Genesis 27:21

21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Come here and let me touch you, my son. Are you my son Esau or not?"

Genesis 27:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:21

And Isaac said unto Jacob, come near, I pray thee, that I may
feel thee, my son
Still suspecting some fraud in the case; and whereas he knew that Esau was a hairy man, and Jacob smooth, he thought by feeling he could discover the imposture, if there was any: whether thou [be] my very son Esau, or not;
which he still pretty much questioned.

Genesis 27:21 In-Context

19 Jacob said to his father, "I'm Esau your oldest son. I've made what you asked me to. Sit up and eat some of the game so you can bless me."
20 Isaac said to his son, "How could you find this so quickly, my son?" He said, "The LORD your God led me right to it."
21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Come here and let me touch you, my son. Are you my son Esau or not?"
22 So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the arms are Esau's arms."
23 Isaac didn't recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau's arms, so he blessed him.
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