Genesis 27:21–34

²¹Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please, come near and let me feel you, my son. Are you really^g my son Esau or not?” ²²And 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.” ²³And he did not recognize him because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother. And he blessed him. ²⁴And he said, “Are you really^h my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.” ²⁵Then he said, “Bring it near to me that I may eat from the game of my son, so that Iⁱ may bless you.” And he brought it to him, and he ate. And he brought wine to him, and he drank. ²⁶Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” ²⁷And he drew near and kissed him. And he^j smelled the smell of his garments, and he blessed him and said,

“Look, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed!

²⁸May God give you of the dew of heaven

and of the fatness of the earth,

and abundance of grain and new wine.

²⁹Let peoples serve you,

and nations bow down to you;

Be lord of your brothers,

and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.

Cursed be those cursing you,

and blessed be those blessing you.”

³⁰And as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, immediately after^k Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came back from his hunting. ³¹He too prepared tasty food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat from the wild game of his son, that you^l may bless me.” ³²And Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” ³³Then Isaac trembled violently.^m Then he said, “Who then was he that hunted wild game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I blessed him? Moreover, he will be blessed!” ³⁴When Esau heard the words of his father he cried out with a great and exceedingly bitter cry of distress. And he said to his father, “Bless me as well, my father!”