Genesis 27:26
24 Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
25 “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
28 May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
- KJV
- And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
- WEB
- His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
- ASV
- And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
- DARBY
- And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.
- BLB
- And Isaac his father said to him, “Come near, please, and kiss me, my son.”
- ÅB
- Så sa Isak, hans far, til ham: Kom nå hit og kyss meg, min sønn!
- OTB
- Da sa hans far Isak til ham: «Kom nærmere og gi meg et kyss, min sønn.»
- B1930
- Så sa Isak, hans far, til ham: Kom nu hit og kyss mig, min sønn!