Genesis 27:18–30

Isaac Blesses Jacob and Esau

¹⁸Then he came to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

¹⁹And Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. ^aRise up, please, sit and eat of my game, that ^byour soul may bless me.”

²⁰Then Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “^aBecause Yahweh your God caused it to happen to me.”

²¹Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that ^aI may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

²²So Jacob came 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 ^ahairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

²⁴And he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.”

²⁵So he said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that ^amy soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine, and he drank.

²⁶Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

²⁷So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and then he ^ablessed him and said,

“See, ^bthe smell of my son

Is like the smell of a field ^cwhich Yahweh has blessed;

²⁸Now may ^aGod give you of the dew of heaven,

And of the ^bfatness of the earth,

And an abundance of grain and new wine;

^29aMay peoples serve you,

And nations bow down to you;

^bBe master of your brothers,

^cAnd may your mother’s sons bow down to you.

^dCursed be those who curse you,

And blessed be those who bless you.”

³⁰Now it happened that as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.