Genesis 27:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Isaac said to Jacob, Come close to me, I beg of you, that I may feel you, my son, and know whether you really are my son Esau or not.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Isaac said, "Come here, so that I may touch you, my son, and may prove whether you are my son Esau, or not."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau, or not.

Genesis 27:21 Cross References

Genesis 27:12

Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”

Genesis 27:22

So Jacob went up to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Psalm 73:28

But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, to tell of all your works.

Isaiah 57:19

creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord, and I will heal them.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.