Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”
Genesis 27:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Jacob went near to Isaac, and his father felt him and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. Common English Bible 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.” Catholic Public Domain Version He approached his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: "The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands are the hands of Esau. |
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”
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.”
And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.
When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; and they turned aside and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”