I [am] thy son, thy first-born,...
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and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, 'Who, now, [is] he who hath provided provisio...
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When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to...
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and he saith, 'Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.'
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And he saith, 'Is it because [one] called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two...
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And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, 'Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his breth...
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And Esau saith unto his father, 'One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;'...
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And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, 'Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling,...
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and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou...
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And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in...
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And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob h...
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and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
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and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother's fury turn back,
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till thy brother's anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him...
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And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, 'I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the dau...
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