Genesis 27:20-40

New American Standard Bible

²⁰ Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “^(A)Because the Lord your God made it ^[a]come to me.” ²¹ Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, so that ^(B)I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.” ²² So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, and he touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” ²³ And he did not recognize him, because his hands were ^(C)hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. ²⁴ And he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.” ²⁵ So he said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that ^[b](D)I may bless you.” And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine and he drank. ²⁶ Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come close and kiss me, my son.” ²⁷ So he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he ^(E)blessed him and said,

The Stolen Blessing

³⁰ Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau came in from his hunting. ³¹ Then he also made a delicious meal, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “^(N)Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that ^[c](O)you may bless me.” ³² His father Isaac said to him, “^(P)Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, ^(Q)your firstborn, Esau.” ³³ Then Isaac ^[d]trembled violently, and said, “^(R)Who then was he who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate from all of it before you came, and blessed him? ^(S)Yes, and he shall be blessed.” ³⁴ When Esau heard the words of his father, ^(T)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me as well, my father!” ³⁵ And he said, “^(U)Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.” ³⁶ Then Esau said, “^[e]Is he not rightly named ^[f](V)Jacob, for he has betrayed me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” ³⁷ But Isaac replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him ^(W)your master, and I have given to him all his relatives ^[g]as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” ³⁸ Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me as well, my father.” So Esau raised his voice and ^(X)wept.

³⁹ Then ^(Y)his father Isaac answered and said to him,