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Genesis 27:18-23

18And he cameוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935unto his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,My fatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1:and he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Here am I; who artthou, my sonבְּנִֽי׃be.NiH1121?

19And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his fatherאָבִ֗יו'a.VivH1, I amEsauעֵשָׂ֣ו'e.SavH6215thy firstbornבְּכֹרֶ֔ךָbe.kho.Rekh.khaH1060;I have doneעָשִׂ֕יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213according as thou badestדִּבַּ֖רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696me: ariseקֽוּם־kum-H6965,I pray thee, sitשְׁבָ֗הshe.VahH3427and eatוְאָכְלָה֙ve.'a.khe.LahH398of my venisonמִצֵּידִ֔יmi.tzei.DiH6718,that thy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315may blessתְּבָרֲכַ֥נִּיte.va.ra.Kha.niH1288me.

20And Isaacיִצְחָק֙yitz.ChakH3327saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his sonבְּנ֔וֹbe.NoH1121, How is itthat thou hast foundלִמְצֹ֖אlim.Tzo'H4672itso quicklyמִהַ֥רְתָּmi.Har.taH4116,my sonבְּנִ֑יbe.NiH1121?And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,because Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430broughtהִקְרָ֛הhik.RahH7136itto meלְפָנָֽי׃le.fa.NaiH6440.

21And Isaacיִצְחָק֙yitz.ChakH3327saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,Come nearגְּשָׁה־ge.shah-H5066,I pray thee, that I may feelוַאֲמֻֽשְׁךָ֖va.'a.mush.KhaH4184thee, my sonבְּנִ֑יbe.NiH1121, whether thou bemy veryזֶ֛הzehH2088sonבְּנִ֥יbe.NiH1121Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215or not.

22And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoH3290went nearוַיִּגַּ֧שׁvai.yi.GashH5066unto Isaacיִצְחָ֥קyitz.ChakH3327his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1;and he feltוַיְמֻשֵּׁ֑הוּvay.mu.She.huH4959him, and saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,The voiceהַקֹּל֙ha.KolH6963isJacob’sיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290voiceק֣וֹלKolH6963,but the handsוְהַיָּדַ֖יִםve.hai.ya.Da.yimH3027arethe handsיְדֵ֥יye.DeiH3027of Esauעֵשָֽׂו׃'e.SavH6215.

23And he discernedהִכִּיר֔וֹhi.ki.RoH5234him not, because his handsיָדָ֗יוya.DavH3027were hairyשְׂעִרֹ֑תse.'i.RotH8163,as his brotherאָחִ֖יו'a.ChivH251Esau’sעֵשָׂ֥ו'e.SavH6215handsכִּידֵ֛יki.DeiH3027:so he blessedוַֽיְבָרְכֵֽהוּ׃Vay.va.re.Khe.huH1288him.

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