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Genesis 27:23

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

23Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

FBV

23Isaac didn't realize it was really Jacob because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's, so Isaac got ready to bless him.

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Extra References

Genesis 27:16

16She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.

Hebrews 11:20

20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

Romans 9:11-12

11For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,12[+] it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”