Genesis 27:22–30

22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 And he did not recognize him, because qhis hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

24 Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?”

He said, “I am.”

25 He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so rthat my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.” 27 And he came near and skissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said:

“Surely, tthe smell of my son

Is like the smell of a field

Which the Lord has blessed.

28 Therefore may uGod give you

Of vthe dew of heaven,

Of wthe fatness of the earth,

And xplenty of grain and wine.

29 yLet peoples serve you,

And nations bow down to you.

Be master over your brethren,

And zlet your mother’s sons bow down to you.

aCursed be everyone who curses you,

And blessed be those who bless you!”

Esau’s Lost Hope

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