Discovery BoxGenesis 27:21-24 
Context27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you, 1 my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau.” 2 27:22 So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.” 27:23 He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob. 3 27:24 Then he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” “I am,” Jacob 4 replied.
1 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative (with prefixed conjunction) indicates purpose or result.
2 tn Heb “Are you this one, Esau, my son, or not?” On the use of the interrogative particle here, see BDB 210 s.v. הֲ.
3 tn Heb “and he blessed him.” The referents of the pronouns “he” (Isaac) and “him” (Jacob) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
