Genesis 27:23

He said: Art thou my son Esau? He answered: I am.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22He 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:16And the little skins of the kids she put about his hands, and covered the bare of his neck.

Hebrews 11:20By faith also of things to come, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:19-30

The Fraud of Jacob. ( b. c. 1760.) 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may… Read the whole commentary →

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