23He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he blessed him.


In Context

20 Isaac said to his son, |How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?| He said, |Because Yahweh your God gave me success.|

21 Isaac said to Jacob, |Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.|

22 Jacob 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.|

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

24 He said, |Are you really my son Esau?| He said, |I am.|

25 He 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.

Genesis 27:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:23He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:23

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: So he blessed him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.