Genesis 27:5

27:5 Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. ¹  When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back, ² 

Genesis 27:27

27:27 So Jacob ³  went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent ⁴  of his clothing, he blessed him, saying,

“Yes, ⁵  my son smells

like the scent of an open field

which the Lord has blessed.

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¹ tn The disjunctive clause (introduced by a conjunction with the subject, followed by the predicate) here introduces a new scene in the story.

² tc The LXX adds here “to his father,” which may have been accidentally omitted in the MT.

³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “and he smelled the smell”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “see.”