Discovery BoxGenesis 27:5 
Context27:5 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
Context27:27 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.
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.”
