Genesis. Benedictio Isaac.
Douay-Rheims translation
27:8 Now, therefore, my son, follow my counsel:
27:9 And go thy way to the flock, bring me two kids of the best, that I may
make of them meat for thy father, such as he gladly eateth:
27:10 Which when thou hast brought in, and he hath eaten, he may bless thee
before he die.
27:11 And he answered her: Thou knowest that Esau my brother is a hairy man,
and I am smooth.
27:12 If my father shall feel me, and perceive it, I fear lest he will think
I would have mocked him, and I shall bring upon me a curse instead of a blessing.
27:13 And his mother said to him: Upon me be this curse, my son: only hear
thou my voice, and go, fetch me the things which I have said.
27:14 He went, and brought, and gave them to his mother. She dressed meats,
such as she knew his father liked.
27:15 And she put on him very good garments of Esau, which she had at home
with her:
27:16 And the little skins of the kids she put about his hands, and covered
the bare of his neck.
27:17 And she gave him the savoury meat, and delivered him bread that she
had baked.
27:18 Which when he had carried in, he said: My father? But he answered: I
hear. Who art thou, my son?
27:19 And Jacob said: I am Esau thy firstborn: I have done as thou didst command
me: arise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
27:20 And Isaac said to his son: How couldst thou find it so quickly, my son?
27:21 And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove
whether thou be my son Esau, or not.
27:22 He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The
voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands are the hands of Esau.
27:23 He said: Art thou my son Esau? He answered: I am.