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

²¹ 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

²¹ 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

²¹ 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)

²¹ 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

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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

²¹ 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.