Genesis 27:23-29

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²³He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau;^(A) so he proceeded to bless him. ²⁴“Are you really my son Esau?” he asked.

“I am,” he replied.

²⁵Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.”^(B)

Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. ²⁶Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”

²⁷So he went to him and kissed^(C) him^(D). When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,^(E) he blessed him and said,

“Ah, the smell of my son
    is like the smell of a field
    that the Lord has blessed.^(F)
²⁸May God give you heaven’s dew^(G)
    and earth’s richness^(H)—
    an abundance of grain^(I) and new wine.^(J)
²⁹May nations serve you
    and peoples bow down to you.^(K)
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.^(L)
May those who curse you be cursed
    and those who bless you be blessed.^(M)”

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Genesis 27:37

New International Version

³⁷Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.^(A) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

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Genesis 27:37 in all English translations

Genesis 28:1-4

New International Version

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed^(A) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.^(B) ²Go at once to Paddan Aram,^[a]^(C) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.^(D) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.^(E) ³May God Almighty^[b]^(F) bless^(G) you and make you fruitful^(H) and increase your numbers^(I) until you become a community of peoples. ⁴May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,^(J) so that you may take possession of the land^(K) where you now reside as a foreigner,^(L) the land God gave to Abraham.”