2-4. “I’m an old man,” he said; “I might die any day now. Do me a favor: Get your quiver of arrows and your bow and go out in the country and hunt me some game. Then fix me a hearty meal, the kind that you know I like, and bring it to me to eat so that I can give you my personal blessing before I die.”
20. Isaac said, “So soon? How did you get it so quickly?”“Because your God cleared the way for me.”
21. Isaac said, “Come close, son; let me touch you—are you really my son Esau?”
22-23. So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice but the hands are the hands of Esau.” He didn’t recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s.
23-24. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, “You’re sure? You are my son Esau?”“Yes. I am.”