Genesis 27:23 - Easy To Read Version

²³ Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau’s arms. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 27:11

But Jacob told his mother Rebekah, “My brother Esau is a hairy man. I am not hairy like him.

Genesis 27:16

Rebekah took the skins of the goats and put them on Jacob’s hands and on his neck.

Genesis 27:22

So Jacob went to Isaac his father. Isaac felt him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob’s voice. But your arms are hairy like the arms of Esau.”

Genesis 27:24

Isaac said, “Are you really my son Esau?”

Hebrews 11:20

Isaac blessed the future of Jacob and Esau. Isaac did that because he had faith.