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Genesis 27:23

World English Bible

He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.

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Genesis 27:23 in other translations

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

Genesis 27:23 · American Standard Version

Genesis 27:23 in context

  1. 21Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
  2. 22Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
  3. 23He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
  4. 24He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
    He said, “I am.”
  5. 25He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.”
    He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.