Genesis 27:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.