Genesis 27:23

New English Translation

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Cross References

Genesis 27:11

“But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, “and I have smooth skin!

Genesis 27:16

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

Genesis 27:22

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

Genesis 27:24

Then he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” “I am,” Jacob replied.

Hebrews 11:20

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.