Genesis 27:18–30

¹⁸He went to his father and said, “My father.”

“Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?”^b

¹⁹Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn.^c I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game,^d so that you may give me your blessing.”^e

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

“The Lord your God gave me success,^f” he replied.

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

²²Jacob went close to his father Isaac,^h who touchedⁱ him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” ²³He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau;^j so he proceeded to bless him. ²⁴“Are you really my son Esau?” he asked.

“I am,” he replied.

²⁵Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.”^k

Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. ²⁶Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”

²⁷So he went to him and kissed^l him^m. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,ⁿ he blessed him and said,

“Ah, the smell of my son

is like the smell of a field

that the Lord has blessed.^o

²⁸May God give you heaven’s dew^p

and earth’s richness^q—

an abundance of grain^r and new wine.^s

²⁹May nations serve you

and peoples bow down to you.^t

Be lord over your brothers,

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

May those who curse you be cursed

and those who bless you be blessed.^v”

³⁰After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.