Genesis 27:21

21 Yitzchak said to Ya`akov, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esav or not."

Genesis 27:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 27:21

And Isaac said unto Jacob, come near, I pray thee, that I may
feel thee, my son
Still suspecting some fraud in the case; and whereas he knew that Esau was a hairy man, and Jacob smooth, he thought by feeling he could discover the imposture, if there was any: whether thou [be] my very son Esau, or not;
which he still pretty much questioned.

Genesis 27:21 In-Context

19 Ya`akov said to his father, "I am Esav your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

20 Yitzchak said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because the LORD your God gave me success."

21 Yitzchak said to Ya`akov, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esav or not."

22 Ya`akov went near to Yitzchak his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Ya`akov's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esav."

23 He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esav's hands. So he blessed him.