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Genesis 27:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 27 · verse 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.Genesis 27:21 · King James Version
Genesis 27:21 in context
19And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
21And 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.
22And 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.
23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IsaacYitschâqJitschak , son of AbrahamH3327 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- nearnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- feelmûwshto touchH4184 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Observe here, I. The art and assurance with which Jacob managed this intrigue. Who would have thought that this plain man could have played his part so well in a design of this nature? His mother having put him in the way of it, and encouraged him in it, he dexterously applied himself to those methods which he had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-29