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Genesis 27:27

Contemporary English Version 1995

While Jacob was kissing him, Isaac caught the smell of his clothes and said: “The smell of my son is like a field the Lord has blessed.

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A field is useful to farmers, if there is enough rain to make good crops grow. In fact, God will bless such a field.

You water all its fields and level the lumpy ground. You send showers of rain to soften the soil and help the plants sprout.

Isaac planted grain and had a good harvest that same year. The Lord blessed him,

Isaac had faith, and he promised blessings to Jacob and Esau.

Fig trees are bearing fruit, while blossoms on grapevines fill the air with perfume. My darling, I love you! Let's go away together.

Then she took Esau's best clothes and put them on Jacob.

Then Isaac said, “Son, come over here and kiss me.”

Descendants of Joseph, the Lord will bless you with precious water from deep wells and with dew from the sky.

So his father said: “Your home will be far from that fertile land, where dew comes down from the heavens.

Then he gave Joseph his blessing and said: My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac worshiped the Lord God. He has been with me all my life,