Genesis 27:18-29

Common English Bible

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

And he said, “I’m here. Who are you, my son?”

¹⁹Jacob 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.”

²⁰Isaac said to his son, “How could you find this so quickly, my son?”

He said, “The Lord your God led me right to it.”^[a]

²¹Isaac said to Jacob, “Come here and let me touch you, my son. Are you my son Esau or not?” ²²So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the arms are Esau’s arms.” ²³Isaac didn’t recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau’s arms, so he blessed him.

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

And he said, “I am.”

²⁵Isaac said, “Bring some food here and let me eat some of my son’s game so I can bless you.” Jacob put it before him and he ate, and he brought him wine and he drank. ²⁶His father Isaac said to him, “Come here and kiss me, my son.” ²⁷So he came close and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his clothes, he blessed him,

“See, the scent of my son
        is like the scent of the field
        that the Lord has blessed.
²⁸May God give you
        showers from the sky,
        olive oil from the earth,
        plenty of grain and new wine.
²⁹May the nations serve you,
        may peoples bow down to you.
Be the most powerful man among your brothers,
        and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
    Those who curse you will be cursed,
        and those who bless you will be blessed.”