Genesis 27:21

New International Version

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”

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Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

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

What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.”

Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”