Genesis 27:21

Good News Translation (US Version)

Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so that I can touch you. Are you really Esau?”

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Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!

I offer peace to all, both near and far! I will heal my people.

But as for me, how wonderful to be near God, to find protection with the Sovereign Lord and to proclaim all that he has done!

Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him; in this way, I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”

Jacob moved closer to his father, who felt him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your arms feel like Esau's arms.”