Genesis 27:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands, so he blessed him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He could not identify him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²³ Isaac didn’t recognize him because his arms were hairy like Esau’s arms, so he blessed him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And he did not recognize him, because his hairy hands made him seem similar to the elder one. Therefore, blessing him,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And he knew him not, because his hairy hands made him like to the elder. Then blessing him,

Genesis 27:23 Cross References

Genesis 27:11

But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a man of smooth skin.

Genesis 27:16

and she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Genesis 27:22

So Jacob went up to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Genesis 27:24

He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

Hebrews 11:20

By faith Isaac invoked blessings for the future on Jacob and Esau.