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20 Then Isaac said to his son, “How[a] did you find it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because Yahweh your God caused me to find it.”[b] 21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please, come near and let me feel you, my son. Are you really[c] my son Esau or not?” 22 And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father. And he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:20 Literally “what is this?”
  2. Genesis 27:20 Literally “made it to happen before me”
  3. Genesis 27:21 Literally “are you this one?”

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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