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20 But Isaac asked his son, “How did you find ·and kill the animal [L it] so quickly?”

Jacob answered, “Because the Lord your God ·helped me to find it [L went before me].”

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can ·touch [feel] you, my son. Then I will know if you are really my son Esau [L or not].”

22 So Jacob came near to Isaac his father. Isaac ·touched [felt] him and said, “Your voice ·sounds like [L is] Jacob’s voice, but your hands ·are hairy like [L are] the hands of Esau.”

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20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

“The Lord your God gave me success,(A)” he replied.

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

22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac,(C) who touched(D) him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

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