Genesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
Cross-references
In Genesis 27:15, Rebekah dresses Jacob in Esau's best garments — the very garments whose smell Isaac identifies here, central to the deception.
Genesis 27:4 sets up the narrative: Isaac wants a meal before blessing. The feast and aroma in v.27 are what trigger the blessing to proceed.
In Genesis 26:12, Isaac himself reaped a hundredfold because the LORD blessed him — the very experience of a blessed field whose smell he now recognizes.
Genesis 28:1 records Isaac sending Jacob with Abraham's blessing — the blessing verbally given in v.27 now gets its covenantal commission.
Genesis 49:26, Jacob's final blessing, references blessings 'beyond what my parents blessed me with' — looking back to this very moment.
Genesis 48:10 shows Jacob, once blessed by Isaac, now blessing Joseph's sons — the patriarchal blessing line continues across generations.
In Hebrews 11:20, this blessing is explicitly cited as an act of Isaac's faith — Jacob received the blessing 'by faith' even though deception was involved.
Malachi 1:2 references God's election of Jacob over Esau, the very event this blessing sets in motion. God's love echoes Isaac's favor.