Genesis 27:21 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."

◄ Genesis 27:21 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
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."

English Standard Version
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

New American Standard Bible
Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."

King James Bible
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not?"

International Standard Version
So Isaac told Jacob, "Come here, my son, so I can feel you and know for sure whether or not you're my son Esau."

American Standard Version
And 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau, or not.

Darby Bible Translation
And 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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

27:18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his own faith in these things. It might therefore be expected, that leanness would attend his blessing, agreeing with the state of his mind.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18-27. he came unto his father—The scheme planned by the mother was to be executed by the son in the father's bedchamber; and it is painful to think of the deliberate falsehoods, as well as daring profanity, he resorted to. The disguise, though wanting in one thing, which had nearly upset the whole plot, succeeded in misleading Isaac; and while giving his paternal embrace, the old man was roused into a state of high satisfaction and delight.