What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.*
Genesis 27:22 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Ya`akov went near to Yitzchak his father. He felt him, and said, *The voice is Ya`akov's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esav.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Jacob went near to Isaac, and his father felt him and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. Common English Bible So Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the arms are Esau’s arms.” Catholic Public Domain Version He approached his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: "The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands are the hands of Esau. |
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.*
Yitzchak said to Ya`akov, *Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esav or not.*
He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esav's hands. So he blessed him.
When they were by the house of Mikhah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?