Genesis 27:18–30

¹⁸Jacob went in to his father and said, “Father.”

And his father said, “Yes, my son. Who are you?”

¹⁹Jacob said to him, “I am Esau, your first son. I have done what you told me. Now sit up and eat some meat of the animal I hunted for you. Then bless me.”

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

Jacob answered, “Because the Lord your God helped me to find it.”

²¹Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son. Then I will know if you are really my son Esau.”

²²So Jacob came near to Isaac his father. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob’s voice, but your hands are hairy like the hands of Esau.” ²³Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his hands were hairy like Esau’s hands, so Isaac blessed him. ²⁴Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?”

Jacob answered, “Yes, I am.”

²⁵Then Isaac said, “Bring me the food, and I will eat it and bless you.” So Jacob gave him the food, and he ate. Jacob gave him wine, and he drank. ²⁶Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come near and kiss me.” ²⁷So Jacob went to his father and kissed him. When Isaac smelled Esau’s clothes, he blessed him and said,

“The smell of my son

is like the smell of the field

that the Lord has blessed.

²⁸May God give you plenty of rain

and good soil

so that you will have plenty of grain and new wine.

²⁹May nations serve you

and peoples bow down to you.

May you be master over your brothers,

and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.

May everyone who curses you be cursed,

and may everyone who blesses you be blessed.”

³⁰Isaac finished blessing Jacob. Then, just as Jacob left his father Isaac, Esau came in from hunting.